“Bugaboo”
For Time:
200 Thrusters (45lbs/75lbs)
Benjamin Abruzzo III
Please join us as we do this special WOD in memoriam of Benjamin “Bugaboo” Abruzzo III to raise awareness and donations for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). “Bugaboo” lived for just 200 days before he lost his battle with SMA on December 29th, 2005. So many other children and families are affected yet knowledge and awareness is very low.
I believe everything happens for a reason and I believe that the CrossFit community has the power to spread the word and raise some donations to fight SMA. The first step in fighting for any cause is raising awareness by spreading the word.
If you can’t make it to a participating CrossFit affiliate, all we ask of you, is wherever you are on or around August 28th, do this WOD and go to the SMA site and post your time, loads, and thoughts to the comments. Then, go to the donation site (see link below) and give whatever you can. Tell everyone you can why you are doing “Bugaboo” and send the link to this site to everyone you can.
3-2-1-GO!
Spinal Muscular Atrophy is the number one genetic killer of children under the age of two. SMA is an inherited and often fatal disease that destroys the nerves controlling voluntary muscle movement, which affects crawling, walking, head and neck control and even swallowing. Two new-born children are affected each day in the United States, approximately 1 in 6,000 live births. One in every 40 people carries the gene that causes SMA, which means there are more than seven million carriers in the United States alone. Currently there is no treatment or cure.
For more information and to donate please visit the SMA site: https://www.fsma.org/Fundraising/EventsCalendar/index.cfm?id=5380&eventRedirect=1&type=1154
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9 Comments to "Saturday 8/28/10 CrossFit West Houston"
Kimberly says:
August 28, 2010 at 10:19 am -
I did it at cf in common… 23:06. Thrusters and I hate each other.
Steph Do says:
August 28, 2010 at 12:16 pm -
I did the oly lifting class this morning and it was great! 89 lb PR on my squat cleans 🙂
Rob says:
August 28, 2010 at 12:50 pm -
Did this at CrossFit Crave in Celina. It was awesome to do this in my hometown area with other CrossFitters. And I met a girl that works with Nicole B.’s brother in Lima OH. Small world!
Rob says:
August 28, 2010 at 1:07 pm -
Oh and my time was a miserable 22 something. I was on a great pace to do sub 20 then my legs said “eff you”!
Mel V says:
August 28, 2010 at 3:05 pm -
16:19 with 37#
Lots of encouragement from Sandra, Ryan and Aja! Thanks guys! 🙂
Lance O. says:
August 28, 2010 at 9:18 pm -
this one looks brutal!!! I am sorry I missed it, NOT!
Steph D says:
August 29, 2010 at 12:09 pm -
Well, no weights here in AZ so Paige and I decided on what we hoped would be equally as brutal: 400 walking lunges + 200 sit ups.
Paige- 20:00ish, Steph- 25:00ish
There are no words to describe the pain I an in right now. It hurts so good! Now I am thoroughly looking forward to making up “Bugaboo” sometime this week.
Aja B says:
August 29, 2010 at 2:54 pm -
Beautiful workout, did this alone at 11 AM today. 19:30
Vanessa says:
August 31, 2010 at 9:46 pm -
15:21 (45 lbs)
Brutal!!!!