Humid Half Pipes

Humid Half Pipes

Strolled into OPE lot around 5:20, and already saw some familiar vehicles which was a good sign.  The Hydra Pax are notorious for the 5:29 two wheel embarkment (don’t worry checking wordsmiths, it’s not a word).  Well, there was still that, and we had a good total number of 11, with one FNG (Rhett).

Q-Fail #1 – didn’t know Rhett was an FNG.  Pre-workout, he introduced himself, and I thought he said “Wreck” as his handle.  By the way, that would be a pretty cool handle, but I was wrong.

Strong site-Q disclaimer given, and we were off.

Mosey to other side of OPE school for COP.

SSH x 20

IW x 20

Squat Hold (Eddie the Eagle) x 6?

Grab your skateboards and follow me into OP neighborhood on Windyrush off of Rea.  Stop at corner of Windyrush and Knightswood.  Instructions were given to the thoroughbreds in the group to run at your own pace to the corner of Knightswood and Foxworth, and plank up.  Gummy (of course) asked how far that would be, which I replied that it seemed like a 20 second drive in my car during recon, if that made any sense.

Instructions given for 3-man grinders on the Foxworth half pipe.

Pax #1 performing exercise at near stop sign – 20 CDDs & 30 LBCs (keep going until your partner relieves you)

Pax #2 performing exercise at far stop sign on other end of half pipe – 20 jump squats & 20 H2Hs

Pax #3 running between as timer

Q-Fail #2 – knew the half pipe was too long when I noticed a stop sign in the middle that truly was supposed to be the near stop sign.  Had partner #1 move to that stop sign as a true half pipe.

Repeato the grinders for (I think) 3 rotations.  T-claps to Team Thoroughbred (Hops, Butter, and Spack) for getting in one more than the rest.

Mosey through the dank forest to the back of OPE for some partner work on a freshly cut, dewy football field for some over/unders.

Partner 1 does 5 over/unders, each group run length of football field ~75 yards, Partner 2 does 5 over/unders as well, return.  Repeato x 2.

Mosey to picnic area at concessions.

One round of 30 dips, 20 step/jump ups, 10 derkins.

Mosey to practice field, one minute left.  Just enough time for three gassers up and down field (~60 yards).

Done

Story time!!!!

Good group out there with the finest bunch of s— talkers this side of the nut house.

Foxworth is usually known for a fine heaping of 7’s or 11’s, but I knew there was something on the other side of the intersection we frequent.  The half pipe was pretty cool in thought, but the cloud of humidity at the bottom had the lungs working overtime.  The exercises on each end either A) helped you form and shape core muscles and shoulders, or B) provided time for recovery, squat planking, etc. #nothingtoseehere

Butter said we got in 2.8, which seems a little light, but those hills are a mother.  As stated earlier Team Thoroughbred were certainly the “Hicks from French Licks” (look it up)  on the half.  T-claps to Gummy for the run in this morning, I couldn’t and don’t want to imagine.

Grapevine smoked it on the gassers.  He admitted his 40 time is incredible…the long distance game, not so much.  Join the club brother.

Welcome to FNG Mary Jo.  Stalled out on the name until we learned that he sells fabric that goes into bulletproof vests.  Kevlar is already a site name, and Bulletproof sounded cool, until Spack or Hops (Cobains) came up with Mary Jo; which is the fabric store you see off I-85 in the Gas-house.  Watch out for Mary Jo at an AO near you, and I mean watch out.  Dude gassed me and Good Hands out during bench work.  #rotteneggs

Always a pleasure to lead this fine group of men at Hydra.

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