On September 4, at 8am CrossFit Hilton Head and CrossFit Decatur will be participating in the 5k “Run For RET”. RET, the son of two of CFHH athletes Rich and Suzanne Thomas and brother of a local athlete Jen Newman(CF Decatur), died after a year long battle with Ewing’s Sarcoma in April of 2000. He was 15.
CFHH has programmed a Hero WOD in his honor that we will be performing during the 5k. You all are invited to participate and the WOD will be scaled to all abilities. All proceeds will be donated to the RET Thomas Pediatric Cancer Foundation! The WOD being performed that day will be as follows:
“Ret”
15 Deadlifts at Your Bodyweight
800m run
15 pushups
800m run
15 burpees
800m run
15 pushups
800m run
15 burpees
800m run
15 pushups
800m run
15 burpees
“Sprint” to Finish Line of 5k
15 Deadlifts at Your Bodyweight
CrossFit Decatur will conduct the “Run For RET” as our Workout Of the Day at 8am, 9am, and 10am Saturday, September 4th. All Sport and Basic athletes will participate in the workout together, and the workout will be scaled as necessary to accommodate all ability levels.
Donations will be accepted beginning Tuesday morning and will continue to be accepted until the completion of the Labor Day Challenge on Monday, September 6th. Please make checks payable to the RET Thomas Pediatric Cancer Foundation.
Come out and support a good workout and a great cause!
8:00 am
- Keith – 165/50:00
- Tommy – 185/38:07
- Erin – 115/33:40
- Rob M. – 225/51:23
- Ed – 175/38:15
- Chris – 220/43:05
- Anita – 125/44:24
- Carrie – 135/33:09
- Maya – 55/44:32
- Xander – 35/51:17
- Arun – 55/37:12
9:00 AM
- Bruce – 185/31:52
- Steve – 185/44:00
- Max – 195/34:00
- Shannon – 105/35:43
- Regine – 115/45:26
- Audrey – 95/34:55
- Chelsea – 75/32:25
- Cat – 95/34:38
- Marc – 185/34:38
- Monica – 115/45:12
- Kim – 95/35:27
10:00 am
- Meg – 95/44:20
- Doug – 145/39:95
- Ilene – 105/31;29
- Robbie – 155/31:46
- Dave – 115/33:19
- Kristen – 45/45:02
- Rob A. – 175/30:51
Great Work Guys!
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A final thank you for all of your hard work and generous contributions for Run for RET. The numbers are in and we CRUSHED last year’s participation and donations totals!!!
YOU all helped to make this happen. Cheers to you!
NICE Guys!! So glad you were part of this. We hope to meet all of you in our CF world some day.
Heath Babb
CrossFit Hilton Head
Trust me… I know… No excuses, except that I’m worn out and on the verge of getting sick… Lots of stress at the restaurant lately, and I haven’t been taking great care of my body in return… Looking forward to getting back into the groove Tuesday… Missed you guys!
Planning to be there at 8am Kristen. I will let you know if that changes.
Sorry I missed a great workout! Carrie, will you be working out on Monday?
Where were you ANT???
You missed a great workout.
A huge thank you to all of the folks at my Crossfit Decatur family..wish I could be there tomorrow. please know that my brotherv is watching over you as you works your butts off in his honor. Here are some fun facts about RET:
1. He never met a sport he didn’t love(he wanted to be a sportscaster when he grew up).
2. He always stuck up for the underdog.
3. He was hilarious; picture a cross between George Carlin & Adam Sandler
4. He greeted our mom each morning with” what’s up, sexy mama” & smacked her behind
5. And, he fought his cancer like the true athlete he was…. He NEVER gave up and always believed he could win.
Run for Ret and don’t give up! Cheers, Jen Newman and the Thomas Family
Dude… I’m totally there… Great WOD for a great cause…. Count me and Cafe Lily IN….
But do we have enough bars for everyone? Ha! Something tells me it will be packed that day!
But wait — what’s the “Labor Day Challenge”?