The truth always lies within the results.
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I started doing CrossFit in 2013. I started watching the CrossFit Games and got hooked.
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I loved the competition. It looked like so much fun.
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After learning the movements and working out with a group of guys, I said, “I’d love to have the chance to just become a regional athlete.”
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I started out weighing about 140 pounds soaking wet.
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I was super small, thin, weak, snatching 75 lbs and thinking it was something.
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All that aside, I still thought it would be cool to be labeled as a Regional Athlete.
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Time goes by, and the CrossFit Games decide to change the format.
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They did away with regionals all together.
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CrossFit created a format that now forces you to an event called, “Sanctionals”.
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I told myself, it would be awesome to be considered a Sanctional Athlete and look at the big picture and say, wow! I’m only one step away from becoming a Games Athlete. How Surreal.
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Times go on and failed attempt after failed attempt happened.
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I never gave up on achieving it.
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February 26, 2020, I received an email stating. “Congratulations, your hard work has paid off and you have earned your spot to compete at the ELFIT CROSSFIT CHAMPIONSHIP 2020 in the MENS ELITE DIVISION!”
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I lost it in pure excitement.
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The past year(s), I have signed up for every Sanctional, giving myself at the very least, an opportunity.
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February 26th, 2020, I finally got that email I have been wishing for........7 YEAR LATER.
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