I received news today that one of our extended family of CrossFitters, Amanda Miller died on Friday at the age of 24 of Melanoma Cancer.
I did not know Amanda personally, but I knew her. Like all of you, she was a CrossFitter. That is the common bond that binds us all together.
We all know what it means to be a CrossFitter. It means you are tough, you don't give in, you want more out of life, you believe deep inside you deserve it, and you're willing to do what it takes to achieve your goals--no matter how difficult.
I had the pleasure of watching Amanda compete in last year's CrossFit Games. She wasn't easy to miss--a young, tough, sassy redhead with a pair of pistol tattoos pointing right straight to somewhere. She definitely attracted a lot of attention.
And although she didn't make it to day two, she did make it to day one. And that my friends takes a lot of guts, balls, hard work, sweat equity and sheer determination--all wrapped up in a then 23 year old package of Calamity Jane meets Exene Cervenka.
If you want to be reminded of the beauty of life, read the last few posts from her blog here. It is heartwrenching, but damn if she wasn't a fighter to the bitter end.
RIP Amanda Miller
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10 x 100M SPRINTS
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Ok for once I am in tears ,I went through the blog and she was so courageous to put everything in her blog.
ReplyDeleteI ofcourse dont know her but to loose a life at such a age it is so tragic .My prayers are with the family and may God bless her souland give the family the courage to go through this loss.
Ray
she seemed like a remarkable person! lets create a wod in her memory! we can call it the "miller pistol", or something...
ReplyDeleteThanks Ray, and THAT Karen is a brilliant idea!
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