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On the podcast this episode is Kelly Friel, who's season - after a painful start - now sees her returning to Madison in the 40-44 division for the fourth time. Actually the fifth time she has qualified in the same division - a feat not matched by any other age group athlete!

We chat about her journey into CrossFit, as a methodology & a sport, taking to the Regionals floor in 2018 as 40 y/o Individual athlete before heading to Madison as Masters athlete for the first but far from the last time.

We also discuss the role masters athletes play in the sport and more broadly the community - often coaches & box owners, with added family responsiblities - Kelly shares her thoughts on what could improve experience for these vital age groups.
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Celebrating 10 years of The European Championships, we sit down with Carl Saville - taking a look back and look forward to one of the household names in UK competition.

From humble beginnings in a sports hall to making the move to the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham - it was special to understand what makes Carl tick when it comes to events and the quest to return the UK scene to a colesium style venue.

The 2022 TEC Live finals will by on August 16-21st, including Day 1 held off-site at Holme Pierre Point Water Park - where spectators are free. Grab a spectator ticket here and watch 480 athletes throwdown over 3 days!


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Prior to SemiFinals, I sat down to chat with Ste Fawcett of JST Compete & High Performance CrossFit.
We discuss the changes in the sport since Ste's first trip to the Games in 2015 & how competitive programming can help to create structure, focus & reward outside of the changing landscape of the Games.
With JST Compete in their new home of High Performance CrossFit, we chat the intent of that centre and what it means for his daily coaching & training experiences.
Finally, as a man with many hats & plates to spin, we talk managing his own expectations, transitioning from a full time athlete to coach, business owner & father whilst still finding reward & release whilst training with some of the best in the UK.
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Wrapping up the SiD mini-series down in London at Motion Training - home of CrossFit Surbiton. 
Affiliate Co-owners Harrison & Grace not only went to the Games last year but finished 4th in the process. 
This season was looking different with no firm plans to compete but went new blood showed competitive potential, things evolved from there!
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This week we're running a SiD mini series as we fast approach CrossFit Strength in Depth - a CrossFit Games SemiFinal taking place in London at the Excel.

Now we head down the A1 and chat to the team from CrossFit Witham. Making it as far as Regionals/Semifinals was a long-standing goal for the affiliate - which they achieved last year & its awesome to see them repeating that achievement now we're back to live events.

Speaking to the team its very apparent that whilst 4 take to the elite team floor, its a squad and even community effort that makes it possible. Watch out for the 3 CrossFit Witham teams in the Community Cup as well!
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This week we're running a SiD mini series as we fast approach CrossFit Strength in Depth - a CrossFit Games SemiFinal taking place in London at the Excel.

Today we chat the team from Dauntless Fitness (CrossFit Blaydon) who are making the trip down from the North-east. We chat about final preparations including worm rigidity of all things!

Stay tuned for short chats with more UK teams this week.
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