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    Warriors at Heart


    2011 - 09.12

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    With all of the remembrance going on this past weekend, in honor of the ten year anniversary of 9/11, we felt the desire to contribute in some way. We wanted to show our admiration and respect to all the lives lost on that sad day. One of our Team Leads, Stacy Adams, found the “Warriors at Heart” 5K run/walk taking place at McAllister Park. All of the proceeds from the race were going to the Wounded Warrior Project, which is a charity I am extremely passionate about. I was ‘in’ the second it was mentioned and by the time we sent out emails to our teams, we got 16 runners/walkers signed up and ready to race!

    This past Saturday a group of Running Rackers (our team name) woke up at the crack of dawn in order to show their pride and support for the Wounded Warrior Project. It was a nice breezy morning in comparison to the heat wave we in San Antonio have become accustomed to. I grabbed a light jacket and a nice hot cup of coffee to keep me warm while my team started to set up our tent at 7am. It was amazing to see everyone’s smiling faces and excitement as we stretched and got prepared for the run. We had a few Rackers that were participating in their first EVER 5K! We tightened our shoelaces, stretched our muscles and walked towards the starting mark. The Running Racker team was easy to spot since we were all sporting our camouflage headbands with the word RAX placed right in the center. Our friends and family core value really showed throughout the race as Rackers ran side by side cheering their teammates on and our entire team stayed until the very last Racker had crossed the finish line.

    It was a great feeling to hear your teammates cheer you on and scream your name as you were crossing the finish line. There was a definite sense of teamwork!

    Not only was I proud to be an American, but I was proud to be a Racker that day. The amount of pride and happiness I felt was inexplicable.

    I want to thank everyone who ran/walked/jogged that day. You made my day and I can’t wait to do it again!! I completed the run in 30 minutes and 10 seconds which kept me at a good 10 minute/mile pace. I am happy enough with that :)

    Fight Gone Bad 5


    2010 - 09.27

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    It was 94 degrees outside, my heat went at 1pm and the humidity was killer. “Why even do it?”, is what I heard multiple times… There are men and women that fight for our freedom everyday and they give up their lives and time with their families so that I get the option to choose.

    I chose. I chose to support a cause. The Wounded Warrior Project. Fight Gone Bad is an event that is help once a year in order to raise funds for the WWP. Fight Gone Bad is a 3 round event. 5 stations at each event, with 1 minute at each station. There is a 1 minute break in between rounds making this event a total of 17 minutes.

    Stations:

    - Box Jumps

    -Push Press

    -Rowing Machine

    - Wall Balls

    - Sumo Dead-lift High-pulls

    Fight Gone Bad 2009


    2009 - 09.01

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    The Fight Gone Bad fund-raising event, presented by Crossfit and Sportsgrants, enters its fourth year in 2009. Since it’s inception in 2006, the event has raised more than $1 million for charity. Charity efforts are focused on The Wounded Warrior Project and Athletes for a Cure.

    Please help my efforts as I raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project. If I reach my goal of $500+, I will compete on September 26th along with the Alamo Crossfit team in San Antonio, Tx. I will post photos and video of the competition so that you can see that your money did not go to waste.

    To donate please got to:

    https://www.rapidreghost.com/fgb/php/frpage.php?frID=27649 (it takes a few seconds for the page to completely pull up, so be patient :)

    The competition will consist of a 5 round WOD, each round consisting of 5 minutes with a 1 minute break. Its guaranteed to put my body through an intense workout…. Crossfit is all about endurance, dedication and heart.

    Kens 5 news article: http://www.kens5.com/news/stories/KENS20090213-WoundedWarriors.11c26ab9.html

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    Many of the soldiers injured in Iraq are heroes who have paid dearly for their service. Now, some of the Army’s wounded warriors are learning new ways to stay physically fit.

    Reclaiming their lives is no easy task for the men and women rehabilitating at Brooke Army Medical Center. This week, they visited a San Antonio gym, Alamo Crossfit at 14381 Blanco Road, to get certified as trainers and forge a fit future.

    28-year-old Nathan Hunt of North Carolina lost both legs in Iraq in May of last year. “Me and my brothers, we’re all black belts in martial arts and kickboxers, so I grew up being physically fit,” Hunt said. “I’d like to stay that way.”

    “Crossfit” training doesn’t require a lot of fancy machinery or weights. The student are taught how to use their own body weight and, as the instructors say, “productively apply force.” It’s an approach that pushes them to their limits, most of them less than a year out from traumatic injuries.

    Jonathon Sandoval still sports a cage around his shattered leg. He’s going to take what he learned this week back home to Oklahoma.

    “I’ve got some friends along with family that want to get back into shape,” Sandoval said. “So this will help me toward that. Plus I can use it for my own physical therapy.”

    Fitness is a way of life in the military. The idea is that reclaiming that aspect of their lives after injury helps soldiers regain mobility, athleticism and confidence.

    “They don’t want sympathy,” said Rick Martinez, RN, the owner of Alamo Crossfit. “They’re young and they have lost, literally sometimes, a piece of them that we can see and a piece that we can’t see. What they want is to be able to regain what they’ve lost.”

    About two dozen soldiers recovering at BAMC became certified Crossfit trainers this week. They’ll take their skills back to other wounded warriors, and ultimately, home to their communities across the United States.

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    Please help support this great cause!

    xoxo,

    Sophie