On June 10th – 13th CrossFit Fury will be competing in possibly the toughest competition we have ever experienced and we attempting to earn one of three Affiliate Team spots to the CrossFit Games. In Denver Colorado you will be represented by these six athletes while they fight for every last rep, pound, and second for us!
An official Affiliate Team is comprised of three men and three women and most of the workouts are only two men and two women. This format allows for interchanging athletes based on strengths and weaknesses and our job is to choose the individuals who we think will do the best, at workouts and formats that are completely unknown… With this in mind and the unknown ahead let us recognize Britney, Aimee, Katie Jo, Will, TJ, and Gareth for what they are taking on.
If it takes skills, ability and technique Britney and TJ will show us how its done. Both competed on the Affiliate Team in 2009 at the Games and in 2010 at the Southwest Regional Qualifiers. In addition to this experience, they have won multiple local competitions, and have been CrossFitting since the start of this all. These two have the skills and experience to finish wods that most would DNF.
If we need to get some work done Aimee and Will answer the call. They are new to The CrossFit Games but not to competitions and kicking ass. These two have trained like no other this past year, and it shows. They both hold many of the gym PR’s they have placed high in all local competitions they attend. These two have the strength and ability to finish any wod before most everyone else…
Finally if we need to get somewhere and get there fast, we are fortunate to have Gareth and Katie on the team. Both of whom are new to the gym and CrossFit overall but they have quickly let it be known they are serious about being the best they can be and they have the performances to show.
We are in a difficult region but so is everyone else, luckily we are a very strong gym. I am confident in our teams ability to handle the widest variety of workouts possible, and perform at the top across it all. Good luck to our team members and lets show them our support over the next few weeks of training.
Finally I cannot forget and probably should have started the post with the thank you to everyone who has helped us through our training in the weeks, months and years leading up to this. Any time you push hard, lift more, or jump higher you keep us motivated by challenging and quite often beating us. Please continue being the way you are so that all of us will be better and we will have an even better year ahead of us.
Sectionals
Registration is now open. Fury members need to only register once for $10 for the entire six weeks. Outside competitors must register register each week for $10 by that Friday at noon. After that date the registration will go up to $20. Judged heats will kick off each Saturday at 11am and will be followed up with food and other concessions to refuel and refresh our athletes.
Make-Up Thursday for those of you who are unable to attend our Saturday workout we will open the gym on Thursdays at 4pm to allow you to get your wod timed. Note that there will be no BBQ on Thursdays and you will need to register each week for the make up on Wednesday by 5pm so that we can have judges prepared for you.
Daycare will be open each Saturday because regardless of what you hear me say, you mothers are the best part of Fury! Also we are looking for a few more volunteer judges. Let us know in the gym if you are interested in helping out in any way.
The Open
We have been preparing our athletes for the CrossFit Games since 2008. To participate in a highly competitive and judged format of the Sectional workouts at CrossFit Fury, we will be opening our doors each Saturday with judged heats starting at 11am and some official CrossFit R&R time immediately following.
The Games
The 2011 Games like every previous year is a journey into uncharted territory. On July 29th-31st the top athletes from across the globe will compete at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California for the title of Worlds Fittest and the $250,000 grand prize. CrossFit Fury is dedicated to training athletes to compete for such titles.
The History
In 2010, the road to the Games started with the SD/AZ Sectionals in which Britney and TJ as well as our affiliate team, competed and qualified for the Southwest Regionals. After winning the Southwest Regional, Peter continued on to place 10th in the 2010 CrossFit Games at the Home Depot Center. In 2009 CrossFit Fury won the first ever “in house” qualifier with the Last Chance Online Qualifier! CrossFit Fury continued on to the Games with an affiliate team, that placed 21st and one individual competitor, Peter placing 6th.
In the 2008, CrossFit Fury had two individuals competing at the Games. Peter placed 21st and Leah finished 72nd. At the inaugural games in 2007, Peter and Marcus made the trip to Aromas and finished 10th and 19th respectively! To say the least CrossFit Fury has the Games in its blood.
