On a quiet muggy morning, 22 of Area 51’s fastest PAX put their trust in YHC to lead them along a journey of musical excellence and a half decent running workout. With the non existent Fast Twitch Shovel Flag firmly planted in mind of Purple Haze, a bumbling buddy system toting disclaimer, and ears full of magical tunes from the 80’s coming from my car, it all went down something like this:
Warm up jog around the parking lot with some high knees and butt kickers before taking a group slow mosey all the way to the Arboretum in front of the ABC Store (aka Spackler’s house).
COP:
Grab your partner and play a little catch me if you can all the way to the movie theater. 10 Squat Jumps at each interchange.
Partner 1 runs suicides while partner 2 does called exercise:
Mosey to through Arboretum past Le Peep (yum), Akropolis (yum) and Chili’s (yuck) and down the steps towards the pond. This is our base camp while one partner runs the other does called exercise:
Line up for an Indian Run back through the neighborhood along Windbluff. Plank it up at the corner of Windbluff and Raintree Ln to wait for six. Almost out of time so everyone head back to AO. Total Mileage 4.76ish.
FIN
Ye naked moleskin:
What a sweaty morning! Thanks to everyone for coming out and supporting me on my first FT Q. I apologize for going over by a few minutes. Turkey Leg said because of that I have to Q next week. He just wants to listen to more incredible music!
We started the morning off by having my speakers blasting “Invincible” by Pat Benetar followed by “Our House” by Madness. Yeah, it got everyone pumped. I told everyone to buddy up because we are going straight to the Arboretum. The mummblechatter grew quickly as I went the opposite way through the parking lot for a brief warmup. I knew where I was going, by the way…maybe. I’m sure everyone thought they were clear from another Prohibition playlist until we got to the Arbo and what do you know? YHC’s mini speakers are right there waiting for us. And with that, the best vocal/party/rocknroll band ever hit the ear drums of the PAX with one of their finest works. Van Halen’s 1984 album in its entirety. FANTASTIC way to start any morning.
The suicides were terrrible, the calf raises were terrible, and the flutters were terrible. It actually made the regular running a little more bearable. You’re welcome. I don’t know about anyone else, but I was completely smoked. I don’t really remember much else from the workout other than hating myself for making me do this.
I know Purple Haze and Semi Gloss were digging the tunes as they turned the Imperial Walkers into Imperial Go Go Dancers. The 80’s called. They want their moves back. Alf seemed to be doing just fine as he was whistling and humming (Van Halen I’m sure) on the Indian Run back. Van Pelt and I struggled together on what seemed like endless flutters. Haze told me how much he loved the background singing by Van Halen. “So pure” I think he said. Hairball busted himself by leaving a sweat impint of his six on the bench where he was supposed to be doing dips. That’s about all I can recollect.
Seriously, great work by everyone out there today. Shout out to those really fast guys who kept making a point to turn around and get the six (I would know because I was back there = leading from behind). Thanks for the take out by Flutie Flakes. Thanks to TL and PH for allowing me to lead after all of my excuses and rescheduling. I hope the anticipation didn’t outperform the actual showing.
Chime in with anyone else’s experiences today.
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