Running, Pushups and Pull Ups – The Arsenal

Running, Pushups and Pull Ups – The Arsenal

With temps in the low 20s, 6 gathered to drive that 1st F another step forward.  YHC is glad we got a good one in before the tournament started because March Madness is a serious inhibitor of both my fitness and ability to write backblasts on time.  #terrible excuses

The Thang: Warm-up = a run to the football field, catch-me-if-you can style with 3 burpees a piece.  SSH waiting for all to arrive. Then complete the basic form-running drills made famous by #Bratwurst: heels walk, toes walk, 50 high knees, 50 butt kicks, stride the remainder of the 100 yards after each.

Main Event.  Line up for sprints going width ways across the field.  Each sprint is down and back AYG.  10 merkins IC before each sprint where the “halt” on the merkins = the “go” of the sprint.  3 sets.  Then switch to face the length of the field.  Same format for the ~200 yard run.  Try to fun it at your ~1 mile race pace.  Finish with an AYG 100 yard sprint then keep going AYG to the top of the big hill.

Mosey to the playground.  At this point we’re thinking completion of the daily fitness challenge – 30 pull ups and 200 merkins.  YHC had been a little math challenged on the merkins thus far and time was running down.  3 sets of 5,10, and 15 pull-ups with a lap in between each as well as a set of merkins.  Mosey the long way around the school back toward launch with stops for merkins and Mary to get to 200.

All in: 2.6 miles (about 50% of it at all out effort), 30 pull-ups, 200 merkins, and other stuff.  45 minutes goes fast but it was a respectable effort.

Announcements: P200 next weekend – good luck to all competing and prayers for good health.