Congratulations Danielle Marino

I want to congratulate Danielle Marino on placing first in the CrossFit Stamford Fall Paleo Challenge, a month long health and wellness challenge and the ultimate test of willpower.  It is a huge accomplishment and sacrifice, as Danielle will tell you, the weekends were certainly no walk in the park. Being the only one who cannot enjoy a beer at Oktoberfest is particularly brutal. She is a great example of the how the Paleo approach towards eating (a hate using the word diet) in conjunction with regular strength training and conditioning yield surprising results.  The pressure was on when Danielle first said she was going to participate in this years Paleo challenge and would settle for nothing but first place prize money to help pay for her wedding dress. Furthermore, I think I nearly ran for the door after the third and second place winners, Paige and Doug, respectively were called up to the podium during the Fall Paleo Challenge Wrap - Up Ceremony.  Participants in the challenge lost up to eight percent body fat, over ten pounds of fat, gained almost ten pounds of muscle, and crushed their baseline re-tests.  However, Danielle exemplifies the CrossFit ideology that the best athlete is the one who is most well-rounded and therefore has no weakness.  While she may have not excelled in anyone category, we are the sum of all parts, and she is the perfect example.

~G