“You cannot swim for
new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”
– William
Faulkner
It’s hard to believe it’s been over 5 years since I found
CrossFit and it quickly won my commitment, passion, and love. Four years ago I started dreaming of living
CrossFit full time - opening a box, helping others accomplish new and
incredible feats, and nurturing a community of people dedicated to becoming the
best they can be.
Some one else shared that dream… though I hadn’t met him
yet. It’s been exactly 2 years since I
met Christopher Sheets at the SoCal CrossFit Regionals and in those two short
years our lives have been turned upside down in the most amazing ways.
In two years, we met, romanced, exchanged vows, changed jobs, traveled, had two car accidents, endured injury, started brewing a baby, and
opened a business together.
Here we are: Team Sheets is at the helm of CrossFit Purged!
(I know there’s no excuse for a
neglected blog, but those are my excuses!)
In the 8 short weeks that our doors have been open, we have
poured our hearts, energy, and time into building not just a fitness program,
but a community and a place where people can feel at home. A place they can face their fears and
limitations and persevere to overcome them.
A place where they can blow off steam, where they can find camaraderie
as they work together, sweat together, and yes, sometimes even bleed
together setting new personal records.
We have been honored and grateful for the amazing people
that have come our way, that have supported us and been on the ground floor of
creating this new and empowering community.
We love you all and are so excited to see the positive changes in your
lives as you make the time, put in the effort, and choose not to settle for just
skating by, but to show up each day and give your best… whatever that happens
to be at that point in time. You are
destined for greatness and we are thrilled to be a part of the journey.
The changes of the last two years moved me away from the
competition floor. Maybe I will return there one day … If I’ve learned anything
from CrossFit it’s that you’re never too old and it’s never too late to follow
your passions. In this time, here and
now, I have a different dream. I am so
honored to have the gift of growing a new life, to pursue being a fit mama,
living well, and living (I hope) as an inspiration and example in different
ways. I am so grateful for the
opportunity to coach, to have been mentored and now share with others knowledge
gained over the last five years. Thank
you CrossFit Purged for giving me that opportunity.
Taking the step to open our own CrossFit affiliate did not
come without lots of questions, fears, delays, and unknowns. About
that, well Kirkegaard says it best,
“To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.”
And so, Dear Husband and I are finding ourselves, our new
life, and our future in this endeavor.
Life is nothing if not an adventure! If it were something other than an adventure, though the security
might be comforting, it would come at the cost of apathy and a dull spirit. Thank you again to all the adventurers out
there, to those seizing the opportunities every day brings for you. You are our inspiration.
The doors of CrossFit Purged are always open to you! Stop on by!
