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