Nationals was a blast despite me feeling like crap. Had a headache all weekend and only just got it under control as of a couple of hours ago. Because of this I was only able to get maybe 3 hours of sleep all weekend. Not real conducive to good shooting. Despite all of this I still didn't finish last, but damn close.
I know that I will be back next year if I can land a slot or if it's open again, it's etched in stone I'll be there. The standards stage was just insane, draw, shoot 6, reload shoot 6 more. In 8 seconds. And at 25 yards. And the center target had a no-shoot covering about 50% of the target. Yep. Nationals is the real deal. The rest of the stages weren't complicated or hose fest stages but require good fundamentals and emphasize being able to hit. I shot 82% of the points not counting penalties and 75% with penalties. No FTEs or anything but I did hit 2 no-shoots.