So I just completed the Power Pull event for Corporate Challenge. Last year we ended up in fourth place. This year it was raining whenever we pulled.
In our first match, we lost. However we made them pull long and hard to beat us. We could have beaten them if we had used the correct technique, but we were off. So although it looked like we would win at the start, we eventually caved in. That didn’t mean we were out though. There is a round-robin pool between us and four other teams. The next three matches, we beat everyone. Usually quite easily. In fact, the people who beat us, Associated Engineering, were beaten by The City of Spruce Grove, whom we beat. In the end, it came down to time taken to win, and so we came out of our pool in first place.
So we were in the finals. Unexpected since we lost one match, but hey! Now we were competing against seven other teams. We won the first match. So that put us in the top four. Unfortunately we lost the next match to Dynatech (or something like that). But then we got to compete for the third place.
And we won!
I now have a bronze medal for the Corporate Challenge Power Pull. I feel great. I’ve got a nice little high of some self-esteem going that feels good. Dynatech went on to win the whole thing, so I wonder if we could have beaten Grant-Thorton who came in second. We never lost to anyone who lost to them, so we might have.
I have to get up early tomorrow to take part in the Unknown Challenge. I think it is like Fear Factor.

My back hurts.