Iron Curtain Bloghttp://www.crossfitevolution.com/ironcurtainblog/en-US2010-07-31T10:55:53ZSquarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Want More Slots? Help Us Find Good Judges!http://www.crossfitevolution.com/ironcurtainblog/2010/7/30/want-more-slots-help-us-find-good-judges.htmlLeo S.2010-07-30T19:20:32ZIf you're a trainer/affiliate owner & you have athletes competing in Iron Curtain or just want to help out - we'll need more judges for the Iron Curtain if we want to open up more athlete slots! Spread the word!

We'd like the judges to be Level 1 certified or have a good amount of CF experience under their belt & possibly personal training/athletic training experience to make the event fair & bad ass!

Volunteers are needed too!

Want to judge/volunteer? Contact leo@crossfitevolution.com

 

Judges/volunteers will get hooked up with food, water & event t-shirt.

]]>Registration Is Closedhttp://www.crossfitevolution.com/ironcurtainblog/2010/7/30/registration-is-closed.htmlLeo S.2010-07-30T16:59:12Z"Iron Curtain 2010" is sold out in less than 6 hrs. Thank you for such awesome support! For all those who couldn't get in - I anticipated the registration to take 3-7 days. With it being capped so fast I will do my best to line up extra judges, tighten the heats and open 20 more slots at best. This year we're planning to... be tight & on time. Stretching those times will be rough, otherwise I'd love all you to compete.

All I can say here:

Follow this Blog & the FB page - I didn't plan on having more openings originally, but with such demand - had to rethink it. Give me some time to plan it out & I'll open it up to 20 more people or so.

First come first serve of course - so watch it like a hawk!

]]>Registration Is Openhttp://www.crossfitevolution.com/ironcurtainblog/2010/7/30/registration-is-open.htmlLeo S.2010-07-30T12:39:20ZThe time is now!

Iron Curtain Registration


]]>Registration Opens Fridayhttp://www.crossfitevolution.com/ironcurtainblog/2010/7/28/registration-opens-friday.htmlLeo S.2010-07-28T13:37:09Z"Iron Curtain 2010" will be open to 100 total competitors in 3 classes. Registration will be open Friday morning, July 30th.

As of right now CFEvolution members are the only ones signing up (there has to be a perk, right?). It's expected to have 70-75 slots (22 people are registered right now) open to everyone once it's open to the public.

Judging by the interest - it'll be best to sign up earlier rather than wait since it might not be open for long.

The Challenge should be epic this year. Drago would be proud.

 

]]>Photos & Resultshttp://www.crossfitevolution.com/ironcurtainblog/2009/12/1/photos-results.htmlLeo S.2009-12-01T15:21:32Z

All 655 photos from the Iron Curtain Challenge are in the Gallery now!

If you have more pics & videos from the event - post the links in comments!

And here's the results in plain text format:

RTG:
                             1st   score   2nd  score    3rd    score   4th    score  total  rank 

Chris Holt             

RTG

220

74

6.26

76

6+4

87

27.33

84

321

15

Zach Eisenstein

RTG

300

95

6.43

73

4+1

75

27.58

83

326

13

Pete Kazanas

RTG

265

89

5.06

92

8+3

92

22.34

92

365

3rd M

Dru Schmith

RTG

245

83

7.36

70

5

77

DNF

0

230

N/A

Daniel Martin

RTG

210

73

6.25

77

6+1

82

25.38

88

320

16

Mike Lindsey

RTG

245

83

5.48

82

3+3

72

29.13

81

318

17

Rudy Kirkpatrick

RTG

280

92

5.44

83

6

80

28.03

82

337

6

Jeff Haacke

RTG

195

71

5.31

87

6+4

87

29.48

80

325

14

Chris Gruber

RTG

225

76

6.31

75

6+2

83

30.00 C

74

308

20

Dave Coughlin

RTG

245

83

7.05

72

DNF

0

30.00 C

74

229

N/A

Jason Anderson

RTG

250

85

6.09

79

7+6

90

34.11

75

329

12

Micah Nickerson

RTG

205

72

6.00

80

3+12

74

33.24

76

302

21

Erik Swedberg

RTG

195

71

6.42

74

6+6

88

32.28

77

310

19

Joe Dibernardo

RTG

265

89

5.19

88

3+5

73

27.27

85

335

9

Ken Gall

RTG

245

83

4.38

100

8+6

95

21.32

100

378

1st M

Brian Dunlap

RTG

235

79

6.21

78

2+4

71

30.00 C

74

302

22

Dom Paonessa

RTG

235

79

5.35

86

6+1

82

26.12

87

334

10

Max El-Hag

RTG

270

90

5.10

89

5+4

79

30.34

78

336

8

Andrew Subbotin

RTG

235

79

5.06

92

5+4

79

26.38

86

336

7

Will Blackburn

RTG

315

100

5.52

81

6+3

85

29.54

79

345

5

Britt Russell

RTG

148

100

7.05

100

5+1

100

36.15

100

400

1st W

Chris Sprauer

RTG

225

76

5.38

85

4+8

76

21.48

95

332

11

Carlos Ruiz

RTG

260

87

7.28

71

6+3

85

30.00 C

74

317

18

Teri Robertson

RTG

118

92

7.34

92

1+1

92

30.00 C

92

368

3rd W

Jason Haines

RTG

255

86

4.57

95

10

100

23.56

89

370

2nd M

Jared Davis

RTG

250

85

5.39

84

7+1

89

23.23

90

348

4

Lindsey Gallucci

RTG

143

95

7.32

95

2+3

95

39.37

95

380

2nd W

 

Rx:



Kristi Miller

Rx

113

83

6.53

87

X

X

26.46

82

252

11

Rachel Reichert

Rx

140

95

6.29

92

X

X

21.23

88

275

2nd W

Charlie Clendening

Rx

175

75

6.23

87

X

X

32.03

76

238

16

Mike Marcus

Rx

215

85

6.37

83

X

X

25.39

86

254

8

Christina Ruggiero

Rx

130

87

6.16

95

X

X

20.39

89

271

4

Rob DelaCruz

Rx

255

95

6.26

86

X

X

DNF

0

181

N/A

Ramzi Matar

Rx

260

100

7.31

76

X

X

23.02

88

264

5

Sarah Franklin

Rx

108

81

6.43

88

X

X

18.34

92

261

7

James Falkner

Rx

230

87

6.26

86

X

X

30.31

78

251

10

Jim Smithey

Rx

205

82

8.36

73

X

X

30.00 C

74

229

20

Ron Murray

Rx

185

77

7.33

75

X

X

DNF

0

152

N/A

Ian Harris

Rx

205

82

5.45

95

X

X

20.12

92

269*

3rd M

Elisha Voren

Rx

133

88

7.00

86

X

X

23.52

85

259

8

Greg Smart

Rx

155

71

7.14

80

X

X

21.47

90

241

14

Jesse Owen

Rx

255

95

6.08

90

X

X

26.33

83

268

4

Alex Eacker

Rx

215

85

6.11

89

X

X

19.45

95

269*

2nd M

Allyson Hansen

Rx

113

83

7.33

83

X

X

23.22

86

252

10

Ryan Andrada

Rx

185

77

7.18

77

X

X

28.00

80

234

17

Maria Gonzalez

Rx

118

86

8.06

80

X

X

25.46

83

249

12

Sabrina Abislaiman

Rx

118

86

8.14

79

X

X

32.22

79

244

14

Steve Clare

Rx

235

89

5.37

100

X

X

18.58

100

289

1st M

Casey Jenks

Rx

235

89

6.30

84

X

X

33.47

75

248

12

Sean Sullivan

Rx

200

78

8.38

72

X

X

26.37

82

232

18

Kerri Christos

Rx

135

90

6.32

90

X

X

22.09

87

267

5

Adriana Galera

Rx

98

79

7.09

85

X

X

26.47

81

245

13

Margaret Junker

Rx

138

92

7.49

81

X

X

19.10

90

263

6

Kevin Wright

Rx

225

86

8.14

74

X

X

29.00

79

239

15

Fred Schneider

Rx

205

82

7.15

79

X

X

27.53

81

242

13

Stacey Fonas

Rx

103

80

7.33

83

X

X

28.42

80

243

15

Meghan Barnes

Rx

118

86

7.27

84

X

X

24.07

84

254

9

Q Stewart

Rx

210

83

6.56

82

X

X

22.06

89

254

7

Tyler Barnes

Rx

170

73

6.14

88

X

X

25.24

87

248

11

Pete Weiland

Rx

245

90

7.16

78

X

X

25.58

84

252

9

Danny West

Rx

165

72

7.09

81

X

X

31.58

77

230

19

Jeff Detweiler

Rx

175

75

9.20

71

X

X

30.00 C

74

220

21

Wendy Shafranski

Rx

148

100

5.38

100

X

X

17.03

100

300

1st W

Leah Anderson

Rx

135

90

6.39

89

X

X

18.17

95

274

3rd W

Justin Coates

Rx

205

82

6.03

92

X

X

25.39

86

260

6

 

Scaled:






Chris Haire

scaled

165

 

8.23

 

X

 

28.08

 

X

X

Anne Hwang

scaled

98

 

11.18

 

X

 

19.38

 

X

X

Ryan Miller

scaled

103

 

12.09

 

X

 

25.43

 

X

X

Molly McFadden

scaled

118

 

11.12

 

X

 

26.24

 

X

X

Bob Wright

scaled

200

 

8.35

 

X

 

27.06

 

X

X

Michelle Pierce

scaled

88

 

11.39

 

X

 

22.50

 

X

X

Jay Salamone

scaled

170

 

10.53

 

X

 

25.29

 

X

X

Zuleida Herba

scaled

88

 

10.42

 

X

 

21.27

 

X

X

Rob Overall

scaled

170

 

12.07

 

X

 

25.27

 

X

X

Mike Pokallus

scaled

165

 

11.33

 

X

 

25.59

 

X

X

Lisa Hoopes

scaled

113

 

11.47

 

X

 

22.43

 

X

X

Kerri Rose

scaled

68

 

11.55

 

X

 

23.01

 

X

X

Konni Totten

scaled

108

 

9.07

 

X

 

20.59

 

X

X

Olin McArthur

scaled

160

 

7.39

 

X

 

30.00 C

 

X

X






scaled
]]>Final Resultshttp://www.crossfitevolution.com/ironcurtainblog/2009/11/24/final-results.htmlLeo S.2009-11-24T21:59:59Z 

 

The biggest change - Rachel Reichert took 2nd in the Rx'ed Division & 3rd - Leah Anderson due to a mistake in counting.

The 30+ times on the Chipper were recorded when people were able to run out the door before the 30 min mark (exception was the girls RTG heat).

]]>Drago Would Be Proud!http://www.crossfitevolution.com/ironcurtainblog/2009/11/22/drago-would-be-proud.htmlLeo S.2009-11-22T19:38:01ZTop 3 in each Iron Curtain Division are below. Full results & photos coming shortly.

Big thanks go to all the competitors, affiliates, volunteers/judges & the guests!
And here's the Winners:

Women's Rx Winners:
Wendy Shafranski 1st
Leah Anderson 2nd
Rachel Reichert 3rd

Men's Rx Winners:
Steve Clare 1st
Alex Eacker 2nd
Ian Harris 3rd

Women's RTG Winners:
Brittani Russell 1st
Lindsey Galucci 2nd
Teri Robertson 3rd

Ken Gall 1st
Jason Haines 2nd
Pete Kazanas. 3rd

Congratulations to all winners! You earned it!

]]>Scoring Systemhttp://www.crossfitevolution.com/ironcurtainblog/2009/11/19/scoring-system.htmlLeo S.2009-11-20T01:28:29ZHere's the scoring system for the Iron Curtain Challenge:

1st place - 100 pts
2nd place - 95 pts
3rd place - 92 pts
4th place - 90 pts
5th place - 89 pts
6th place - 88 pts... etc

Thus the winner of the event & the top athletes are slightly rewarded for their stellar performance.

Athletes with highest overall score in the Rx & RTG classes will be crowned as Champions.

In case of a tie - the placing in the Chipper will decide the winner. In case of a tie in a Chipper, the Triplet will be a deciding factor & so forth.

]]>The Chipperhttp://www.crossfitevolution.com/ironcurtainblog/2009/11/19/the-chipper.htmlLeo S.2009-11-19T12:17:02Z

Extra Details:

1. Athletes - bring your own lifting shoes, tape, jump ropes, wrist wraps - whatever you need!
2. Swapping in and out weightlifting shoes during the Chipper is fine.
3. We will try to condense the Singlet, Couplet & Triplet into a tighter timeframe to let everyone try and finish the Chipper without hitting the cut-off at 30 mins. Not a guarantee though.

 

Details on Scoring system coming later today!

]]>T-shirts & Picking Your Classhttp://www.crossfitevolution.com/ironcurtainblog/2009/11/18/t-shirts-picking-your-class.htmlLeo S.2009-11-18T19:19:41ZThe Challenge T-shirts are in! They do shrink quite a bit after the first wash & have an athletic fit after that (a bit smaller than normal sizes). They're very nice soft ring spun cotton tee's. The excess shirts after athletes get theirs - will be for sale at $10 per shirt. Drago is cool!

Now let's discuss picking your class. Here's some thoughts that can help you:

1. If you've been doing CF for less than 6 months, don't have a long history of athletics, it's your first CF competition or if you can't complete any movements of the Rx class - choose CrossFit Class (aka Scaled). Have fun, enjoy the camaraderie & experience a CF competition!

2. If you're not quite sure if you can do all the movements from the RTG class or have never competed in CF before - go for the Rx Class. Make the experience positive. Finish all the WoD's & improve for the next Competition (Sectional CF Games Qualifiers in March). Rising to the occasion happens and you indeed might perform better than normal, but generally peopl default to their level of training. If you have a glaring gap - it will be revealed. DNF is generally not cool.

3. If you're bad ass and there's nothing that can crush you, you have no weaknesses and Chuck Norris is scared of you - RTG is right for you.

Hopefully that helps to pick the right class for you.

If you have last minute questions - post it here in comments or reach me on Facebook - Leonid Soubbotine.

P.S. The Chipper Standards coming Thursday morning!

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