Fran-off

What do you guys think about doing this?
http://franoff.blogspot.com/

November 13
Walnut Creek, CA

Rules
Fran:
21-15-9
- Thrusters (95 lbs for men and 65 pounds for women) and pull ups.
- Pull ups are chin over bar- Teams must do pull ups on same bar.
- There are no minimum or maximum required reps per team member during Fran. One team member can choose to do the whole thing.
Entry fee is $55

I think we could do it and maybe win! Or for sure get a good workout
Haley

The 4 P.M. was hard core today!

Well Sunday's Tough Mudder was a lot of fun. We saw the entire crew (Taaniel, Christofer, Chris, Eliza and others) up there having a great time. Haley was the first female finisher on Sunday, and around 12th overall. We are looking forward to finding more fun events to compete in.

Today we hit it hard at 4 pm. Nick nailed a 48 inch seated box jump! Everyone was smoking 135# barbell step-ups, and we all did 3 sets of 30 meter jeep pushes.

Here is Arun "The Operator" on his second 30 meter effort, looking strong as hell!

Further, Faster, Harder

Trixie!

Natalie brought her new puppy Trixie to the gym today! She is a cute bulldog and an awesome gym dog.

Tomorrow and Sunday is the Tough Mudder race up in Bear Valley. Right now there looks like there is a chance of snow for the race! That should make things a lot more interesting.

October 7, 2010

Todays workout:
Run 800 meters
25 x Floor presses @ 185# (bench press on the floor)
15 x Horizontal Ring Rows
Run 400 meters
max reps Plyo pushups (subtract 5 seconds from total time for each plyo pushup)
Run 400 meters
15 x Horizontal Ring Rows
25 x Floor presses
Run 800 meters

Plyo pushup example:

Race updates

This last Saturday Narayan, Megan, and John Arledge's wife all raced in the Rock and Roll half marathon in San Jose. I heard it was a well orginized and fun.
Last Saturday Stephanie raced her first triathlon! More pictures to follow.

Team pic

Photo of the Team Pursuit. Haley is in the middle in this picture.

Haley at Elite Nationals

Individual 2k Pursuit. I think I got 10th or 11th (the results were wrong online).

This race was so hard but so fun! The track is 250 meters long and you have to go around 12 times. I started in a timing gate that holds your bike upright while the 30 second countdown is going. On the opposite side of the track another girl is lined up as well and you both race at the same time, hence the 'pursuit' part of the title.
First lap you get into a rhythm, second lap you hold a nice pace so you don't blow up, then starting the third you go as hard as you can. I had never done this race before and I pushed it hard. Everyone cheers for you which is cool. After the heat I had to be super careful going down the stairs to the infield since my legs were so flooded and woozy.

If anyone wants to go to the track ever, I would be happy to go too! There are beginner days where you learn how to do it and they have rental track bikes.
www.ridethetrack.com

USA Cycling's Elite Track National Championships

Haley's Team (Webcor/Alto Velo) placed 3rd in the Women's Team Pursuit Yesterday! Good Job Girls.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull Boy!

I got a great picture from one of my buddies who has trained at Defiance in the past. He is out conducting Sniper Training. In the picture, he is the spotter that is sitting behind and to the right of the shooter. It looks like they have moved into and established their firing position and are waiting to take a shot on the target.
Stalking exercises are exhausting both mentally and physically, and I am glad that I am not wearing my ghille suit all cammy painted up! Well actually I am lying, that looks like a lot of fun. One Shot, One Kill!
-RG

Todays workout

Teaser video of a portion of today's team workout. I won't tell you more because it's a surprise! Good, fun reviews so far by those who have done it.

Tough Mudder Race

Picture of Jim doing a nice Dumbell Crawl this morning

Come join us October 10th for the Tough Mudder race!
Ryan and Haley are both signed up along with a couple other members.
Sign up at www.toughmudder.com or
http://www.active.com/framed/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1834634

Saturday Open Gym 9/25

This coming Saturday will be an Open Gym day at Defiance CrossFit from 9:30am - 11:30am. Members can bring friends and family and use the gym. A workout will be on the board but will be un-coached.
Contact haley@defiancecrossfit.com if you have questions.

RIP Java

Gym dog Java had to be put down Sunday night due to complications from a previously undiagnosed Von Wildebrands disease. Von Wildebrands is a clotting disorder that affects 73% of all Dobermans.
We will miss her. She was a good friend.

Ryan Doherty's Race car!

This is so cool! Ryan Doherty and his friends fixed up a cool BMW to race at the "24 hrs of Lemons":
24 Hours of LeMons is restricted to cars that were purchased, fixed up, and track-prepped for a total of $500 or less. http://www.24hoursoflemons.com/

Josh's stuntplane flying

Josh sent this cool picture of the Christen Eagle II which he was flying this last weekend. The original design it was adapted from is the Curtiss Pitts S-2.