Our finest investigative reporter uncovers the secret real life identities of people you’ve only ever seen in sweatpants for our documentary series ALTER EGOS. For this special CrossFit Games Open installment @spensermestel finds out a few things about @lwitalis929!

🏋 OPEN LIFE
:: Started CrossFit: 2011 at CrossFit Milford.
:: Years of CrossFit: 6.
:: First Open: 2012.
:: Favorite Open Workout: 16.4 (deadlifts, wall-balls, rows, and handstand push-ups).
:: Open Superpowers: Laughing when the pain starts to hit. “It’s funny that we choose to do this to ourselves.”
:: Open Kryptonite: Kipping pull-ups.
:: Wish For The 2017 Open: Her ideal Open workout is double-unders, wall balls, and snatches.
:: Loves Most About The Open: The nervous-excitement.

🚶 REAL LIFE
:: Occupation: ER nurse at Children’s Hospital Montefiore.
:: Hometown: Stratford, CT.
:: Years in NYC: 2.
:: Origin Story: After her boyfriend was transferred to an office in Manhattan, they moved here from Austin.
:: Real Life Superpowers: Maintaining a somewhat normal lifestyle even though she works from 7pm – 7am three days a week.
:: Real Life Kryptonite: Geolocation (“I still use GPS to drive to and from work every day since I started there in April last year.”
:: You’ll Be Surprised To Know: Lindsay was a competitive figure skater from 3 to 18.

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