PLEASE READ THIS ONE AND MEET A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF MINE WHO'LL BE CHEERING FOR EVERY ONE OF YOU ON SATURDAY.
This is my fourth time putting on Fight Gone Bad. A lot has changed in four years, and a lot hasn't. There are more of us than there were in 2006, and there are a lot less of "them".
This is my fourth time putting on Fight Gone Bad. A lot has changed in four years, and a lot hasn't. There are more of us than there were in 2006, and there are a lot less of "them".
In my job I get to meet people every day in the worst possible circumstances. Families losing husbands and fathers. Men calling on the way home from the doctor asking me what to do, how to tell their families. Through my work with the Wounded Warrior Project I've met families who's sons and daughters see their fathers come home missing parts with nowhere to turn, and those who's fathers aren't coming home at all.
Through it all, there have been you guys, the Crossfit community. You have no idea what you're doing on Saturday, because you don't get to meet these families. You don't get to hear how much what you do means to them. You don't know how they feel less alone because of you. You don't get to know how many people you touch. I wanted you to know with only a few days left how much you count. How much it means to more than two million families that you stand up for them while millions would rather not know. More than anything you don't know how much what you do means to me. These broken, wounded people are part of our "family" and I promised every one of them that we'd come through for them, and we have....every year.
Now with five days left we're in the last round of our own Fight Gone Bad, and like any final round every one of us has to reach down and find out who we are when we think we're maxed, beaten, but still standing. So, I'm asking on behalf of the people I promised, please go the final round with all you've got. If people get pissed because you're emailing them one more time, I'm asking you to measure that against the people watching us from Afghanistan to Los Angeles.
I can write for hours and never come close to telling you the whole story about how badly you're needed, but one ten-year old says it better than I ever could, so I'm going to let her finish for me. When you watch this you should know that Winter's raised more than $150,000 by herself in the last 14 months. She knows what we're doing because when her father died in March at age 40 from prostate cancer, she became a real part of our family when she moved from Michigan to Oregon. Please meet the most special 10-year old you'll never meet.
Thank you for all of it,
Scott
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