- When:01/24/17
- QIC: Fault Line
- The PAX: Margo, Ironsides, Utah, Van Pelt (R), Thin Mint, Duct Work, Purple Haze, Gummy, Hannibal, Mermaid, Turkey Leg, Alf, Pop Tart, Prohibition, Fault Line (QIC)
100 Burpees and Extra Miles
Beautiful cool weather rolling into the parking lot this morning. Everyone seemed to arrive at the same time. After a little banter, I woke up Van Pelt from his customary drivers seat nap and 15 PAX rolled out after a quick disclaimer.
The Thang:
We shot out on Strawberry to 51 and into Raintree. Circled up on the pad at Willow Point for COP for a brief overview of the plan. In honor of McGee who suffered the loss of his mother, we would fulfill his commitment of 100 Burpees this am. So we started off with 10 burpees. From there we did suicides on Willow Point with three points of 10 burpees each. Some planking to wait for the six then moved down Raintree.
After that quick mozy we hit up dreaded Windbluff out and back to Providence x 2 with 10 burpees at each end. Plank and come back for the six. Then mozy down Rounding Run to Woodfox. 10 more burpees. Then back to the school to finish the remaining burpees to total 100. Done!!
Moleskin:
Going into day two of back to back Q’s for the first time, YHC wanted to make sure I didn’t get lazy. I had a loose plan with mild exercises and various lengths and hills in Raintree. Fortunately, Prohibiion reached out with the 100 burpees idea out of respect for McGee. Thanks Pro, solid idea, the execution was brutal. We covered 6+ plus miles on top of the 100 burpees…rough combo.
Thank you to the site Q’s for the opportunity to lead this elite group of men. Thank you Duct Work for the moving takeout.
Annoucements: Savage obstacle race coming up in May. See Poptart or check online for details. CSAUP this Saturday at McAlpine at 7am.
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Bruh. Not my best work this morning. I’ve been part of the PAX before that notices when a guy comes into the parking lot hot. We gently meander the parking lot or work in a few SSHs to give the guy a chance. That was not the welcome I received this morning. So after chasing the crew down 51 (thankfully, Haze is still early in his comeback), I was already tired when Fault Line unleashed the burpee salute. Awesome. Let the record show that I did all 100 burpees though (even doing 11 in a set late in the workout to make up for that time early in the workout when I only did 9 so Pro wouldn’t pass me yet). I had to cut the last run out to Providence a little short to make sure I got the burpees in without getting left in Raintree, but I got the burpees done.
Alf’s streak of being the fastest guy at Fast Twitch ended at 1 week. Thin Mint crushed it this morning.
Did we even really start at 6:15? I figured we had already given you an extra 2 minutes to get there Gummy. And thanks for the pick me up on my fastest at fast twitch ending. Warms my heart. I am pretty sure that Thin Mint was far enough ahead of me that Strava won’t even link us to the same run.
Good work Fault Line on combining two sucky things (burpees and hill repeats) into one. Sort of like the combination in a Reese’s Cup. Except pretty much the complete opposite.
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