Saturday is Nic's first day of competition, but today was not the relaxing day I had anticipated. First off, I had expected to post my first blog from the Games site earlier in the day. That plan was scrapped when we arrived on site and discovered that our base of operations was in a different location than I had been told. The new location had no power, and was lacking in amenities such as tables and chairs. Since I had no secure place to park the laptop, I opted to leave it tucked away in the car. Beyond that I got pressed into service almost immediately by Chef By Design - Nicolé's sponsor - as a grill master when their on site team staffing the food booth became overwhelmed by the crowds. Bottom line, no time for blog posts until now when I am safely back in the hotel room.

Nicolé's traveling entourage includes Steph Aardal, Greg Shugarts, Ceci Lauerman, and me. We arrived at the Games site at about noon, and I escorted Nic immediately to the registration tent. We then proceeded to the medical area to get her photographed and checked over. Her responsibilities for the day were then pretty much over. She spent the rest of the day wandering the site and learning more about her challenges tomorrow while Greg, Steph, and I staffed the BBQ grill for CBR.

Those challenges are now well known: a 7.4K trail run, graduated deadlifts to failure, a 500 meter row / sledgehammer task / 500 meter row combo, another 170 meter run with a 35# sandbag, and finally, a wall ball / barbell snatch couplet. More details on these tomorrow.

I'll try to update this blog from my cell phone if possible, but at the very least I'll provide my own perspective of the day for you at about this time tomorrow.

Picture above is an overview of one of the competition areas with Nic dead center of the picture in the striped shirt. See more photos here.

Wish her luck. And stay tuned.