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I was born to kill it I was meant to win
what's going on everybody
welcome to the cladstone
media podcast where we are
currently highlighting the
athletes of the 2024
legends masters crossfit
games and I have none other
than hayley mario what's
going on hayley oh you know
just uh got some training
in and here I am just ready
to ready to talk and have
some good conversations
So I've been a fan of yours for a while.
I don't know if many people know this,
but when I first got a job
with Morning Chalk Up,
the first story I worked on was you.
Oh, really?
That's so cool.
That's super cool.
I'm curious what story it was.
So it was, I got,
I started working for
morning Chuck up in 2021.
You were at the West coast
classic and you had to
repeat the snatch ladder done in 2016.
And you had made such an
incredible improvement from 2016 to 2021.
We wanted to highlight you.
And, um,
I put together some video showing
you side by side from 2016 to 2021.
Oh yeah.
That was, um, being able to like,
first of all,
having just like a career as
long as I've had is just like,
I think just like super cool in itself.
And it really goes to show
if you just kind of like
keep showing up and keep
your head down and you
really learn to like, love the process.
Like you just, you keep getting better.
Um, and so like,
being able to repeat that
probably at the peak of my
career when I felt the most
fit was so exciting because
I also had my husband at
the end of the lane at West
Coast Classic.
And like,
back to the first time I did that,
like I couldn't get out of the first bar.
Like you had to hit like,
I think a minimum of one or
four snatches.
I can't remember, but I hit the minimum.
And then the next event I
actually got DQ'd because I
couldn't do a strict muscle up.
So that year was, it sucked.
But I think that year was like,
there was so much,
like there were two ways to go, right?
Like I could have just been like,
you know what?
Like this just isn't for me
and I could have quit.
Um,
or I could have just gone back and try
it again.
And I chose that route and like,
it was so special to finish
that snatch ladder.
Like, and sometimes too,
like I knew I could finish it.
Um, because in training, I mean,
my numbers have gone up so
so much since 2016.
And it's also just like when
you're under pressure and
you have like time gates and stuff,
like you don't know what's
going to happen, right?
Like you don't know if like
it's going to be an off day or whatever.
So when I finished that,
like just the celebration and the joy,
like I didn't even care what place I got.
It was just like, dude, I just did that.
And I couldn't even do that like, you know,
years ago.
So that was like one of
those moments like,
Like I'll never forget
either of them because one
of them lit a fire and the
other one just made me like,
like I was just like, I can do this,
you know,
like I can do this and I did do this,
you know,
and being able to just share
that with people I think is really cool.
Yeah,
to go from not even making it out of
the first bar of 10 at, what, 125?
135, I think.
135.
Yeah.
To completing the entire snatch ladder.
And you had time to spare, too.
It wasn't like you were cutting it closed.
Yeah.
Yeah, I think I had one miss.
I had a few probably
incredible saves since I'm
pretty good in the bottom
of the squat overhead
position where people were like,
is she going to stand that
up or just sit there?
But yeah, I did.
I had some time to spare.
And I think, too,
I had done like I usually
don't run through like events in training,
especially for like the
regional semifinal sanctional route.
Um, but that one specifically we did,
cause I needed to know,
can I even get out of these?
Like,
am I able to cycle these quick enough
to get to the next bar?
Um, and I must, I think I PR by like.
anywhere from like a minute
to two minutes from training.
So it was just like, holy crap, I did that,
you know?
Um, but yeah, dude,
and I got to do it in Las Vegas, which I,
you know, I went to UNLV,
I was a cheerleader there.
Um, so like I got to share, like,
it's just like, it was so cool.
Like, you know,
I'm from California and
then I did it in Vegas where I, you know,
also like spent a lot of time,
like it was just super cool.
So,
Yeah,
I just like I'm so like I was kind of
bummed, too,
that I didn't get to do it
again at like in Carson at
my finals this last year
because I've been in Virginia.
But yeah, I was kind of like, oh, dang it.
I could have been one of the
ones that did it three times.
So.
The coolest thing about
Vegas was the way they had
it set up is media, family,
and coaches could all hang
out at the end of the lanes.
Yes.
So you could have your loved
ones and coach,
they're waiting for you to finish.
And you said that made it
even more special.
Oh, dude.
Yeah, because I think...
Like, here's the thing,
the sport is pretty lonely,
especially if you choose
the individual route.
Like you,
like sure you have training
partners or you have people
that come and hop into your workouts,
but like you really have to
love being in the gym and
you have to love hurting by yourself.
And so when you get to share
it with the people that have stuck by you,
especially your entire
career from when you
couldn't do anything and
they're the ones that believed in you,
to share that with them, I mean,
there's nothing better.
Right.
Like and I think that's a
really important message, I think,
to like just like the
younger athletes is just
like remember who's with
you when you're at the bottom.
Like, you know, and when you get better,
like you bring those people up with you.
And I mean, you know,
my husband and I work in
film and TV as well.
And the same thing goes for that.
Like, you know, before you get better.
you get famous and you grow
this huge following.
It's like, bring,
bring the people up that
did good by you when you were down,
down here and nobody knew
who you were and you
couldn't do anything because that journey,
like it,
it sucks if nobody's there with you.
Yeah.
Those are wise words.
And Vegas will always
probably be my favorite
venue for that level of competition.
Yeah, it was cool.
Like it just had such a,
like it had like that old
school regional feel, but like,
like almost like bedazzled,
like a little bit.
The stands were elevated so
everybody could see the way
they had it set up where
the family could be there
to greet you at the end.
Like it just was,
it was the coolest vibe of
anything I've ever seen in
the sport before.
Yeah, it was super special.
So a couple people are commenting,
and Denise Moore,
who will be competing in Alabama as well,
it's going to be so fun to
watch this fit lady compete
in Birmingham.
Thank you.
Thank you, Denise.
So then the following year,
you come back to semifinals,
and we learn immediately
after you take a picture on
the floor with a sonogram.
Yep.
So you had competed the
entire semifinal pregnant.
I sure did.
We had gone back and forth.
I knew I was pregnant.
My husband knew.
My doctor knew.
I hope the doctor knew.
Yes.
That's pretty much it.
And obviously, I had...
to choose like whether I was
going to compete or not compete.
And actually I had gotten to
that next stage for masters
as well that year.
And that was the year I had
to choose between the two,
but the timeline of
competing as a masters did not line up.
So I could get through semi-finals safely,
but if I had said no
semi-finals and gone to the masters,
I mean, you could have,
I don't know if that would
have looked great.
for CrossFit.
I probably would have been like eight,
nine months pregnant at that point.
Or I don't know.
I don't really know the timeline.
So don't get mad at me for saying that,
anyone.
But yeah,
so I had to choose between the two.
I chose to compete at semifinals.
And obviously I could have
announced it and I could
have shared that news with
everyone before going into the weekend.
And I kept going back and
forth because I knew like,
I knew I wasn't going to do
great at specific events
after being pregnant for a
while and just kind of like
feeling like kind of how my body felt.
So I just, I don't know, I decided,
you know what,
I'm just not going to tell anyone.
I'm just going to kind of
get through the weekend.
then we'll announce it after.
So and I just like for me,
like the competitor in me,
like I didn't want people
to know that I was someone
that they could just be.
Like I think that was kind
of my mentality.
Maybe not everybody operates like that.
But for me,
like I just didn't want to use
it as this excuse.
I didn't want them to think like, oh,
don't got to worry about her.
I kind of wanted them to
still worry a little bit, you know,
because like there's going
to be specific events that
I can do well on.
So, yeah, I just did it.
I had some fun.
I didn't feel awesome.
There were moments during
the like certain workouts
where I'd look down at my
husband in my lane.
And I'd be like, nope.
You know, I was just like, man,
I'm already redlining.
You know,
I think there was a 400 meter run,
sled push, chest to bar wall ball workout,
which normally would be
something I'm just like, oh, I love this.
And two minutes into that, I was like,
well, this isn't going to go well,
but I'm just going to keep
working through it.
So
It's one of those things where it's like,
I knew it wasn't going to
be this insane performance,
but I wanted to do it anyways.
It was my spot and I wanted
to use it because I think a
lot of times you don't know
if you're going to be able
to make it back.
You don't know if that year
is your last year.
You don't know, you know, life happens.
And so for me,
like just enjoying every
moment and every
opportunity I'm given to be on the floor,
I think is something I've
always been willing to do,
regardless on how I'm
feeling going into it.
You know,
and I think that just comes from
a lot of like experience.
And, you know,
just kind of how the
CrossFit season operates, right?
Like you just kind of like
it's all the time, you know,
and you can you can sit back and say like,
oh, I'm going to wait.
I'm going to peak in two years.
I'm going to train and do this.
And I'm like, yeah,
but those moments start to pass by.
And then like maybe you
don't get out there again, you know.
So for me,
like just taking opportunity
that I'm given when I have
it is super important to me.
So the funny way I found out
was I'm really,
really good friends with Dex Hopkins.
And he came up to me and he said,
I know something you don't know.
I was like, what?
And he took his camera and
he flipped it to me.
And I was like, what?
Yeah.
And then it became a secret.
Yeah,
that sounds exactly like something
Dex would do.
Yeah, no, he's great.
He took our photo for us.
And it was funny too because
there were lots of people around,
but I don't think anyone
caught on to what was
happening because the
competition had just ended.
So everyone was kind of like
taking their own photos and
doing their own thing.
And yeah, I was kind of like, Josh,
I don't want to take this
photo right here.
This is weird.
People are going to know and
we didn't even announce it.
But I rolled with it, and it worked out.
Yeah.
So I want to touch on a
couple things that have
changed in your life kind of privately,
and then we'll get back to the games.
So I've always known you as
a California girl.
Mm-hmm.
Right?
And you have moved across
the country to Virginia.
Yep.
You work in film and television.
How does that work from Virginia?
So...
So basically,
I'm trying to think how to
put it all in a nutshell.
So I am born and raised in Los Angeles.
That is my hometown.
That is home, home for me.
That's all I really know,
minus the traveling here and there.
So my husband and I,
we relocated to Virginia to
train Haley Adams this last year.
I worked out with her and
trained her and coached her.
every day leading up to July, June, July,
I think,
about five weeks before the games,
she headed back to Mayhem.
So we relocated.
And if anybody knows my husband and I,
like we're very much like,
all in.
So if we're going to do something,
we're going to go all in
and we're just going to, on our end,
do everything we can to crush it.
So that's kind of what happened.
We saw an opportunity where
we could really help someone come back
And Josh and I, as a team,
I feel like it was a great fit,
given as much experience as
we have had in CrossFit over the last 12,
13, 14 years.
And so that's kind of what happened.
But yeah, so anyways, we made that move.
And Josh actually,
he still is working for
like a company based out in California.
So we're still very connected.
We're still part of the union.
And for us, it's like,
it's okay to put things on
hold and come back to them.
So that's kind of what we did.
And, you know,
obviously like the game season didn't,
pan out like the way
everybody wanted it to, right?
But what I can say is like Josh and I,
like we put everything we
had into the season and it was awesome,
you know?
And I think sometimes like a
lot of athletes,
like you have to remember
that like you cannot be an athlete
at this level forever.
And there is other
opportunity in the space
for you to grow and to
still be part of it and to
still be able to give back
in really special ways
because it's something that
I feel like if you don't
walk the talk sometimes,
you don't understand the whole thing.
And so I just felt like
after having a baby, I'm 37 now.
life uh priorities are a lot
different um and so yeah I
think just I'm gonna cry
yeah it just always happens
but like being able to just
like give back um to a
sport that I love I think
that it kind of like just
this last year like was set
up perfectly um and I
really think that more
athletes should really look
at that especially like
when you're trans
transitioning into the
masters divisions and stuff
like there's still room for
you to be like super connected because
Like,
whether you've gone to the games or not,
like,
you have so much wisdom that you can
pass down to younger
athletes and help guide them.
And they need people.
Like, I just – I wish everybody had, like,
a Josh or, like, you know, like,
just somebody, like,
with them all the time as
they were going through this, like,
alone.
You know, because, like I said earlier,
it's a very lonely –
endeavor.
Um,
and you give literally everything you
have to this sport and
sometimes it gives you like
maybe a fraction back.
So, um, yeah, I just think that there's,
you know, I, I wish, like,
I hope that like people
that are in the space, like,
don't just like want to like
just compete forever.
Right.
Like I want them to like
compete and maybe like do a
podcast or do like, you know,
just like coach or anything
really like help on the
mental side of things.
Like,
I think that that is something that
like holds a lot of people back, um,
is not having the right, like mind,
you know, um,
or training environment or
whatever it is.
So yeah,
that's kind of like what's happened.
We just like went all in on something and,
and, um, we're still connected and, um,
Still doing film and TV.
Um, you know, it's like those two things,
those like film and TV and like CrossFit,
like those are just two
things that I believe that
my husband and I will be
connected to forever.
Like, and we got really,
I wouldn't say just lucky
because we worked hard.
Um, but like that, um,
you know,
doing CrossFit and then doing stunts,
like kind of merged it for us.
And so now we get to train
and coach actors and
singers and all sorts of
people in the entertainment
world and help them with
their fitness journey.
Or maybe it's to get ready
for like a specific movie
or a specific event.
So that's been really cool.
It's just like, you know, being from like
Los Angeles, like, honestly,
I didn't really think I was
ever gonna be connected to film and TV,
even though it was like right there.
I was always like, I'm good.
Like, it's just here.
So am I,
but it didn't really spark an
interest until after I had
a pretty solid career in like CrossFit,
which is weird.
You know,
I think a lot of people think it happened
on like the flip side you
know but it was actually
crossfit that gave me a lot
of confidence to even try
doing stunts and stuff in
that world so so I i want
to follow it up and I could
dive into the haley haley
thing for a while but this
is not about her this is about you and
People may forget that the year before,
you helped Bethany come back too.
Yeah.
You weren't like her coach,
but you were like a
training partner and a
friend when she needed that so much.
Yeah.
Bethany Flores is just one
of the best people I've ever known.
I have just...
nothing but amazing things
to say about her and her husband.
And, you know,
it was one of those things
where it's like, sure, she needed me,
but I think I needed her as well,
especially coming back after, well,
I was actually still pregnant, I think,
and then I came back.
So it was like,
she had like both sides of it, but like,
She was coming back and I
reached out to her.
I was like, oh, hey,
I just saw you moved to LA.
Let me know if you want to work out.
Because LA is a pretty big place.
I'm pretty connected to LA
just because I grew up there.
So I have lots of different
little groups that have
nothing to do with CrossFit.
And she responded and we got
together and she'd come and
train in my tiny little garage out there.
Um, we do a bunch of, uh,
cardio pieces and then I'd
go over there for her and
then the open happened and
then we just kind of like
stuck together throughout the,
the entire season.
Um, and it was like a really,
it was a really special time because like,
I think too, people forget that like,
there's a lot of people
that are more like you, you know,
when you're competitors than you think.
And I think that everyone
puts up like this, like,
you know, just this like wall.
And so they never really get
to know their competitors
and they don't build these
friendships that can last a
lot longer than your career
as a CrossFit athlete.
Um,
and I just really encourage people to
like find people like that
in this space because they exist.
Um, because like, I don't know, like,
like I said, like Bethany,
like she showed up for me,
like not just for like CrossFit events,
but for just life events.
Um,
and yeah and watching her
you know the last couple
years we went to rogue and
helped her with like her
media and everything um and
then her performance this
last week you know like it
was really cool because
she's made some really big
improvements and she looks
great she looks healthy
she's happy um so yeah I
just I like I just have
nothing but good things to
say about that one so how
would you answer this question
Haley is A, an athlete, or B, a coach?
Myself?
Like me, Haley?
Yes, you, Haley.
I mean, it really, I think,
depends on the time of year.
I would say the last year I was a coach.
Then I was a training partner.
And then I was an athlete.
Um, and then I would, I mean,
if there was like one before that,
I would say I was a mom, um, you know,
like, and juggling all that,
but I would put that in that order.
I would say these last two, uh, last, uh,
like week right now,
like gearing into the masters,
I would say I'm an athlete
all of a sudden that I'm trying to like,
get everything in order and
get ready to compete.
But there has to be like a
mind shift because when you
are coaching someone else,
especially at a high level
or helping others,
it's not about you anymore.
And you have to be okay with
putting yourself second, right?
And like,
Um, like with Bethany, like I knew like,
okay,
we got to get this girl to semifinals.
I'm not going.
And then with Haley,
we had to get her to
semifinals and then to the games.
Um, and so there was a lot of, okay,
what do they need?
How can I help?
and then I'll go and do it.
Like,
is my position to watch and help
calculate and count things
and set everything up?
Or is today the time where, you know,
I can actually help pace them?
Because luckily, like I'm, you know,
like I do have like a skill
set where I can kind of
come in and like help push
the pace on certain things,
not on everything.
But there are certain events
where I can like be like, okay,
I can be like the pusher.
you know so yeah I think
that that's a great
question um I do feel like
it has like kind of like
waves to it right like
because I don't know if
everybody knows this but I
literally I got backfilled
into masters this year um I
did really well in quarterfinals
And then the master
qualifiers came out and I
think I got like 41st or I mean,
I was like right outside of the line.
But anyways, I got that last ticket.
So I'll still be there, guys.
But like it like it wasn't my priority.
you know, um,
going to semifinals wasn't
even in the cards this year.
And the fact that I was
pretty dang close getting
in on the East side, um, was like, wait,
what, where am I?
You know?
So a lot of that like kind
of just happened.
Um,
and I think that just had a lot to do
with the people I surround myself with.
Um, like Jim, I'm sitting in,
this is four 60.
It is
an amazing community and
it's beautiful and the
owner like she velvet um
she's awesome in one of my
favorite training partners
but I do think a lot of
this is all happening
because of the people I'm
placing around me daily so
yeah so now that it's it's
your time you have a month
now down to what two weeks yes
How long have you been able
to give yourself priority?
Um, not, not a lot, you know, like, uh,
I'm not going to sit here
and say like my lead up has been perfect.
Um,
I think a lot of that has to do with like,
we have a baby, she's now sleeping.
Um, she's 20 months.
And if anyone's seen her on Instagram,
she's wild, man.
She, she can jump over boxes.
She's doing burpees, squats,
like hanging on to bars.
Um,
And so I've been juggling a
lot of that and like, you know,
being okay with like shifting, um,
kind of like when I train
or like my pieces or, you know,
just stuff like that.
Or maybe I have to take an extra rest day,
you know,
or like when we were at the games,
like I didn't train very much.
Um, we were just in Nashville.
I got to do some workouts with, um,
Will Murad and, uh,
So I think like, you know,
I'm just going to put this out there.
I've been, you know,
since I did a couple with him, I mean,
I might as well just be
like super fit now.
Right.
But so there's been like
great moments and there's
been moments of like, dude,
am I putting in enough time?
Because in the past.
I was putting, like, my whole life was,
you know, training.
That's a great question, right?
When you're competing in the
elite division,
it's about getting volume in.
It's about, you know,
and I'm talking to Masters
athletes who are saying, like,
it's different now.
It has to be different.
I have a life.
I have a full-time job.
I have kids.
It has to be different.
Are you struggling moving
from what used to be to what is okay now?
Yeah, oh, 100%, every single day.
I'm like, is this enough?
Am I strong enough?
There's a lot of questions like that.
And I'm curious if that,
happens with people that
have been in the elite
division for so long and
does it happen to other
athletes that maybe started
their CrossFit journey like
in the Masters division and
they've gone like I'm
curious like what the
difference is there but as
someone that's been in the
elite division for my
the bulk of my career that
transitions hard like it's
um yeah like I said I
question myself every
single day I'm I'm actually
um kind of testing out some
of crash crucible's
qualifiers right now just
kind of like see um
like where I stack up.
Cause sometimes I'm like, Oh,
maybe I still got it.
You know?
Like, and then other times I'm like, man,
maybe I don't, you know?
So there is a lot of that.
And here's the thing.
I'm still having fun.
I'm still going to work out.
I'm still going to train.
So why not put myself out there?
You know?
And I feel like, I don't know, like,
like I said earlier,
I think when you're given
an opportunity or you've
earned an opportunity to go
out on the floor,
like pressure is a privilege, right?
Like it is a privilege to
step out on the floor with
these other athletes and to throw down,
you know, like,
so I'm regardless of my training,
not being perfect.
Um,
I'm excited to go out there
and give it everything I got.
I'm excited that there's 10 events.
From what I know,
I'm excited that I have an
opportunity to get out there 10 times.
And yeah,
I just think it's okay at this
point in my life to be a
little more flexible.
Because also, luckily for me,
I've also done a lot of
stunt work during my CrossFit career.
I was doing both.
But sometimes I want other
athletes to know that there
is more to life than CrossFit.
And you can do both.
other things as well.
And they can be like still
under the CrossFit umbrella, you know,
but it,
you don't know if your career is
going to end tomorrow, you know,
or in 10 years.
So it's like,
I do really encourage
athletes to really like
find something else as well.
You know,
like it doesn't have to be a
perfect balance, but that way,
like if the season doesn't go well,
like you got something else too.
For sure.
Jeffrey Birchfield says,
you did awesome at Crash last year.
Thank you very much.
That's another thing.
Crash Crucible,
if you guys are looking for
an event that is just awesome,
Freaking awesome.
Crash Crucible.
And the qualifiers are going on right now.
And they extended the date
till Monday at 5.
And JR is not playing around
with those qualifiers, man.
Like...
he's not playing around but
like there are some
athletes that I do know
that maybe can't crack the
egg into semi-finals
because maybe like it's
more of like an engine pain
cave um issue um these are
a little more high skill um
it's obviously not
semi-finals it's not rogue
invitational so not as many
people are doing it but the
caliber of athlete that
goes to this event is stacked
you know there's a lot of
athletes that can get
through these qualifiers
because they're higher
skill heavier um and
there's also some pain cave
in there too um but they
get an opportunity to do
this event and he programs
some like pegboards yolks I
mean it's the the um flip
sled like so I'm serious like
do them,
do them and show up to this and
have a good time.
Meet some people like it's,
it's a good event.
And I wouldn't say that if it wasn't.
So my cohost,
Jamie Latimer competed against you there.
And we got to see the live stream too.
It's a chance to get some exposure,
get out there in front of a crowd.
And I think like the first
four events where she did
something she'd never done
before because of the way
it's programmed.
Yeah.
It's so good.
It's so good.
So I've already kept you
past the 30 minutes.
I'm just going to ask you real quick.
What are your expectations for this?
It's your first time to the
games since 2012.
And you're going to get the kit.
You're going to get everything like,
yeah I mean I'm like I'm
super excited um I have a
bunch of people coming I'm
excited you know like I
said earlier that there's
10 events and it's not just
your traditional like six
um I have no idea what to
expect with the programming
I i like I have no clue um
so here's the thing
No matter what the workouts are,
I'm going to have a great time.
And I'm really hoping that
there's going to be some
events where I can just like send it.
But like I said, I don't know.
I don't know because I've
never done legends before.
I don't know the guys
putting it on very well.
Like, I just don't know.
And I think there's a lot of
unknown going into this, but I'm excited.
I'm excited that I get to be
like a games athlete, you know,
because for so long I was chasing that.
And I think most people know,
like I've done pretty much every game,
large competition at the elite division,
except for the games and
Rogue Invitational.
And it just so happens I
have a couple weaknesses
that I haven't been able to
fill based on just time and
what I prioritize.
But I'm excited.
I'm just excited.
I don't know.
I hope it feels good.
But for me,
I'm just someone that's just loved
the process.
So it didn't, the end result has,
it matters, but it didn't like,
I don't know, you know, like,
I don't know because yes,
I like chasing something and yes,
I like qualifying, but
it didn't stop me like, you know,
like for the last 10 years of trying.
So I don't know.
Like I actually went to high
school with Alison Felix,
who's a very decorated track star,
Olympic gold medalist.
I don't even know how many she has.
And there was one year she
got silver and then her next Olympics,
she gets a gold medal and she's, you know,
she stands on top of the
podium and gets the whole celebration.
And she's like,
I didn't really feel much different.
But she thought it would
feel so much different.
But really, it's the pursuit.
It's just you showing up every day.
It's you doing something
hard and just accomplishing
the little things.
So I'm excited.
I love a live event.
I like being on the floor.
I like pressure because I
think that's when you do
things you didn't think you could do.
I just love sports.
I love being part of it.
um but yeah I don't know if
yeah I'm not sure so the
one thing I am sure of from
getting to know you behind
the scenes a little bit is
that you're going to soak
in the whole experience
yeah you are not going to
let the nerves take away
your enjoyment because I'm
assuming your husband's
going to be there oh yeah
and you're going to share
that experience with him
are you bringing your
daughter yep she's coming
hopefully we can keep her off the floor
Yeah, that would probably be true.
Right.
Could you imagine?
Yeah,
I'm excited to share this weekend
with people that I'm close with.
Because like I said earlier,
if you chase this pursuit
and you have nobody
standing next to you at the end of it,
it wasn't worth it.
Said very beautifully.
I want to thank you so much
for being here.
Me and my team are going to be there.
We got permission to do behind the scenes.
We're doing a behind the
scenes documentary just
like the Elite Games gets.
We're doing for the Masters
CrossFit Games.
That's awesome.
So Ellie Hiller and myself
will be backstage chatting with you guys.
We'll have a couple
videographers out on the
floor and we'll hopefully
put together something
really cool for you guys to
look at when you're done.
awesome I'm excited for you
guys that's really cool um
I think there's a lot of
like I'm sure there's so
many cool stories like with
the masters and everything
you know like because like
they've been through so
much more life um so yeah I
think you guys will have a
lot of fun I think chatting
with a lot of people you
know that what has been
incredible doing these
highlights these profiles
yeah everybody has a story
there's a guy in the 45 to
49 year old division who won fear factor
There is,
we had to talk about the effects
of menopause on training
and how you have to get through that.
Like, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
you know?
It's crazy.
Yeah.
And there's even more crazy stories like,
I'm sure.
And,
and so we've been capturing them
through these profiles and
now I want to highlight
them when we get there.
Oh yeah.
Oh dude, that's going to be awesome.
That's going to be so cool.
Well, I'm looking forward to seeing you.
Yeah, you too.
And I,
I really hope that you guys are the
first step to move forward
in the CrossFit space because I,
You're what CrossFit's all about,
being healthy, living longer,
being more active longer in life,
and that's what it's about.
For sure, yeah.
I think that's why it's
important for a lot of us
to show up for this, right?
I think this is a step forward,
and I think that if we can just be there,
regardless of the outcomes
or where anyone places this
year especially,
I think that will say a lot.
yeah it'll do a lot more
than we think well thank
you to everybody in the
chat we will see you
actually in just about 20
minutes with kelly friel um
five six time crossfit
games athlete um and with
that we'll see you then on
the Clydesdale media podcast bye guys