Great work being done by everyone in this first week of competition. The majority of us didn't even know we would be getting so familiar with the "erg" this week much less for the entire month. Having said that...WE ARE IN IT and if we are already there...there's no sense in not trying to WIN IT!! Remember this is a marathon...steady additions yield great results. We need to remain focused especially as we get deeper into it. The benefit in our community...is the support. When I wake up (early...to fit this in my day) I know that someone out there is rowing and I don't want (the million reason why not to row) to stand in the way of letting the team down. Believe me I have a million reasons to not row everytime I sit down...but it is just 1 hour...it will pass whether I row or sleep...might as well row. :) My inspiration is found in the excitement of everyone on our team who email me their daily updates and who chip away at this lofty goal of ours...2 million meters! Speaking of which...if you would like to email me your GOALS/COMMITMENT I will post them so we can all support each other. Let me know. I will kick it off this weekend and post my commitment to the team.
Keep up the great work everyone!!
Who is Kevin "The Olympian" Frediani?
So as many of you may be wondering...as did I, who is Kevin Frediani? Well I found out. Kevin is a 'brotha from another motha'. I actually 'googled' Kevin before actually communicating with him, so I knew that he Crossfitted (is that a word) out of Diablo CrossFit up North. As it turns out, they don't have a team participating and he joined ours...here is an excerpt from his email back to me.
"We don't have any home row people at DCF besides me so I joined your team on the concept2 website. you guys kicked ass at the games. Count me in till october 15th. Im shooting for a 5am & 7pm 5k so gonna try for 50k weekly , 200k finish."
With a commitment like that...welcome to the team Kevin!!
Inspiration
To be honest, I am not a rower and I don't tremendously enjoy myself when I row, however that has never stopped me from doing something that I think has incredible benefits. Participating in this event has opened my eyes to new levels of grit and determination that I have not known outside of professional sports. The culmination of the participants in this event are the average guy/girl who work out next to you daily or that you pass in the street. Taking a look at some of the cumulative individual rowing numbers are staggering...I was so taken aback by this one individuals numbers that I sent an email to get a better understanding of exactly how this person was approaching the event.
Response from my email:
Hi
I set my goal for this challenge at 60K a day. I try to row 40K in the morning before noon. I usually start very early about 5:30am. I am a very competitive person and I like to see our team win and if I don't win I like to make whoever beats me work for it. My goal to be somewhere in the top 10 and the top rower in my category. I usually row 10k per hour or try to. Afternoon is a bit slower. Third week gets a bit rough. Hopefully I can keep it up.
One thing to note...this rowers name is Darlene and she is 66 years old.
Sorta puts things in perspective. :)
RANKING REPORT (as of this morning)
General Classification
Ranked 22nd out of 211 - 345,275 meters
Team Type Classification - Health Club
Ranked 5th out of 38
CrossFit Rankings
Ranked 1st out of 15
Top 5 CrossFit Affiliates
CrossFit Invictus - 345,275 meters
No Excuses Athletics CrossFit - 300,746
CrossFit Louisville East - 194,722
CrossFit Lethbridge - 132,746
CrossFit Decatur - 97,816
Team CrossFit Invictus By The Numbers
Aaron Stine - 3,360
Adam Towle - 60,000
Barry Lumley - 0
Brad Posnanski - 38,723
Brent Clarke - 1,000
Calvin Sun - 2,000
Carla McDonald - 6,335
Christine Read - 15,000
CJ Martin - 4,000
Cody McLaughlin - 6,141
Courtland Creekmore - 2,300
Courtney Johnson - 5,000
Cynthia Lumley - 11,000
Elisabeth Baker - 34,237
Jennifer Henry - 1,000
Jon Miller - 5050
Josh Edgeman - 2,000
Karen Martin - 0
Kenny Greenfield - 5,000
Kimberly Towle - 1,500
Kristen Hatcher - 1,500
Mark Riebel - 23,250
Matt Frediani - 58,037
Michele Vieux - 11,150
Mike Hom - 10,000
Nick Hawkes - 16,191
Nick Zabatino - 2,000
Rachel Hale - 2,000
Rebecca Claunch - 0
Richard Madrid - 0
Sean Erb - 2,500
Shane Farmer - 15,000
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