OBLIGATION - Update

Team:

What can I say? We are just ten days into this odyssey and we have already surpassed one of our early stage goals of 1,000,000 meters and there are no signs of slowing down. I have been doing a lot of thinking lately as well as listening to the same 42 songs that endlessly scroll through my iPhone, that sits in a zip lock bag inside my shorts in the small of my back, that somehow is surviving the onslaught of sweat that I am punishing it with. Anyway, back to my thinking...I am in awe of the community at CrossFit Invictus. Many of us, myself included, are not rowers and most of us cower at the thought of rowing whenever it finds its way into a workout or warm up. So what drives 50+ of our family to sit on an erg, that we detest (remember) and endlessly pull out meter after meter after meter. Why does this challenge seem important for us to participate in...to embrace...not just participate in, but to compete? Every time one of us sits on that slide...straps in our feet...and makes that first tug on the handle...we are at the same time creating and empowering an inner communal strength that makes CFI stand out from the rest of the CrossFit community...we are doing more than simply rowing. The rowing is inconsequential...I would contend that if the challenge was ditch digging...we would still have the same type of unwavering blind obligation that has been revealed in these last ten days...and in this we are different, special, and unique. This is truly what many gyms attempt to attain, create, develop, manufacture...it isn't necessarily how well we do at the CrossFit Games or this event, or any other event for that matter, those are merely mile markers in the long journey CJ set off on months ago and we have naturally become attracted to that energy. Keep up the unbelievable effort...there is no sense in setting an end goal...my instinct tells me whatever we say we will do...we will do better.

Friday Night Row at USD

Shane Farmer, a newbie to the CFI family and recent grad from USD has secured us the use of USD's training facility, fully equipped with erg's and a DVD projector. I would like to open this up to the team to get together for a couple hours to watch a movie and row. I will provide more details later today with the logistics but looking for at least 8-10 people who would be interested. This is also a family friendly environment, so children are allowed to come and hang out as well. Head Coach Brooks Dagman has been exceptionally gracious to open up this venue to us so I would like us to take advantage and assist in a minor and appropriate way financially to support their fundraising for a new boat. Please email me if this is something that you would like to participate in at atowle@me.com

Award Status

If we are interested in getting CFI in the mix for a new erg for the gym, we need at least 10 people to hit over 100,000 meters...we have 4 so far and a number of you are inching closer, so keep it up and if you close...get closer :)

RANKING REPORT (as of 10:30AM PST)

General Classification
Ranked 19th out of 237 - 1,208,386 meters

Team Type Classification - Health Club
Ranked 4th out of 39

CrossFit Rankings
Ranked 1st out of 16

Team CrossFit Invictus By The Numbers
1 Adam Towle - 202,600
2 Brad Posnanski - 135,122
3 Matt Frediani - 121,889
4 Elisabeth Baker - 112,000
5 Nick Hawkes - 85,170
6 Christine Read — 67,500
7 Mark Riebel - 60,500
8 Shane Farmer - 37,525
9 Aaron Stine - 31,130
10 Michele Vieux - 28,150
11 Jeff Clark — 26,000
12 Tabitha Stine - 24,377
13 Cody McLaughlin — 20,239
14 CJ Martin — 19,000
15 Mike Hom - 17,500
16 Rebecca Claunch — 15,600
17 Jon Miller — 15,050
18 Courtney Johnson — 13,000
19 Ronald Duff - 12,500
20 Miriam Castro — 12,300
21 Eizabeth Terris — 11,138
22 Andre Castro — 11,100
23 Cynthia Lumley - 11,000
24 Kimberly Towle — 10,119
25 Moses Aum — 10,017
26 Kenny Greenfield - 10,000
27 Amanda Schuk — 8,000
28 Carla McDonald - 6,335
29 Sean Erb - 6,000
30 Kristen Hatcher — 6,000
31 Calvin Sun — 6,000
32 Pops Martin — 6,000
33 Ari Gelles — 6,000
34 Katie McLaughlin — 5,500
35 Kelly Ballard - 4,500
36 Courtland Creekmore — 4,300
37 Richard Madrid — 4,000
38 Karen Martin — 4,000
39 Mary Sears — 3,800
40 Rhonda Seabolt — 3,000
41 Josh Yonas — 2,400
42 Jennifer Henry - 2,025
43 Brent Clarke - 2,000
44 Joshua Edgeman - 2,000
45 Rachel Hale — 2,000
46 Nick Zabatino — 2,000
47 George Economou - 2,000
48 Carolyn Kaye - 0
49 Trinette Sachrison - 0
50 Barry Lumley — 0