INSPIRATION

TEAM:

We are closing in on the final week and we're crushing it!! Friday night's rowing event was awesome. With Kung Fu Panda providing the motivational back drop we had upwards of 15 people steadily rowing away and accumulating some nice meter'age. We had several folks breakthrough into the 20 KM mark, yet everyone did an incredible job...even a couple youngsters took a couple pulls. This Friday will be the last session at the USD row room, so lets all pull together...there are more than enough "ergs".

As many of you may realize I am an easy target for inspirational and motivational stories, but inspiration does in fact live everywhere and reveals itself in many forms...take a look around. For me, I get inspired mainly by the simplest of things, like The Biggest Loser (if only those contestants know how they enrich my life as I watch their journey, their humility and their courage)...by my wife getting 10 pull ups in a row after struggling with just one months earlier or by walking the final miles in pain during her first marathon after training so hard the prior 6 months but just wouldn't quit ... from my 61 year old friend Ben who with his scabbed legs from failed box jumps and other missteps toes the line every morning at 9am to participate in a local CrossFit class...to Pops Martin, who put together 3 20 KM rowing days, yes in a row...or to my 69 year old mom who has battled knee and hip problems, ignoring doctors orders that she would never be able to exercise again, and because of that "stubbornness" is now in the best shape of her life, yes I was primed when I recently came across this motivational pre-game speech delivered by a Junior Varsity coach prior to a championship game.

What I was most amazed by this speech was the nature and context it was delivered. This came from a JV high school coach that probably doesn't make much if anything at all from a monetary standpoint but doesn't let that limit the depth of what he seemingly gives to these kids. In a time when there is a lot wrong with the greater world, these are glimpses of greatness in our time that should be recognized. We should all live life with this level of passion and desire in what we spend our time doing.

I AM A CHAMPION
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RANKING REPORT

General Classification
Ranked 18th out of 257 - 2,675,318 meters

Team Type Classification - Health Club
Ranked 4th out of 44

CrossFit Rankings
Ranked 1st out of 16

Team CrossFit Invictus By The Numbers
1 Brad Posnanski 451,144
2 Adam Towle M 387,435
3 Elisabeth Baker 180,000
4 Matt Frediani M 168,841
5 Nick Hawkes M 157,809
6 Christine Read F 142,000
7 Aaron Stine M 110,346
8 Mark Riebel M 100,001
9 Jeff Clark M 85,000
10 Pops Martin M 68,000
11 Tabitha Stine F 67,432
12 CJ Martin M 67,000
13 Michele Vieux F 66,150
14 Shane Farmer M 49,775
15 Cynthia Lumley F 46,000
16 Rebecca Claunch 44,100
17 Richard Madrid M 39,022
18 Mike Hom M 37,000
19 Ronald Duff M 36,500
20 Eizabeth Terris 31,266
21 Jon Miller M 30,050
22 Andre Castro M 27,664
23 Amanda Schuk F 24,000
24 Cody McLaughlin 20,239
25 Miriam Castro F 19,300
26 Kristen Hatcher 18,500
27 Courtney Johnson 18,000
28 Carla McDonald F 15,081
29 Susan Kohn F 14,365
30 Moses Aum M 11,029
31 Kenny Greenfield 11,000
32 Calvin Sun M 11,000
33 Kimberly Towle F 10,119
34 Katie McLaughlin 9,500
35 George Economou 9,000
36 joe coneglio M 9,000
37 Rhonda Seabolt F 8,000
38 Sean Erb M 7,500
39 Josh Yonas M 7,400
40 Ari Gelles M 7,000
41 Angela McLean F 6,900
42 Karen Martin F 6,000
43 Kelly Ballard F 5,500
44 Courtland Creekmore M 4,300
45 Brent Clarke M 4,000
46 Christina Marzocca 4,000
47 Nick Zabatino M 4,000
48 Mary Sears F 3,800
49 Shane Hurdman M 3,625
50 Jennifer Henry F 2,625
51 Joshua Edgeman M 2,000
52 Barry Lumley M 2,000
53 Carolyn Kaye F 2,000
54 Rachel Hale F 2,000

Update

Team:

We continue to motor past all of our early on goals. I realize we are all probably a little bit "over-rowed" right now, but we are coming up on the final week and I see us definitely blasting through 3 million and possibly bumping up into 4 million. We still need 4 more people to cross over the 100K mark by the 15th of October to be one of a handful entered to win an erg for the gym...we are close...but would be nice to have those slots secured!!

Reminder:
1. The roster is locked and unfortunately we can no longer add anyone onto the team.
2. Tonight is our first "Row and Movie Night" at the University San Diego...even if you can't add your meters to the team it should be a great night so bring the kids and swing by. The directions to the event are below.

Here are directions from downtown:

Take I-5 North to the I-8 East exit.
Immediately exit onto Morena Blvd.
Steer right as Morena splits into Linda Vista Avenue (immediately after you pass under the I-5).
Continue on Linda Vista through 4 stop lights and take your first available left into USD after the 4th light.
Park next to the pool entrance, walk into the sports center basketball court, and go to the far west side of the building and you will see signs that say Invictus Rowing Extravaganza.
There are tumbling mats for the kids, and stationary bikes for those who can’t row.

Awesome effort by all...keep it up and we are done on the 15th!!

RANKING REPORT

General Classification
Ranked 19th out of 257 - 2,222,427 meters

Team Type Classification - Health Club
Ranked 4th out of 44

CrossFit Rankings
Ranked 1st out of 16

**Notable CrossFit Rankings**
Closest CrossFit team: No Excuses Athletics-Crossfit - 1,183,886 meters
Local CrossFit team: CrossFit San Diego - 61,844 meters

Team CrossFit Invictus By The Numbers
1 Adam Towle - 372,417
2 Brad Posnanski - 366,755
3 Matt Frediani - 154,608
4 Elisabeth Baker - 150,000
5 Christine Read — 121,000
6 Nick Hawkes - 114,602
7 Aaron Stine - 88,336
8 Mark Riebel - 88,000
9 Jeff Clark — 68,500
10 Michele Vieux - 61,150
11 Shane Farmer - 49,775
12 Tabitha Stine - 47,430
13 Rebecca Claunch — 44,100
14 Ronald Duff - 36,500
15 Eizabeth Terris — 31,266
16 CJ Martin — 31,000
17 Andre Castro — 27,664
18 Mike Hom - 27,500
19 Cynthia Lumley - 26,000
20 Jon Miller — 25,050
21 Amanda Schuk — 24,000
22 Cody McLaughlin — 20,239
23 Miriam Castro — 19,300
24 Richard Madrid — 19,000
25 Courtney Johnson — 18,000
26 Kristen Hatcher — 16,500
27 Carla McDonald - 15,081
28 Moses Aum — 11,029
29 Kenny Greenfield - 11,000
30 Calvin Sun - 11,000
31 Kimberly Towle — 10,119
32 Katie McLaughlin — 9,500
33 joe coneglio - 9,000
34 George Economou - 9,000
35 Pops Martin — 8,000
36 Rhonda Seabolt — 8,000
37 Sean Erb - 7,500
38 Josh Yonas — 7,400
39 Angela McLean - 6,900
40 Ari Gelles — 6,000
41 Kelly Ballard - 5,500
42 Karen Martin — 5,000
43 Susan Kohn — 4,356
44 Courtland Creekmore — 4,300
45 Christina Marzocca — 4,000
46 Mary Sears — 3,800
47 Shane Hurdman — 3,625
48 Brent Clarke - 3,000
49 Jennifer Henry - 2,625
50 Joshua Edgeman - 2,000
51 Barry Lumley — 2,000
52 Rachel Hale — 2,000
53 Nick Zabatino — 2,000