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what is going on everybody
it's lunchtime you guys
didn't think I'd be here
did you you guys didn't
think I'd make it I am a
little bit over an hour
outside of albany I'm
headed there now um it's
been a pretty good drive
last night was pretty crazy um
Yeah,
I drove until about one in the
morning last night.
Got to Rochester, New York.
Tried to find hotels.
Man, it was tough.
Tough finding a decent hotel
with a decent rating along
I-Ninety going through New York.
But I did find one in Rochester.
So we stopped.
We slept a little while.
Had a nice breakfast and now
I am just about an hour
outside of Albany right now.
Uh, Judy Reed.
Ooh,
I went to school in Rochester and for
some reason it's not showing me.
There it is.
Okay.
Working on the iPad instead
of the laptop today.
So it's a little bit glitchy.
Jody Lynn's asking if she went to RIT.
I saw that as I passed through there.
The exit I actually got off of,
there was an RIT hotel or a
conference center,
business conference center,
something like that.
I actually got really good reviews,
but I decided to go to a
courtyard instead.
Judy says, yep, that is it.
So what's going on, Meredith, Terry,
of course, Jody and Judy, Craig.
You guys all excited for the
CrossFit Games?
We're only two days away.
Two days away.
I tried to watch as much or
listen to as much coverage
as I could last night to
kind of keep me awake.
I really enjoyed a lot of the coverage.
But I got a couple bones to pick, man.
And they're friends.
I hate doing this, but...
Oh my gosh,
like the homers are coming out.
The homers are coming out.
Last night,
I listened to John Young on the
WOD Prep podcast.
And oh my God,
if I hear Austin Hatfield's
name one more time,
I think I'm going to throw up.
I know John is a big fan of Austin.
I know he has some biases there,
but I don't know what he
has seen to think he is
going to be the next legend of the sport.
He finished, what,
tenth at the games last year?
He beat Colton at Mayhem.
Colton has not yet finished
in the top ten at the games,
so I don't know what that proves yet.
I know Colton's better.
I still think there's way
too many questions around
Austin Hatfield and the
competition he's been
around to annoy him the
next Rich and Matt.
That just seems bizarre a world to me.
um judy reed says I saw you
comment that why aren't you
a fan I'm it's not that I'm
not a fan of of of austin
I'm just tired of hearing
john talk about him I
actually think austin's a a
great athlete um I think
he's fine I just I think
john has elevated him to
this status that he's yet to earn
That's it.
That's it.
Then I'm going to go to my other friend,
Grant Kipping It Real,
who can't stop talking about Ty Jenkins.
Ty was great in the team division.
Great.
But what does that mean?
Ty has the talent to be a
major player in the sport.
But there...
there are so many athletes that are, are,
are so good right now.
I can't remember who said it,
but it's like, it'll probably be,
it was in the Hiller video
and it was Bill Leahy.
This year's top ten, from top to bottom,
will be the deepest we've ever seen.
And so many young and
talented athletes who are
not even at the peak of
their ability yet.
So to say anybody is going
to be legendary is just
bizarre a world to me.
If Austin can beat Team Brute and Jeff,
then maybe Austin is the next one.
It's still one competition, Craig.
It's one competition.
He's only been doing this
for like two years.
Katie is getting brutal with us.
Hatfield's head is so big,
he won't even fit through a door.
Possibly.
Possibly.
I just,
I don't see the resume yet to go to
the declaration that has been happening.
And the same with Ty.
Ty is, what, twenty years old?
Give the kid some time.
Give the kid some time.
People are excited for new
names and faces.
We have new names and faces
all over the top ten.
Dallin's only been here three years.
Hopper's only been here three years.
Now we have Hadfield here twice.
We have James Sprague here.
This will be his, what, third year.
We have a lot of people that
are new to the sport.
I just...
I just find it, again,
baffling that you would put
somebody into this
dominating status at this point already.
There's just not been enough
resume built for that to happen.
And Simi Rowling says it right.
They did this with Hopper too.
He was the second coming.
You know, he was the next big thing.
And it's taken him years to, like,
figure out where he fits.
Anishup says, I think the men's race now,
you can't afford to make any mistakes.
That is it in a nutshell.
There's no room for error anymore.
There are too many good athletes.
And that's what happens when
a sport develops and it becomes older.
More people start playing the sport.
You get deeper fields.
And now we're probably not
ever going to see another
rich or matte domination.
There's just too many good
people that are too good at
certain things.
And some of these athletes
are really working their
weaknesses and becoming
more and more well-rounded, right?
I mean, we've said it all season long.
There are nine athletes, in my opinion,
that could win the CrossFit
Games this weekend.
Nine.
That's insane.
And because of that, as Omar said,
let's get jazzed, man.
Let's get jazzed.
Because it's going to be a
fun competition.
It's going to be fun to
watch because anybody can pull it off.
Devesh with the bold statement,
peak Rich or peak Matt
would still dominate this field.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I mean, I am the biggest Rich fan.
I think I am one of the
biggest Rich fans out there.
And I think that if you look
back at his career,
it was less dominant than Matt.
He won when he needed to.
We don't know how much he
left in the tank during events.
Yeah.
So, yeah, that's a tough one for me.
I think Matt would compete for sure.
Would he dominate?
I don't know.
Wow,
comments are going faster than I can
hit them.
Katie Schaefer,
I want to see Ricky have a
clean run and do well.
That is the key for Ricky.
Ricky just has not had a
clean run in a very long time.
Aaron Frazier,
hopefully with the top ten
males being so close,
there can be some shuffling
and middling to be a good race.
I think we're going to see a
great race all weekend long.
And that's why I think like
when they released event
nine yesterday and
everybody was kind of ripping it.
I think it's going to be a great race.
I think when we look back at the weekend,
that is going to be an
event that we look at and go, whoa,
that was great.
That is going to be so much
fun to watch just because
of the way it plays out on the floor.
You're going to be able to
see who has the lead in the run,
who gets to the barbell first,
who cycles that barbell the fastest and
It's going to be fun to watch.
I know people are dogging it,
but I really think at the
end of the weekend,
we're going to look at that and say,
that was pretty damn good.
Katie says, Rich was dominant on Sundays.
He was because that's when he had to be.
Craig, that is mistaken.
IE-O-Nine is the last event.
It is not.
There are ten events,
so there is one more event
after Event Nine.
So, all right.
Craig, there are nine slots.
There is a two-part workout
on Saturday night that will
take the Saturday night time slot,
but it's a two-parter with
two separate scores.
And then there is eight, nine,
and ten on Sunday.
Okay.
And so I watched the Hiller
kind of behind the scenes
with Bill Leahy and then
just overall behind the scenes.
Really good video.
Got to see the floor.
It looks awesome.
He talks to Dave a little bit,
which was really cool.
And.
My favorite part was when he
talked to Kristen Holta who
coming out of retirement is
going team and, uh,
trying to take their team to victory.
That would be freaking
awesome to see her up on the podium, uh,
after retiring and do doing that.
So that's, uh, that was pretty awesome.
It looks like if you like
tight shirts on men,
it looks like you're going
to get your wish this year
in the uniforms that are
being handed out.
I don't know.
And then...
It just was a really good video.
You've got to check it out.
Lots of stuff in there.
Vindicate says the blocking
banners in the arena look
awesome in the video.
You know what's awesome?
I don't say this enough.
I have one of the Vindicate backpacks.
It carries so much of my
equipment on these weekends.
It is so sturdy.
It is so...
it is built so well and it is,
it is tough.
It is durable.
It is roomy.
I can get a whole lot of
stuff in that backpack.
And it's my favorite one
that I've ever owned in the
CrossFit space.
So if you need a backpack,
I know vindicate is known
for shirts and his clothing apparel,
but man,
his backpacks are the freaking bomb.
So go check those out
because they are amazing.
You will see it on my back
all weekend long.
EU sizing is different than US.
The clothing looks so small.
It really looks small.
I know Carolyn was not happy
that everything was a crop top.
We talked about that last
week in her getting an F from Hiller.
Um,
she does not like to show anything
being a school teacher.
Um, she likes the full t-shirt.
What the funny, the funniest thing though,
is I noticed she is number.
That was my football number,
my high school career.
Uh,
I haven't got a chance to tell her that,
but, um,
I thought that was really cool that, um,
That she's going to wear the
number I wore most of my
CrossFit or not my CrossFit
football career.
Judy Reed.
Maddie used her own
babysitting money to buy her own.
She loves it at Vindicate.
It is really...
It is really an awesome backpack guys.
So many pockets.
The big key for me is I
carry a big water bottle.
It has a nice pouch on the
outside for that.
And it has so many pockets
inside for like my pens, my markers,
my memory cards, all that kind of stuff.
Do they have required shoes
in the uniform?
They do not.
But on the back squat event,
if you wear shoes,
you get five hundred
dollars just for wearing them.
And if you win that event,
you get another three grand.
That Hiller actually asked
Bill Leahy if he's going to
wear the shoes to get the
five hundred bucks.
And he said with his
partnership with Adidas,
he's not going to chase the short coin.
And I thought that was a
cool way to put that.
Five hundred bucks is not
anywhere near what he would
be giving up with his Adidas deal.
Do you think we'll see
another longer event other
than event one?
I think we will not see an
event longer than event one for sure.
But I would not be surprised.
We have some good sprints.
I mean, the back squat's going to be fast.
That event nine is going to be super fast.
But there's a couple
chippers already in there.
I don't know.
I think I'd like to see one
longer-ish event added to the mix.
But whether we will or not, I don't know.
Linda, Bill is smart and humble.
Very likable.
He is.
Devesh says,
is that five hundred per event?
It is just for the back squat event.
John Walker, dude, I love the games,
but this year feels muted
or off or something.
I don't know.
I don't feel that way at all.
I actually,
I am as excited this year for
the games as I've been in a long time.
And I think I just,
last year was such a bad taste.
Being in Fort Worth during all of that,
it was...
not an easy games to consume live.
And I think I just want to
go get that taste out of my mouth and,
and move into a new direction.
You know, we have a sale pending.
We have,
there's so much coming for the
future of CrossFit.
If all the chips fall where they need to,
we could be looking at
great things coming and,
And I feel like the games is
the perfect place to kick that off.
We had a rough season.
CrossFit did things I didn't
agree with during this season.
The last couple months, man,
they've really tightened up the ship.
They've started doing some
things that we've been
begging them to do for years.
And if the sale goes the way
we think it will and may go,
I think that there is an exciting future,
and this could be the
kickoff to all of that.
Katie, I'm so excited for the games.
I am too.
Okay.
Devesh, I feel this year is better,
if anything, less fluff and noise,
just pure CrossFit,
athletes that really love CrossFit,
and real fans.
I don't disagree.
I think that if you were to
get a true lie detector
test poll of athletes that
skipped this season,
I think some of them would
say they wish they hadn't.
Just because of some of the
changes that CrossFit, in fact,
actually did make and
uphold on their end.
But we'll never know that because,
you know,
we can't take lie detector poll questions,
so.
Yeah,
there's this date that's floating around.
Barbell Spin put it in our
chat yesterday or the day before.
It keeps floating around.
There's a lot of speculation
that that will be when the sale is final.
Some of them would be
irrelevant this season regardless.
I think some of them would have made...
Would have made some noise for sure,
though.
Some of them would qualify for the games,
and if you get into a field of thirty,
nobody is... Well... Nobody
from the big three regions
of the world is irrelevant.
So exactly one week after the games...
That's how it appears.
Craig pointing out that Rich
has been MIA lately.
The only reason I don't
totally agree with Shiz is
I think if Laura Horvat did the game,
she would be relevant.
Emma Tall would be relevant.
I think that... Oh, my Italian girl.
What's her name?
She podiumed twice in Europe this year.
Elisa Fuliano.
She would be relevant.
CK Kevin, they would be irrelevant to us.
Elisa Fuliano.
Elisa Fuliano is one of the nicest,
kindest people I've ever met in my life.
I actually do miss the fact
that she's not going to be
here this year.
So.
Did you see Laura's post today?
This is the best summer in a long time.
What's weird is I thought I
would miss Laura this
season and I really don't.
I find that odd.
I've always been kind of a Laura fan,
but I just don't miss the
angst this year.
Do we think any of the
daughters will be in New
York for brands or company activations?
I don't think any will be here for sure.
I don't, I mean,
Sarah always drops in to
the games every year.
Sarah is still beloved.
Sarah tried to do the season.
Her body just can't anymore,
but she's still an awesome person.
She didn't dog CrossFit.
So I would love for Sarah to
drop in whenever she does.
The line is around the
building to see her.
so uh aaron says sarah is in
iceland still quick plane
trip if you boycotted the
games you better not be
showing up for activations
you probably will not be
very popular if you do but
sarah has never never said
a bad word about crossfit
And I don't even think like
Katrin has said much bad about CrossFit.
She just retired.
And I think she was going to
do that regardless.
I mean, she's pregnant, right?
So it's really just been
Annie who's been standing
out there with the pitchfork and the
uh-huh says I miss Laura
Elisa Emma Lawson Gabby
Emmett all I miss Gabby I
miss Emma Lawson for sure
and I miss Elisa Emmett all
was hurt she's been hurt
for a while but I miss Kazan um
Even though it got my
co-host into the games,
Alex Kazan is going to be
something special.
That is for sure.
So,
I don't want to take up too much of
your time today.
I'm only an hour out of Albany.
So trying to get there today.
Going to start the
collecting some video with
Hattie as quickly as I can.
I've got a couple things
lined up to do some side
projects to get out over the weekend.
Hoping to line up some more.
Working with... Yeah, man,
I need some sleep.
Working with...
You know, the tester.
Allison Scuds.
Working with Allison Scuds
to get some more content.
We'll be putting that out
over this weekend.
Again, if you're a member,
you'll get it in the next
couple of weeks.
And then we'll release it to
the public after that.
And yeah,
so I've got a couple of things
already lined up.
I've got one grand idea that
I hope I can pull off and
then we'll see how all that goes.
But the Hattie thing will
come out after the games.
It's going to be a full like
embedded behind the scenes
with Hattie for the entire
CrossFit Games and her coach Tristan.
And then we'll put that
together with some editing
and it'll come out after the games.
With that, guys,
I'm going to head back on the road.
I'll be in Albany soon.
I'll try to jump on again
tomorrow before we get
involved in too much stuff.
Because when I do a lunch show,
then I remember to eat lunch.
So then I can do that.
So tomorrow will probably be
the last lunch with the
Clydesdale this week.
And then it'll be full games
nonstop after that.
Hopefully getting out some
vignettes as we go.
And I will see you tomorrow too, Travis.
We'll see everybody then.
You knuckleheads get back to work.
I'm going to hit the road.
We'll see everybody soon.
Bye, guys.