As many of you know there is a pretty bad ass fire going here in Fort Collins CO.
We worked very hard for hours at 7300' cutting, pulling and pushing trees to make a fire brake to try and save my best friends place. We worked way past when they came to tell us to evacuate only stopping due to the dark and huge flames closing in. . When we were finally pulling out 300' flames were pretty dam close.
My point...working out and staying fit for me and my friend is what gave us a fighting chance. We cleared about 300 trees on steep terrain at 7300' and 97 degrees with smoke filled air. I think I'm more fit than most folks that work out. I think every Cross Fit class I went to in the past year and half since joining did nothing but help. The 20" chainsaw got heavy after about 5 hours but we kept
going at an amazing pace I think. I don't think just going to a gym and getting on a tread mill or lifting to follow some strength program would have helped so much. I've seen a lot of negative posts regarding CF. I gotta tell ya times like this will separate the strong from the weak. My gym has a simple motto
Strong people are generally more useful and harder to kill. I don't know if our effort saved his home but at least we were able to go really hard for 7-8 hours in adverse conditions and try. By far the hardest workout I've had in a long time.
I wish all affected by this fire well.
We worked very hard for hours at 7300' cutting, pulling and pushing trees to make a fire brake to try and save my best friends place. We worked way past when they came to tell us to evacuate only stopping due to the dark and huge flames closing in. . When we were finally pulling out 300' flames were pretty dam close.
My point...working out and staying fit for me and my friend is what gave us a fighting chance. We cleared about 300 trees on steep terrain at 7300' and 97 degrees with smoke filled air. I think I'm more fit than most folks that work out. I think every Cross Fit class I went to in the past year and half since joining did nothing but help. The 20" chainsaw got heavy after about 5 hours but we kept
going at an amazing pace I think. I don't think just going to a gym and getting on a tread mill or lifting to follow some strength program would have helped so much. I've seen a lot of negative posts regarding CF. I gotta tell ya times like this will separate the strong from the weak. My gym has a simple motto
Strong people are generally more useful and harder to kill. I don't know if our effort saved his home but at least we were able to go really hard for 7-8 hours in adverse conditions and try. By far the hardest workout I've had in a long time.
I wish all affected by this fire well.
