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'''Miranda Alcaraz (formerly known as Miranda Oldroyd) was born on August 22, 1982. She married Julien Alcaraz in 2016, and they welcomed their first born, Knox, in 2017. She is a fitness model and influencer within many realms of fitness communities'''. Miranda is a former professional CrossFit athlete, and served on the CrossFit HQ seminar staff.

Biography
Miranda gained prominence within the CrossFit community after experiencing a "broken neck" in 2012. Miranda sustained this injury when she was involved in a car accident on June 30th, 2012. A white Mercedes ran a red light, striking Miranda's car on the right side. Despite receiving medical attention, Miranda's neck injury was not diagnosed, leading her to function through her daily-life with two breaks in her C2 vertebrae. Upon inspection of an x-ray, Miranda's condition was diagnosed, and she underwent surgery July 17, 2012. A year after her fused spinal surgery, Miranda was recovered and finished in the top 10 at the regional level. Miranda received a tattoo on the back of her neck to commemorate her injury, which reads: "Live. Fate loves the fearless." When asked about her recovery after surgery (in an interview with Progenex), Miranda is quoted: "I didn’t really ever stop working out. Within a day or two after I got out of the hospital I was in the parking lot at CrossFit HQ riding the airdyne bike with no arms or doing walking lunges, air squats and pulling the sled. I was doing this more for my sanity than anything else. When so much of your life is centered around training, you can’t really feel normal without it. I also knew that the hormonal effects of training would help increase recovery from my injury and surgery."

-Miranda Alcaraz, October 14th, 2015. Miranda served on the CrossFit HQ seminar staff for 8 years, and owned her CrossFit gym affiliate in Salt Lake city. Miranda continues to promote health and fitness through the sport of CrossFit. Miranda has 301,000 followers on the social media platform, Instagram. Miranda also reaches an audience via YouTube where she has over 6,000 followers, and on Facebook where she reaches over 20,000 followers. Her business, Street Parking, has 95,000 followers, on Instagram.

Athletic Accomplishments
Miranda was a CrossFit athletes competitively between the years 2008 and 2015. Miranda has competed in 7 Open competitions through the sport of CrossFit. Miranda qualified for her first CrossFit Games in 2008, where she finished 21st. Miranda competed as an individual at the regional level in the CrossFit community in 2012 and 2013, finishing 7th respectively both years. In 2014 and 2015 Miranda competed at the regional level with team NorCal CrossFit, and in 2015 NorCal qualified for the CrossFit games, where they finished 10th respectively. Miranda also competed in the Team Series within the CrossFit community, on team PRGNX INCOMMUNICADO, which finished in 18th place worldwide. Miranda continues to participate in the Open competition, and has recently entered the 35-39 age division. Her latest Open finish placed her 314th worldwide. "“In the end, I got what I came for.  Because I didn’t look forward or back…I was able to push myself to a place that I hadn’t gone before.  I never knew something could hurt as bad as where I took myself on the final event.  But, I did it to prove to MYSELF that I am not a quitter.  That’s another lesson.  Even if the desired outcome looks like it’s not going to happen, don’t give up the FIGHT!  I was still able to show everyone, and MYSELF, what I was made of…what I had worked so hard for.”"A direct quote from Miranda's blog, Action is Eloquence. Miranda posted this after the 2013 regional competition. Miranda's performance on strength tests places her in the 99th percentile of CrossFit female athletes. These are classic benchmark CrossFit wods (workout of day) that serve to test CrossFit athletes in functional fitness.

Miranda places within the 99th percentile based on her recorded scores.

Street Parking
Together, Miranda and Julien run their business, Street Parking. This business publishes daily CrossFit programming, coach tutorials, and workout demos for their clients. Street Parking published their first daily-programming in November of 2016, and within a few months had over 700 members. Street Parking is made for the average person pursuing a healthier lifestyle, with limited equipment and time. Street Parking also programs for postpartum women seeking to transition back into CrossFit training, which can be found on the business webpage. The mission statement for Street Parking is:"'It’s a community and a solution for those who are too busy, can’t afford, or don’t have access to a regular fitness facility. It’s for anyone and can be done anywhere!'"Street Parking can be reached on its personal business page, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.