It seemed only natural that they open their own CrossFit affiliate and, in 2016, he and Kare decided to focus all their resources and energy to create the CrossFit gym they had always wanted.

Since 2010, he has been and avid Crossfitter himself and involved in the CrossFit community by supporting his wife, Kare, in her adventures as a CrossFit Masters Competitor. In 2016, her dreams of running her own gym were realized when she and her husband started a new life adventure by creating CrossFit Milo which became Milo Fitness Factory in 2020.Īfter 24 years serving the community in Fire/EMS, Alan decided it was time to hang up the helmet and retire from a Tucson area fire department as a Captain/Paramedic and Union President. In 2014, Kare left EMS and began working full time as a CrossFit coach, developing the Competitive program for CrossFit Northwest Tucson in addition to assuming head coach and Manager responsibilities at CrossFit Purgatory. She is an Iron Athlete Rowing Instructor and has won multiple national and international CrossFit and Rowing Competitions. She was a part-time coach at CrossFit Northwest Tucson for six years, coaching CrossFit Kids, rowing clinics, and adult classes. In 2008, Kare began training, competing in and coaching CrossFit.

She spent the next 21 years working in Emergency Medicine as a ground and flight paramedic. She began her athletic career at The University of Washington, where she rowed with the Varsity Crew team and earned her BA. Kare has been an avid Athlete for most of her adult life.

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