1-5-09 Coach’s Corner

I’ve been recieving questions about running in the cold and whether or not it can make you sick. I found this article in the chicago tribune that says according the CDC there is no evidence that says running or exercising in cold weather can make you sick or increase your chances of getting sick. As we can all agree it gets way colder there then here! It may suck to breath the cold air but it won’t make you sick. Here is the article!

Also, I just wanted to let everyone know about the Hellen challenge. We originally took our baseline a couple of months ago, and we haven’t done much with it since. The reason is two fold, number one is that so far we have had only one person participate in the contest as far as paying in the pot. One person would not make for a very good prize. I believe this is partially my fault as I have not hyped it much. Which brings me to the second reason, with the move we were kind of out of commission for pull ups for awhile, and I didn’t want it to affect anyone’s performance. That is why I have delayed bringing it up. Now that we are rolling again, I’d like to let everyone know that we are going to culminate our contest at the grand opening ceremony. We will use it as a CrossFit Members demo! So you until Jan 30th to get ready! I’d like to encourage everyone to participate, so we can make this thing really fun at the grand opening! Also, you guys have been training for quite awhile now, so your times should have improved significantly. It’s really anyone’s game! The money to participate will be due Friday the 15th! Let’s have a great turn out and have a rockin’ contest.