Games Bound!!!!!

Wow.  Reflecting on this past weekend and the 2011 CrossFit Games South Central Regional is pretty exciting!  I'll try to contain my excitement as I roll through a few of them....

1.  We Won!!!  Team Bayou City CrossFit jumped out to an early lead in day one and never looked back.  We took our balanced, work hard, never give up approach into every WOD and made it happen.  The hard work with Vic, Katie, Jane, Susie, and Cody the past six weeks definitely paid off as you could see we worked like a well-oiled machine.  The plan was always to finish on top, but man, I sure do love it when a plan comes together!

 

2.  We have the best fans/support/community.  Period.  I wish I could personally thank everyone who came out, braved the heat, and pledged their support for BCCF.  It was amazing to come off "the battlefield" and hear/see all the fans and support...it almost seemed a bit surreal at times! I've said it before and I'll say it again - we have the best community of CrossFitters, anywhere. 

3.  South Central sticks together.  The support from other boxes is amazing.  So many folks from our area and beyond lended a scream, high five, or encouraging words to Bayou City.  It's great to have such high caliber folks on your side.  A shout out goes to all those boxes that continue to prove to be a class act on and off the competition floor - just to name a few:  CrossFit West Houston, Clear Lake CrossFit, CrossFit Austin, NHB CrossFit, CrossFit Waco, CrossFit Dallas Central, Body Armor CrossFit, River City CrossFit, Atomic CrossFit, CrossFit Point Break.  I know I've missed a few in there, but you guys consistently prove to be stand up folks!

4.  Individuals.  Damn.  I'll say it - I didn't envy any of you this weekend!  Congrats to Andy Lewis who has been at Bayou City the past few months after his job brought him to Houston.  The same congratulations goes to Aja Barto who obviously has worked his tail off for the last year in preparation for this years competition season.  Well deserved.  And let's not forget Aryan Barto.  Great showing all weekend.  I think you said it best:  "maybe I'm not just Aja's brother anymore."  Heck no big man...you certainly made a statement this weekend!  Finally, great job to Leah Shullenberger!  You came to work this weekend and kicked some tail!  On a side note...I'm somewhat happy Leah, Aryan, and Aja decided to go individual...damn...that's a strong team!

See you in California!!!

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Absolutely Amazing.

Sorry guys, been too long...and no pics today. 

I'm going to keep it short tonight.  Bottom line, people simply amaze me!

This morning Bayou City CrossFit hosted a fund raising garage sale.  We (and by we, I mean my wonderful girlfriend Kelly) asked our members and friends to donate any items they decided they no longer need to help us raise money to fund the BCCF team through competition season.  Everyone came through HUGE!  We had more items then we knew what to do with.  The generosity of our community is absolutely amazing.  Several of us arrived at BC this morning at or before 5:00 a.m. to set up for this fund raiser and several of them stayed through until the end of the sale.  Not only did several people get up at 4:30 a.m. on their weekend, they didn't even complain! 

Who does that?  Who gives up their Saturday morning to sit at a garage sale?  Who graciously donates to the countless fundraisers and benefits we host?  Who continuously gives, gives, and gives, but never asks for a return?  Our absolutely amazing community of clients and coaches, that's who!

Some people call us a cult.  Some think we are stuck up or snobby.  Some even don't like us.  I love us.  We're an awesome community and I'm thankful to be a part of it every day.

Thanks Bayou City CrossFit!

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Thanks Kelly for spearheading, organizing, advertising, working, and making the garage sale a success!
Thanks to Lori, John, Tanner, Lori, Monica, Jane, Kylie, and Angie for showing up at the butt crack of dawn to help this morning.
Thanks to everyone else who came to support and work throughout the sale (sorry, no names...I had to jet off to Pin Up and didn't get to stick around to help the rest of the morning). 

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