Alejandro aka Ali G showing why hes the person to beat in the Paleo Challenge. When I spoke to him last he said he has gone down two holes on his belt loop. That was two weeks ago. Wonder where hes at now?
Guys/girls we have two big events coming up at the end of this month. In fact they are on back to back days. First up is the Orange County Race for the Cure. This has a special meaning for us this year since one of our awesome members Lysanne was diagnosed with Breast Cancer just a few weeks ago. We would like to put together a big team all wearing some special OCC t shirts that support Lysanne and her fight. We are signed up for the 9:45am start time. Please run with us!
Second up is the Fight Gone Bad fundraiser. This event is the fourth annual and is being held at CrossFit affiliates all over the globe. All of the proceeds go to two great organizations The Wounded Warrior Project, and Athletes for a Cure. Anyone can enter and compete for our gym. This is much more of a friendly comp and should be fun rather than butterfly inducing. The workout will be on September 26th and is the classic Fight Gone Bad we all love. We have $100 already which was grasciously donated by Blake after he won the “Totally Cindy Challenge”. Please come to me in the gym and let me know if your interested in competing for us.
WOD
8 x 400 m sprints
The clock will start on the 4:30 minute mark on each run. (Run faster and you get more rest. Run slower and you get less rest. Got it? Miss by more than 20 seconds from your best run and you will do 30 pushups for each round you miss)
(Don’t be a wuss and not come because its just a run workout. If you do this with the intensity that it deserves you will get your ass kicked by this wod)
Hi JMF,
For today’s WOD, does that mean we get 4:30 to complete a 400m sprint and if we finish in let’s say 2:00 we have 2:30 of rest till the next sprint? YAY… FUN!!! I love running.
Oh hells yeah!!!
P.S. Ryan and I are signed up for the “Race for the Cure”. I participated in this race last year and it was GREAT! I look forward to a more meaningful reason to race this year.
This year I am running for Lysanne!!! XOXO
Count me in for the Race for the Cure – have signed up for the “Bootcamp Challenge” already, so am headed to SD on Saturday – anybody else going??? Would love company.
I am planning on doing today’s WOD at CDM track [near my house] to take advantage of the soft surface.
Ryan and I are both doing the bootcamp challege
Jake just emailed me and says he will be out the weekend of the 26th and 27th. He wants in on both the Race for the Cure and Fight Gone Bad. The kid has like a 475 on FGB. That is close to a world record. We are going to clean house with him on our team. Who’s in? The people putting on bootcamp challenge should have known FGB was going on. All of the proceeds of FGB go directly to the Wounded Warriors Project (injured soldiers and their families in Iraq/Afghan). Where is the money going for the bootcamp challenge?? Something to think about. Bootcamp or FGB? ppplllleeeaassseee!
I just received an invite to race with an outrigger team from Catalina to the Newport Dunes on the 13th! I haven’t paddled since mid-June, but I’m going into this race leaner, lighter and stronger than any of my previous 7 years of open ocean outrigger racing. The race will take about 5 hours to complete. If you don’t see me too often over the next 10 days, it’ll be because I’m out in the ocean practicing with my crew. Wish me luck!
Kick ass Don!
i created an occ team for anyone who has not yet signed up for the run and wants to do it!
http://www.ockomen.com/race/orangecoastcrossfit
Been to this event many times for too many people. I’m honored to run this year for Lysanne and with our Crossfit family!