2007 Fight Gone Bad for Prostate Cancer

We are going to compete/participate in the 2007 Fight Gone Bad against prostate cancer this year. The event will be held at CrossFit Charlotte on Saturday, Sept 29, 2007 at 9:00 AM.

Participation:

This is an open invitation event with no cost to you–no participant registration costs, and the WOD fee is waived. Anyone who wants to get a little taste of what CrossFit is all about is welcome to register online–just please call the facility also so we make sure we have an accurate count of how many will be showing up.

If this will be your first CrossFit experience, we encourage you to browse the links at the left to get a better idea of what we’re all about. And don’t fool yourself into thinking this will be an easy workout. You may want to do some workouts on your own to get ready–or even better, swing by CrossFit Charlotte and sign up for some WODs (Workouts of the Day), you won’t be disappointed!

• View our team page
• Join our team
• Make a team donation

And if you want to make a donation in the name of an individual team member:

• Coach A
• Bryan Ragon
• Bill Davies

Location:

CrossFit Charlotte’s event will be held at the CFC facility, 600 West Charles St, Matthews, NC.

Details:

• The CrossFit workout will be ‘Fight Gone Bad’. In this workout you move from each of five stations after a minute. This is a five-minute round from which a one-minute break is allowed before repeating. This event calls for 3 rounds. The clock does not reset or stop between exercises. On call of “rotate,” the athlete/s must move to next station immediately for good score. One point is given for each rep, except on the rower where each calorie is one point. The stations are:
  1. Wall-ball, 8 ft target (Reps)
  2. Deadlift high-pull (Reps)
  3. Box jump (Reps)
  4. Push-press (Reps)
  5. Row (Calories)
• To compete in the workout, all participants must complete each of the following:
  1. Register with their local CrossFit Affiliate Center by Wednesday, September 26, 2007
  2. Register with Athletes for a Cure at http://athletes.kintera.org/crossfit07 by Wednesday, September 26, 2007
  3. Raise $150 or more in pledges by 5 p.m. PST on Saturday, September 29, 2007
• Individual Prizes
  1. The participant who raises the most money in pledges (total received must be at least $2000) will receive two roundtrip tickets from Southwest Airlines to anywhere within the US (expires 9/30/2008 and cannot exceed $700 USD).
  2. Each participant who raises $250 or more will receive one (1) ‘Fight Gone Bad’ T-shirt.
  3. Only pledges received by 5 p.m. PST on Saturday, September 29, 2007 will be counted towards this pledge total, although donations will be accepted indefinitely beyond the September 29 th deadline. Pledges in the form of checks will be considered ‘received’ when participants enter the check information in their HQ. Credit card donations are considered ‘received’ when the donations are made online by the donor.
• Affiliate Prize
  1. The CrossFit Affiliate Center that scores the highest number of collective ‘Fight Gone Bad’ points will receive a gift certificate worth $5,000 from 2XU ( www.2xu.com) sports performance wear.
• Four classes of participants will be scored:
  1. Class A: Standard Men = 75 lb PP and High Pull, 20lb Wall Ball and 20in Box
  2. Class B: Modified Men/Standard Women = 55 lb PP and High Pull, 14lb Wall Ball and 20in Box
  3. Class C: Intermediate = 35 lb PP and High Pull, 8lb Wall Ball and 20in Box (step ups are okay)
  4. Class D: Beginner/Kids = 15lb PP and High Pull, 4lb Wall Ball (can be lowered 2in from standard height) and 10in Box
• All classes will count toward the total CrossFit Affiliate Center score