Alcatraz Swim
Myself, along with several of my friends from CrossFit Oakland, have just signed up for the Alcatraz Swim on August 29, 2009. We figured it would be a good challenge, and a great way to diversify our training.
If you’ve ever thought about doing it I would highly recommend it! The start of the race is nuts! The racers load onto a ferry in SF and they take you out just off the shore of Alcatraz, then they blow the horn and everyone starts jumping off the ferry like mad! It’s as if the boat is sinking and everyone is jumping for their lives! Swimming in the Bay is pretty surreal, looking at the city and the Golden Gate Bridge from in the water is an amazing feeling!
If you are interested, check out this link for more info. The swim is about 1.25 miles. None of us have been doing any swimming lately, so even those that aren’t strong swimmers still have plenty of time to train. If you would like to do it you need to register very soon, these events always sell out months in advance. Lauren, I’m expecting you to join us!
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Friday’s WOD:
“Tabata Something Else”
Pullups
Pushups
Situps
Squats
20 seconds of work, followed by 10 seconds of rest (1 set)
Perform 8 sets of pullups, then 8 sets of pushups, etc.
Score TOTAL reps for entire workout.
results:
Saturday’s WOD:
Family Style Team Workout:
Teams 3 must complete the following:
(1500) meter Row
(400) KB Swings
(9) Overhead Walking Lunges for 30 meters
(12) DB Aligator Walk
(9) 403 meter runs
family style: team members partition reps however they decide, exercises can be done in any order.
Due to some intensive pre-game strategy, Mike, Mark, and Criselda pulled off a narrow victory!
