As I sip my coffee and lay out some of our plans for 306 in 2014 I can't help but smile as I truly believe that 2014 will be one of our best years yet. Now 2013 was a stellar year. So topping 2013 will be no easy task, however I believe that we have laid down the foundations to keep building 306 into the destination of choice for all those looking to expereinece CrossFit as it was meant to be. A focus on commmunity first and foremost, a place were the owners know every single one of our members by first name. A place were everyone trains off the same program because our coaches are skilled enough to scale every single athlete every single day for every single movement. A competitive postive enviroment where we all push as hard as we possibly can, and we all continue to develop into healthier, stronger, and fitter athletes.
Here are some of the highlights of 2013:
We started the year off with a great competiton in Llyodminister and picked up four medals across three different categories.
During the five week long Open our depth shone through with 14 different athletes scoring for team 306. Our team finished 6th offficially but 3rd unofficially if Aaron Parker's scores are included. (Aaron's scores could not count for our teams as he was spending a large part of the week in Regina as he was attending police college).
We swept the podium in the men's scaled division at the Spring Fling in Regina won the women's scaled division and took silver in the women's Rx division.
At the BCBD we won the men's Rx division and took silver in the men's scale division.
We hosted our first 3 on 3 throwdown and took three out of four podium finishes.
The Gala was twice the size of 2012 and was an epic night with great food, drinks, slide show, and award presentation.
But through all of these highlights it was the day to day that made 2013 exceptional. Every day our PR bell would ring signalling another personal achivement. Every day people would sweat and push through challenging and fun WODs. Every day our community grew tighter. So what can we expect for 2014...
Well in 2014 we expect to have strong showing at the following throwdowns: Cast Iron Classic, Battle On the Border, Spring Fling, BCBD, and the 306 3 on 3. For the Open (which will run from Feb 27th until the end March) we believe we can improve on our unofficial 3rd place finish and move up to 2nd overall in our region. The 3 0n 3 Throwdown will be held again on the last weekend of Sept (27th )and our year end Gala will be on Nov 8th.
To improve the day to day experience of our members we will now have on site massage therapy and nutrional counselling. More on these two topics in a future post.
Rebecca and I will still take on the bulk of the coaching duties spliting the day as we have done so this past year.
Our promise to you is to stay true to CrossFit, stay true to Community Above All Else, and aim to create an environment where you can not only become the best version of you but a place where you can call home:)