- When:10/13/2016
- QIC: Iron Horse
- The PAX: Icky Shuffle, Jet Fuel, Arena, Red Rocks, Champagne, Fireman Ed, Spackler, Bounce, Queen, Buttermaker, Beaver, Marge, Bugeater, Hops, Grapevine, Puddin Pop, Flutie Flakes, Good Hands, Floor Slapper, Iron Horse (QIC)
Stay on the high ground
A few Advil and it’s on to Day 2 of the AARP roadshow. Pondered repeating the Ultimate Relay Q from Anvil the day before, but still working on modifications – and healing. Was quite surprised to find a full parking lot waiting to honor me (?) upon my arrival. Puddin Pop and Good Hands are driving the numbers! Even Flutie Flakes booked a flight from Boston JUST to attend the “Week of the Aged Q” – heartwarming. The numbers did divert me from the intended weinke, so we’ll have to save that one for later. Great morning.
The Thang:
The 20 gathered Pax take the slow mosey around the front of the school and circle up in the parking lot for COP:
- IW x 20 IC
- Mt Climber x 20 IC
- Groiner x 20 IC
- LBC x 15 IC
- [at this point there is an unsavory and extended sound from the pax. down-wind doesn’t worry me – i’m hoping i’m not downhill from that]
- Dolly x 15 IC
- Flutter x 15 IC
I think that’s it.
Mosey to the center of the field and count off into 4 groups for some Starfish(y). T-claps to Champagne for being aware and noticing that we did not have an adequate exercise for the head of the fish – good catch.
Rotate through the following stations with 5 burpees in the center between each:
- G1: 10 supine pullups + 10 decline merkins
- G2: 5 pullups + 10 merkins
- G3: 10 burpees + 10 donkey kicks
- G4: 10 step ups + 10 dips
Nothing too grueling but we stay in motion.
After about 3 rounds we do a bit of plank-o-rama until the groups form up.
Slow mosey to the parking lot to cool down:
- Freddie Mercury x 15 IC
- Diamond Merkins x 10 IC
- Side Crunch x 10 IC – flapjack
- Staggered Merkin-Right x 10 IC
- Heels to Heaven x 10 IC
- Staggered Merkin-Left x 10 IC (that one hurt)
And……………………..we’re done.
Moleskin
Great to be back at Hydra – still one of the best AO’s in A51.
Strong group – in hindsight I think I should have turned it up a notch – I think I noticed some boredom and a little too much idle chatter. Need to up my game a bit.
Had a hard time keeping up with Spackler. Is he fast? – or – maybe because his participation in the exercises was …… random.
YHC almost wandered off into the dark but was called back by the group – – “no man left behind”. Touching.
Great to see the alumni returning – Kotters to Flutie for posting while visiting from Boston.
Announcements
- Southern Discomfort (Part Deux) on October 22. Sign up link below:
- http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0f4ca9ab22a4fa7-2016
- South Charlotte Christmas Party which includes A51, SOB, Indian Land & UC is Friday December 2nd, 1900 at Firethorne Country Club
- Joe Davis Run is January 7, 2017
It’s all in the weekly email.
Great takeout from Grapevine – watch for someone hurting or in need and reach out. Good word brother.
Iron Horse author
So, Iron Horse moves literally across the street, and the only way Hands and I can get him to Hydra is by Q. Great having you back out there dude, solid starfish this AM…Champagne approved.
As for the break in the wind during COP…that might’ve been me. I gave a warning during LBC. That exercise is like the pump being primed for maximum viscosity.
Best line of the AM was Spackler (of course)…tells me “Fast Twitch is like ______, you have to at least try it once”. You fill in the blank.
Various funny moments from the very gloomy Hydra this morning:
Apparently Spackler, Flutie, Buttermaker, and Bounce did some pre-running. Bounce came struggling into the lot behind the others and grunted out: “What the hell ever happened to fellowship pace?”
Beaver, who was the LIFO by at least a couple minutes, seemed to be wandering around all morning and asking, “Where’s group 2? Anybody seen group 2?” Sounded more like Chevy Chase stumbling through the desert in Vacation asking: “Mommy? Taxi? Waiter?”
We did a lot of burpees. I still can’t really do pull-ups.
Go Cubs! #LETSGO
Some pretty solid observations. Puddin’ has developed himself quite the reputation for his antics (and rightfully so).
I agree with IH…it seems that Spackler has gotten faster. He was really moving at DV yesterday as well. The way out on our pre-run was pretty much fellowship pace but Spackler was moving on the way back. He was on a rapid pace…I settled in at a “fellowship” pace, and Bounce was clocked at a snails pace. Flutie was caught somewhere in the middle.
Beaver was like a lost puppy dog out there today for a while. Hops wasn’t afraid to clown him for it on several occasions. However, I think the best line might have been what Floor Slapper said regarding “Beaver” (and I don’t mean Beaver from the workout). I will leave it to Spackler if he wants to elaborate.
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