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January 2015 Members of the Month

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Brix HithouseNumber: 28Team(s): Mile High Club, ELectrocuties, Team ColoradoYears of Skating: 4 and a halfMotto: You can't live a positive life with a negative mindPosition: Blocker/Pivot What is your favorite part of skating for DRD?:My favorite thing about DRD is the support we show each other. It takes the whole league to cultivate the amazing skaters we have, and it takes everyone to make the league run! I am so proud to be part of a community that looks out for each other.   What is your day job?I am a designer and the Decor manager for EXDO Event Center and Tracks Night Club. How has roller derby impacted your life? There are no words to describe how Derby has impacted my life. I feel like it has given me an invaluable amount of confidence. Not only has it given me physical strength, but it has also given me the mental and emotional strength to be exactly who i am. It's pretty cool.  What advice would you give to newbie skaters?Practice, practice, practice! Ask for help, set goals, and never think you are too good to work on the basics. Tell us one thing about yourself that we would not expect.I love stupid reality competition shows. If you could have a superpower, what would it be and why? I would like to be able to read people's minds but only selectively, cause i am sure there are some things I really don't want to know. brix_motm   Speeda Von TeeseNumber: 107Team(s):  Bad Apples, StandbysYears of Skating:  4Motto:  Have funPosition: Blocker, Jammer What is the significance of your derby name and number?Since the early nineties, Dita Von Teese has been cultivating a heavily stylized image that has greatly contributed to the revival of neo burlesque aesthetics.  I thought that her DIY origins, persistence, confidence, vision and commitment to style fit hand in evening glove with the idea of creating a roller derby persona. How did you get involved with roller derby?I've skated on quads since I was a kid, but skating didn't seem to have much of an outlet the older I got.  During college I'd skate in places I wasn't supposed to just to see if I could get away with it -- my office job or through stores and restaurants.  One day I was rolling around a car meet and someone handed me a derby tryout flyer that got the gears turning, but it took me a long time and several more chance encounters before I determined I might really be able to be trained to hit people on skates and still survive. What are some of your greatest accomplishments, on or off the track?So far I've read 41 books this year? What is your favorite part of skating for DRD?It's a privilege to practice in a dedicated space with people who are incredibly good skaters and strategists.  What is your day job?  Doughnut slinger. How has roller derby impacted your life?I thought that derby was something to do to avoid going to the gym; now I'm trying to figure out ways to fit in the gym to cross-train for derby.  Even at my non-travel team level, fitting in practices and committee work and all of it around a day job have become a sort of lifestyle that impacts many short and long term decisions I make.  Through derby I've also developed some deep friendships and the notion that I can face difficult challenges head on.  I didn't expect any of this when I joined. What advice would you give to newbie skaters?Figure out what is motivating you to do derby and keep that close if you start to get discouraged.  Don't give up just because you didn't nail your first test-up.  Go to as many practices as you can if you want to improve, but also figure out how you plan to pace yourself (don't feel like you have to take on all the derby jobs, don't forget about your life outside of derby).  Tell us one thing about yourself that we would not expect.I almost always carry coupons on my person and fantasize about getting so good at stacking them that I could be drafted for Extreme Couponing on TLC. If you could have a superpower, what would it be and why?See #8.speeda_motm

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CrossFit Groupon

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Choose from Three Options

  • $49 for one month of unlimited Bar”Belles” classes ($100 value)
  • $39 for 5 Bar”Belles” classes ($75 value)
  • $69 for 10 Bar”Belles” classes ($115 value)
  • Read more about the women-only workout classes and see the schedule here.

Daycare is not included in this offer, but is available for an additional charge.

CrossFit DeCO

Visitors can spot a good number of functional movements taking place inside the CrossFit DeCO facility, exercisers hoisting barbells, doing pushups, leaping atop boxes, and swinging kettlebells. What they won't see are boring reps quietly performed on an exercise machine or, for that matter, a whole lot of resting.The gym's certified Level 1 coaches ensure that clients wring every drop of effort out of their time spent in the gym and never leave thinking they could have worked harder—like one might feel after leaving an all-you-can-eat buffet. These CrossFit Light classes last 45 minutes, allowing students with busy schedules to fit in a high-intensity workout. The coaches orchestrate each Workout of the Day to hit a broad range of muscles and improve everything from balance to agility.Though CrossFit is the primary offering, CrossFit DeCO also offers a number of supplementary programs, including nutrition coaching, women-only Bar Belle classes, and massage.Click HERE for more information

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The Soft Season

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Midgerator

An off-skates journey with CrossFit DeCO [www.crossfitdeco.com] Roller derby Champs are over. We came out in the top 8, winning our first game against the Philly Roller Girls and losing by less than 40 to the B.A.Y. Area All-Stars. Our team is so full of talent which makes you fight that much harder to get a roster spot and feel defeated that much more when you don’t. Coming into to the weekend, I wasn’t expecting to play both games but I was fortunate to have done so. I received only one penalty the entire weekend, an unavoidable low block that was redeemed with 10 seconds left in the jam and me receiving all 5 points by twisting my hips and coming in hot. What a rush.Read more about Midge's story on Tumblr and follow her progress through this Cross Fit journey!More information on CrossFit Deco can be found here

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Sports Notebook Blog

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Q&A, Roller Derby---Okay, sports fans, admit it! You watch professional football regularly, also Major League Baseball, the NBA, the NHL, World Cup Soccer, the PGA Circuit, Grand Slam Tennis, and yet you wonder about that which can be tagged outer circle sports. You wonder how some of the outer circle sports function, you might ask what’s the appeal of, say, LaCrosse, Formula One Motor Racing, Track & Field, maybe of a sport that went into decline after a run of national popularity more than 40 years ago, such as ROLLER DERBY, now transformed from what was largely entertainment to serious and mist enjoyable competition .  .  ..  .  .  Here’s a look at ROLLER DERBY-2014 from an interview that we conducted with senior team exec for the sport’s DENVER ROLLER DOLLS, “Anna Filson.”Read the whole article  HERE

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The Rollerdome: Home of Denver Roller Derby

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