My friend and former co-worker Nathalie Connors is a talented athlete.
She has always like sport and played hockey for a long time. We got reacquainted when we both showed up to some introductory workouts when the local Crossfit gym (Physics Crossfit) opened up last September.
As just about every Crossfitter knows, the Crossfit Open started last week. The Open is how you get to the Crossfit Games, the pinnacle of the sport of fitness, where the winners are crowned the "Fittest on Earth".
The Open consists of 5 workouts over 5 weeks from February 22 – March
25. All athletes interested in participating have the option to perform
each workout at a registered affiliate or to submit a
videotape of their performance to the Games website. (Registration is open to anyone and costs 20USD).
The Open’s top 60 men and women in each of the 17 regions move on to the second
stage of competition – Regionals! Each Regional will be a 3-day
competition, where the top 3 men and top 3 women qualify for the Games.
After 2 workouts (granted not all athletes have reported their results for workout 2) Nathalie is currently ranked #2 female in the Canada East Region.
It is difficult to convey just how impressive that is. I'm confident she'll make it to regionals, which in itself is amazing. I don't want to say I doubt she'll make it to the Games, she is an impressive athlete, but a lot of extremely fit people will be competing at Regionals.
Do I think she can make it to the Games. Hell yeah! And I know she'll give everything she's got and more to try and do just that.
Go get 'em Nat!
No comments:
Post a Comment