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Shafman wrote:Someone over on CA said Bmac was a Navy Seal.

WildGorillaMan wrote:

Shafman wrote:Someone over on CA said Bmac was a Navy Seal.

People on CA say all kinds of things. There's only a couple of posters there that keep it from being exactly at the same level as SS, which is to say three notches down from HGRT circa 1998.

Shafman wrote:this shit isn't hard to look up, is it?

tzg wrote:

WildGorillaMan wrote:

Shafman wrote:Someone over on CA said Bmac was a Navy Seal.

People on CA say all kinds of things. There's only a couple of posters there that keep it from being exactly at the same level as SS, which is to say three notches down from HGRT circa 1998.

To be more precise, somebody on CA pointed to an article where BMack is listed, perhaps incorrectly, as being a Seal.

kreator wrote:

tzg wrote:

WildGorillaMan wrote:

Shafman wrote:Someone over on CA said Bmac was a Navy Seal.

People on CA say all kinds of things. There's only a couple of posters there that keep it from being exactly at the same level as SS, which is to say three notches down from HGRT circa 1998.

To be more precise, somebody on CA pointed to an article where BMack is listed, perhaps incorrectly, as being a Seal.

Not just an article by any old person, on a journal record by someone who was an old running partner. It's one thing for a journalist or a blogger to make a big error in credentials, not so understandable that a running partner would do the same unless there was lying involved.

There is a 6:00 am start, 8:00 am start and a 10am start time; I started at 8:00am. Eighty-five runners are officially entered; 80 runners started last year. The Park Service is touchy on having any more runners and I agree. One year I ran with only 22 runners. I assembled a good crew for the race and later my double crossing. Many emails and phone calls paid off. Crewing BW is a craft; crews are your key to finishing BW. I had two veteran crew members back from last year: Brian Mackenzie, fairly new to ultra running who had just ran his first 100 at WS, a former Navy Seal and Ironman finisher my crew chief, leader, pacer. Brian's goal is to run Badwater next year. Also Big Mike, who is not a runner but a backpacker who did the PCT. Mike crewed for me last year and did a great job. Jeff from Ohio came on late since I lost a crew member due to family situations. Jeff is a very successful business owner who flies all over the world running marathons and ultras. Charles an ultra runner, Brian's pal, insisted on coming out. Like All State Insurance, I was in good hands.

syaigh wrote:Link: http://www.foothillflyers.org/reviews/badwater.html

Scroll down to the article titled: Badwater Double - 292 Miles
by John Radich (about the third one down)

There is a 6:00 am start, 8:00 am start and a 10am start time; I started at 8:00am. Eighty-five runners are officially entered; 80 runners started last year. The Park Service is touchy on having any more runners and I agree. One year I ran with only 22 runners. I assembled a good crew for the race and later my double crossing. Many emails and phone calls paid off. Crewing BW is a craft; crews are your key to finishing BW. I had two veteran crew members back from last year: Brian Mackenzie, fairly new to ultra running who had just ran his first 100 at WS, a former Navy Seal and Ironman finisher my crew chief, leader, pacer. Brian's goal is to run Badwater next year. Also Big Mike, who is not a runner but a backpacker who did the PCT. Mike crewed for me last year and did a great job. Jeff from Ohio came on late since I lost a crew member due to family situations. Jeff is a very successful business owner who flies all over the world running marathons and ultras. Charles an ultra runner, Brian's pal, insisted on coming out. Like All State Insurance, I was in good hands.

This was written in 2006.

WildGorillaMan wrote:

Gin Master wrote:

WildGorillaMan wrote:

The Crawdaddy wrote: This is such complete crap if it's the reason they are shutting down. It's a fucking word. Now you can't use it in a domain name? Frickin' absolute crack of shit. Word police coming to get you!

the IOC and by extension the USOC doesn't fuck around when licencing dollars are on the line. If they don't get their tribute they will go after you like Armenian Mobsters, which in fact some of them may have once been.

They weren't making any money off the site, at least not enough to pay a lawyer around $750 to write two or three letters back to them. This suit wouldn't go anywhere since "Oly" and "Olympic weightlifting" refer, in the public's eyes, to a sport or style of lifting. USOC just got pissed because Vaughn was involved, I suppose.

IOC doesn't give a fuck if you're not making money. A trademark is a trademark, and they want to get paid. I still recall in the time leading up to the '88 Winter Olympics the IOC sic'ed the mad dog lawyers on long time family owned businesses in Calgary like Olympic Paints and Olympic Pizza and Donair.

Shafman wrote:Someone over on CA said Bmac was a Navy Seal.

U.S. Navy SEALs

U.S. Naval Special Warfare Archives - This is the best spot on the Internet to verify whether or not someone who is claiming to be a SEAL (or a UDT) actually walked the walk. If you think they are just talking the talk, contact R.D. at the Archives at [email protected].

Link: http://www.foothillflyers.org/reviews/badwater.html

Scroll down to the article titled: Badwater Double - 292 Miles
by John Radich (about the third one down)

Quote:
There is a 6:00 am start, 8:00 am start and a 10am start time; I started at 8:00am. Eighty-five runners are officially entered; 80 runners started last year. The Park Service is touchy on having any more runners and I agree. One year I ran with only 22 runners. I assembled a good crew for the race and later my double crossing. Many emails and phone calls paid off. Crewing BW is a craft; crews are your key to finishing BW. I had two veteran crew members back from last year: Brian Mackenzie, fairly new to ultra running who had just ran his first 100 at WS, a former Navy Seal and Ironman finisher my crew chief, leader, pacer. Brian's goal is to run Badwater next year. Also Big Mike, who is not a runner but a backpacker who did the PCT. Mike crewed for me last year and did a great job. Jeff from Ohio came on late since I lost a crew member due to family situations. Jeff is a very successful business owner who flies all over the world running marathons and ultras. Charles an ultra runner, Brian's pal, insisted on coming out. Like All State Insurance, I was in good hands.

My biggest concern was not whether or not he was hurt. I knew he'd be fine. I wanted to use this as a teaching experience. He was breathing deep, trying to hold back the tears, shoulders hanging down, frowning and looking at me with big brown eyes that look just like mine. I sat him down and talked about how important it is to stay focused, and I told him that he should get right back to jumping.

"Don't be afraid of the box son. This happens in here all the time. The important part is that you don't become afraid of the box or feel like a failure. One day, you might fall again, and that's okay too. You get up and you jump again and again."
He nodded and smiled at me with glassy eyes, full of tears that he never let fall. We cleaned up his bloody knee and he finished the first of 3 short workouts.

protobuilder wrote:He's learning that workouts are the hardest thing suburban mom has to deal with.

CJ Kim wrote:Just WOD'n everday. And making vids of me WOD'n. And watching vids of other people WOD'n. And talking about vids of me and other people WOD'n. Oh yeah, and overhead squatting office supplies every chance I got. These were the salad days, as they say. But all good things must come to an end. Pretty soon anyone who wasn't a crossfitter (a.k.a. candyasses, as we like to call them) wouldn't talk to me, and anyone who was a crossfitter was too busy with rehab to come to the box.

Luckily, around that time I found the crossfit message boards to fill the void. I was back among my kind again and couldn't control my zeal in spreading the gin koans of the Couch. But everyone thought I was some kind of troll?!? And then it happened - I.Was.Banned. Date the ban would be lifted: never. Reason given: none.

So here I sit in my former box folding my board shorts and skins, rejected by the only community I ever loved, kidneyless and covered in ridiculous tatoos, my only source of sustenance being left over paleo packs and pure spite.

And now you know.

Case of the Week # 2
On August 22, 2011, in Case of the Week, by jcubos

Each week, I will be presenting a “case of the week” where you, the readers, are invited to put on your thinking caps and participate. The format will be the posting of a “history” and “physical” for two days with a poll whereby you are asked for your diagnosis. You are also asked to provide your treatment plan in the comments section. 48 hours later, the actual diagnosis will be provided with a short treatment plan for said patient. Each case will be hypothetical and will in no way reflect any true patient.

History

Male, 41 years of age
Crossfit enthusiast
Former competitive bodybuilder
Acute onset of pain (sharp) located along anterolateral aspect of the right elbow 23 days ago
Reports onset from slipping on the 8th repetition of a kipping pull-up
Prior smoker of 12 years, 2 year history of performance enhancement substance use

Physical Examination

Neurological examination (sensory, motor, DTR) within normal limits
Minimal ecchymosis visible surrounding right elbow
Active and Passive ROM full and pain free
Pain with combined resisted elbow supination and flexion at 0 degrees
Palpable distal bicep tendon
Localized tenderness in the region of the anticubital fossa

Radiographic Findings

Plain x-ray: “normal elbow”

Diagnosis

______________________

Treatment Plan

______________________

Please state your answer in the “comments section” and provide a recommended plan of management.

Dan Martin wrote:CrossFit is rather nebulous. And as such, rather annoying. But, a lot of people have gotten off their dead asses and started training.

My biggest concern was not whether or not he was hurt. I knew he'd be fine. I wanted to use this as a teaching experience. He was breathing deep, trying to hold back the tears, shoulders hanging down, frowning and looking at me with big brown eyes that look just like mine. I sat him down and talked about how important it is to stay focused, and I told him that he should get right back to jumping.

"Don't be afraid of the box son. This happens in here all the time. The important part is that you don't become afraid of the box or feel like a failure. One day, you might fall again, and that's okay too. You get up and you jump again and again."
He nodded and smiled at me with glassy eyes, full of tears that he never let fall. We cleaned up his bloody knee and he finished the first of 3 short workouts.

raptor wrote:

Dan Martin wrote:CrossFit is rather nebulous. And as such, rather annoying. But, a lot of people have gotten off their dead asses and started training.

I think that's a bullshit pro-CF argument. We're talking about ppl who are exercise addicts and willing to cough up literally hundreds of dollars a month in various fees and gear to be allowed to work out in some shithole warehouse. The overwhelming majority of CFers did some form of working out before or would in a CF-free world (oh, the thought of it!) have ended up being taken in by some other organization.

Brian Mackenzie, fairly new to ultra running who had just ran his first 100 at WS, a former Navy Seal and Ironman finisher my crew chief, leader, pacer.