AMRAP + Sally = Miserable

AMRAP + Sally = Miserable

11 heard that we would be celebrating Tuck’s One Year (and One Day) anniversary, and got all excited about the AMRAP promised via twitter. None were more excited than JRR Tolkien and Tuck, who both put out a strong showing did not show. However, Tuck was still hung over from his own bash the morning prior, and is excused.

The Thang:

Mosey to the lot beside the hotel, and celebrate the occasion with a Tuck inspired warmup. The explanations were not given in COP, however, they will now make sense:

1 Merkin: Tuck called 366 merkin based reps Thursday, in respect to his days back to F3. So, we did 1 for the 1 day that had passed since.

10 Low slow squats: Tuck has also been struggling with some runner’s knee, due to his ill-advised attempt to chase the mile king (and his boss) Bunker. His PT (which he kindly added to his Q at Stonehenge last Saturday, calls for some good form (like Haggis preaches) squats. Thus, we did 10 because #whynot.

The PAX then followed YHC through the course, which was dreamed up in the latest #F3hottubs (#shamelessplug). A “warm up lap” was deemed necessary, just to confirm the pain stations involved. About a one mile loop, consisting of 7 pain stations.

• Starting at Loch Ness:
• Patio 1: Bear crawl full length of patio.
• Patio 2: 10 Box jumps
• Picnic tables: 15 Dips
• Run down and make a left at fitness trail
• Pull-up bars: 10 Leg lifts
• Run up Bagpipe Hill
• Top of Bagpipe Hill: 10 Burpees
• Back down Bagpipe hill, into the front entrance of Snyder building, around to other side of the fitness trail.
• Dip bars: Traverse across
• Pull-up bars: Traverse across
• Back up to first patio at Lochness
• Repeat until time is called.

Mosey back to launch, circle up, and perform the Sally Challenge! Song is “Flower” by Moby. Available on Spotify, so you can practice. When it says up, you’re in plank. Down, 6 inches. Good luck.

2 minutes left? Cool. 10 Burpees. Wild Turkey agreed!

COT.

Naked Moleskin:

JRR begged and begged for a difficult AMRAP to hit The Brave, and once again, my co site-Q at #F3hottubs skipped out on a YHC led beatdown #hescared.

Although YHC happens to be 2ndF Q here in the glorious SOB Land, there was none to be found this morning. Either from the distance the PAX were eventually spread apart to, or the #smoked nature of the course, there was a whole lot of #suck. On the second (was it thrid?) trip up Bagpipe Hill, YHC received multitudes of “I hate you” chants, and a couple of middle fingers (maybe they were mental, but they were definitely present). Even Wingman, who Goonie declares channeled all the energy and hatred from the collective PAX, took it upon himself to lash out, and drop kick YHC directly in the eyeball #sorrynotsorry. Point taken good sir. Run behind the toes to bar. Hope your foot didn’t take the beating too badly.

Now for some shout-outs. Some of the PAX have informed YHC that “If you put stuff in his way, you can slow Brat down”. Umm. No. You’re wrong. That’s just not true. Even the soul who took the “first loser” (if you ain’t first, you’re last) (#itwaspebbles) made the comment of the morning: “I’m not saying he cheated, but I’m not saying he didn’t”. Yeah, He’s that fast. However, take nothing away from the aforementioned Pebbles, who tore it up also. Also, MT was ahead of Bunker, right before he wasn’t #holdonjustalittlelongerbro. The trip up and down bagpipe hill served as a chance to see how the PAX was taking the course. Everyone was #killinit, but absolutely #miserable at the same time. Strong showings from all, and glares at YHC accompanied each PAX up that dreadful climb.

Sally sucked, as always. Not to mention that the entire lot was a puddle #soaked. The music hit my shuffle on spotify (300+ songs, what odds!) as I pulled into the lot, therefore, I determined that the big man upstairs needed it to happen. There was plenty of mumble chatter about whether the burpees at bagpipe hill and the SC counted as Merkins, but YHCdecided they didn’t because he brought the flag #mercia #Q #siteQ.

Announcements:

Whetstone: Reach out to Madame Tussauds, Fire Hazard, Mr. Bean, YHC (Mario), or Lex Luther (A51) for more information. Great opportunity to help a brother in need, or get guidance on various situations in your life. Time commitment is up to you and your Mentor/Mentee. Questionnaire is blasted on Twitter, and pinned to the SOB #general channel.

Black Diamond: Ringer is eventually going to announce that…we all hope.

F3 Dads: Saturday, 0900, at the Bulls by the Bull Ring. Service project the following week.

Sound off in the comments if anything was missed.

Always an honor to lead such a inspirational group of men. Thank you for the opportunity.

Aye,

Mario