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Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up. Today’s edition was chalked up while hoping our first WOD back from Thanksgiving doesn’t hit us like this.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we hit it.” — Michelangelo
CHALK UP IN 2 MINUTES
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU HIT THE BOX
Mitchell Byrt completed 400 double unders in 3 minutes to win the first Beyond the Whiteboard challenge. This kid has lost 50 pounds since joining CrossFit and just completed his first competition. The Harvard Political Review’s story on Icelandic fitness featured a photo of athletes from District CrossFit in…wait for it…Washington, D.C., a box your author used to call home base. The next “Train with Rich Froning”weekend is coming January 13th. It’s officially 89 days until the CrossFit Open and Kara Webb is pumped. Brooke Wells joins the Compex Team.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Rich Froning, Angelo DiCicco and Danica Patrick do the 100s WOD.
CHALK UP READS
This is the only thing you need to read today…
“On Thanksgiving, a letter of thanks to a man who made me healthier” by Daniel Finney
“Dear Nate Yoho, We met on one of the worst days of your life: your wife’s funeral.
I was assigned to write about your tragic love story. You met your wife, Laura, while the two of you worked at Aspen Athletic Club on Merle Hay Road.
In late December 2014, I hurt my back. The injury became chronic because I was morbidly obese, weighing close to 600 pounds…You texted me and suggested I work out at your gym, CrossFit Merle Hay.
I was afraid, and ashamed…How repulsive I must look to someone as fit as you. Still, I came to your gym in March, and I immediately wanted to run away. I had no business there, but your calm and direct demeanor persuaded me to set up a schedule. I was so sore after our first session, I texted you and told you it wasn’t for me.”
CHALK UP AFFILIATES
555 Fitness is holding a 12 Days of Christmas raffle giveaway to raise money for their program which exists to reduce line of duty deaths and promote greater fitness in the firefighter community. Some of the prizes are an Assault Air Bike, Brute Strength programming, a year’s supply of Kill Cliff and a Power Dot machine.
Members of Vegabond CrossFit in Easton, Massachusetts carried dozens of bags and boxes of food in preparation for a community Thanksgiving meal for those in need.
CHALK UP DEALS
Here’s every possible fitness Black Friday deal you could ever hope for.