Comments on: Friday, May 29, 2009

By: AT

AT — Sat, 30 May 2009 04:52:44 +0000

Nicely done Mark…well played…seeing as my 20 minute performance felt like 2 hours…I think you owned that workout. Good work.

By: POS

POS — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:53:18 +0000

Mark, NICE work. I think that 185# is for the 200+ club…. And I am still on strict recovery orders this week (Thank goodness). Thinking about sticking my little toe in the water tomorrow for the first time since Sunday.

By: Mark Riebel

Mark Riebel — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:04:06 +0000

AT, I hate you for making me do that workout. 12:54 – 185# / chest to bar.

Your turn, POS.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:24:55 +0000

POS,

You may be a math teacher, but you talk real nice.

We’re proud to have you as our East Coast guy.

By: POS

POS — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:17:34 +0000

I hope this isn’t too long and I know it won’t be as elegant as BC would put it but I am a math teacher and words do escape me.

I would like to take the time to thank everyone who sent along their support for me this past weekend at the Northeast Qualifier. Your kind words were a great source of motivation and were such a confidence boost. Because of CFI, I found myself with transplanted CFI members Lindsey and Dan who enlisted some of their Boston friends to yell and scream at me in the same way the coaches at Invictus would. It was an honor to represent the best CrossFit Box there is. A few people were all sorts of confused since they knew that Invictus was in San Diego, but it is the only box that I have trained with or at.

I must point out how great of a coach you have running the show in CJ. CJ, put up with me texting him on a daily basis and as the competition neared he was amazing in his guidance and ability to put me in the right frame of mind for the qualifier. Not only do I have to thank him for his outstanding coaching but also for bringing me into such an amazing circle of friends. He is a great judge of character and I feel blessed to have been introduced to all of you. I look forward to seeing all of you in early July prior to the Games and putting a few faces with the names.

I can not finish without also thanking Wayne and Mark who are always keeping me in the loop and pushing me because 155 is the new 135 right? M, you set the pace in April and that helped to make me believe that this was achievable, thank you.

By: AT

AT — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:31:50 +0000

…and she’s got cool socks…so why not???

6am’ers thanks for letting me crash the workout with you guys. Wish I wasn’t usually in the office at 6 or else I would be there. Good work to everyone there this AM.

By: christine

christine — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:19:20 +0000

..and she is VERY, VERY patient with us slow learning students!

By: clever

clever — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:44:39 +0000

i’ll second that pimpin’ :

last last Monday i wuz super fortunate to have the opportunity to Oly train with M under Sage’s coaching. it wuz gold. solid instruction, focused but fun, Sage made us do work!

i felt the improved technique kicking in whilst hoisting shopping bags full of produce shortly after…

if only i could beam-me-up-scotty down to SD whenever i wished there’d be one less open spot in Sage’s class.

big thanx Sage!

By: M

Fri, 29 May 2009 14:31:47 +0000

Oh, and she is very wise…I have strengthened my mental game because of her too.

By: M

Fri, 29 May 2009 14:30:44 +0000

Let me take this opportunity to “pimp my coachie poo”.

Sage has been coaching me once or twice a week since January and I have made major gains in ALL aspects of my CrossFitting since. Yes, my Oly lifts have increased substantially but also has my overall strength, speed, quickness, balance, coordination, and ability to efficiently move all sorts of objects around myself. I believe that working w/ Sage has not only made me a better athlete but also a better coach.

And, Sage is REALLY NICE (to everyone but me) and offers much positive feedback and excellent cues.

Thanks Coachie Poo!