That time when 8 became 9

That time when 8 became 9

It was billed as a V-Q.  But don’t believe the hype.  The only V in this Q on a chilly Saturday morning was variety.  8 Pax started and 9 Pax completed a convergence of rock-style running with some High-T throwbacks.

At 7:00 am on Saturday under the strobe light that is our meeting point the shovel flag was planted, and disclaimer given.

The Thang:

Mosey to the turfy-knoll for a warmup

SSH x 20, IW x 20, Mt Climbers x 20, Low slow squat x 10 each exercise had an active recovery of 10 merkins.  Flipper’s selective hearing kicked in and he did 10 burpees in honor of McGee.

Mosey to the middle of the parking lot and Pax lined up abreast on each line of the parking lot for a static ladder / isometric indian run.  Here’s the breakdown:

• Q calls a position and pax hold is for a 10 count then first Pax on the line hops up and sprints to the end of the line.  Rinse and repeat with each Pax until everyone gets a turn.  Do this 6 times.  Positions include: regular plank, squat and hold, plank right arm high, squat and hold, plank left arm high, squat and hold, then back to regular plank.

Mosey over to the nicest car in the parking lot and grab some party favors.  35 pound weights all around.  Partner up and it’s time for catch me if you can and pass the plate (or kettlebell) across four locations.

First: WWII situps with pax feet touching and pass the plate between each partner.

Second:  People’s chair at the hot box with pass the plate up and down the row.  A few breaks for some air presses in between.

Third: circle-up at the church entrance and pass the plates around 4 or 5 times each direction.

Fourth: meet at the slab for some carolina dry docks, merkins and squats

Catch me if you can to the baseball field.  Maintain partners.  Partner one runs around the field while partner two does exercises with weights.  Exercises included: overhead press, tricep extension, curl, and squat.

Mosey back to the Q’s smoking ride to put away our part favors and then mosey back to the shovel flag for some mary.

Done!

The moleskin:

8 Pax started and were joined by Dear Abby as we ran around the church.  Apparently CSAUP was hard to find.  He should have followed the sounds of people yelling at grown men to get off their property but we were happy to have him.

Very little mumble-chatter but a lot of variety so no one stayed bored for long.  Our mileage read something like a credit score at the end of the run 2.2, 2.4, and 2.6 miles were the readouts from Boerewors, Flipper, and High Tide. By unanimous vote we went with 2.6.  Not a typical rock workout for mileage, but Christmas was last month so you get what you get.  Someone was afraid they wouldn’t break a sweat.  YHC cured them of that fear early on.

Announcements:

Savage race (it’s savage) on May 13th.  F3 is setting up 4 man teams.  There is a pre-blast and Flipper in the F3 coordinator.  Also something about a discount code if you act now.  “Very ninja warrior style”

Thanks to Flipper for taking us out.