“Then, Mahoney, my little pissant… you are out of the Academy forever. Get your stuff, and get out. Too bad, so sad, bye-bye.”

“Then, Mahoney, my little pissant… you are out of the Academy forever. Get your stuff, and get out. Too bad, so sad, bye-bye.”

11 eager pax reported for their #F3TheBigHouse assignment (aka downpainment) at 0530.  After a fully inadequate disclaimer from YHC, we launched into the Pineville gloom in the shadows of the long arm of the western Mecklenburg law.

The Thang & Ye Olde Moleskine:

We ran up to 51 and circled back all the way to the far end of the property near the ballfields for COP.  No idea how what our mileage was as I never track it even with the Garmin watch I have.  Cobains Dumpster Fire.

Co Site-Q Cheddar asked that I pay close attention to form, and darned if Soft Pretzel didn’t oblige by giving a mini clinic on the Hand Release Merkin, complete with demonstration of form and proper cadence.  T-claps.

Anyway, after referring to Private Benjamin as General (apparently Indian Land gives out the overly flowery nicknames — in Area 51 & SOB you have to earn promotion), we continued with COP.

Not at all sure this is what we did, but I think we did:

H-R Merkin x 15 IC

IW x 15 IC

Slow squat x 15 IC

Freddie Mercury x 15 IC

CDD x 15 IC

Jog over to the pitch for some Jacob’s Ladder – Burpees & Jump Squats.

Jog back over to area between the ball fields for the following:

Jump Up x 10, Derkin x 10

Quick tutorial on proper Jump Up form (Champagne would have cried tears of joy)

Jump Up x 15, Derkin x 15

Jump Up x 10, Derkin x 10

Mosey to back wall of dugout for some People’s Chair

Overhead press x 20 IC while in the chair

BTWs – walk ’em up and back x 3

More People’s Chair a la Frankenstein

BTWs – walk ’em up & back x 2

Jog back to COP lot and partner up.

P1 runs loop, P2 H-R Merkins. Flapjack.

We also did wide-arms, LBC’s, American Hammers and one other I can’t remember.  Tagalong and Pretzel were kind enough to let the Q join their group and SP was even kinder to wait on me on all but the last loop….he dusted me at the end of that….lest I think too highly of myself.  Both of them were getting after it this morning, out front on the Jacob’s Ladder as well.

After the loops, we lined up for an Indian Run (you ok with me calling it that Cheddar?) back to the launch lot.

We continued on past the lot to the lawn in front of the Big House for some Mary.  Again, not exactly sure what we did, but something akin to:

Slow Flutter x 13 IC

Makhthar N’Dijaye x 13 IC

6-count burpee x 13 IC

Protractor with all the pax calling out random degrees, except for our LIFO WD Snowflake who called out 13 degrees…..and all was right with the world.

Done.

COT with a great takeout by our aforementioned WD.

Great work by all the pax.  Can definitely tell Tool Bag is getting stronger…that’s what happens when you keep posting in the gloom brother!  T-claps.

And No-Show with his 2nd showing in 4 days (was also at Centurion Friday). Strong!  Did you post Saturday, too?!!

Outback and Pulp Fiction were grinding as they always do.  Almost as if you guys could be brothers – I mean the land of the Kiwi’s and the Electric City….what????

Hope I did the boys in blue proud….or something like that.  And by the way, nice to see Dumpster Fire and Cheddar at The Big House – my 3rd or 4th post and the first time I’ve seen either of them there.