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A Huge Weekend For CFSC!
Congratulations to all of the CFSC that competed and raced this past weekend. Brennan and Lalo represented huge for CFSC this weekend and took 1st and 2nd in their division at the NLI. A great performance was turned in by Anthony in the elite division and Becca had a great showing for her first solo competition as well. Also a huge congratulations to all of our athletes who raced in the Surf City marathon and 1/2 marathon. All the training and hard work has been paying off with several of our athletes hitting PR’s. The fastest time of the day was turned in by Coach Jay who ran a blazingly fast 1/2 marathon in 1:29:49 and placed 33rd out of 822 runners in his age group.
NLI Profile for Brennan Harris
1. Name
Brennan Major Harris
2. Age
19 year old or about 7300 days old
3. How long have you been doing CrossFit?
about 2 1/2 years
4. How many competitions have you been in?
One and it sucked because I was sick as a dog
5. What is your favorite lift/movement?
Squat snatch – nothing feels better then a nice clean snatch
6. What is one thing you hope you wont have to do at this competition?
High rep trusters – there just super evil and I never want to do them
7. If you could workout with one person that you have not, who would it be
and why?
and why?
My old soccer coach Jason Mize thought he was the s*** and I would just like to show him thats he’s actually a little b****!
8. What have you been doing differently leading up to your competition?
Training multiple times a day
9. What are your goals for this competition?
Take a spot in the top 3
10. Anything else you would like to tell us?
If you could leave your cameras at home that would be great thanks
Next Level Invitational Details
Location: 25401 Paseo de Valencia, Laguna Hills, CA 92653
Time: 9am-5pm (check heats below for individual athlete heat times)
CrossFit Surf City Athletes:
Becka- workout 1: 9:00am, workout 2: 1:33pm
Lalo- workout 1: 9:30am, workout 2: 1:57pm
Brennan- workout 1: 9:45am, workout 2: 2:09pm
Anthony- workout 1: 11:30am, workout 2: 3:33pm
* We will have a tent set up for athletes and spectators from CFSC. Look for the “Sea of Red”
NLI Profile for Coach Anthony
1. Name: Anthony
2. Age: 30
3. How long have you been doing crossfit? 7 years
4. How many competitions have you been in? 4
5. What is your favorite lift/movement?
Overhead squat
6. What is one thing you hope you wont have to do at this competition?
Run, my foot hurts
7. If you could workout with one person that you have not, who would it be and why?
My dad
8. What have you been doing differently leading up to your competition?
Being consistent and eating a weighted and measured 18 block almost Paleo diet
9. What are your goals for this competition.
Rank higher than before
10. Anything else you would like to tell us?
I love my cheese ….
The Winner of The Burpee Experience Video Contest
Congratulations to Leah for her winning Burpee Experience video! She braved freeway traffic to take home the $25 gift card to the CFSC pro shop. Check out her video below!
Foot Strike and Injury Rate in Endurance Runners
Scientists explore the injury rates between various running styles.
Abstract
Purpose: This retrospective study tests if runners who habitually forefoot strike have different rates of injury than runners who habitually rearfoot strike.
Methods: We measured the strike characteristics of middle and long distance runners from a collegiate cross country team and quantified their history of injury, including the incidence and rate of specific injuries, the severity of each injury, and the rate of mild, moderate and severe injuries per mile run.
Results: Of the 52 runners studied, 36 (59%) primarily used a rearfoot strike and 16 (31%) primarily used a forefoot strike. Approximately 74% of runners experienced a moderate or severe injury each year, but those who habitually rearfoot strike had approximately twice the rate of repetitive stress injuries than individuals who habitually forefoot strike. Traumatic injury rates were not significantly different between the two groups. A generalized linear model showed that strike type, sex, race distance, and average miles per week each correlate significantly (p<0.01) with repetitive injury rates.
Conclusions: Competitive cross country runners on a college team incur high injury rates, but runners who habitually rearfoot strike have significantly higher rates of repetitive stress injury than those who mostly forefoot strike. This study does not test the causal bases for this general difference. One hypothesis, which requires further research, is that the absence of a marked impact peak in the ground reaction force during a forefoot strike compared to a rearfoot strike may contribute to lower rates of injuries in habitual forefoot strikers.
(C)2012The American College of Sports Medicine
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