The meaning of #MemorialDayMurph #CrossFit

This morning, I went and did a CrossFit tradition: Murph. Granted, I'm not the best athlete, and I'm not getting any younger (trust me, I'm older than I look), so I scaled it down to what I call a "half-Murph." Rather than the full mile runs and the total number of reps, I scaled them …

Memorial Day Murph — crossing the finish line

Yesterday, I did the annual Memorial Day Murph workout. I've written about it before. For those of you unfamiliar with CrossFit, the Murph workout consists of a one mile run, 100 pull-ups, 200 push-ups, 300 air squats, and another mile run. Needless to say, it is a LOT of work! For those of us who …

Memorial Day Murph

A few of us in the office were discussing plans for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend.  I mentioned that I was doing this thing on Monday called Memorial Day Murph (those of you who CrossFit know what I'm talking about).  I tried to describe the workout, and I couldn't remember the movements and rep scheme, …

Memorial Day

On this Memorial Day, we remember those who gave all in service.