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Chad you are a crazy man.. although with that jump you seem like you are part kangaroo. I think that the jump was the most impressive part.

Nice work you guys! When I get 1/2 a second to breathe I would love to try to get my numbers up! Maybe next round...

that looks like fun. also, I think that's my favorite quote yet.

I found this on the message boards.

http://www.crossfit.com/discus/messages/25/35005.html

If you scroll down to the bottom you will see a complete discription of the Mud Run obstacles.

They have a fire hose. I've got my mitts.

That course sounds insane, Chad.

Should be interesting, to say the least. The dirty/wet/uncomfortable/gravel-filled shoe situation is definitely something we need to have in mind when training.

And here's the full article from which Max excerpted the wonderful quote by Henry Rollins.

The title of the piece is "Iron" and it first appeared in Details magazine:

http://www.naturalstrength.com/weightroom/detail.asp?ArticleID=168

Awesome stuff.

Wow. That was a great article. Thank you for sharing! I am definitely going to make my kids read it in my CrossFit class at the end of the semester. Please let me know if you run across other articles in that same light. It's interesting how this work can seem superficial to some, but is life saving for others.

OK I just had to post this description of the mud run obstacles. Sounds way, way funner than I imagined!

Posted on Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 09:06 am:

The Mud Run is 10km. It is mostly running, but the obstacles make it a very slow race. The winning time is usually around 40 minutes. The vast majority of the 3500 participants (3300) will take more than an hour to run it.

The race starts at 0900hrs. The base asks that you be at the gate by 0630 to get through security. This is gotten much faster in the past two years, and you can arrive closer to the start time without time stress. But parking is about 1.5 miles from the start. You can walk or take the suttle bus provide (free).

The Temp has been in the low 50s or mid 60s at the start, frequently with an ocean haze overcast. It can be chilly. However, if the haze isn't burned off by race start time, it will by by 0930 and it will very likely be HOT.

The starting gate is packed,so if you want to get a good start, you'll need to get to the gate by 0830

1st Obstacle: 100 meters after starting you'll be sprayed by a fire hose.

2nd Obstacle. about 100 meters further you'll run across the first of many streams. Depending on the amount of rain, these could be dry stream beds to knee deep, a few meters across or 20 meters.

3rd Obstacle (not always there) crab crawl under a cami net.

Next Obstacle: At the top of long hill will be either an obstacle of hay bales you'll need to walk/run/jump over and/or about 50 ft tires you'll need to get across.

1st Mud Pit. You can stand upright for this. It's about 100ft long and the mud varies from a few .1 to .5 meters. In the middle is a 2m wall you need to go over.

100 meters on is a 150meter lake. This was over my head one year, but other years I could walk across with the water at chest height.

2nd Mud Pit: like the 1st pit with a 2m wall to climp over.

2 Conduits. about 8m long each, you need to crawl through

Very Steep hill. Guy at the top of the hill has a fire hose trying to wash you back down the hill, and the road up the hill is muddy with flowing water.

Final Mud Pit: You have to get on your hands and knees in this pit to get under the ropes going across the pit about .5m above the mud. The water/mud is about .5m deep.

100 meter sprint to finish

How will we prepare a mock-up for the guy trying to knock us down the hill with a fire hose?

rubber band hill repeats could work, but it would be a lot more fun if one of our OFD would volunteer to do it for us!

wow, that does sound fun, except for the 10k part ;)

that article rules, i sent it to a friend of mine. henry rollins is awesome.

just did helen. my hands are shaking as I type this.

12:58 as rx'd + 1 flight of stairs before & after each run. 2:05 better than 11/19!

oh, I would like to volunteer to hose you all down as you run your 10k!

more rollins.

disclaimer: fans of ann coulter, beware!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgSBhlw-o9E

I got a PR of 150 on squat cleans today! The shoes help.

Mike,

Are there climbable girders in the new joint?

Chad, indeed there are. there's a photo somewhere of Mike up on the girder. Mike, you should post that!