Dutch's Travel

 

Marshall getting some coaching from the great Mike Burgner.  He is the O lifting guru for Crossfit.  Along with an amazing eprson he has eally helped us with our lifts.  I plan on going back several times before i leave.  He really took a liking to marshall.

We got to go to Balboa park this week and visited the japanese friendship garden.  I don;t know what it is about trees specifically Bonsai that intrigue me.  It is amazing to me to see a tree grown in a pot.

This is a picture of Jessica from Illinois and Myslef after our Helen race.  Of course she smoked me.  She ran a 4:48 mile two days ago.  It wasn;t even fair.  I am sure you will get to see it soon.  Keep an eye on the main site.

 

Ok its official, the little guy made it to sunny California.  Marshall got in yesterday and in true form we had a couple cocktails at the beach but fortunately we called it an early night.  We are about to go for a workout then possibly out to Coach B's place for some O lifting!! 

I want to give a shout out to CJ who has been very gracious to host both me and Marshall for the week.  It is also his birthday today so give him a spanking if you see him today!

Spencer of Crossfit Dallas Central (upsidedown) and Ryan of GSX Athletics.  I had a good time at the workout while i was back in Texas.  Remember i am always posting new pictures here so don't forget to check back regularly and let me know what you think.

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I spent the end of this week in Fort Worth with the beautiful Meggie (my girlfriend).  I miss her. 

I had the opportunity to hang out at GSX for a couple of days and got to work out with Ryan from GSX and Spencer from Crossfit Central Dallas.  It was a killer workout thanks to me.  Sorry guys.  I will get some pictures posted later.

Marshall is coming to town tomorrow so be ready for some crazy pictures and stories.

Above is a video of Jason of GSX cranking out 100 pullups in 2:57!!  Sorry if the video is not imbeded, you may just have to click on the link.  Enjoy.

 

-Dutch-

 

Ok so i had a long weekend, hence the lack of posting.  I am back online though so it should improve.  Today was the last day of the Crossfit Kids Cert. and i was completely impressed!  Jeff, Mikki and the CF Kids staff did an amazing job.  They were clear and concise with their teaching and progressions.  It was also tons of fun!  I could have played games all day.  Thank You!

Above are David and Connor of Brand X out in Ramona.  I had the pleasure of coaching David through an example WOD today.  Great athletes with a great future.  I might add that they also have a great coach, Connor's dad, Jeff Martin.  Good work fellas!  It almost looks fun doesn't it??

On a lighter note.  This is an intersection in downtown San Diego in the Gaslamp district.  It seems normal till you get the walk signal.  All lanes of traffic are stopped and you are allowed to walk diagonally across the street.  Can you see the walk way leading to the middle of the street??  Its just crazy...

Headed to Texas tomorrow!!!

 

 

That was the actual temperature when i left Santa Cruz last friday...

Danny, anything look familiar in this picture?  Apparently there is more to surfing than having a fucking cool board.  I am figureing it out so don;t ya'll don't worry about me.  Cali has been amazing and SoCal is even better.  This is my kind of place, perpetual sun, beaches galore, and a hot day is 85. 

Below is CJ of Crossfit San Diego.  An awesom dude and a pretty top notch athlete.  He has also opened his house to me which has been a godsend.  Thank You CJ.   The whole crew at CFSD is awesome. 

Itinerary for the next week:

Tomorrow UCSD Football team is having there end of year workout.  2 power cleans every minute for 50 minutes with increasing loads as time progresses.  Somehow i got invited with the likes of Jon Welbourn, Max Mormont, Dave Castro and Andy Stumpf.  I think the football players are starting at 200lbs...  It will be interesting for me.  I will get some pictures of this for sure.

Friday doing some filming for CF HQ. 

Saturday and Sunday working the level one cert at Brand X.

Monday and Tuesday participating in the Crossfit Kids cert at Brand X

Wednesday thru Friday going to Fort Worth!!

More later...

The view from San Francisco Crossfit above and the view of San Francisco Crossfit below.  I missed the heads up for the picture below... oops.  I was lucky enought to get to workout with this crew on Wednesday afternoon.  Among the beautiful people are Kim Bozman first in line and Adrian fourth.  The other three are buddies of Adrian's.  A real class group.  I had a ton of fun.  I do want to point out that i am back to working out and have only officially gained 2.4 pounds. 

This is a picture of the place i had breakfast this morning.  There is no way i would pass a place like this up.  I asked the waitress what she would recommend and she said, "I don;t eat meat, but everyone likes this (points to a menu item)."  I was blown away but i guess it would be expected in a place like this.  It was about a block away from Adrian's place and on Haight street.  For those of you who don;t know what the Haight district is check this little bit of info.  Needless to say there was tons of people watching.

I am headed to San Diego tomorrow and will try to get some good pictures of the drive.  There are some amazing views on the way south.  I have to work this weekend so forgive me if there is not too much posted.  I will get back on it Monday.

Give me a shout or post something to comments.  I miss my Crossfit ATM people!!

-Dutch- 

 

 

Me and The Boz at the games.  Doesn;t he look cool in his judgement glasses and stop watch necklace.

Just a little update for everyone.  This has been a busy week but kinda uneventful.  I attended the Media cert with Tony Budding on Tuesday, went to the beach on wednesday, completed my level II Thursday and Friday and worked a Level I this weekend.  I will get to relax a bit next weekend and hopefully take a trip up to San Francisco.  I am headed down to San Diego on Friday so i will have some good pictures for ya'll next weekend.

The Jonny and The Courtney Monday morning after the games.  We don;t look that bad do we?

I am guessing that you followed the games this weekend.  It was an amazing event filled with all kinds of fun workouts.  Honestly i don;t feel that bad today.  I thought the pain would be unbearable but fortunately i am still mobile and starting to feel better already.  I spent the whole day at the beach yesterday so i apologize for not posting sooner.  It is hard to drag myself inside in a place like this.  The weather has been amazing and the views are breathtaking. 

I will hopefully have some time now to travel and get some cool pictures up.  I met tons of people at the games and was blown away by their kindness and generosity.  I think everyone i talked to offered me a place to stay if i come by their town.  I am amazed everyday by the Crossfit community.  Thank You!

This week i am attending the Crossfit Level II certification.  I hear it is intense so i have been brushing up on my skills and teaching points.  I am working a level I this weekend then headed to SoCal later next week.

Stay tuned i will try to update more often.

-Dutch-

P.S.  There are more pictures posted here. 

 

I am in Sunny Santa Cruz!!  I had an awesome day at the beach yesterday and got a chance to stop by Crossfit Santa Cruz.  Pictured above are Patrick Barber, a Games contender, and Hollis Malloy both of CFSC.  Their box is pretty awesome with a great location.  It is literally around the corner from the beach.

I have been helping prepare the Games location for the competition on Saturday.  It is starting to shape up and look pretty good out there.  If you are curious about what we are doing check games.crossfit.com or www.crossfit.com.   I will try to snap some photos and post tonight so you know what it looks like out there.  All my other pictures are posted here.

I finally made it!!  I am in Union City close to Oakland for the Level one cert this weekend.  I am headed to CF OneWorld soon for a quick workout.

Let me explain the pictures above:

The first one is Camels...Yes Camels.  The nest two are of a hike i went on right outside of Flagstaff.  It was amazing up there.  The pictures hardly do it justice.  The last one is Lisa Ray's evening group at Crossfit Flagstaff.  They are an amazing group of people.  I hope to see all of you at the Games in a couple days.

A quick thank you to Mike and Lisa Ray for their hospitality.  I will be back for sure!!