Today will be the last “Hero WOD Monday” with Murph coming up this Friday & Saturday. Today’s workout holds a special place for us in a lot of ways and we couldn’t ask for a better day to do it.

This afternoon, Allis from the Mckee Wellness Foundation will be presenting CF DNR with a check for $10,000 from the Blue Star Fund, to help us continue serving our Veterans and limiting the financial barrier and access to CrossFit! We began working with Vets4Life and continue to work with Health4Heroes in supporting their mission to end Veteran suicide.  Thank you McKee Wellness Foundation!

Today we honor the life and service of  Christopher “Bubba” Rush with a partner workout. Chris was a long time friend of the Becky Tolpa and although he didn’t die in the line of duty, he served for his entire adult life and deserves recognition via today’s WOD.

“After spending his childhood in the Vail Valley, Chris went on to serve as a Combat Controller with the United States Air Force Special Operations Command.  During his two decades of service Chris had six deployments, earned the rank of Master Sergeant and received dozens of commendations including the Bronze Star with Valor Device, the Purple Heart  and the Meritorious Service Medal.

On April 21, 2020 we lost Chris to suicide.  In his final years he battled alcoholism and the invisible trauma of combat.   He became isolated from the love and support that others tried to share and ended the pain and anguish he alone could not heal.  Suicide affects veterans at an alarming rate.  It has been reported that between 17 and 22 veterans die by suicide every day. When someone loses a loved one unexpectedly there is always grief and heartache.  When your loved one dies by suicide there is also shame and guilt.  While these emotions have been paralyzing at times since his loss, we know the only way to help others is by sharing our story.
We hope through this event we can show our support to veterans in their effort to find healing and a sense of purpose and community after their service to this country.
Vail Veterans Program aims to do this by providing military injured and their families with innovative and transformational programs that build confidence and improve lives.  Chris loved coming home to the mountains and we believe in the therapeutic power of being in this setting.

The workout has been designed to highlight Chris’  years of service (also the highest daily veteran suicide rate), date of death, number of deployments and date of birth.  It will be a partner workout to highlight the fact that we need one another in times of hardship and can’t go it alone.”

The information provided above was taken from the go fund me link below:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/bubbas-memorial-workout?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet&fbclid=IwAR3-OLLtQfDOOR5FRKyDFujHFPy6jJrdDnuuPQr38WwKxFZemgeZxlTh118

Freedom WOD Classes

Warm Up: 5 mins
2 Round Tabata  :20/:10
Air Squats
Inchworms
Burpees

Then:
1:00 / Side Samson Stretch

Home WOD: 18 Min Cap

11 Min AMRAP
4 Pull Ups
21 Sit Ups
20 Wallballs (20/14)

Then 3 Rounds:
5 Deadlifts (225/155)
22 Burpee Box Jumps (24/20)
79 Air Squats

Metcon:  40 Min Cap (Most teams will not finish under cap)
“Bubba” – Partner WOD – On a continuous clock perform both the AMRAP & 6RFT:
22 Min AMRAP
4 Pull Ups
21 Sit Ups
20 Wallballs (20/14)

Then 6 Rounds:
5 Deadlifts (225/155)
22 Burpee Box Jumps (24/20)
79 Air Squats

*Perform this workout with one athlete working at a time. Split reps as desired.

Count your “Sit Ups For Pups” from the workout!