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Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up. Today’s edition was chalked up while on a sunrise flight from DC to LAX. Need more coffee.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” — Og Mandino
CHALK UP IN 2 MINUTES
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU HIT THE BOX
Everything you need to know about buying CrossFit Games tickets.
A member of CrossFit Barefoot in Nashville, TN was pinned against the wall after a car ran through the building; he’s in critical condition. The Granite Games athlete registration starts tomorrow. Alexis Johnson hits a 200 pound 3 rep overhead squat PR. Ben Smith is on vacation but he brought the rings with him and strapped them to the deck.
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CHALK UP AFFILIATES
The Atlas Blarney Stone competition wrapped up last weekend. If you didn’t read our post last week, it’s a huge team throwdown in Denver specifically for athletes coming out of substance abuse. 2x CrossFit Games athlete Carleen Mathews flew in to cheer them on. Check out their Instagram feed and this 325 pound clean and jerk.
In the second annual Railyard Games in Albuquerque, NM, Regionals athletes Tylinn Rashan and Lance Castle both placed first in the elite divisions.
Sou’wester CrossFit of Nova Scotia, added a sixth week to the CrossFit Open, challenging members to collect food donations for the Loyalist Food Bank in Shelburne. Members formed groups and participated in an Amazing Race-style competition that included tasks like helping people carry their groceries. Members brought in a total of 2,540 pounds of food.
CrossFit 252 in Chesterfield, United Kingdom might be getting kicked out by the city planning council after operating in their unit for the past three years.
CHALK UP READS
“I Love the Kids CrossFit Program at Garden City Middle School” by Nicole Russo
Do you want to get healthier and stronger? The kids at the Garden City Middle School sure do. Every morning on Mondays and Wednesdays our school has an early morning intramural CrossFit program. The bravest kids in the school are at the weight room door ready to rumble at 7:30 a.m. CrossFit is a meaningful, measurable and, most importantly, fun way to work out and get stronger.
I have been going to the Kids CrossFit program, which started three years ago, for a few months and I absolutely love it. I feel healthier and stronger than I ever have. So, you’re probably asking yourself, what does it look like? Let me tell you. When you first walk in your heart will jump out of your chest. Rings, weights, treadmills — they have it all and that’s not even the best part. Is that music I hear? Of course it is. You can’t work out without music. Oh, and don’t forget the awesome Mr. Michael Tullo. Mr. T is in charge of the program. He went through loads of training to get a coaching and CrossFit kids certification, and let me tell you it paid off. Medicine ball slams, tuck-ups, sit-ups, curls, oh my.
“Seeing the Best in Other Women, but Can I See it in Myself?” by Marina Gomberg, Salt Lake Tribune
On my way to pick up baby Harvey after work last week, I saw a woman walking up the steepest part of 300 South as it nears the University of Utah. She had a happy (not small) baby strapped to her chest, legs dangling, and she was pushing a large (presumably not light) stroller carrying a larger kidlet in front of her. It had to have been between 50 and 75 pounds of extra weight she was moving, and she was barely breaking a sweat.
She might have been on her way somewhere, or maybe just out for a high-power workout (she’d have no need for CrossFit or pilates) — I don’t know. But she was fierce and I darn near wanted to pull over and give her a hoot and a high-five.
For some reason (perhaps my own realization that I’m sometimes a jerk to myself), I wondered if she sees herself the way I saw her.