So a little more than a year ago, about 25 of us went down to Camp Pendleton for the "World Famous" Camp Pendleton Mud Run. It's a 10k run that you do with a team of 4 while going through some mud and obstacles. Yes, we had a lot of fun down there, however, it was underwhelming... basically a 10k with a few little obstacles and a mud pit at the end. So, we started asking around about a more challenging mud run with more obstacles and more mud... What we found, about 2 hours north of Los Angeles, is a race called the Volkslauf! Yes, it's a 10k, but as you'll see in the video below - it's a whole lot more than just a running race!

On Saturday, about 45 of us are going up to give it a whirl. If you're inspired by the video and didn't sign up this year, don't worry - if it's as good as it looks, we'll definitely be going back in '09 - so start making plans! (fyi - make sure your volume is up for the beginning of the video - they did a great job with the voice over a USMC DI with Mel Gibson from Braveheart!)



Today's Workout

3 rounds for time of:
400m run
21 Pull Ups
12 Handstand Push-ups

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HAve a great time all! You'll kick ass!

We'll miss you, Devlin!

Devlin you better break a leg!

I would kill to be there with you guys! KILL!!! Have fun and kick some ass!!

Volkslauf looks great, we have a very similar thing in the UK called Tough Guy (toughguy.co.uk), I think if you ever visit you would enjoy it!!

Devlin, where are you going?

Looks fun, you guys should check the Tough Guy adenture Race.
www.toughguy.co.uk/home.shtml

This is totally off topic from today’s post, but I thought others might find this amusing. Google has posted a link below their main search box (http://www.google.com/search2001.html) that allows you to search their 2001 index. I searched “crossfit” and found nothing that referred to what we understand as ‘CrossFit’.

It got me thinking about how a word has a denotation and a connotation, and that it seems a word gets defined by how it’s used. Are we part of a community which is adding a new word to the human lexicon?

Love the tough guy run - barbed wire, electric fence, ice mud pool, and these guys run it in kilts. I think it should be called the crazy race. Hey Zeb, got a job and I'm contacted starting this Friday till next Saturday but I'll be there in spirit!

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