East Woodbridge Disqualified

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East Woodbridge Disqualified Due to Failed Drug Test.

 What happened?

Laura Hosier, who declined her individual invitation to compete as a member of East Woodbridge, announced on Instagram that she has tested positive for higenamine. CrossFit HQ emailed her Monday to break the news that she and her teammates would not be going to Madison after all.

No way.

Way, and she owned up to the mistake right away. Hosier had taken a preworkout by Allmax called “Impact Igniter” that contained the banned substance. Purchased at a local shop she drank it without reading the ingredients and it cost her, and her team a spot at the CrossFit Games.

What happens now?

The whole team is now disqualified. No word yet on who will take the spot, but we reached out to sixth placed CrossFit Queens but didn’t heard back before publication. Also, no word yet whether Hosier also received a multi-year ban that usually accompanies positive drug test.

One last thing to note. This announcement comes a full month after the initial drug test which took place on Sunday, May 20, immediately following Event 6. This means that any failed tests for Regionals week 3 won’t likely come until early July, decreasing the liklihood any athlete or team is called up to fill that sp.

Her Child Watched Her Held at Gunpoint.

The story.

It can sometimes be tough to get to CrossFit, let alone with your kid in tow. It’s even more impressive when you take your child with you to CrossFit at 6 AM. Imagine then, getting held up at gunpoint while your three-year-old watches from the car.

Just before 6 AM on Wednesday morning, a member of Railside CrossFit in Sherman, TX had just parked in the main lot for the early morning class. While walking around her car to get her gear and her three-year-old child from the back seat, she was caught off guard by a man wearing all black. He wore a mask and he had a gun.

Oh my god.

Yep. The man held her at gunpoint, grabbed her purse, then fled on foot. No one was injured, and mother and child are fine, but Railside CrossFit owner Kim Dunlap was shocked.

“When he held her at gunpoint, it was shocking because we’ve been here for five years and haven’t had a problem yet.”

In conclusion. 

CrossFit gyms are places where people can feel safe and feel stronger. The Morning Chalk Up Team hopes that Railside CrossFit and all their athletes can feel that again soon.

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“Training Starts Today,” by Alexis Johnson Morning Chalk Up

It’s midnight.

My body’s sore. I’m exhausted.

But I can’t sleep.

It’d be easy to start playing the blame game. I should’ve ran more. The elevation killed me. These girls were bigger and could move the weight better.

But I’m the one to blame. Going into day 3, I had one shot to get back into a qualifying spot. I fought like hell, left it all out on the floor, but it wasn’t enough…And now I’m more determined than ever.

I’ll be ready when I step out on that floor again next year.

And nobody will ever doubt me going into day three again.

Training starts today.

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