DENVER NOTES:
- It’s becoming more and more clear that we, as a tribe, have a hearing impairment. Blues, Crews, News, SHOES!!!
- We took a page from NP-CHI and warmed up with partners in head, shoulders, knees, armpits, sniff ’em, and shoes. There are a LOT of words that rhyme with shoes. Sometimes I enjoy messing with you guys a little too much. Sorry, not sorry.
- I was fortunate enough to interphalangetate with Alli Bell for a full 2 laps of stairs. Warm hands, that one. Warm heart for a reptile, too.
- 7 minutes of heaven/hell/purgatory/nothingness-if-that’s-your-thing was followed by no less than 13 moans and groans that the tribe was owed 20 burpees. A few cheerleaders stood by while everyone else grabbed their knees in full survival mode.
- Drew Beesing called me out on shorting you guys on time for your second trip. I just wanted friends for my burpees.
- No one puked…at the workout. Results still pending. That shit was hard!
This was one of those mornings that, as a co-leader, it makes your heart swell. It’s hard to believe, but NP5280 has been doing #freefitness going on almost 4 years now. We’ve seen a LOT of faces in that time. Some go away for awhile, then come back. Some just go away because paying out of your butt for CrossFit sounds like more fun than hugging a sweaty friend in a dinosaur onesie, then going out for burritos. To each their own.
Whether on time, late, or apologizing profusely from social media, one constant of our tribe in the last *almost* 4 years has been our girl, Alli Bell. It took a minute for Dylan to come around, but once he figured out what was making Alli so high on life, he’s been just as consistent (-ly late).
There are 1,000+ stories of these two and their shenanigans, and each of us has our favorites. Their honesty, compassion, and genuine funkiness is what I have always appreciated most.
Alli & Dylan, you’ve made us kinder (more kind?), funnier, smarter, weirder, later, more thoughtful, and just generally better people over the last 4 years. We were lucky to borrow you for awhile. The Peace Corps and Paraguay are SO fortunate to have you. We’ll be here when you get back!
THANK YOU, from ALL of us, for being part of our tribe and loving us so damn hard.
Don’t lose that vibe. Don’t fake that funk.
Woody
FRI: 18th & Arapahoe (map will be posted tomorrow)
SEPTEMBER: Get ready to crush your goals
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