All Over the Map: Clever and Voigt

By Ian Wittenber

July 15, 2010

Running on fumes, Ian Wittenber arrives at the final stop of his journey for chats with Kristan Clever and Rebecca Voigt.

Clever finished fourth in Aromas in 2009 after a tiebreaker put Carey Kepler in third. This year, the strong athlete from Valley CrossFit will be looking to jump onto the podium—and perhaps to the top of it.

Voigt, also from Valley CrossFit, finished 20th in 2009 and earned a return trip to the 2010 Games with a first-place finish at the Southwest Regional. She finished no lower than seventh in any event and won the final triplet to take first overall, improving on her third-place finish at last year’s SoCal Regional.

Wittenber’s WOD—drive across the entire United States for time—is now complete, with the CrossFit Games set to begin on July 16.

8min 46sec

Additional reading: Southwest Regional Event Recap.

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7 Comments on “All Over the Map: Clever and Voigt”

Patrick Cummings wrote …

Ian, you're awesome. Thanks for taking this journey, and for letting us tag along with you.

Next time, don't get so close to the bison, though. They can be dangerous.

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Kristan--your attitude is inspiring. Best wishes for a successful games (by your definition :-) )

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Kristen, I love your attitude. you're absolutely right, the second you stop having fun it becomes work. and work sucks because it has an obligatory feel. dont ever loose your attitude.

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Thanks, Ian! Nice work on all of these. They were inspiring.

Best of luck to Kristan, Rebecca and the rest of the competitors. Go get it!

Joey Lajoie wrote …

Kristan you attitude is inspiring.

I think a lot of us athletes should reevaluate our attitudes and apply it to our daily outlook as well.

Best of luck I'm pulling for you all the way this year

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Wow! It is so cool to watch this after seeing her win yesterday. It made me appreciate the things she said in the video even more. Nice job Kristan, congratulations!

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Inspiring!