August 10, 2024
Sara Wilkinson Addresses Athletes Before Chad

“Grief is love with nowhere to go.”

 

Sara Wilkinson — wife of the late Navy SEAL Chad Wilkinson, CF-L4 coach, and president of The Step Up Foundation — spoke with athletes before Individual Event 5 about loss, processing grief, and the meaning of tribute workouts.

At the 2024 CrossFit Games, individual athletes took on a version of CrossFit Hero workout CHAD1000X

CHAD1000X honors Navy SEAL Chad Wilkinson who died by suicide on Oct. 29, 2018, due to the effects of numerous deployments, several TBIs, blast-wave injuries, and PTSD.

Learn more about CHAD1000X and the Step Up Foundation here.

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