Athletes and spectators, lace up your sneakers or warm up your clapping (drinking?) hands: this Saturday has events for the whole spectrum. 10-11:30am: Free CrossFit Austin workout at Town Lake. Meet at the dog park by S First street bridge between 10 and 10:30am for a workout that starts at 10:30. This will be an…
Category: Sports/Fitness
Thursday Night Extravaganza
As usual, Thursday is hopping. But this Thursday we can all get our drink and food on, then head to lululemon (click for more info) before 9pm to dance-yoga our indulgences away with glowsticks. Before your rave day, check out: Christmas in July at Soigne Boutique, 6-8pm Mr. Clause will make an appearance a little…
Texas 360 Now: Former Longhorns Come to the Web
Both the Statesman and TexasSports.com have covered this, but I think it’s just too cool not to jump on the bandwagon: on Monday, TJ Ford, Royal Ivey, Kevin Durant, D.J. Augustin, and LaMarcus Aldridge launched a website to connect with fans and basically just share their lives: www.texas360now.com. I’ll let TJ Ford, who pairs with…
Rave Yoga After Dark at lululemon THURSDAY
Sorry guys, I never specified the day on this shindig: definitely Thursday night. Wear all black for lululemon’s Yoga After Dark. Starting at 8pm inside the store, there’ll be snacks, drinks, and games until the sun goes down, when the real fun begins (and, let’s not lie, the heat starts to subside just a smidge).…
This weekend: CrossFit + Cookies + Maker’s Mark Traveling Brunch
Saturday itinerary: 8:30am: CrossFit UTB workout (Meet under Mopac Bridge. Work out. Be awesome) 10am: Spectate Men’s BB Doubles at Aussie’s (damn it’s gonna be hot) 1-3pm: Snag free Alexandra’s Cookie Dreams Cookies and a delicious No Sugar Added Mocha Blended at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. 2pm: Hit up BookPeople on N. Lamar…
A Few Things I Learned this Weekend
1) Champagne bubbles are not good for Monday morning 7am sprints. Not the 400M ones, not the 200M ones, and not even the 35M ones. 2) If champagne bubbles are still in your system 2 days later, you had too much champagne at the wedding. 3) True, deep forgiveness is really hard. But really worth…
The King Comes to Town (Hello, George Strait)
I have wanted to see George Strait in concert since I’ve listened to country music. I’m gonna go ahead and estimate that at 13+ years (late music bloomer). And now he’s hitting Austin, er, Cedar Park! The Cedar Park Center’s grand opening concert features the King of Country. Did anyone even know they were building…
Sizzlin’ Summer Sampler – Free CrossFit, Yoga, and Cardio Kickboxing
Sizzlin’ Summer Sampler Sunday, June 14th at 10am lululemon back parking lot Wear athletic shoes, bring a yoga mat, bring hydration……and get your booty on down to the Sizzlin’ Summer Sampler with our stellar Ambassadors: David Garza (Cardio Kickboxing), Sanieh (Yoga) and Carey Kepler (CrossFit). You’ll get a 20 minute sample of their areas of…
Murph Day! + free doughnuts?
What is Murph Day? A ridiculously hard CrossFit workout / benefit for The Naval Special Warfare Foundation / chance to play with CrossFitters … more from CrossFit Austin: Murph Day 2009 Please join CrossFit Austin, as we participate in “Murph” Day presented by Windy City CrossFit, U.S. CrossFit and SEALfit.com. June 6th will be spent honoring…
It’s all about the volleyball
Last summer I spent 3-4 days a week playing sand volleyball. While this summer my schedule hasn’t looked like that, there is some good volleyball to be had. Three things on the agenda: Weekly, the ATXVB Meetup Group plays at the Krieg Complex, known before as the softball fields off Pleasant Valley and Riverside. Wednesdays…