A message during our 5 year anniversary. To the fun, loyal, hilarious and sometimes crazy athletes of CrossFit 858, past and present:

Thank you, for 5 great years and counting.

Thank you, for 1 great year at Mission Gorge and counting.  Well over half a year and counting at Uptown.  5 years and now 3 locations (for now 😉 )

Thank you, for the ability to say “We did it.” Small business survival rates are low during the first few, never mind 5 years.  We are not just surviving.  We are thriving.  In Miramar alone, there have been about 7 affiliates that have opened and closed in the time we’ve existed.  We are still standing strong.

Thank you, for trusting me to lead our gyms, and our community, through good times and tough times.

Thank you, for allowing me to express myself, to share my vision on what good affiliates look like and have you adopt that vision.

Thank you, for trusting our coaching and programming to make you more fit and more importantly: healthier.

Thank you making me proud, for representing the CrossFit 858 values so well inside and outside the gym, and always acting with high character and integrity.

Thank you, for making these gyms a fun and welcoming environment for both being an athlete and for being a coach.

Thank you, for making this gym your second home, your second family.

To the knowledgeable, professional, incredible staff of CrossFit 858 (Coaches AND support staff):

Thank you, for making the experience of the athletes a positive one, striving to make their time here the best hour of their day.

Thank you, for working so hard to bring the best coaching, development, and customer experience to the athletes and giving them something tangible, something of quality to leave with.  You truly answer the question when I ask you, the staff: “What do the athletes pay for?  What do YOU provide to them for their hard earned money?”

Thank you, for evolving with me and the business as times and the market place change.  The athletes look for and deserve a more polished and thought out delivery of the CrossFit experience as things have changed over the years.  I’m proud to say through your efforts, CrossFit 858 has not only kept up, but often times been the leader in the marketplace.

Thank you, for buying into the culture and being active members of the community.  You often times sweat (and party) alongside the athletes and forge bonds with them beyond the walls of the gym.

Thank you, for understanding (and tolerating) me.  I thrive on pressure and look for it in my ventures.  I run hot and fast (figuratively, not in WODs) and know sometimes I’m hard to keep up with or wrangle down.

Thank you, for making this work environment fun.

To my wife, Kelsey:

Thank you, for being my moral compass and beacon of light during times where I need direction.

Thank you, for being my biggest advocate, my loudest cheerleader, and my fiercest defender.

Thank you, for being patient with the early mornings, long nights, busy weekends, constant texts, calls, and messages.

Thank you, for being my wife.

To everyone involved with CrossFit 858, athletes, staff and my family:

Thank you, for believing in this gym, this community, and me.

Thank you for giving me purpose in my life and showing me that I’m meant to do this.

“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”

-Mark Twain

Thank you.

Just thank you.

-Mark