WOD 131218

Just found out today we lost a great friend, Vince O’Connor. For those of you that didn’t get the chance to meet Vin he was a strongman that just so happened to stop in my gym when I opened up in 2010 trying to sell me some Atlas Stones. I remember him kinda walking around sizing my little gym up. Needless to say I didn’t buy stones from this dude but I did make enough of an impression for him to come back and become part of our family, even eventually dragging his wife Carrie to On Ramp. Vince even though being a strongman appreciated and understood CrossFit & CFGB and he was a loyal friend. I will forever remember him teaching us how to pick up the Steel Log and the 225lb Atlas Stone as well as me yelling at him to move his slow ass running during a WOD Tom or I talked him into to. I think the most time I spent with him though was yelling at him to square his damn back up deadlifting while getting ready for a Strongman Competition and somedays he would listen but most of the time his only concern was getting the weight up and he always did. He was a STRONGMAN through and through
We love you Vin and I know myself and many others at CFGB will never forget you.
Condolences to Carrie and their two children.