Thursday September 1st
Workout of the day
Training:
Back squat 3-3-3-3-3
WOD:
On the minute:
Complete 2 Squat snatches and 2 Box jumps on the minute for 15 minutes.
*Go as heavy as possible on Snatches and as high as possible on Box jumps.
Hotel info for The Beast of the East:
Durham is a rural area and as such hotels are limited. I was not able to reserve a block of rooms, but there is availability for 10/7 - 10/9. I suggest booking immediately.
The following three hotels are across the street from one another:
32 team members signed up and a little over $3000 raised is awesome, but I know we can do a lot better than that. Let's go CrossFit South Shore! Get on board, together we can really do something positive. I want 50 team members by the end of the week. If you haven't signed up it's time to step up and join the fight. You have no excuse, let's show the world we care, more importantly let's show the 31 children who lost their fathers on August 6th that we care!
9,300 CrossFitters and 31 Kids
by Scott Zagarino
On August 6th 31 children lost their fathers in the same day. As it is, most of us don't stop long enough to breathe, much less ruminate for just a second what it would be like at 10-years old to watch as two uniformed men inform your mother that a grateful nation is telling her that her husband will never return, or that before she could even grasp the enormity of that grief, she had to tell her children. Since you may have read this far, ponder for a second the breaking hearts and the fear that goes from stunned to crumpled.
I have to apologize to you all, here and now, for doing something I had no right to do. We committed to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation that we would fund 60 college scholarships this year from a portion of the proceeds of Fight Gone Bad. On Aug 7th I called Steve and gave him my word we would fund 31 more scholarships. I had no right to commit to that on your behalf, but I gave my word and if it costs us everything, those kids are going to school.
More than the money, more than the scholarships, it's our friendship, our support and our thanks that these families need now. So, on Thursday, September 1, we're going to publish an open letter listing team by team, box by box, the 9,300 (or thousands more by then) CrossFitters who are teeing it up on September 17 first on the FGB6 Blog. We'll include a list of every registered team and what we've raised so far with an introduction that lets every one of the 31 children know how much we appreciate their sacrifice. We want them to know how much we want to help, and how much they can count on us, not just this September, but ever September until they graduate.
Come Thursday, please comment on Facebook and the blog, let them know who you are and why they matter to you. You may never again have the opportunity to do so much good in 17 minutes. There are more than 1,000,000,000 CrossFitters out there and we can change at least this small part of the world together on the 17th.
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One of the most rewarding aspects of training at a CrossFit gym is that you become a part of a community… We hope you join us for all of our exciting CFSS events this fall!
Save the Dates!
Saturday, September 17- Fight Gone Bad
- Arrive at 9am to warm-up
- First heat will start at 10am
- Catered lunch will be served to all participants and guests directly after the last heat
- We will be collecting money from each member participating in the event- this will cover you and any guests supporting you that day. Please let us know how many guests you plan on bringing.
Sunday, September 25- Tunnel to Towers 5k run
- Arrive CFSS-7 am
- A bus will be transporting us to and from the race
- After the race, we will have brunch at the Pearl St. Diner
- The bus will depart from the diner and bring everyone back to CFSS
- We will be collecting money for both the bus and brunch prior to the 25th
**Cost for both events in September will be determined when we have a final headcount for each event.
Saturday, October 8 & Sunday, October 9- Beast of the East
- Hotel information will be posted soon
- If you’re not competing, please come and support us!
Sunday, October 16- Wine tasting out east!
- Let’s pile in another bus and head out east for a fun-filled wine tasting at the vineyards
- Details to come!
Friday, November 11- CFSS Thanksgiving!
- Join us for a Paleo Potluck Thanksgiving dinner!
- Doug will program a killer WOD Friday evening so we’ll be ready to indulge in the Paleo dishes/desserts we each bring
- Start thinking of delicious recipes and look for sign-up sheets to be posted in early October
Saturday, December 10- CFSS Holiday Party
- Looking for volunteer(s) to host!
A special thank you to Jackie (our newly appointed social events director) for helping with the planning and organizing of our upcoming events.
