Heroes come in all sizes
We are excited to announce the 13th annual Pulling for Our Little Heroes to benefit our friends at the Northern Nevada Children’s Cancer Foundation! 2025 will bring a slight schedule change for both Team CrossFit and Team Weightlifting events so please stay up to date through this site and our social media outlets- Instagram and Facebook! This year’s CrossFit event will be held at Reno Powerhouse on September 5th and 6th and the Weightlifting will be held on August 30th and September 1st at Calavera Barbell.
- To register a team (MMFF) for the CrossFit event on September 5th and 6th, click HERE
- To register a team (MF) for the Weightlifting event on September 1st. Please reach out to carlos@calaverabarbell.com if you would still like to compete! Please reach out before August 25th so we can finalize the schedule by Tuesday August 26th.
- NEW! To make a general donation or donate to a current team click HERE *
- *You will have the option to select a team to donate to on the second page after selecting donation amount.
- To view 2025 Fundraising Leaderboard click HERE
- To purchase an event shirt *Must purchase before 8/22 click HERE
- To view 2025 Team CrossFit Leaderboard click HERE
- To view the 2025 Team Weightlifting Leaderboard click HERE
- Follow our social media pages for updates: Facebook and Instagram.
- To view the 2025 Little Heroes photo album from Nathan Militante click HERE
CrossFit Registration-CLICK HERE

CrossFit Competition– -Details
1. Registration will be open until August 31st. For 12 years in row this event has sold out so don’t wait and get a head start on fundraising!
2. Competition will be teams of 4 (2 male/2 female).
3. Competition will start in the afternoon on Friday September 5th and end on Saturday September 6th in the afternoon.
4. More information coming soon, so check back!
5. After your team is registered, Paige (paige@calaverabarbell.com) will email you the fundraising link and info.
6. FUNdraising will still be a scored event. Raising a minimum of $500 will be required to advance to the finale. Any team raising $1,000 or above will automatically earn a first-place finish in the FUNdraising “WOD.”
Weightlifting Registration- please reach out to Carlos@calaverabarbell.com before August 25th if you would like to compete in the weightlifting competition.

Weightlifting Competition– Details on how the team weightlifting comp runs HERE
1. Registration will open until September 1st.
2. Competition will be teams of 2, any combination of male/female, youth/senior/master (3 Ranked coed divisions include: Open/Open, Youth/Youth, Master/Youth)
3. Competition will start on Saturday August 30th and end on Monday September 1st.
3. Scheduling of this event will be dependent on the number of teams. Stay tuned for more details!
4. You can see how the team weightlifting comp runs and how the scoring works HERE
