12 weeks to my second Pikes Peak Double. Uh-Oh! A shade under of 40 miles of bliss in two-days to prepare for – Saturday Aug 20th is the Ascent and Sunday Aug 21st is the marathon. Two years ago I was in the midst of preparing for the first Double. I had a few Ascents [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Road running’
Pikes Peak Double, Summer WOD’s on a budget and other Memorial Day musings
Posted: May 30, 2011 by David Kohrell in Crossfit, Marathons, RunningTags: Crossfit, Facebook, Marathon, Murph, Olympic Games, Road running, WOD, World of Darkness
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Lincoln Marathon 2011 Report
Posted: May 11, 2011 by David Kohrell in Crossfit, Marathons, RunningTags: Anaerobic exercise, Boston, Crossfit, Delayed onset muscle soreness, Des Moines Marathon, Garmin, Marathon, Mile run world record progression, Minneapolis – Saint Paul, Road running, Running, Strength Training
The Lincoln Marathon was ten days ago – May 1st – so was I too beat up to write a blog post? Nah, just busy, really. . I’ll call this my marathon PR – 4:00:17 by the chip. I’m still 4 minutes off my 1996 all time best – but after my PR article a [...]
CrossFit WOD’s Split Jerk 1 Rep Max and Karen
Posted: March 7, 2011 by David Kohrell in CrossfitTags: clean and jerk, Crossfit, CrossFit Karen, CrossFit Split Jerk, Deadlift, Mile, Olympic, Olympic Games, Physical exercise, Road running, Split, Squat (exercise), WOD, World of Darkness
Fun lunch time workout (WOD) at CrossFitLincoln. I picked up a couple, 1 focused on Olympic lifting skill (Split Jerk) the other a metcon (metabolic conditioning) called “Karen” which involves a 150 wall ball shots. CFL trainer Cole provided a great tutorial and reminder on Split Jerk Form and practice: Shoulder Press with up position [...]
CrossFit WOD Linda
Posted: March 4, 2011 by David Kohrell in CrossfitTags: Body weight, Crossfit, Crossfit Linda, Deadlift, Olympic Games, Road running, Running, Sports, WOD
The CrossFit workout of the day (WOD) called Linda. A perfect torture of Olympic lifting and speed. It’s a declining repetition workout of deadlift, bench and cleans (10 reps each down to 1, until 55 per lift are done). I was leery of this one since my last “Linda” in May of 2010. A day [...]
CrossFit Endurance – Adoption by TJ Murphy (2:38 marathoner)
Posted: January 27, 2011 by David Kohrell in Crossfit, MarathonsTags: Brian McKenzie, CrossFit Endurance, Events, half marathon, Marathon, Road running, Running, Running Competitor, Sports, TJ Murphy, Train
Some love for CrossFit Endurance. Running competitor shares and update of T.J. Murphy – 2:28 marathoner and his jump into CrossFit Endurance. His mentor is Brian McKenzie, founder of CrossFit Endurance. T.J. began a slow adoption process of CrossFit in 2011 to overcome an aerobic only induced knee injury. I’m eager to see his results [...]
