March’s Extraordinary Athlete is none other than the tiny, spit-fire, she-devil herself, Allie Robinson. Allie has been with us at CrossFit Odyssey for 1 year and 8 months, brought here by her dear friend and neighbor, Lynnette Hartman. At 5 feet tall, a feisty lawyer, a mother of three boys under 7 years old, and the daughter of a professional baseball coach, Allie has some experience with fighting to reign supreme.

February’s Extraordinary Athletes for Valentines Day are Chase and Ashley Russell! Chase has been at CrossFit Odyssey for 10 years and has one of the highest attendance rates in the gym at 1070 total attendances! His beautiful wife, Ashley, has been doing privates with Ellie and John for 8 and a half years! They are both setting the healthy example for their two lovely daughters, Samantha and Ridley, both middle schoolers at ESD. Both of them have a strong fitness background as Chase played college baseball for Duke, and Ashley is an avid tennis player, so they both recognize how important fitness is to their health and longevity.

We couldn’t think of a better person to celebrate as we begin a New Year, than the woman who has the highest overall attendance at the gym at almost 1700 visits. It’s hard to put everything we love about Mandy in one blog because there is just so much. Mandy has been with CrossFit Odyssey just over six and a half years, although she has been doing CrossFit for about 10 years. Mandy is regularly in the gym, as marked by her attendance. She pays attention to coaching and consistently tries to improve her form and abilities slowly and carefully, while also being conscious of adding in long, slow distance and mobility work.

December’s extraordinary Athlete is Darin Gregory. At 61 years old, Darin has been with CrossFit Odyssey officially for almost three years. He was at Katy Trail CrossFit for several years before joining us here, and he qualified for the CrossFit Quarterfinals a couple of times while there. However, since he has been with us, he has seen incredible improvements in his fitness. His Back squat went up 60lbs, Deadlift up 30 lbs, Bench up 60 lbs, Snatch up 20lbs, Front Squat up 75lbs, Strict Press up 20lbs, and his clean up 20 lbs. He has also conquered bar muscle-ups and ring muscle-ups and significantly improved his handstand pushups and cardio.

November’s Athlete of the Month is Charlie Wensinger. Many of you know him because he comes to class several different times of the day, depending upon his schedule. Many of you also know his beautiful, sweet wife, Madelyn, who just gave birth to their adorable baby girl, Charlotte, aka Charlie.

Since February is Heart Month, we chose Terry Reeves for Februyary’s Extraordinary Athlete. Many of you know Terry as he has been with us at CrossFit Odyssey for a while now. Terry is 65 years old and works at Parkland hospital and he is the husband to his beautiful wife, and two beautiful daughters. Terry […] The post Terry Reeves ~ February’s Extraordinary Athlete appeared first on CrossFit Odyssey.

We hope all of you will welcome (if you haven’t already) our newest coach, Bryce Geen! Bryce is husband to his sweet, little pregnant wife, Cara, father to two adorable little boys, and about to be the father to a little girl! Yes – I am finally getting my dream of having babies back in […] The post Bryce Geen ~ New Coach! appeared first on CrossFit Odyssey.

Renee Kingsley is a lawyer for Sirius FM, and the beautiful wife of our class member, Bill Kingsley, who usually attends the 6:30 pm class. The two of them have come to several happy hours and met lots of you here at CrossFit Odyssey. I started working privately with Renee about 3 years ago, and […] The post Renee Kingsley ~ January’s Extraordinary Athlete appeared first on CrossFit Odyssey.