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St. Patrick’s Day 2014

Just in case you didn’t know, for fun, here’s the history of St. Patrick as told by Wikipedia.  

Hope you have a Fit-Tast-Ic St. Patrick’s Day.  Don’t forget today is the last day to get our green T shirts on a super $7 sale!

Little is known of Patrick’s early life, though it is known that he was born in Roman Britain in the fourth century, into a wealthy Romano-British family. His father was a deacon and his grandfather was a priest in the Christian church. At the age of sixteen, he was kidnapped by Irish raiders and taken captive to Ireland as a slave.[12] 

It is believed he was held somewhere on the west coast of Ireland, possibly Mayo, but the exact location is unknown. According to his Confession, he was told by God in a dream to flee from captivity to the coast, where he would board a ship and return to Britain. Upon returning, he quickly joined the Church in Auxerre in Gaul and studied to be a priest.

According to legend, Saint Patrick used the three-leaved shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity to Irish pagans. In 432, he again said that he was called back to Ireland, though as a bishop, to Christianise the Irish from their native polytheism. Irish folklore tells that one of his teaching methods included using the shamrock to explain the Christian doctrine of the Trinity to the Irish people. After nearly thirty years of evangelism, he died on 17 March 461, and according to tradition, was buried at Downpatrick. Although there were other more successful missions to Ireland from Rome, Patrick endured as the principal champion of Irish Christianity and is held in esteem in the Irish church.


3-17-14 WOD

Strength:

Snatch Balance

Met Con:

5 meters out and back bear crawl

Toes to bar / Knees to elbow x 7

Wall Balls x 9

AMRAP 12 minutes

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