We ultimately we love Cross Fit but we also view Cross Fit as a way for us to be fit and do things outside of the gym and do them together and we always try to continue reminding ourselves of that so in the spring we'd like to do an

obstacle course race and I think that's just a new mindset shift for me is that you say

oh no I can't do that I'm gonna get hurt but it's like well why do I have all this

fitness so you have it hurt. But it's like, well, why do I have all this fitness?

So you have it to compete, but I think for me, it's like, I'll go down and, or I'll go to the

games. I will do my absolute best. Like, I love to compete. I'm not going to just go there

and not try. I'll try my hardest and I think just

knowing that I'm just taking a different approach this year and knowing that ahead

of time and preparing myself for that whatever that outcome means I'm still

going to work hard I'm just going to work hard. I'm just

going to make sure that I'm not sacrificing my family, my body, and everything else in

order to maybe get into the top five or the top ten or whatever it may be.

This is episode number 100. to the top five or the top ten or whatever it may be.

This is episode number 130 of Pursuing Health featuring Christie O'Connell.

Welcome to Pursuing Health. I'm Julie Fushe, Family Medicine resident and former Cross of Games athlete.

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Now let's get started with this week's episode.

Hey guys, welcome back to pursuing health.

In this episode, I had the pleasure of sitting down with

Cross Fit Games athlete, affiliate owner, coach, and all-around rock star, Christy O'Connell.

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