Florida Grappling Championships 12.06.2008
We left out on the 15 hour drive Thursday night. About 1/2 way there we hit a guard rail, damaging the Revolution Mobile. Luckily the spare took us to Tampa where we had to leave it at the dealership.
It was a tight squeeze in the rental, but it didnt stop us. We got set up in the Motel and went to eat at Outback. The idea was to eat some clean foods, however the Cheese Fries are hard to resist. Luckily after downing them, we all still made weight.
Saturday, after the GPS on the Iphone got us lost, we made it to the tournament. Grant had won his 1st place match via armbar and everyone else was on deck. Jory got an impromptu superfight with a giant. Royce is so good at selling himself he gave several people his autograph. Bobby fought the most matches. Poor Travis had to go with the winner of his division in both the Gi and No Gi matches first. He did great, but that's the luck of the draw. Overall we ended up with 12 medals, 5 First places, and I'm not sure on the others. I'd like to congratulate all 11 competitors from Benton and Hot Springs who made this journey with us. It's really great to get to compete all over the country and test ourselves against people from different places. Whether you win or lose, you all took home some experience from this competition, you learned new things and you will come out ahead.
After the competition we went straight to Giordanos Pizza. MMMMMM. We had them Chicago as well. We had so much food we couldn't finish it, but it got finished the next day and that evening.
Sunday it was time to leave. We headed over to the airport to see if we could actually rent a car to get home. Luckily we could, and for quite a reasonable price. Just as we thought we were ready to go home we realized 1/2 the team ran in the airport to chase down Houston Alexander for an autograph..... On the way home, we stopped and ate at some steak place, to the point that we all probably wanted to puke.
Then it was McDonalds. We officially made it back around 4 am, and now its back to the regular diet and training routines.... I forgive you all for taking off Monday, and quite possibly those of you who took off today too!
This trip probably goes down as the most tragic yet epic adventure thus far.
Read MoreIt was a tight squeeze in the rental, but it didnt stop us. We got set up in the Motel and went to eat at Outback. The idea was to eat some clean foods, however the Cheese Fries are hard to resist. Luckily after downing them, we all still made weight.
Saturday, after the GPS on the Iphone got us lost, we made it to the tournament. Grant had won his 1st place match via armbar and everyone else was on deck. Jory got an impromptu superfight with a giant. Royce is so good at selling himself he gave several people his autograph. Bobby fought the most matches. Poor Travis had to go with the winner of his division in both the Gi and No Gi matches first. He did great, but that's the luck of the draw. Overall we ended up with 12 medals, 5 First places, and I'm not sure on the others. I'd like to congratulate all 11 competitors from Benton and Hot Springs who made this journey with us. It's really great to get to compete all over the country and test ourselves against people from different places. Whether you win or lose, you all took home some experience from this competition, you learned new things and you will come out ahead.
After the competition we went straight to Giordanos Pizza. MMMMMM. We had them Chicago as well. We had so much food we couldn't finish it, but it got finished the next day and that evening.
Sunday it was time to leave. We headed over to the airport to see if we could actually rent a car to get home. Luckily we could, and for quite a reasonable price. Just as we thought we were ready to go home we realized 1/2 the team ran in the airport to chase down Houston Alexander for an autograph..... On the way home, we stopped and ate at some steak place, to the point that we all probably wanted to puke.
Then it was McDonalds. We officially made it back around 4 am, and now its back to the regular diet and training routines.... I forgive you all for taking off Monday, and quite possibly those of you who took off today too!
This trip probably goes down as the most tragic yet epic adventure thus far.
