Do not name it a comeback.
Final up to date on October twenty second, 2024
As an alternative of sitting at residence whereas her husband coached athletes by the 2024 Rogue Invitational qualifier exercises, Taylor Williamson determined to do them for enjoyable with the crew.
- Now, after coming in third place, Williamson will head to Aberdeen, Scotland, on November 8-10 as a Rogue rookie.
The previous Video games athlete and former teammate of CrossFit legend Wealthy Froning retired after the 2023 season. However Williamson thought she’d simply leap into the Rogue qualifiers alongside Sydney Wells, who ended up taking second within the qualifiers — only one spot forward of Williamson.
- “Truthfully, I assumed the possibilities could be slim, simply provided that I felt like I hadn’t been coaching loads and positively hadn’t been placing numerous depth into exercises,” Williamson stated in an interview with Morning Chalk Up.
Williamson is married to Nick Johnston, CEO of PRVN Health, positioned in Nashville, TN.
- She has been to the CrossFit Video games as a workforce athlete seven instances, topping the rostrum in 2021 and 2022.
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Taylor Williamson: Rogue Rookie
Rogue Invitational is a top-tier competitors within the CrossFit house and consists of 40 athletes in whole. The highest six ladies athletes and prime 5 males gained entry to the competition from “The Q,” which is Rogue’s on-line qualifier. The remainder of the spots had been invite-only utilizing the Rogue Individual Qualifying System.
- The total roster for the 2024 Rogue Invitational may be discovered here.
- “It’s in all probability among the best, if not the perfect, occasions that’s placed on within the CrossFit house,” Williamson stated. “And they’re actually good to their athletes, so it’s actually cool to have the chance to go not solely to Rogue however to Scotland.”
Williamson needs to be clear: This competitors doesn’t imply she is returning to aggressive CrossFit and isn’t planning to compete within the 2025 season.
She now works as a doctor assistant full-time however nonetheless trains constantly, simply not on the quantity she held beforehand.
- “It’s been difficult, because it in all probability is for anybody,” she stated. “However I additionally suppose that I used to be prepared for it, and I’m nonetheless capable of work out as a lot as I would like and as a lot as brings me happiness and pleasure with out having to make all the additional sacrifices that associate with being your greatest and making an attempt to be the perfect.”
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Within the months main as much as the occasion, Williamson has had the chance to coach alongside Sydney Wells, a Video games athlete in her personal proper.
Williamson stated she and Wells have been figuring out collectively on the weekends and pushing one another by extra centered coaching.
- “I simply love coaching exhausting and love having a purpose to concentrate on. A part of me thinks I’ll by no means be retired in that sense, nevertheless it’s been actually good to focus extra on my job and making an attempt to do the factor that I like, which is medication,” she added.
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