Beefcake, Compete
As anyone in the CrossFit world knows, the 2016 Crossfit Open has begun. As the name suggests, well it’s open. It is open to anyone with $20 and a desire to compete. I really, really like the Open, and I love everything surrounding it. I have grown fonder...
Compete
Last week I was scrolling through the LHRL Athletes page on FB when I came across a new member who was introduced as Alina Duran, an All-American Hammer Thrower who aspires to compete in the Olympics. Now I have met some interesting people who do some pretty...
Compete, Run
The Tupelo Marathon and another amazing race experience is in the books. I love traveling to races. It is always a fun experience. I signed up for this race and booked a hotel to stay in several months ago and actually thought that it would be an easy, flat course....
Compete, Life
I started my journey into the world of fitness about 6 years ago now. It has been a REALLY crazy ride. I went from being your average, suburbanite, beer bellied, Corporate job working Dad to an Ultra Marathon running, 400+ lb deadlifting, CrossFit gym owner,...
Compete, Train
I had a great birthday/Fathers day weekend! I ran a 5K on Saturday night. It was the first 5K I’ve ran in quite a while. I haven’t been running much so I didn’t know how I would do at this thing. I ended up with a time of 21:36. Not bad at all...
Compete
The Ouachita Trail 50 Miler did not disappoint this year. It is always a great race, and this time was no different. I had a lot of “lessons learned” and saw a lot of things that I worked on in training go very well. Even though I didn’t make the...