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The Ricky Garard Saga Continues

Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up. We’re on an early flight from one sunshine state to another. Next stop, Miami, FL. 

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important then the outcome. Let your actions show the true you.” — Annie Thorisdottir

CHALK UP IN 2 MINUTES

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU HIT THE BOX

ROUNDUP — Watch Brent Fikwoski’s wedding in 60 seconds. Dan Bailey did grace in 95 seconds the first time he did it. Jamie Hagiya hit 249 double unders in two minutes. Blair Morrison’s 86-year-old can do Turkish get-ups better than you. Champion boxer and MMA fighter Holly Holm trains on a true form runnerJanzen Hall and her 6-month-old baby boy do push-ups together at CrossFit Chanute.

GARARD SAGA, DAY 3 — The Aussie delegation remains silent on Ricky Garard using PEDs at the CrossFit Games, but CrossFit Games General Manager Justin Bergh responds to Garard’s allegation that “other top athletes in the sport intentionally out smarting the system, [and] getting away with [doping].”

“This is an opportunity for him as an athlete if he has that information he can share it with us, he can be a part of a solution, but I think it’s damaging to his other athletes and I think that’s what cheating does. It’s not just ruining the leaderboard, it’s tarnishing the hard work, the talent, the dedication that your fellow competitors have…It’s dragging a lot of good athletes, good clean athletes that are doing the right thing, it’s sullying their reputation and I don’t think it’s fair to them.

“We’ve never had an instance where an athlete tested positive and we hid that result or did not publish that result ever. If people want to attack our integrity and say that we’re hiding things, all I have to say is that we’ve published every single result and there is nothing to hide.”

CF TEAM SERIES — The official winners are in and $10,000 is going to these three teams:

— Male/Male: Noah Ohlsen and Travis Mayer
— Female/Female: Katrin Davidsdottir/Annie Thorisdottir
— Male/Female: Alex Vigneault and Carol-Ann Reason-Thibault

CF INVITATIONAL — HQ released the roster for the European, Canadian and USA teams.

— EUROPE: Annie Thorisdottir, Sara Sigmundsdottir, Bjorgvin Gudmundsson and Jason Smith. COACH: Sam Briggs.
— CANADA: Alessandra Pichelli, Carol-Ann Reason-Thibault, Patrick Vellner and Brent Fikowski. COACH: Camille Leblanc-Bazinet.

How well did we predict it? Spot on except for Jason Smith, who is NOT from Europe. He’s from South Africa.

WHAT TO TELL YOURSELF WHEN YOU WANNA FEEL STRONG…

Do what Chyna Cho does. When she just needs to feel strong she replaces those rubber bumper plates with steel. Why? “The rattling of the [steel] weights totally gives me the illusion that I’m a badass.” Don’t hate. It works.

WHAT TO TELL YOUR FRIEND WHO CAN’T EVEN DO A PUSH-UP…

Have you ever met Shellie Edington? The 52-year-old who’s also the second Fittest 50-54 year old on the planet couldn’t even do one single push-up at her first CrossFit class. She was 46-years-old and scared out of her mind: “I said ‘I’m not going back. I’m never doing that again.’ And the other side of my brain was like ‘You’re scared. So you’re going back.’” Fast-forward a few years. Yeah, she went back all right.

THINGS TO…

WATCH: Death, Divorce and Double-Unders
Meet Mike Stadshaug and his mom Lee. Both had struggled through difficult times in their lives. When Lee was going through the grief of losing her husband, Mike introduced her to Kitsap CrossFit in Poulsbo, WA.
JOURNEY TO RECOVERY.

EAT: Breakfast Baked Sweet Potatoes with Almond Butter, Banana & Chia
This might be the holy grail of breakfast foods. Like literally change your life. If nothing else, these photos are going to have your running for the nearest grocery store.
SHOW ME THE PHOTOS. 

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CHALK UP AFFILIATES

A CrossFit box in Perrysburg, OH is getting a special amendment to open in a district zoned for general industrial and not gyms so they can open their doors.

Jess Scothern of CrossFit Pendle in the U.K. committed to doing 100 reps per day of some movement to raise money for the Anthony Nolan charity, which helps patients and families with blood cancer and bone disorders. She even roped in friends and family members on lighter days like air squats. All told she raised more than $2500.

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