Last Friday, I participated in a one night team competition with my husband, Mike. It was the second annual “Battle for the Capital“, hosted by District Crossfit. We didn’t attend this event last year so I wasn’t sure what to expect — but we were both looking for to a nice date night, Crossfit-style ....
Sorry I haven’t gotten a menu plan together or done much posting lately. I’ve been preparing for, and then recovering from, my first ever Crossfit competition. I participated in Cold War 2 – a competition put on by Crossfit Liberation. I was on one of three teams from my box. Our four person team, aka ”Rubicon...
On November 1, 2011 I took my first foundations class. On November 3rd, I participated in my first official Crossfit WOD. It’s now a year later, and according to my workout journal, I’ve logged 240 WODs since then. I thought it would be fun to reflect on the impact Crossfit has made on my...
This past Saturday, I participated in the Wildcat 5K, in McLean, VA. Although I have done some running as part of my Crossfit workouts, I’ve never considered myself a runner and never really enjoyed distance running (and yes I know a 5k isn’t a very long distance). When I started doing Crossfit, I converted...
This past weekend, Mike & I — along with 150+ other folks — attended Tony Blauer’s annual “Tactical Combatives Camp”, hosted at our gym, Crossfit Rubicon. If you are wondering who the heck Tony Blauer is and why in the world a regular ole mom like me would want to attend a “Combatives” camp,...
Wowsers, where have the days gone? We lost power for about three days after the mega storm aka “derecho” blew through the DC area Friday night. Thankfully the power is back on now and we are re-acclimating to summer normal. Right now it means lots of camp and dive practices, but I should be...
Crossfit Adaptation 4144 S 4 Mile Run Dr. Arlington, VA 22206 (Map) http://www.crossfitadaptation.com Crossfit Adaptation (CFA) is located in Shirlington, South Arlington, along Four Mile Run, next to the DMV. They boast a 6,000 square foot space and have been open since May 2010. WOD Schedule and Additional Offerings CFA’s schedule has more class...
Crossfit South Arlington 607 South Ball Street Arlington, VA 22202 (Map) http://www.crossfitsoutharlington.com Crossfit South Arlington (CFSA) is located in northern corner of Crystal City, right by the new Long Bridge Park. They have a nice website with a lot of information, except for two big things. One — they do not post their daily...
Ballston Crossfit 1110 N. Glebe Rd. Arlington, VA 22201 (Map) http://ballstoncrossfit.com Ballston is one of the newer boxes in Arlington. They opened their doors in February 2012 and are located on the ground floor of a commercial office building on Glebe Rd (same building as The Melting Pot). I was looking forward to checking...
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