Episode #63
It Not Not Impossible - A Crossfit Coach's Attempt at the T5
Send us Fan Mail On this episode of Off You Pop , Philip sits down with Alison Hardy — CrossFit coach and mountain athlete — to unpack her attempt at the Tahoe Five Peaks Challenge. Alison made it through four summits and deep into the final push toward Genoa Peak before extreme winds and accumulated fatigue forced her to stop just short of the finish. If you train for CrossFit, you already know what hard feels like. But today’s episode is about a different kind of hard — the kind that doesn’t end in 12 minutes, or 5 rounds, or when the clock beeps. It’s about a challenge that keeps stacking fatigue hour after hour until your brain becomes the real workout. This is the story of Alison Hope’s Tahoe Five Peaks attempt — four summits down, deep into the fifth, and a day where wind, exhaustion, and decision‑making under pressure pushed her right to the edge. Not impossible. Just not not impossible. And that’s exactly why it matters. Because what Alison did out there is the same thing you train for in the gym: mental resiliency, composure under stress, and the ability to keep moving when your body is done negotiating. This episode is about what happens when a CrossFit mindset meets a 24‑hour mountain challenge — and what you can learn from it. She walks us through the physical and mental demands of the T5, the decisions she had to make under pressure, and how endurance challenges translate directly into the mental resiliency she trains with her athletes every day. This conversation explores what it means to test your limits, how to respond when conditions turn against you, and why “doing hard things” matters inside and outside the gym. Alison completed 49 miles, more than 11,500ft in elevation gain, completing Mt Rose, Granite Chief, Tallac, Freel and nearly Genoa in under 24 hours before finally reaching her limit. www.tahoe5peaks.com www.blisterpopadventures.com Support the show
