Laura Blake

I'm midway through my life journey and feel like I'm just getting started.  I'm a hype beast, I love nothing more than encouraging others to try and explore their skills and test their limits. I love an underdog and cheer for both teams in every game, I just want to see people succeed and improve and find their why. I played soccer and have always loved intensity.  I didn't want to run, I wanted to run with obstacles. I didn't want to go for a bike ride, I wanted to cross through states and collect 100-mile days back to back.  When I met CrossFit, it was love at first sight. A chance, every day, to challenge myself? Me against me? yes, please.

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My enemy is doubt.  When I first tried CrossFit, I was convinced that it was more than I could handle and that it was designed for athletes, not casual folks. I was intimidated. I had been running and cycling for exercise when I tried CrossFit and thought I was in good shape. I doubted that CrossFit could offer me much, I thought I would try it just to say that I had. I could not have predicted how the community took me in and carried me through.  The "we're in this together" community feel spoke to me at a very core level.  I had always exercised alone...and never realized how much better the experience is with others.  The CrossFit community is everything...it adds an element that you never knew you were missing, but once you experience it, you won't want to go without it

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