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Lauren Weeks

Lauren Weeks

American athlete

Jul 26, 2026

23:49
Okay.
23:50
Um, I think if there weren't any restrictions, then maybe not.
23:54
So, uh, out of the hopper it ended up being so they're, it could be pulled a gymnastics movement and a weightlifting movement, and what ended up being pulled out were toes to bar and snatches.
24:05
Um, three past champions had the opportunity to make up a workout with those two movements, and the criteria was, um, like they gave them a weight criteria of, like, how heavy it could be, and then they also gave them a, it had a six-minute cap.
24:21
So whatever move, like whatever workout they put together, it had to be capped at six minutes.
24:26
Um, and it has to be possible for people to finish in six minutes.
24:29
So they had Jason Khalipa, um, Mat Fraser, and Tia-Clair Toomey- Create a workout each.

37 MINS LATER

61:53
It's all good.
19:34
So what do we see in the rest of the participation pack, and how, how far out does the finishing times extend? Is there a cutoff at four hours or something? [chuckles] Or do they let people stay there all day and push the sled one inch at a time? I'm, I'm curious about the, the masses.
19:52
Yeah.
19:52
So they expect to have, like, over a million finishers this year, so it is, it is definitely made for the masses as well.
20:00
But I would say because there's, there's different ways to enter into the sport.
20:05
Like, it doesn't have to be at the heaviest weight.
20:08
They have multiple-- like, where they have two different weight divisions, and not, like, body weight divisions, just the sleds.
20:14
Like, there's a pro and an open, which the only difference between those two divisions is the weight of the equipment, so the rest of the race is entirely the same.

15 MINS LATER

35:23
I thought I heard a little daycare action going on.
32:07
So when you kind of, like, fell out of the top three, is it hard for you to stay really focused?
32:12
No. [laughs] No.
32:14
I was, I mean, I'm willing to fight all the way until the end because I know, like, you never know what could happen.
32:20
Um, and, like, usually s- the better part of my race is in the middle, so I'm, like, I'm willing to fight to see what I can do there.
32:30
What do you think about Alyssa here today?
32:31
She did amazing, absolutely outstanding.
32:33
Yeah.
32:34
Um, smart race, too.
28:13
Mm-hmm
28:13
... be proud of that.
28:14
Like, it, I think sometimes we downplay what, what we've done and, and we're always searching for more and trying to get better and, and get the best out of ourselves.
28:24
And if we, and if we don't have that absolute top result, like, you're disappointed, and I, and I think that's a really not great way to, to approach life, competition, sport, just things that you're pursuing.
28:37
I think, yeah, strive to be the best that you actually can, but just because you didn't get that top spot doesn't mean you didn't accomplish something huge.
28:46
So for me, like, I, I see the accomplishments.
28:50
I see how much work that I put in every day.
30:37
Mm

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