My Road to the Tactical Strength Challenge (TSC)

Well, with two years of CF under my belt and no longer having a "pressing reason," i.e. prevention of death, to contend with, I need to put something "on the line." I've decided I will compete in the January 7th, 2006 TSC. I will follow in Josh Everett's footsteps, not in performance (triple BW deadlift is insane), but as a fellow CrossFitter who has participated in it and won-yes indeed, a big claim I'm making.
Also, I 'm using this as an opportunity to use a CF/event specific hybrid training regiment to prepare for it. As most of you are already aware, Mark Twight had notable success with a hybrid approach. His application of CF, and eventual sport-specific exercises, to his pre-race training paid unexpected dividends in long-distance skiing. I'm confident I will experience the same phenomenon.
My intention is to share with you my tailored daily WOD in the same fashion you would see on CF Main, i.e. times, bodyweight (BW), load utilized, annotation of a PR effort, WOD elements, and other common posts. The only difference with this one is the inclusion of other variables such as: Zone blocks consumed w/ percentage of unfavorable to favorable carbohydrates consumed, amount of fish oil ingested, hours of sleep received, and provide an overall outlook/feeling score on a scale of 1-10 (these variables will be annotated daily).
I will use myself as the test case for a future element tracking software program that will follow the progress, or regression in rare cases, of future CrossFit San Diego (CFSD) clientele in their fitness pursuits. This will allow CFSD to pinpoint with increased accuracy what is and isn't working for an individual-there is a respectable disparity between the responses of two people to a stimulus, whether that stimulus is an exercise regiment or diet (I can look at an unfavorable carbohydrate and induce a wicked insulin response;just ask my wife).
All in all, I am giving myself five weeks to train for this challenge. I initiated my training on Nov 31st and have created 3 milestones to reach before competition day: regain my 500 lb DL (currently at 460lb), do 22 strict pullups with 22lb (currently at 16), and do one hundred KB snatches in 5 min with a 32K (70.4lb)-I have not tested yet. Wish me luck and get some!

Dec. 06

Sleep (night before): 7 hrs
Fish oil consumed: 15 (1000mg fish oil w/300mg Omega-3 softgels) Kirkland
Zone Blocks: 20 - 40% fav./ 60%unfav. Carb (2 blocks short of prescription)
Overall Feeling: 8 (1=melancholic/depressed, 10=ecstatic/ extremely energetic)
BW: 243

WOD
3 Rnds
70 lb DB Snatch x 25
pullups w/ 20 pnd belt x 15
400m run