HOA4 Itinerary & Additional Event Notes!!!

HOA4 Itinerary

• The following is the agenda for the entire weekend of HOA4. Details are subject to change (but if you know me well then you know they likely won’t- they’re in STONE now). Any changes will be posted and e-mail notifications sent to each team’s captain.

• There will be 1 event on Friday Nov 2^nd, 4 events on Saturday Nov 3^rd, and 1 final event on Sunday Nov 4^th.

• Each of the HOA4 WODs will be run in heats of 10 teams. There will be 9 heats/WOD. Heat assignments will be adjusted at the end of each day based on your team’s ranking.

• WOD 1 heat assignments will be announced the week of Oct 21^st on FB and on the HOA4 blogsite. WOD 1 heat placement is based on your team’s registration date (earlier registration = later heat placement).

• WOD 1 will be announced the week of Oct 28^th.

Friday, November 2^nd 2012

1pm-5:30pm: Team, Judge, and Volunteer Check-In

6pm: Welcome, benediction, and WOD 1 Movement standards/Q & A

6:30pm: National Anthem & WOD 1 Begins

9pm: WOD 2 Announcement and Briefing. WOD 2 outline and heat times will be posted online by 10pm

Saturday, November 3^rd 2012

7am: Volunteers and Judges Arrival Deadline. Athletes should arrive 1 hour before their heat

7:30am: WOD 2 Movement Standards and Q & A

8am-6pm: 4 Events (TBA)

6:00pm Final WOD announcement and briefing

7pm: Final WOD and final WOD heat times will be posted online

Sunday, November 4^th 2012

7:30am: Final WOD Movement standards and Q & A

8am-12pm: Final WOD

12:30pm: Awards Ceremony

Additional HOA4 Notes

We’re gonna stay on task and on time: In order to keep this event moving along, fit in all of the teams, and fit in all of the WODs of HOA4, it is critical that our heat resets happen QUICKLY. Please help this process by MOPPING YOUR CARCASS OFF THE FLOOR immediately following each workout. No time for writhing on the floor in pain…Go cry out back if you mustJ

Perfect Practice = Perfect Performance: We’ve had two HOA4 judges’ clinics this October. I feel confident in saying that this is the most prepared, experienced, and talented group of judges we’ve seen at any of the many events CFS has hosted throughout the years. We have judges coming in from all around the local area of Springfield and even the region (thanks so much to all those judges who have traveled great distances to attend our judging clinics!!!). At our meetings, the theoretical emphasis has revolved around each the following 5 key characteristics of a good CrossFit judge:

A good judge is VOCAL

A good judge is ASSERTIVE

A good judge is ACCURATE

A good judge is DECISIVE

A good judge is UNBIASED

As an HOA4 competitor, do yourself and your team a favor and be sure you’ve watched the HOA4 movement standard video AND make sure in your training that you are holding yourself and your teammates accountable to FULL ROM. We’re itching to “No Rep” all no rep-able movementsJ.

Spectator/Athlete Parking: Parking will be available in the grass lot across from CrossFit Springfield. There is also another huge open grass lot available down Sunset St on the right hand side of the road.

Please DO NOT PARK in the lots of the two businesses closest to our facility: Jump Mania and Doggie Daycamp. Any cars parked in these lots will be subject to towing. There is no fee for parking at HOA4.

Spectator Fee: $5/Day or $10 for the entire weekend.

Volunteer/Judge Parking: All HOA4 event staff will be allowed to park in the lot located between CFS and Classic Rock Café buildings. YOU MUST HAVE AN HOA4 EVENT STAFF PARKING PASS in the windshield of your vehicle to gain access to this lot. Please pick these up at CFS front desk on Friday Nov 2^nd anytime between 12pm and 5pm.

GAMETIME is fast approaching and we couldn't be more excited about giving you an awesome CrossFit competitive experience!!!

Stay safe, keep training hard, and God Bless!!! See you in less than 2 weeks!!!

~Jeremy Mhire