Dan Bailey, Scott Panchik Host 1st Workout for 2013 Open

The 2013 CrossFit Open is now less than two weeks away and HQ has just released more details about the five workouts during the period.

This year, all workouts will be announced live from a different affiliate across America. Each week, a live announcement will take place on Wednesday evening (PT), with two top CrossFit athletes then performing the workout in front of a small crowd at a local CrossFit box.

The first workout for the 2013 CrossFit Open officially gets underway March 6 with Dan Bailey and Scott Panchik to be the first two athletes to tackle workout 13.1 The announcement and workout will be streamed from CrossFit Vitality in Concord, N.C. from 5PM (PT).

Each week the location and athletes will change. HQ will announce which athletes will host each live workout one week in advance. But the locations and times for the five live announcements during the 2013 Open have been revealed. They are listed below:

Open Workout 13.1

• March 6, 2013, 5 p.m. PT (8 p.m. ET)
• CrossFit Vitality
• Concord, N.C.
• Athletes: Dan Bailey vs. Scott Panchik

Open Workout 13.2

• March 13, 2013, 5 p.m. PT (8 p.m. ET)
• CrossFit South Brooklyn
• Brooklyn, N.Y.
• Due to strict space limitations, attendees must RSVP for this event here.

Open Workout 13.3

• March 20, 2013, 5 p.m. PT (6 p.m. MT)
• CrossFit Roots
• Boulder, Colo.

Open Workout 13.4

• March 27, 2013, 5 p.m. PT (7 p.m. CT)
• CrossFit TNT
• St. Charles, Mo.

Open Workout 13.5

• April 3, 2013, 5 p.m. PT
• CrossFit West Santa Cruz
• Santa Cruz, Calif.