Larry C hit 50 today, and to celebrate, decided to hit FRAN — and knocked it out at 6:48. Claudine Z turned 35 today, and celebrated with a “Filthy Thirty-Five” (doesn’t roll off the tongue quite like “Fifty”, but it’s her birthday, so she can name it whatever she likes. Both put in impressive efforts and continue to inspire everyone around them. Happy Birthday Larry and Claudine!

Labor Day (Monday, September 6th) CFC will be open from 9:30am to 1:30pm (9:30 class and 12:30 class). Going against all protocol of posting the WOD prior to the day, the WOD is going to be a 3 mile run (back of the building to the Bartlem Park playground 3x). We encourage everyone to come in for it, but if you cannot, you should do this one on your own. We don’t run this one often, and it is important to vary your running distance, so this is a perfect time to get a longer run in.

Vacation does not mean you still can’t CrossFit! Testing out our upcoming WOD “Lyme Disease”; Guinea Pigs included Jay & Michelle, Brian (web site guy) & Julie, and me & Vilma at the Lyme School.

John “The Urbanator” Urbanski returns. Just like the Terminator, John comes back after his second collarbone surgery (each of the last two Rugby seasons, he has suffered a broken collarbone). He rehabbed at CFC last summer, and is back to rehab again. 5 rounds of 20 Sandbag box squats to box step ups, 10 GHD sit ups, and 20 double unders. 20:46! He is BACK!

9am outside, 10 am inside. The “early birds” were Kurt, Jen L, Dave G, Lori, Mike H, Melanie, and Jeff P. The 10am gang was Jen R, Rebecca, Matt T, Cathy B, and Kyle.

The Friday “Fight Gone Bad” saw many faces (some more pleasant than others, depending upon what time during the WOD, it was taken). Amongst those who stepped up were Kurt M, Dave G, Ryan D, John F, Kathy K, Delaney S, Kyle P, Christine S, Jon F, Claudine Z, and Matt G.

Tanner, despite stifling heat, did the whole thing in a 20# vest (he came in later that night to work on his Oly lifts – he trains like a champion!). Also taking on the WOD was Larry, Sue P, Dave G, Nick, Amy and John F. Great effort — tough WOD on a tough day.

The Thursday WOD was Dumbbell Snatches and Kettlebell Swings; Ryan, Steve R, Scott, Rob V, Jeremy, and Pat (using the 2 pood model!) are shown.

Double Chaos! The 9am class saw Pete, Cathy, Billy, Delaney, Dave S, Kathy, Amy, and Steve’s wife Melanie (who joined finally!); the 10am group saw Cathy and Pete back for more, plus Dave G brought his buddy Jim (visiting from KY), along with Tim and Jen R. Another beautiful summer day spent with enthusiastic, motivated people who are getting fitter and healthier every week!

“Better TV” was here today shooting a story about CrossFit and took footage of the afternoon “Chaos” class. Those who did not chicken out (or were just unaware that today was the day of the filming) were Mike H, Julia N, Frank G and Matt G. Yours truly sputtered and stuttered his way through the interview with Lauren Long, a beauty who trains at CrossFit New London, where a similar interview was done.