I’ve been a member of the UD CrossFit box for almost 4 years. I make it a priority to be in the gym on a regular basis. I arrange my daily schedule around the classes as much as I possibly can. The shenanigans I’ve gone through to make it to a WOD (workout of the day) are kinda funny from an outside perspective. I’ve worn workout clothes under my ‘professional’ work clothes to run from a meeting straight to the WOD. I have ‘ducked out’ of zoom meetings early to get upstairs to the box (luckily it’s in the same building as my office). My therapist has even rearranged her schedule to find a time to fit me in around my work and workout schedule. Some people think it’s too much like an obsession, I view it as necessary.

I work out with amazing athletes in our box who have also become great friends. They inspire me to keep going, to keep trying to improve. Our head coach has been one of the biggest influences in my appreciation for maintaining my health & fitness level. He has also been a huge help each time I’ve had to go into recovery mode (breast cancer surgery, broken foot, and now this experience).

With most of what we do in any WOD I can’t keep up with the rest of the CF crew, but I’m still trying. I find it beyond frustrating quite often. Luckily my BFF & WOD partner 🐙 will talk me off the ledge when I am ready to quit. I’m grateful for her encouragement to focus on the consistency of showing up, not my scores compared to the scores posted by others.

I have never stayed with one form of exercise for this long without getting bored. When I first started CrossFit my goal was to remain as physically independent as possible as I age. I heard someone in a video mention their goal is to be able to use the bathroom without help when they are 90. I totally grabbed that as a good goal for me.

But now I need this consistency to keep me sane more than anything else. For me CrossFit is something to hold onto, something I have some control over, something to keep me healthy, something to build my strength up before the next round of whatever is next.

Making it to 90?