Migs, Anita, Becky, and Sue, after finishing the Pat Griskus Sprint Triathlon.
People surprise you. Look at Becky here. She just finished the triathlon by herself and finished third in her class. And she was having a bad week. Quite honestly, she didn’t look great and we were all worried about her. Some of us hoped she would pull out of the tri. But we knew not to ask her, because she’s not that kind of girl.
Since Day One of her CrossFit Life, Becky has been the most determined member of CrossFit Watertown. She simply won’t quit. Not on anything. I half expect some days to come in and find Jen holding Becky down and Melissa prying the barbell from her fingers. I swear if we put a bed in the back room, she would live there, like Morgan Freeman in Million Dollar Baby. But her husband Barry might not like that.
See, he CrossFits too. And Becky’s mom Cheryl and her dad Ray. They get it. They understand why Becky has to do what she has to do — and they support her in everything she does. That’s pretty cool. Imagine having that kind of team on your side. The Family of Awesomeness.
Oh — and Becky writes our newsletter too. (With help from Barry!) And she’ll do the White Girl Dance if you ask her to — but only on a break between rounds, because once the clock starts again, watch out — she’s got work to do.
So three cheers for our gal Becky — she reminds us all of what we can accomplish if we just never, ever give up.
P.S. Becky — take today off. Please.
July 8th, 2010 at 12:56 pm
Jen’s birthday this month
Celebration is a must
This sounds like Yoda?
July 8th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
Yoda, Yoda, He’s the one
He’s the guy with all the fun
Very witty, kinda short
He’s the coolest ever dork
July 8th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
Now, I am a cheerleader. How did that happen?
July 8th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
I’m NOT making fun of cheerleaders though. Jordan and Brittany would KICK my be-hind.
Also, Jennie Yundt of CrossFit Fire.
Plus, cheerleaders aren’t scared of forward rolls. I have much to learn from them.
July 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Whoops — boys are yelling. Must go break up fisticuffs. Back in a minute.
July 8th, 2010 at 1:53 pm
Lis spams her own blog.
July 8th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
Ok, ya know how some people can read tea leaves to see the future, well… I can read blog comments. Here is what I foresee:
“We check Lis into the loony bin then we take our triatheletes out to a sit down pizza hut to celebrate where we will drink from their giant red plastic glasses, eat multiple pizzas, then feel really sick later that night. It’s Gonna be awesome.”
Oh yeah, it is either gonna be in Watertown or Groton (Thanks for the tip Rachael!). Though I am pretty sure I have been to that one – we used to keep our boat in right there (at a marina, not at Pizza Hut). I know we frequented the nearby Ground Round, but if there was a SDPH nearby, yeah, I would have demanded it.
July 8th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
What’s with sit down Pizza Hut? I thought every Pizza Hut that wasn’t in a mall was a sit down Pizza Hut (I guess technically you can sit down at the food court). In fact we just went to a sit down Pizza Hut for a birthday party last week. Incidentally, the birthday boy was turning 30 and there was cake and a we sang (Too awesome to be made up). They even served beer which they subsequently ran out of and let us go to the package store (They sell beer, wine and liquor for those of you joining us from outside New England) next to them to buy beer, bring it into the restaurant (used loosely) and to take it a step further, they even kept the beer in their fridge and brought it out to us. So yeah, I’d go back, except for the food.
Cool story bro.
July 8th, 2010 at 3:24 pm
@Nate – It was in New Milford I think.
July 8th, 2010 at 3:50 pm
Omg, we must go. Do we have to eat the food?
July 8th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
I can’t believe this.
Lis, you are ridiculous.
You type way too much.
July 8th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
Barry – it was west haven and gregg was turning 34
July 8th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
i was sick for at least 4 or 5 days and i only had two pieces
July 8th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
Must I remind you this month also marks the celebration of my 29th Birthday (once again)
July 9th, 2010 at 12:31 am
Rachael knows haiku
Now, learn to free fall with words
Incredibly high
July 9th, 2010 at 12:34 am
Rockstar has no age
Beauty stays, undiminished
How does she do it?
July 9th, 2010 at 12:46 am
Amazing