Congratulations to all the newly certified CrossFit Level 1 trainers! (This is the larger version of the photo that appears on today’s CrossFit.com main page.)
What a weekend! Thanks to Chuck Carswell, Jon Gilson, EC Synkowski, Jenn Hunter, Dennis Marshall, and Pat Barber for their expertise, professionalism, grace, and humor. We all came away with a much better understanding of the CrossFit movements and why CrossFit is a movement unto itself.
Also, let me take a moment to thank all for putting this Level 1 Cert together and pulling it off, with some outstanding help from Pam Del Negro, Rich Boucher, Melissa Reed, and so many of our members who volunteered their time and assistance to organize, clean, mark, or do whatever needed to be done. Like I said yesterday, I get to stand up in front and take all the credit, but you guys really do all the work. You are CrossFit Watertown. Thank you.
And now that we’re done with accolades, let’s remember that we have a new week of training to tackle — and that I expect bigger and better things from all of you! Give yourselves a pat on the back, and then go out and do good things in this world. CrossFit is about more than just pull-ups. Let’s show that to the world.
(P.S. I’ve got about 900 or so photos from this weekend. I’ll give a shout and a link once they are somewhere accessible for you guys.)
October 5th, 2009 at 10:22 am
Thank You to Everyone! It was the most amazing weekend! I am thinking of The Cert Staff with every movement (mostly because everything is SORE).
October 5th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Congrats everyone who participated in this weekend’s L1
October 5th, 2009 at 11:39 am
Also, Thanks to Shelly who ran around for and with me this past week!
Thank You!
October 5th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Lis, don’t be so modest!!! Yes, we make-up Crossfit Watertown but if not for you we, and hundreds of others would not have found Crossfit, or at least not as we now know it and love it. You have affected so many people, not only in fitness (and spelling) but how we live our life’s. Soooo, before you put the koodos stick away, TAKE A BOW!!! Then get back to work.
October 5th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
CONGRATS EVERYONE!!!
@ Jen- do u know the boy laying in front of you??? foxxxy lol
October 5th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Thanks for hosting the certification. I just want to say watching Watertown’s Mary work Fran was awesome. Her determination and fortitude was inspirational (no kidding, I got a little misty). So, right up there with seeing Pat Barber hit a PR on the clean and jerk will be the vision of Mary working those thrusters. 3,2,1…go!
October 5th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
Nice words, Stephanie. You did pretty good yourself! That’s a bunch of work for one weekend. (Thanks for bringing med balls!)
And thanks for the kind words, Rich. I appreciate them.
Also, thanks to Jen for mentioning SHELLY! She worked her butt off for this cert too. Thanks, Shelly!
October 5th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Lisbeth you are 3 bar equal to Fantastic.
You guys took great care of us this weekend. The box you’ve built is great and your community of members are just as impressive.
Jen- I’m sending you a bib.
Pam- You crushed me in the WOD!
Melissa- thanks for checking my back.
Rich- thanks for bringing those big white boxes.
October 5th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
hahaha! Thanks Chuck!
October 5th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
hehehe.. yes I know everyone wants to be all warm and fuzzy…. I treat the blog as a dating site lmao… I can’t help it! lol
October 5th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
I don’t know that dude K, but we could hunt him down and bring him to your lair!
October 9th, 2009 at 8:26 am
I had a great time at the L1 cert- could not been held in a better place !!!!!
Thank you for hosting