I was on reading week when the 2016 Open was happening, my sister and mom were in the open and asked me to come watch them do 16.1. When I saw how hard people were pushing themselves I knew I wanted to join. So when I got done school I signed up for the group On Ramp class, and started getting to work.

During my On Ramp I was watching YouTube videos of CrossFit at Big Sky Montana and watching Rich Froning and Dan Bailey compete, also watching the 2013, 2014 and 2015 games and seeing the men and women going through so much pain. It got me excited to get back into the gym and work. That is still true now when I rewatch any of the games or regional workouts I get excited to get back to the gym and start working on my weaknesses.

It’s hard to remember what my first bright spot was, the one that sticks out would be getting my first pull up in 17.2 workout in the 2017 Open.  Remembering the three months before the 2017 Open I started doing 1 on 1 training to work more on my pull ups.

I’m currently working on individual strengthening in prep for future competitions and to try and climb the leaderboard for Canada in the Open. In the hopes to make it to a much larger competition like the Canada East games or Granite games.

It’s hard to pick a single favourite memory, over my three years but to make it easy for myself, when ever the Open comes around, a competition I go to and any workouts that we do once a year. (Murph, 12 days of CrossFit, and Sisson)