Ska band concert and our neighbors at Crossfit Alexandria

So last night I went to the rock and roll hotel last night to see my friend Phil's ska band Free Lobster Buffet. They did a great show, including a cover of Reel Big Fish's Beer. Coincidentally, he plays trombone in the Marine Band so a few CFOT people saw him play the other Thursday. When you have a band with at least three Marines, you're guarenteed to have a whole bunch of other Marines show up to see them play. I met one of the Marine's girlfriends, and it turns out she's an assistant coach at our neighbor/faux-arch-nemesis/friend Crossfit Alexandria. We talked about our Fran times. Although I thought her time was very respectable (something like 8:03), she was a little defensive about it, blaming her "long femurs" for taking so much time.

We both recognized that CFOT and CFA seem pretty different in attitude. She commented that the CFA commoderie is based on more friendly ball-busting than here at CFOT. It's interesting to see how different gym's have a differnt feel, but we're all crossfitters, and it's no more appearent when you start talking to a person who was a complete stranger five minutes ago about Fran times.