Each winter, much like the season itself, the training cycle is a tough one. Requiring a certain stubbornness only those whose ancestors weren’t killed off by Vikings would understand, the winter training cycle is a grind. It is a millstone against which all but the toughest grains are pulverized leaving the chafe strewn and scattered about while sewing seeds of strength, determination, and mental toughness. And then the CrossFit Open and the Festivus Games begin. Before long