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So it was Friday and the WOD posted on CrossFit.com was ``Nicole'':

Complete as many rounds in 20 minutes as you can of: Run 400 meters Max rep Pull-ups

I live near the Inner Sunset in San Francisco, around a mile from Kezar Stadium. Kezar is a fantastic training resource - it has a decent running track (one lap is 400 meters), lots of space, bleachers to run up and down on, etc. Perfect for the running part of Nicole, but what about the pull-ups? Unfortunately, there is no Par Course or similar, no pull-up bar or jungle gym. However, there are plenty of trees! Inspired by this photo of fellow CrossFitKMSF-er Lake: I thought I'd look for a suitable tree as close as possible to the running track. It turns out there is a pretty decent one near the starting point. So, I managed to get in eight rounds in 20 minutes, doing the pull-ups from this sturdy tree, 13-10-10-9-10-10-10-5. Not too bad, and lots of fun! Definitely going to do more training at Kezar - next time I'll hang gymnastics rings from the goal posts, I think.

Niall O'Higgins is an author, event organizer and software consultant. He wrote the book MongoDB and Python, published by O'Reilly. Events he organizes include We Have Tablets, the #1 Bay Area Tablet Computing Meet-up and PyWebSF. He also offers consulting services for Mobile, Tablet and Cloud Computing.

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