Workout of the Day:
“M Goodness!”
Three rounds for time of:
400 Meter Sprint
1.5 x Bodyweight Deadlift x 10
30″/24″ Box Jumps x 31
Happy Birthday to superstar coach, stud athlete and chef extraordinaire Michele V., aka M.Good.
Michele’s Birthday Haiku
I was so hungry
My belly is now content
With her Zone goodness.
Admired by all
And great friend to so many
Happy Birthday M!
Michele loves a good Haiku. Post your best, or your favorite story about Michele, to comments.
Getting old and fat
Run, jump, push, pull, drop, cry out
Feeling good again.
Happy Birthday M. Enjoy your Day
Sun Butter Goodness
The way she cooks, marvelous
Give me more Thai slaw
Happy B-Day
I suck at Haiku’s, so happy birthday Michelle!!!!
31 one-arm snatches w/ each arm at 4PM–who’s with me?!
My funniest story of Mgood….so many to choose from, esp. since I live with her, and there is almost something hilarious daily. In the top five though, is this:
One morning M and I decided to work out at 5am (CFSD, when M was in a ‘desk job’), so we cruise in there, early and groggy. I open up the big door that leads to the bathrooms and off I go. As I am walking into the women’s bathroom, I hear a scuffling noise coming from the men’s bathroom. Investigating, I peep my head in the men’s bathroom and see two big black boots! I run like a banshee, grab Michele, tell her there is a man in the bathroom, we shut the main CFSD door, and naturally, call the police. Seven cruisers and a police dog later, it turns out the guy was a new tenant in the basement and was in the bathroom, well, going to the bathroom. Poor guy. Michele and I still laugh about that one.
Happy Birthday Michele. I am so proud of you. My life is better knowing you. I hope you have a great day! xoxo, Ali.
Happy Birthday M!
I sat trying to make up a haiku and this is what I came up with
Michelle what a snatch
And a clean and jerk to match
Now just watch out run!
My feeble attempt, Hope you have a great day.
POS
sedentary week
excuses piling higher
invictus awaits
Happy Birthday to ‘The Countess of Invictus’ !
The first WOD I ever went to was about two years ago during a Saturday morning FGB @ CF San Diego. I will never forget Michele standing on a box screaming “SWITCH!!!”, while blowing a very loud whistle. I left that day thinking “Wow, that CrossFit chick is intense. I think I want to come back…..but I’m not altogether sure”.
M,
Your mischievous smile, enthusiastic approach to life and great sense of humor are infectious. You are an expert chef and a gifted coach. I appreciate how you always build others up while still pushing us members/clients beyond our perceived potential. As a friend and trainer, you always find time to help others (despite your crazy schedule). It’s been a pleasure getting to know you!
In honor of ‘ the 10th anniversary of your 21st birthday’, I attempted the 30” box for the first time ever in a WOD. It was ugly and took me over 20 minutes. However, thanks to some of that “Mmmm Goodness’ and the prodding of many of my fellow 0600 friends, I was inspired to take another small step in my CF journey.
Have a fabulous day my friend!
~BC
Happy Birthday, Michele ma belle! I’m more of a limerick gal:
There once was a girl from CFI
Whose beauty and strength do not lie
She’s quite a catch
But beware her beastly snatch
It strikes fear in the heart of any guy
Cynthia, that is solid work! Very well said.
M, I’m not so good at haikus so I will spare you all. Happy Birthday girl. You are an amazing athlete, chef and one of the best friends a girl could ever hope to have. You got it all girl and it has been incredible watching you make your dreams come true. You approach life fearlessly and I admire the hell out of you. I know you hate the sappy stuff, but I love you loads.
Have a most happy birthday and think about where you want to go on Sunday. My treat.
Happy Birthday Michele! Hope you have a awesome day!
M – I don’t know how I’d feed myself without you. First and foremost, you are an amazing person, and on top of that, a pretty darn good chef and athlete. I hope that you have a birthday just as M-azing as you are!
This morning and last night were fun, glad to see and work out with some of my old peeps again.
Happy birthday M!
While I did catch the aftermath of the police cruisers at CFSD, my favorite M-tastic memory has to be of last year’s CF Games. After watching Michele power through the thruster/chest-to-bar pull-up workout and come out with one of the gnarliest pair of ripped up hands I’ve ever seen, she just smiled and suggested that she should now go and rob a bank because she wouldn’t leave any fingerprints! You’ve got to love that positive attitude!
Thanks for being such a great friend, trainer, and world-conquering chef. And I’m totally down for hitting some snatches at 4 today.
Michele, you are an awesome coach and great friend. Have a marvelous and happy birthday!
My fav Michele moment has got to be when CJ attempted to leave Ali & M’s party… M seemed to be saddened by his departure and decided to body slam him to the ground. I’m pretty sure the wrestling match ended in a draw, but man was it entertaining to watch. I’ll never forget it.
Happy Birthday!
~M’s Birthday Haiku~
Fun to cook with M
Creamsicle dip addiction
Birthday means cheat day
And while the haiku is rad, I’ve decided to step it up a notch…
~Ode to Michele~
Well she’s a rockstar coach and her snatch is bad ass
If Crossfit were a school, she’d be head of her class
She’s a damn cool chick, won’t deal with no drama
M’s house is the spot ’cause she always feeds the Llama
Mmmm Good is the bomb, man her cooking is vicious
Happy Birthday to our awesome “M”alicious!!
As many of you know, I believe the Honey badger to be the Chuck Norris of the Animal Kingdom.
Much like the Honey Badger, Michele is NOT to be angered, harassed or vexed in any manner. She may look all pretty and sweet, but you betta’ stay at her party until you’ve been excused or things could get rough!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c81bcjyfn6U
~BC
HAPPY BIRTHDAY M!!!!! HOPE IT IS AS GOOD AS YOUR COOKING!!!
This might be the new addition to the Paleo toolkit:
http://www.fitzsu.com/muti-purpose-kitchen-tool-homo-sapien-p-6436.html
wedge!! happy birthday!!
Wedge you have really taken me under you wing ever since i got to Invictus. I love working with you and having you kill me in crossfit workouts. You are such a role model and inspiration. Love you.
My favorite story is, of course, the story that brought about the nickname. She was showing me how to do a handstand push up with the bands and kicked over too hard resulting in a HUGe wedgie!! but she did redeem herself by kicking back over very gracefully!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HATE I MISSED IT. AND wish i hate a minute to come up with a haiku.. will work on that.
Happy Birthday M!
I love you!!! Happy birthday…..p.s. Slow down, I can’t keep up!!
Happy Birthday M!
Not only do I love having you as a trainer and a chef, but I really have enjoyed watching you harass Patrick-especially when he first started.
That honey badger video was pretty intense. At first I wasn’t too impressed with the whole snake killing thing, because my little cousin’s pet cat, Copy, kills and protects him from rattlesnakes back home- and he’s kind of lazy and fat. But then I watched the honey badger eat the snake head and I threw up a little bit in my mouth.
I had to look up their natural predators and found this on wikipedia, which is pretty amusing.
“Adult honey badgers rarely serve as prey for lions and leopards; their ferocity and thick, loose skin makes it difficult to grip or suffocate them. Old, weak honey badgers are more likely to fall prey to leopards, lions, and pythons, but even old honey badgers will defend themselves as vigorously as possible. In one case, shown on a television program[citation needed] on Animal Planet, an old female honey badger that was nearly toothless and blind in one eye was attacked by a leopard. It took the leopard approximately one hour to kill the honeybadger.”
Happy Belated BD, M!!!!
The circle of fun
An inspirational Coach
Thank you Michelle V
Happy B-Day M!