Get to know our latest Daybreakers of the Month!
These Daybreakers represent commitment and dedication to their fitness, health and well-being. They work hard, stay positive and help form the key threads of our community fabric. Get to know the current Daybreakers of the Month!
About Andy A
I live with Sharon and our kids Maya (14) and Ryne (10) and our dogs Dillon (5) and Tyra (a million) in Framingham right across the street and town line from a really great family that we all know in Sudbury. I work at Bentley University as a professor of Marketing with a specialty in Creativity. I’ve been coming to DCF for about 5 years, and switched from evening classes to 5:30 AM last Spring.
1- What keeps you coming back to CrossFit each day?
I was trying to come up with a creative answer to this (see my job above) but, honestly, I have to say the same thing that most say: the enthusiastic, friendly and very supportive community and the knowledgeable, attentive and very supportive coaches. Seriously, our coaches are the bomb.
2- Tell us about your upcoming race.
I’ll be completing the BAA Distance Medley (5K, 10K and Half) when I run the Half on October 13. And I will be finishing that if I have to cross the finish line on bloody stumps. Sharon says that she is not going to let me run anything more than 10K after that.
3- What’s the best concert you’ve ever been to?
Musically, probably The Who’s Quadrophenia tour in 1996 (I think). For concert shenanigans any of the many Jimmy Buffett shows I’ve been to. But for pure enjoyment, Ryne’s concerts for the School of Rock.
4- How many tattoos do you have? Do you have a favorite? Is there a story behind it?
Nine. My fave are the flowers on my ribs (ouch). They are my family’s birth flowers: Daisies (Sharon), Daffodils (Maya), Chrysanthemum (Ryne) and Morning Glories (Me). The chrysanthemum took the longest and was the most painful. Which is fitting.
5- What’s your spirit animal (an animal that represents you)?
Obviously I have to go with dogs here. And currently it’s a pit bull/lab mix named Dillon.
About Fergal
1 – What do you do outside of CrossFit?
Outside of Crossfit I am a father of two( Kieran and Hunter) and husband of one( Lindsey). We live in stow. I moved to the states ten years ago to play Gaelic football for the summer then boom, ten years pass in flash, and before I know it I’m waking up at 5am every morning to jump on boxes and climb ropes. I am a master electrician and operate as a one man show, working at mostly in the stow/acton area.
2 – How did you find out about CrossFit and what keeps you coming back?
My Crossfit journey started when my chiropractor and friend( Jamal de Vita) advised that i check out Daybreak. I hadn’t worked out since before my kids were born, and after my first session it showed. Thanks to the coaching and support of Erica, Mel and all the coaches i got rolling. After just three months the impact CrossFit has had on my body and mind has been remarkably. I’m happy to report that Jamal sees a lot less of me in his office and a lot more of me in the gym. You might say that introducing me to daybreak was a bad business decision on his part.
3 – Tell us something we might not know about you?
I was an alter boy for four years, and both of my grandmothers were grooming me for priesthood. This should shock and surprise anyone who has been in my presence for more than 15 seconds. It was possible they wanted me to go this route because I was a quiet kid and stayed out of trouble….. this should also surprise people.
4 – What are you most looking forward to this fall/winter?
I’m looking forward to waking up at 5 every morning with aches and pains, cleaning snow off my van, rolling into Daybreak looking like an extra from the walking dead, and getting a little closer to my goals ever day. Oh! And also another Pats Super Bowl win!