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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“So do me the honor of living your life like you really mean it. Go out and conquer your goals, do things that you’re a little scared of, make awesome memories that give you cool stories to tell, and love, love as much as possible, freely and genuinely. Love people, love activities, love scenes and ideas, and material things, and songs, and just love as much as you can. Enjoy your life you only get one, and value your time, you never know how much of it you really have.” — Pat Padgett, deceased but forever a member of Vagabond CrossFit
OUR SOLDIERS IN QATAR NEED A HAND.
WHAT’S UP?
Yesterday, one of our longtime readers, TSgt Randolph Welch, emailed us asking for a little help. He’s based at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar and noticed the state of disrepair of CrossFit Undisclosed, the official affiliate on base.
HOW BAD WE TALKING?
Ever hard the saying “it’s held together by duct tape and glue”?
TSgt Welch put it this way, “Our box is entirely outside, we have benches made from pallets, and dip bars held together with duct tape.”
CrossFit Undisclosed is entirely volunteer operated and completely free so they’re a little short on cash right now.
HOW CAN I HELP?
So glad you asked. They set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for repairs and replacements.
Oh and TSgt Welch has agreed to match every dollar with a burpee. Get down and give us 100 Welch, cause the first check’s coming from us.
CHALK UP IN 2 MINUTES
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU HIT THE BOX
ROUNDUP — Thuri Helgadottir is on her way to Tel Aviv, Israel to compete in an International weightlifting competition. Alec Smith hits a 335 pound power clean and jerk. Maddy Myers hits a 250 pound clean complex. Hafthor Bjornsson squats 859 pounds. Kiki Dickson’s five-year-old son climbed Mount Whitney, and became the youngest to climb the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States under his own power. Stefi Cohen deadlifts 503 pounds for 4 reps.
SHOW ME THE MONEY — Yesterday, CrossFit Games announced a penalty against Sara Signmundsdottir and Sam Briggs “due to insufficient Team Series video footage,” dropping them from 3rd to 63rd place worldwide and denying them that $3,000 payout. Kelley Jackson and Jessica Griffith moved up to 3rd place.
THINGS TO…
WATCH: Post Surgery Victory
Brooke Ence withdrew from the 2017 CrossFit Open to have surgery. Seven months later, she returns to doing handstand push-ups in this episode of It Makes Ence.
TUNE IN.
HEAR: Teaching Games Athletes to Hurdle
Tiffeny Parker is a USA Track & Field Heptathlete who was brought in at the last minute to teach Camille Leblanc-Bazinet to hurdle in the 2015 CrossFit Games. She joins Julie Foucher’s Pursuing Health podcast to talk about overcoming odds and what it’s like to coach Games athletes like Camille and Katrin Davidsdottir.
RUN. RUN. RUN.
EAT: PB&J Energy Balls
Peanut butter is the holy grail of foods, but because this is a paleo recipe there’s actually no peanut butter. Sad I know. But this no-bake combo of nuts and fruit has all the PB&J goodness you loved as a kid.
HERE’S A TREAT.
BUY: Not Your Average Wine Club
Margaux Alvarez isn’t your average winemaker, so her wine club is going to be anything but average. The Wine & WOD Club gets you year-long wine discounts, free shipping, free drop-ins at the Vine Yard CrossFit and a few other cool club-only perks. Act quick, they slashed the price from $120 to $86.40.
WINE ME UP.
CHALK UP AFFILIATES
STORY SERIES: How has CrossFit helped you achieve a goal?
“In August of 2015, at 5 feet tall and almost 200 pounds, I felt horrible and was in bad shape; I was going through a divorce and was tired all the time, stressed out. I found CrossFit a few months later and made the goal to be healthier than I was in high school by my 40th birthday (Nov 2016). I lost 60 pounds, 14″ off my waist, and my own doctor didn’t recognize me! I gained a family in Flaming Gorge CrossFit too, best thing that ever happened to me. I also beat my scoliosis problems on a daily basis.” — Amy Rasdall, Flaming Gorge CrossFit in Rock Springs, WY
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QUICK HITS
- CrossFit Granada Hills in Granada Hills, CA is hosting a fundraiser WODin memory of Sgt. Joel Lee Murray who died in Iraq in 2007. The Veterans Day WOD will raise money for the Gary Sinise Foundation’sR.I.S.E. program, which builds Smart Homes for injured vets.
- Vagabond CrossFit in South Easton, MA raised $1,000 last Saturday during the third annual Pat Padgett memorial WOD. The money is going to support a local scholarship.