One of the greatest things about a CrossFit community is not it's ability to come together to celebrate success but rather it's ability to provide support and make a difference in times of adversity.  Unfortunately one of our gym's own members is currently facing this sort of adversity as she and her family face her mother's battle with brain cancer.

Coach Krista's mother Tammy Davidson lives in Woodstock, NB and was diagnosed with stage 5 Gioblastoma multiform brain cancer 6 months ago.  She and the doctor's have used surgery, chemotherapy and radiation in their fight against this terrible disease but the cancer remains progressive and could not be completely removed from Tammy's brain stem.

In spite of a gloomy outlook from doctors Tammy has remained strong, always laughing and joking and trying to help those around her to live life to its fullest day to day.  It is little wonder that Coach Krista is such a strong, positive force in our community with a mother like that to look up to.

A battle with a disease like this puts not only a terrible emotional burden on a family but can also cause tremendous financial strain.  Costs incurred due to lost income, medical treatment, travel, lodging etc. can add up and only add stress and hardship to an already difficult time.  In addition Tammy would like to try the use of a new cancer drug that is unfortunately not yet covered by her medical plan.  It is for this reason that we are holding this benefit WOD in Tammy's honour on November 16th, 2013, just two days before Tammy's 52nd birthday.

This is a time when the CrossFit Biometrics community must rise up in support of Tammy's fight and her desire to reduce the burden on those close to her.  We invite all of our CrossFit Biometrics members to share the news of this benefit with all of those in their social networks and ask them to participate or for their sponsorship of your particpation in this WOD.  The gym will be open to as many particpants as want to register and help us by raising some money for Tammy.  We will run as many heats of this workout as is necessary and participants from not only our gym but also our extended CrossFit family may sign up through the events tab of our online schedule page.  100% of the proceeds of this event will be delivered directly to Tammy by Coach Krista to help her celebrate her birthday.

Please register to participate in the WOD HERE!

The WOD will be:

"Tammy"

4 Rounds for time of:

8 Squat Cleans (135/95)

18 Deadlifts (135/95)

26 Burpees

400m run

Each number in the WOD is significant with the total number of reps per round being 52 in honour of Tammy's 52nd birthday on November 18th.  We promise to make every rep count and battle hard from start to finish.