Is that an icicle in your pocket?

Is that an icicle in your pocket?

13 men, 1 tree and eventually O’Tannenbaum met at the Matrix so that they could go in to work today and smile as their co-workers complained that their windshield was iced over when they woke up at 7:15. There’s nothing like an adventure in the gloom with dudes who post at 5:30am in 14 degree temps…it’s a special breed of dude. The Leland Cypress that fell is also a very special breed of tree.

I put on my Cleveland native face when I got out of my truck pretending like it wasn’t cold, but dang it was. I wanted to keep the PAX moving the entire time and that we did.

What had happened…

We took off down to Fort Knox (street named Knox so it works), avoided some ice, a fallen tree branch and came to a cozy cul de sac to warmup quietly…

Warmup: SSH, Imperials, Squat, Merkins

7’s up the hill and back down – Burpees at the top, Merkins at the bottom to get everyone warm.

20 merkins in cadence and then head back to the school. Stop. 10 more burpees at the stop sign. Go. Stop. 10 more merkins at the top of the street. Run back to school…this is where OT had been waiting, wondering, hoping….he joined us.

Back at the school…

Playground

Pull ups on my count – slow count pull ups to 5 – run to rock and do 5 burpees and back to playground

Pull ups, slow count to 5 – run to rock and do 5 burpees

Back to pull ups – 5 more on my count, 20 derkins, 20 dips

Super Indian Run – Instead of the back guy coming up to the front, we ran around the small circle and had the guy in front had to sprint to catch up with the rest. I was going to try this on the track but it was icy and yea, it wouldn’t have worked. We ended up having 2 guys run together which was actually better since it made it a race format.

Line up in lot next to playground –

20 merkins, 10 jack knives, sprint to cones and jog back

20 jack knives, 10 merkins, sprint to cones and jog back

Went to the wall –

10 thigh slappers, bear crawl to the curb, 10 merkins

12 thigh slappers, bear crawl to the curb, 10 merkins

20 thigh slappers, wall sit with 25 cadence air presses

All you got(ish) back to parking lot for some “crab toe touches” and that was it….

Moleskin

We all tried to talk but no one could pronouce their M’s, R’s or W’s this morning so we were all kind of confused by the chatter. Good Tower of Babel analogy in there for all you pastors who need a hook….you’re welcome.

On the run back from the neighborhood a few good F3 citizens decided to move the tree. Not sure who but good work – It was hard to tell who anyone was this morning since everyone was covered head to toe. Hell, I thought Lobsta Roll was me at the end of the workout, that’s how confused I got – could have also been the fumes from Pop Shart.

What’s worse than yellow snow? Brown. Thank goodness school is closed today otherwise some kids might’ve gotten sick.

Everyone stayed pretty close together, either due to athletic ability or out of necessity. Turkey Leg probably had the best push at the end. Chin Music always keeps his head down and his legs moving fast. Lobsta, who is known for his pull up prowess, could have gone all day on the icy monkey bars.

Thanks Smokey for taking us out. Thanks to Pop Tart and Squid for letting me lead.

Announcements:

Joe Davis run pushed to this Saturday 1/14…

Next Friday 1/20 we’ll be sending off Horse Head and Bull Dog as the Site Qs at Kevlar – they’ll be doing a joint Q so please come out to send them off well. Expect a lot of chatter, some modified workouts not featuring backs or left arms, and as usual, a top shelf Backblast. Header is going to do his best to start recruiting for Joust during the change in leadership…he senses weakness.