Once upon a time in a gym near west campus… It’s National Storytelling Month and we are celebrating by highlighting some of our favorite Campus Recreation Complex (CRC)member of the month stories from this past year. Every month the CRC recognizes an awesome member who embodies the spirit of the CRC and Georgia Tech and inspires their peers. If this is you or someone you know nominate them today! 

Second-year Biochemistry major, Anna Deal:

Where are we most likely to find you in the CRC? What is your favorite part of the CRC?

If I am working out at the CRC, you will undoubtedly find me in the studios! I love the GIT FIT classes and work to fit as many into my schedule as I can. One of my favorite times to be at the CRC is working out up there with my personal trainer, Becky. We typically meet twice a week and it is usually pretty quiet up there with great equipment on the track. If I am not up there, I am probably on the fitness floor using the ergs or treadmills…most likely dying from doing a workout Becky put together for me and using heavier weights down there.

You can find the full story about Deal here.

Georgia Tech faculty members Andrei Fedorov and Peter Kottke:

What is your favorite CRC story?

Andrei: We often talk about professional things, and often times we argue too loudly, or non-politely not in a bad way and I remember when we were picking up a towel, a young man says “you guys must be physicists.”

Peter: I thought you were gonna talk about the guy who said “you guys ruined my workout. I had to listen for 40 minutes to you talking about things I never wanna hear about” and we were just talking about a basic problem for thermodynamics or heat transfer but we had a different idea about how it should be approached. We ruined his workout apparently. I thought people didn’t like the loud grunting on the weight benches, but they don’t like loud discussions about thermodynamics.

You can find the full story about Fedorov and Kottke here.

Associate Director of IT for GTRC, Keith Robinson:

What is your most fun CRC story?

It would have to be one of the Spring Break International Scuba Trips. We have done seven of them and I have been a part of five of them. My favorite place we have gone is Bonaire, a little island just north of Aruba. It is really pretty and a great place for a Scuba trip!

You can find the full story about Robinson here.

If you or someone you know should be the next member of the month let us know! You can nominate them at crc.gatech.edu/members. Every featured member will receive a one of a kind CRC gym back and be featured on our website.