Rolling the dice at my VQ at the Abyss.

Rolling the dice at my VQ at the Abyss.

After a restless night of nerves and panic, I arrived at the Abyss (Palisades Elementary School) at 4:45am for my F3_VQ. It was only about 25°F. I got there early to set up my props and to be ready for the droves of pax to show up. I quickly set out 2 pair of dice, one pair in the center of the front parking lot and one pair the center of the rear lot. By now it was 4:50am. I guess I didn’t need to get here so early… 5am came, then 5:05, then 5:10… and still no one had shown. I pity the fouls… Then, a parade of vehicles raced in. I didn’t know what had gotten my nerves tweaked more, the fear of nobody showing up, or that so many did. 11 pax decided to brave the cold for me. Let’s get it on!

Now it was time to Q. I’m not a pro, yadda yadda yadda, Lets Mozy… After a short-ish warm up jog, we gathered in the center of the front parking lot of the school around 2 large dice.

I had handpicked 11 options, to coincide with the possible dice rolls. The crew seemed to have a fun time, as we each had the change to ‘roll the dice’. With the odds for or against, this workout could have been a breeze, or maybe even as painful as a Witch Hunt or a Wild Thing workout.

Of all the exercise options, 2 were set to ‘run to next station’. (I inserted this option twice because I was afraid that maybe we’d never roll it and be stuck at the first station for the entire workout.) Such was not the case, I think we ended up running at least 5 times.

After 35 minutes of that, we wondered over for some wall sits. Then I got to unveil my modification to ‘balls to the wall’. I call it, ‘peters on the wall’. 10count peter parkers, on a hand-stand. I think it went over well. Maybe even ‘Exicon’ well. After that, a wondering ‘Indian Run’ lead us back to COT with 2 minutes to spare. Thank you DaVinci for offering to call out an ab lab to bring us to a close.

COT

Post ‘Name-o-Rama’, these great men asked for prayers for struggling family members, relatives who have passed away, and safe travels for all over the holidays. Aye!

At the beginning and end of today’s workout, I recited the ‘Serenity Prayer’. It’s short and to the point, no matter how religious you aren’t.

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference.

I hope that my pax can remember this prayer as they push thru life. If you can see that something in our life needs to change, and you have the ability to change it. Please, gather your strength and courage and change it. If you find that you can’t, the let it bother you no more, for it will only drag you down.

Thank you all for giving me the opportunity to change your morning, and to change my self confidence a bit. God Bless.

Special Thanks To:
Kenyon, Vini, Nasa, Cable Guy, Royale, WitchHunt, Senator Tressel, DaVinci, WildThing, Whopper, and CornerStone for all the support and encouragement that you have given me.

The List

2. Mericans – 14count
3. Squats – 14count
4. Hello Dolly – 14count
5. Run to next station
6. Bear crawl (1 full circle)
7. Side straddle hop – 14count
8. Peter Parker – 14count
9. Run to next station
10. Freddy Mercury – 14count
11. Burpies – 14count
12. Crab crawl (1/2 circle)

VQ Done. 
That is all.