Saturday, October 27, 2012

Donation WOD

10 am @ Halsey gym

Barbell's for (Beth's) Boobs!

Today will be our final Barbell's for Boobs WOD this year.

This is our 8th month in our effort to raise money for Mammograms In Action in Beth McNuulty's name.  She is one of our crossfitter's who was diagnosed with breast cancer 8 months ago and was evacuated to the states for treatment.  Beth is now finalizing her treatments, and has moved to Jacksonville, Florida where her husband is currently stationed.   We have currently raised $1650 and I would LOVE to round this out to $2000!!! 

Here is a word from Beth:

"My name is Beth McNulty, the mother of two beautiful children (Connor and Victoria) and wife to a loving husband (Kevin). I was 33 years old, in the best shape of my life with no family history of Cancer. I was an avid Crossfitter, 5 days a week and enjoying every minute of pain! My first WOD was Fight Gone Bad and holy crap I still stuck with it!! I loved it, I loved the comradery, and how it made me feel.

In February of this year, I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. I was crushed!! I was Emergency evacuated in March and had a bilateral mastectomy on March 23rd. I was out of the hospital in 2 days and off pain medication a few days later. I felt well enough visit the Chicago zoo with my family 5 days after surgery. I felt amazing, and I can say a large part of that was because of Crossfit.

 Crossfit put me through some very difficult WOD’s, challenging not only my body, but my mind also. I still finished each and every one of them with a smile on my face. My Crossfit family has helped me push through every barrier that has crossed my path in the past 8 months. I’m so proud of my crossfit family! I miss each and every one of you! Thank you for all that you have done in raising Breast Cancer awareness!!!!! Love you guys!!"

 WOD:
"Grace"
30 Clean and Jerk (135/95)

Scaling options:
You may scale the weight, and movement patterns.  We would like to see everyone move some weight from the ground to overhead for 30 repetitions.  Don't worry if you have never done it before!  I have had 6 year olds do this workout before!  It is a shorter WOD - usually under 10 mins. 

 Beth - you have been a TRUE motivation to everyone here.  We love you and miss you and are extremely proud to WOD for you and all the other women who have struggled with breast cancer.  

For more information:
 http://www.barbellsforboobs.org/