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Hello World,
Thank you for dropping by. Here is my personal cliche story about an ordinary girl who is chasing an extraordinary life.
My world is simple, I teach Sport to people, I parent a Puppy, and I train my butt off inside the gym. My sport of choice is Crossfit, something I found in 2009 and have only grown to love more and more each day. I remember when I first started Crossfit, I would watch people move about in this sport and I would be inspired to be great just like them. My first idol was a this young, Asian woman who came to the box and started doing butterfly pull-ups one day. I looked at her in awe and thought, she is damn cool and I want to be like her. So I trained harder. Not too long after that she came back to the box and hosted a small olympic lifting class where I watched her power clean 135lbs...after I had just failed it as a back squat. Again, I looked at her and said, I want to be like her. So I trained harder. Then came the Crossfit Open 2011, workout #2. This workout called for 100 pound overhead squats. Mid-workout I was failing these squats left right and center. Tears rolling down my face, curled up in defeat on the floor, this same woman came up to me and said "Look me in the eyes, right here, you have to be strong, lets get up, lets do this together, don't let this defeat you". I got up and continued and despite getting a very disappointing score, I will never forget this person, who I quickly idolized, because she gave a damn about my success. So I trained harder.
This person inspired me not because she was some worldclass athlete but because she was, in my eyes, a role model on how to simply BE. I saw in her what I wanted to be...a regular gal, with a regular life, who gives a glimmer of hope to others simply by being her. I later learned that this same woman was one of the first women in the Canada West Region to qualify back in the good old Crossfit days. How incredibly awesome. I wanted to be her. I wanted to be that person to somebody else. So I trained harder.
Fast forward to today. I have qualified for and competed in what is now 4 Crossfit Regional Games and going on to my 5th this year. In my first years competing as a newbie, I was by no means phenomenal but I tried hard because at the end of the day that is all that one can do. I came into this sport with only two things, passion and stubborn grit. I was never a high level athlete in my younger years. I never did anything more than recreational sports in high school and running on a treadmill in an empty gym at 5am. But what I did have was determination. A part of me always wanted something more....and Crossfit gave me the opportunity for that something more. It gave me something to chase, a purpose. I spent three hours a day pushing my limits, doing things that I suck at, things that hurt, things that challenge me to the brink of failure and sometimes even all the way to failure. But my family taught me that hardwork is never wasted....never. It may not lead you to where you planned to go but it will lead you somewhere great.
For those that know me, they know how much sacrifice I have made for this pipe dream. I don't need to be the best, but I will always keep chasing those better than me. I have a chance this year to compete alongside some of the world's best Crossfitters in the Pacific Regional. But I can't do it alone. I need your help. Here is my very shameless but honest plea: Australia is many many miles away and many many dollars away. Please help me keep my pipe dream alive and donate a penny or a dollar.
I promise to give back in the form of inspiration and influence to the community...I will continue to chase my dream of being an extraordinary role model to this world...to your sisters, daughters, and friends...much like how this one person inpired me way back in 2009. Thank you.
https://www.facebook.com/vanessa.fung.3
http://games.crossfit.com/article/making-difference-vanessa-fung
http://games.crossfit.com/article/paying-it-forward-vanessa-fung
Thank you for dropping by. Here is my personal cliche story about an ordinary girl who is chasing an extraordinary life.
My world is simple, I teach Sport to people, I parent a Puppy, and I train my butt off inside the gym. My sport of choice is Crossfit, something I found in 2009 and have only grown to love more and more each day. I remember when I first started Crossfit, I would watch people move about in this sport and I would be inspired to be great just like them. My first idol was a this young, Asian woman who came to the box and started doing butterfly pull-ups one day. I looked at her in awe and thought, she is damn cool and I want to be like her. So I trained harder. Not too long after that she came back to the box and hosted a small olympic lifting class where I watched her power clean 135lbs...after I had just failed it as a back squat. Again, I looked at her and said, I want to be like her. So I trained harder. Then came the Crossfit Open 2011, workout #2. This workout called for 100 pound overhead squats. Mid-workout I was failing these squats left right and center. Tears rolling down my face, curled up in defeat on the floor, this same woman came up to me and said "Look me in the eyes, right here, you have to be strong, lets get up, lets do this together, don't let this defeat you". I got up and continued and despite getting a very disappointing score, I will never forget this person, who I quickly idolized, because she gave a damn about my success. So I trained harder.
This person inspired me not because she was some worldclass athlete but because she was, in my eyes, a role model on how to simply BE. I saw in her what I wanted to be...a regular gal, with a regular life, who gives a glimmer of hope to others simply by being her. I later learned that this same woman was one of the first women in the Canada West Region to qualify back in the good old Crossfit days. How incredibly awesome. I wanted to be her. I wanted to be that person to somebody else. So I trained harder.
Fast forward to today. I have qualified for and competed in what is now 4 Crossfit Regional Games and going on to my 5th this year. In my first years competing as a newbie, I was by no means phenomenal but I tried hard because at the end of the day that is all that one can do. I came into this sport with only two things, passion and stubborn grit. I was never a high level athlete in my younger years. I never did anything more than recreational sports in high school and running on a treadmill in an empty gym at 5am. But what I did have was determination. A part of me always wanted something more....and Crossfit gave me the opportunity for that something more. It gave me something to chase, a purpose. I spent three hours a day pushing my limits, doing things that I suck at, things that hurt, things that challenge me to the brink of failure and sometimes even all the way to failure. But my family taught me that hardwork is never wasted....never. It may not lead you to where you planned to go but it will lead you somewhere great.
For those that know me, they know how much sacrifice I have made for this pipe dream. I don't need to be the best, but I will always keep chasing those better than me. I have a chance this year to compete alongside some of the world's best Crossfitters in the Pacific Regional. But I can't do it alone. I need your help. Here is my very shameless but honest plea: Australia is many many miles away and many many dollars away. Please help me keep my pipe dream alive and donate a penny or a dollar.
I promise to give back in the form of inspiration and influence to the community...I will continue to chase my dream of being an extraordinary role model to this world...to your sisters, daughters, and friends...much like how this one person inpired me way back in 2009. Thank you.
https://www.facebook.com/vanessa.fung.3
http://games.crossfit.com/article/making-difference-vanessa-fung
http://games.crossfit.com/article/paying-it-forward-vanessa-fung