Whoa..   This weekend is BIG for three San Carlos Cross Fit Athletes.  Three of our own will compete in three of the most grueling races around.  We cannot be prouder of this bunch...

Oliver Gutierrez will compete on Ironman Arizona this weekend.  The Ironman triathlon, an extreme challenge for the supremely fit, it consists of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a 26.2-mile run. It's been said that just finishing is a victory! Imagine 2400 souls starting the swim at the same time..  If you want to know how your socks feel in the washer machine, try the IM swim.

Shane Stent will take on the Spartan Race (The Beast),   an obstacle Race from Hell. It was voted Outside Magazine’s Best Obstacle Race in 2012, If you have done any race anywhere in the world: whether a mud run, fun run, Olympic run, bike race, death march or any kind of event claiming to be the "toughest race on the planet" you will be happy to know that this is where it ends..THIS IS THE SPARTAN BEAST, a whole other animal.

David Firkins will compete at the World Toughest Mudder this thing  takes the concept of being a Tough Mudder to a whole new level. This extreme competition puts the world’s most hardcore Mudders through a grueling 24-hour challenge designed to find the toughest man, woman, and 4-person team on the planet. When the mud settles on November 18th, a select few winners will have bested 500,000 other Mudders worldwide for the right to call themselves the World’s Toughest Mudders!

Check SCCF Endurance member,  Jim as he finished 2nd in his age group a few weeks ago at the Stinson Beach 25k trail run,  Luis came in third in his age group and Lloyd completed his first trail Run.   I was a great day out there.    We will be planning next year's runs,  it is going to be fun.

San Carlos CrossFit is proud to be the gym of choice of many heroes.   Thank you for the sacrifices you made, we know that this country will be a nation of the freedom as long as it is the home of the brave.

This past weekend the SCCF Endurance Team went to run the Stinson Beach trail run.  This happened to be Lloyds first trail run.  We picked the 25K which was also pretty hard because of the elevation change,  check the elevation profile here,  it was brutal.  25k with about 3k+ of elevation gain is not joke.   Lloyd did awesome and so did Oliver, Jim and Luis...   The endurance team will go on a hiatus for a couple of weeks,  but big things are planned for the future.

Why would you want to run trails?  very simple-  There is a reduced risk of injury: The soft, ever-varying surface of the trail lessens the likelihood of an overuse injury, strengthens core muscles, and ultimately makes for more comfortable long runs than asphalt, in other words, it is like running on pillows.  Then, there is  rush that road running just can’t give you;  a quantifiably-greater endorphin release than does breathing in roadside fumes an a different appreciation of yourself and nature.    Right Lloyd?

We are soooo rooting for our SF Giants..   Come on boys,  make it sweet and awesome for us and long and painful for the Tigers.  Just two more to go...  way to go Giants...

A long time ago, in junior High school,  I got an F in English,  I got my card home and my parents were a bit upset about this F.   The next day,  my dad came with a sledge hammer and took me to a piece of land we used to own.   He gave me the sledge hammer and told me to start hammering big rocks in the property.  I was upset and I didn't want to do it, but he made me do it anyway.  I was hurting, I barely could hold a  glass of water after a couple of hours of hammering.  He told me  "this is what you will be doing the rest of your life if you don't study and do well"...   I learned my lesson and never had an F again. My dad is a very wise man...