The 2024 Murph Challenge Registration is Live!

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All right, good morning.

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It is Monday, 15 April 2024.

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I wanted to throw this out real quick before the 830 class downstairs is wrapping up their warm-up, so it's going to get loud here in a minute, but I wanted to throw this out.

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Okay, registration for the 2024 Murph Challenge, sponsored by Forged Clothing, is live.

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Registration is live, okay, and I got to tell you whether you're aware of this or not.

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Okay, last year I'll use this as an example last year, around this time, I start getting these unsolicited emails from this individual who's like hey, order your custom Murph Challenge t-shirts now, they don't come from Forged, it's not, it's not real, it's not legit, all right.

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So I reach back to this individual and I say hey, you know, I've seen this on social media and now I get an invitation in my inbox and you know, know, what's your connection?

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What's your connection to the Michael Murphy Foundation?

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What's your connection to the Murph Challenge in general?

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And, um, I don't know.

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You don't want to sound uh, like anything but uh or overstepping, but I mean, we're all stewards of of what's right or we should be all right.

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So, um, I said, you know what's your connection radio silence, right, as I, as I anticipated, radio silence, okay.

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So, um, next thing, you know, I reach out to uh forged and I said, hey, look, here's a link, check this out.

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Here's an email that I received.

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And they were awesome.

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They got right back to me and they said hey, you know, thank you, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

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You know we'll look into it.

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But it's out there, right, they're out there.

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You know, people trying to capitalize on somebody else, people trying I used to say it.

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You know, as regards to CrossFit, right, I mean you're CrossFit or you're not.

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I mean Greg Glassman did not invent the burpee, he did not invent the pull up.

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You know he did not invent the pull-up, but, uh, he was one of the first people that went loud and live with, you know, bringing functional fitness to the forefront, making it what it is and and fostering the essence of the CrossFit community.

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So, you know, I look at that in context with uh, with the Murph Challenge.

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You know, here you've got, um, you know you got Mikey Sowers andged Clothing, and they get behind the Murph Challenge 100% and they drive it and they make it.

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You know this wonderful event that it is, and then you have people trying to ride their wave all right and it's not right.

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All right, it is not right at all.

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And I'm not sure if people like this feel entitlement or opportunity, or both however they justify it, I don't care.

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But you know, think about this.

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And this is, this is.

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You know, I've said this, I said this from the beginning.

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You know you either are or you are not.

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The old expression, you know imitation is the highest form of flattery.

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It's imitation, that's what it is.

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You know imitation is the highest form of flattery.

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It's imitation, it's what it is.

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You know it's imitation.

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So, you know, don't buy off on it, don't support it.

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Right, if you support Michael Murphy, the Murph Foundation, the Murph Challenge, it is forged clothing.

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It is the one and only.

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And it's either that or it is not right.

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So you know, don't be fooled, don't get sucked in.

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And you know, and sometimes too, just so I don't sound like a total ass, I believe, sometimes the majority, I'd like to think this.

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I think the majority of people are enthusiastic about supporting this cause, to the point that when they see these knockoffs for lack of a better word they jump on it without knowing better.

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Take a breath, read what you're getting involved in.

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If it's not from Forged.

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It's not the official Murph Challenge.

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Just keep it tight, keep it within the family.

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That's all I've got.

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Y'all have a great Monday and an even better week.

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Thank you.

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