Winter Open is Closed! and field identification of a future CrossFitter

Registration for the Winter Open is closed.  We are full.  We have 55 athletes registered to compete.  Just thinking about seeing you all do your thing is exciting.  Your workouts will be announced on Jan 19th and you will receive emails and instructions from us soon.  Ummm, I still really need judges.

I love running the On Ramp.  I love to talk about CrossFit so it is like a dream come true to have a group of new people every couple weeks that I get to talk CrossFit to.  I also love, deeply, seeing someone transition form being tentative or nervous or really deconditioned or all three to being confident and strong and excited about the possibilities.  This work I do, this job I have, is immensely gratifying.  I like to test myself with all the new folks.  I try to decide right away who will take to CrossFit like a lizard to a hot rock, who will need tons of coaxing like getting a chickadee to land in your hand for sunflower seeds, and who will give me the polite “tried your thing and it ain’t for me you nutty girl”.  So, you all should look for Rosa in the AM On-Ramp.  She is kinda quiet and we’ll have to be giving her a send off pretty soon because she is headed out to Basic Training, but Girl has got the marks of a future CrossFitter.  Matt T. and I taught the box jump on Wed.  I asked if anyone wanted to try the tall plyo box.  No takers.  Until Rosa volunteered.  She jumped right up, landed on top, and fell off backwards, landing on her a**.  Slightly terrifying and probably a little embarrassing.  Alright, we carried on with our workout and I asked her at the end of class if she wanted to try again.  All her fellow On-Rampers held their breath and Rosa jumped.  She made it of course.  No problem.  Cool.  Welcome to CrossFit Rosa.