'Our Coaches'

My coaches blog recently got put up on the Cooee website under 'our coaches'. This is awesome!

JACK MARSHALLThe other Marshall – Forensic Investigation student, Jack – grew up playing a variety of sports, including soccer, basketball, AFL and golf. However, after finishing high school he struggled to find a sport that challenged him both physically and mentally… until he was introduced to CrossFit via brother Tim. He quickly became hooked on the competitive yet undeniably friendly environment at Cooee CrossFit and knew he wanted to be a part of it. Jack is now a certified Level One CrossFit Trainer and Senior First Aider. He had his first taste of the sport side to CrossFit by competing in the 2011 CrossFit Games Open and has set a goal of one day representing Cooee CrossFit on the world stage at the CrossFit Games. He encourages everyone to work towards his or her own goals and will do anything to help them achieve it.

Marathon Training

I have signed up to do the city2surf marathon in less than 19 days! I have not done any real training for it until yesterday. I am really hoping crossfit will have prepared me enough for the 42km of misery. That being said, i met up with my good friend Matt who is also preparing for it. note we have a $50 dollar bet on who wins... seemed like a good idea at the time. We ran from Walcott st in Mt Lawley to Jacobs ladder (approx 4.5km), I did Jacobs ladder 7 times, Matt 8; Then ran home, another 4.5km. needless to say my legs were jelly the next day.

The plan is to do some longer runs (20-30km) this week, then some shorter runs in the week leading up to it. If that wasn't crazy enough to do a marathon with little training, Matt has his final round of his Golf Club Championship the afternoon of running the marathon. So he's going to play 18 holes of golf afterwards, I was so impressed i decided i had to see it for myself, so i'm caddying!...can't wait to see how this goes.