VITAL STATS:
Height:5′ 11″
Weight: 175
Career: I am the Chief Financial Officer for the coolest church on the planet, Flatirons Community Church.
Favorite CF movement: Pistols
Most hated CF movement: Muscle Ups until I get my first one and then it will revert back to Overhead Squats which were invented by the Devil.

How long have you been CrossFitting? About 9 months at MBS and for a couple of years before that at my Rec Center where I got really weird looks.

What got you into CF? More like “Who” got me into CrossFit? That would be my good friend Scott Nickell. We did a CrossFit workout together up at a church staff retreat in the mountains and I was hooked from Day 1 and never looked back.

What were your athletic endeavors prior to CF? Typical high school stuff: baseball, football and track. Although track was not my favorite. You run all the time.

Any goals or goats, athletic or otherwise you’re working on right now? Well, I turn 50 in a couple of months so I would like to enter some Masters Competitions. Pat promised me that this year MBS was going to host the biggest, baddest Masters Competition in the Rocky Mountain Region. Really, he promised me that…

Give us some insight into your life outside the gym. Well, I have four kids, ages 10,9, 20 months and 5 months and they the biggest joy of my life. My son Cody is 10 and loves baseball so my summer is consumed by baseball tournaments. My daughter Ellie Jo is nine and loves gymnastics so we have gymnastic meets in the backyard. She always wins because she’s bends in ways that are not physically possible for me. My youngest son Charlie and I are best buddies because, to a toddler, his dad is Superman and I like being Superman. My little girl is Ruby and she is just so darn cute. She takes after her Mom. Before children, my wife and I hiked, mountain biked and snow boarded. Eventually, I will get back to doing those things or so I tell myself…
Other than my wife and children, I love my job at Flatirons. I’ve been there 12 years and one of my favorite parts of my job is helping folks with their finances. So, if any MBS members need some confidential financial help with budgeting, investing, etc. please let me know! (You don’t have to put that in there but I really would like to help other MBS folks. It’s really one of the few things I’m pretty good at).

What’s your favorite non paleo food? I eat a bowl of Grape-Nuts every night before bed. I’ve been doing that for at least the last twenty years. I’m kind of a creature of habit. And I love a warm home-made peach cobbler with vanilla Blue Bell ice cream on top.

What’s the weirdest dream you’ve ever had? I haven’t even told my wife that.