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July 13, 2008
Athlete Spotlight: Laura Okumu
"The needs of the elderly and professional athletes vary by degree, not kind. Where one needs functional competency to maintain independence, the other needs functional mastery to maintain dominance." -Greg Glassman
Laura O and Coach Mini
Laura O began working out at CrossFit Oakland in November and has been consistently coming three days a week since she started. Laura has made big gains since November, not only has she changed her body composition (Zoning too!), but she has also made big strength gains (65#1RM Deadlift), and continues to increase her metabolic conditioning. At 74 years old, she is showing all of us how it's done! You are an inspiration to be around Laura--keep it up!
Post your props to Laura to comments.
Posted by Nicole Okumu at July 13, 2008 4:15 PM
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You are a strong and beautiful woman Laura, keep up the good work!!! We are praying that Mike will age as gracefully as you.
Posted by: Tamara at July 13, 2008 5:44 PM
Damn straight. I definitely hope to age as gracefully as Laura, and continue CFing.
Posted by: Mike Minium at July 13, 2008 6:27 PM
Congratulations, Laura! You are an inspiration in so many ways...
Posted by: Robyn at July 13, 2008 6:50 PM
Pretty inspiring, Laura. I'll know I've done something right if I'm CFing at 74 years of age with an 84 year-old Lance there sprinting right past me, as he usually does.
Posted by: sierra at July 13, 2008 6:59 PM
theres no say shes 74!?!! that's incredible.... Laura, you're awesome...
Posted by: p. at July 13, 2008 7:05 PM
Whoa, this Laura chic is smokin' hot! Same last name as Nicole.. is this your sister? Clearly I've been coming to the wrong class times. The prettiest thing I see is Connor doing hand stand pushups. Deeeelish!
Nice job Laura, keep up the great work!!
Posted by: Nabil at July 13, 2008 9:27 PM
Laura you rock!
Anyone interested in doing this wod mid day tomorrow at the track?
Posted by: Lau at July 13, 2008 9:56 PM
Laura - very impressive indeed!
Great job.
Posted by: brad gilliatt at July 13, 2008 10:45 PM
Laura - you're awesome. I hope I'm still CFing at 74.
Posted by: Brad Greenlee at July 13, 2008 10:59 PM
very inspirational. I'm sending this post to my Dad. He'll have no excuses now :)
Posted by: Jonathan at July 13, 2008 11:26 PM
Right on, Laura. Look forward to meeting you in person.
Posted by: Joe P at July 14, 2008 9:22 AM
Laura: you are an inspiration to us all! Keep up the good work!
Posted by: angela at July 14, 2008 9:57 AM
Laura - You definitely inspired me to keep coming back to CFO in the early days. Thank you!
Posted by: Bill at July 14, 2008 10:55 AM
thanks a lot laura.
you've taken away my excuse for what may kindly be characterized as sub-optimal wods
Posted by: michael g at July 14, 2008 11:44 AM
and she's always smiling!
Posted by: brad gilliatt at July 14, 2008 1:07 PM
Laura -
Crossfitting at 74? What the...heck? That is amazing.
Posted by: Brandon at July 14, 2008 1:43 PM
Laura,
Keep it up! I hope I'm still doing this at your age and beyond...I think we all do.
Posted by: Allen at July 14, 2008 3:05 PM
Thanks for the kind comments. I have super trainers--and the Crossfiters who work out when I'm there give me lots of support and encouragement. I really enjoy my (scaled) workouts and don't mind being the oldest person in the gym!!
Posted by: Laura O at July 14, 2008 3:09 PM
Hooray for Laura! I'm sending you some Ohio love, lady:)
Posted by: Candace Hamilton at July 14, 2008 3:16 PM