Jenn D heads down to Jacksonville Beach, Fl for business this weekend. Of course when CFS travels they always find a way to do work. She will be running the half-marathon portion of The National Marathon to Finish Breast Cancer. A portion of the race runs along the beautiful Florida coast. Good Luck Jenn, and just think, no deadlifts or burpees while you are running, so this will be easy!
Find out about the race founder here.
CF Houston Workout of the Day (WOD):
45 Thrusters (M-95#/F-65#)
45 Pull Ups
A GINORMOUS thanks goes out to Lori, Whitney, Alexandra, MB (on less than 2 hours of sleep), and D-Will for making the trip down to Charleston for the Grand Opening this weekend. All of the ladies got their first taste of CrossFit and did awesome. Fight Gone Bad is no joke and they crushed it.
Alexandra, MB, Lori (with the Poker Face), and Whitney
CF Houston Workout of the Day (WOD):
1-1-1-1-1-1-1
Thrusters
Work up to MAX LOAD
Remember the Lowcountry CrossFit Grand Opening is coming up next weekend. We've already got a few folks rolling down to Charleston so email/call me if you want to join the crew and get in on the Fight Gone Bad/Burpee Challenge.
***Don't forget about the Grand Opening down in Charleston, SC. There are already a few folks planning on making it down. Email/call me if you are interested.***
CF Houston Workout of the Day (WOD):
500m Row (Time Trial)
Rest 2-3 minutes
7 Rounds
10 Pull Ups
25 Sit Ups
For time.
Rest 2-3 minutes
10 Squat Clean Thrusters (GO HEAVY)
Not timed.
The 500m Row is a maximum effort time trial...aka SPRINT.
Lowcountry CrossFit (check out their BLOG) will be hosting their Grand Opening on April 25, 2009 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM down in Charleston, SC and we got an invite. A $20 donation, which goes to the Charleston Fire Dept. in memory of the "Charlston 9", gets you a spot in two WODs. The first of which being "Fight Gone Bad" and the second..."The Burpee Challenge" (I'm not even venturing to imagine what sick and twisted thing a "Burpee Challenge" is, but hey...embrace the suck).
This event is open to EVERYBODY, from the first time CrossFit athelte to the well-seasoned CrossFit beast. The events will be scaled to suit your fitness level so no worries if you are new to CrossFit. This is a perfect time to see what the CrossFit community is all about.
If you are interested in going down to Charleston for this event leave a comment on this post, shoot me an email (talmadge.d.young@gmail.com), or give me a call (410-271-5910). We'll hash out the details of when we're leaving, how we're getting down there, when we're coming back, etc. once we figure out who all is going. This is an awesome opportunity to meet some of the future faces of CrossFit Spartanburg and get a taste of what our Grand Opening will be like in July. Everybody is invited...bring anybody you want, the more the merrier!
The first annual CrossFit Spring Challenge, hosted by CrossFit Houston and CrossFit Bayou City, was held yesterday. Over 60 athletes competed in 3 hellacious WODs. Winners were decided based upon the lowest combined time for the 3 events:
WOD #1 (at CrossFit Bayou City):
5 Rounds
5 Thrusters (135#/85#)
10 Box Jump Burpees
For time.
WOD #2 (at the Park):
1 mile run (cross country with hills...big nasty hills)
For time.
WOD #3 (at CrossFit Houston):
5 Rounds
5 Curtis P's (95#/65#)
10 Wall (20#/14#)
15 American Kettlebell Swings (55#/35#)
For time.
More pictures and video of the Spring Challenge to follow later this week, but here's the event t-shirt.
