We have an impressive list of man-imals (and woman-imals) participating. Your dedication and training has been nothing less than remarkable. Cant wait to see you guys crush it on Saturday.

Hey all. Need confirmation on participants for the 9/11 Clash of the Affiliates. So far, we had:
Jake
Drew
Avelyne
Mike
Brian
Alia
(alternates: Jason, Dustin)

I need y’all to confirm to comments and I’ll sign us up!

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I thought i was an alternate!

Brian, you’re in. Anna can do the painting from now on…

Brian, I believe you’re amongst the said list of manimals. You in?!!!

Hey guys, just a heads up: we added the class reservation option to our schedule. Click on the Schedule tab above, login, and you can reserve your spot in class.

It’ll be our way of keeping the classes relatively manageable in size and have the proper coach/athlete ratio.

Sorry, 7pm class, you’ll have to register ahead of time starting this Monday. If the class is booked full and you show up without registering, there’s a good chance you’ll be wodding in the alley by your lonesome!!

This info will be repeated in a post and in class. Burpee penalty for crying wolf (aka reserving a spot and no-showing).

In but I need an alternate in case I’m not able to get it off…

is it ok to sign up for the 7pm class but then cancel that day if we can’t make it?

My feelings will be hurt. That’s at least a burpee penalty.
-Marcus

Currency Exchange: 10 burpees OR 1 Fudge Baby. Payable to Ruth
-Ruth

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Can we set aside some time, so you can show us in a Powerpoint format on how to reserve a spot for 7pm? I want to make sure I make no mistake and miss out on the hottest timeslot of the week.

I’m asking for a velvet rope outside the front door. Sean will have the clipboard and a headset.
-Marcus

I read this somewhere and thought it was an appropriate thing to share with NLP coming up…

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by Jon Gilson from Again Faster

There’s always something.

The bright lights. The Top 20 pop. Someone wanting to talk to you about the something about the time you did the thing.

Ignore them. Not nasty. Not with distain. Because now is the time, the moment when you concentrate on the task ahead, on the never-ending belief that what’s about to go down will go down, that you can’t be beaten.

Every ounce of psychic energy you’re about to bring to bear; it’s easy to disrupt, easy to kill. You have to protect it, feet on the ground, head down, focusing on the simple mental images of success.

Your next personal record, better than last time, better than ever, it’s right here in front of you, ready for the taking.

There is great power in the singular sight, the sole goal, the only reason you came here. Your next personal record, better than last time, better than ever, it’s right here in front of you, ready for the taking.

And now, you have to take it. Two words, three words run through your head, a tight, concise, pithy description of the end state, the moment right before the chest bumps and high fives and screams like a fifteen-year-old’s cracking voice.

When they try to distract you, jump in on your bar, talk about the suck, borrow your 5s, cure your stress, just stop. Look up, make eye contact, not angry but ready, and look back down. This isn’t about Community. Not now. This is about winning, succeeding, making yourself believe that what’s about to happen will happen, must happen, that nothing else can happen, the intellectual certitude followed by physical reality.

And then, get ready to go. Grip the bar. Chalk up, and remember that your momentary lapse in social nicety will be rewarded with what you wanted, the moment of apex. Your short, pithy phrase repeats until there is nothing else, no sound, no Top 20, no mats, no platforms, no nothing except a bar and a goal, the universe bent around you in a cocoon of now.

Don’t think heels down, chest up. Don’t think at all, because you don’t need to. You already did it, and miracle of miracles, what was supposed to happen happened. It’s over your head. It’s locked out.

And now, they fade back in. The sound of volume slow marching to full blast, clapping, screaming, backslapping rah.

You can give in, or you can go back. Sit down, shut your eyes, and bring pithy back. Because it’s not over, and you can shut it out again. Accept that this is just a step and not the end, and it will happen all over again. Another record, not a defining moment, but an ephemeral glimpse at where you were, the shallow footprint of an athlete who’s moving forward faster.

Ignore them, and bring it. Because there’s always something more.

@Michael — it should look familiar. You read it here. http://www.crossfitintrepid.com/2010/04/13/in-the-here-and-now/

Ah ha.. it was a great article and I saved it in my notepad in Outlook haha

If anybody gets kicked out of class for not signing up, you are welcome to walk up the hill to our house for a non-paleo dinner.

Seeing as how you’re signed in for 7pm class, will Brian be doing the cooking?
-Marcus

Sigh, at least RUN up the hill (4-8 times) if you’re gonna eat at Brianna’s!!

I think we all need to taste this “fudge” Jenna has been smuggling in to make sure it’s in fact Paleo certified. Jenna I will need about a dozen of them to make a sound decision. I’ll provide the whole milk

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