Back to an Old Bag of Tricks

  • When:05/08/17
  • QIC: Hops
  • The PAX: Tebow, Dolphin, Smash, Balk, Purple Haze, Goonie, Drano, Swing State, Compound, Benny (WB), Insomniac, Tawny, Tebow, Nomad (R, WD), Adobe, Floorslapper, Simba, Marvel, Parmesan, Costanza, Thunder Road, Torpedo, Jello-O, Hops, Tebow


Back to an Old Bag of Tricks

23 pax mustered in the south Charlotte gloom for another Monday morning edition of BaseCamp. After a stumbling disclaimer by YHC, we launched into what is normally the most poorly lit AO in all of Area 51.  Thankfully the sun comes up earlier this time of year….though a few of the pax are better seen in the dark.  Didn’t see a shovel flag…Goonie?  Drano?  Perhaps I missed it..as I did Tebow…more on that later.

Anyway, below is something similar to what the downpainment entailed with some random commentary –

The Thang & Ye Olde Moleskine:

Jog down to the track and run one lap then circle up at midfield’s for COP.

COP:

IW x 15 IC

Slow Squat x 15 IC

H-R Merkin x 15 IC

Flutter x 15 IC

Carolina Dry Dock x 10 IC

Partner up for the following:

P1 AYG run width of football field while P2 does LBC’s. Flapjack. Rinse & Repeat.

P1 AYG run. P2 Jump Squats. Flapjack. Rinse & Repeat.

P1 AYG run. P2 Wide-Arm Merkins. Flapjack. Rinse & Repeat.

I think we did some Chilcutt with alternating leg lifts x 10 IC at this point.

YHC then grabbed the bag of numbered tennis balls for the next segment.  Not sure who gave me that idea years ago, but Haze provided the tennis balls…glad he was there to enjoy it this morning.

Split the pax into 3 groups.

Then had one of the pax pull a numbered ball out of the bag (numbered 5’ish to 100).  Can’t remember exactly what numbers were drawn – 8, 11, 12, 13, 22, 24, 30..I think?  Anyway, each group ran from midfield to a separate corner of the field and did the following with the same number of reps in the corner and back at midfield:

Burpees, American Hammer, Diamond Merkins, Freddie Mercury, Merkins (Haze called that as my ad-libbing brain froze…thanks for the added creativity?), One-legged squats.

Goonie, Swing State (our guest from NoCo/Isotope/Lake Norman = Lake Nopotope = Identity Crisis for our northern brethren) & Adobe were out front on this bit.  Goonie also had the nerve to call me out on my merkin form…I’m getting a second opinion from Champagne.

We finished with 9 minutes and 47 seconds of Mary consisting of something akin to:

Dolly x 13 IC

Makthar N’Djaiye x 10 IC…of course

6-count burpee x 10 IC

High Slow Flutter x 13 IC

Cumberland County Viaduct x10R IC & x10L IC..of course!  Nobody likes love handles…

Jog back to launch lot.

SSH x 13 IC.  I don’t know why I called these…I’m ashamed of myself.  I can’t explain it.  Simba was not happy at all.

Done

COT with Swing State taking us out.

Announcements:

# Goonie mentioned Savage Race, though it’s far to late to sign-up.  Thanks for nothing Goonie.

# F3 Dads at Charlotte Knights (2.0’s get to sing the National Anthem on the field!) – Friday, May 26th

# Convergence at RockZero on Saturday before Memorial Day – don’t miss!  Really cool with citations read of those decorated men who, indeed, gave their last full measure of devotion to our country and the preservation of our freedoms.

# Convergence Memorial Day at BaseCamp

Some other observations:

Simba talks a lot but also gets after it pretty good out there, and he picked up the tennis balls.  #servant

Insomniac wore a nasty looking NC State hat this morning….backards at times (that’s Wolfpack for backwards)

Smash was mumblechattering the whole workout…ok, not really.  Not at all.  Just seeing who’s paying attention.  Thunder Road was also talking junk the whole time….

Floorslapper was on time as was Adobe. #uncharacteristic

Compound, a recent addition to the pax via Metro, visited his old middle school stomping grounds this morning.  Good to have you brother.  He was mumbling something about his glory days on that gridiron….not really….though maybe?  Maybe not.

Invited Swing State to join us this morning and figured it was him when I saw a vehicle pull into the wrong lot at 5:20’ish…as YHC did (allegedly more than once) a few years ago.  Good to have you down from Lake Nocotope.

Apparently my Q’s are fairly predictable….I accept that.  Goonie did call me out for omitting Burpee Broad Jumps & something else I can’t remember.  I’ll do better next time boss.

And now for the apology portion of this backblast.  YHC inexplicably and inexcusably skipped Tebow at the end of Name-o-rama.  How could that happen?  His beard is twice as long as Haze’s and much redder. #ginger   No words.  Cobains Tebow.  I made sure the list listed you in the pax list.

Grateful to Goonie & Drano for tapping me to Q.  It really is a privilege to lead you men through the workout.  The 1st F doesn’t get easier, you just get stronger (if you push yourself).  The 2nd F is why we want to keep posting and connecting with the pax (also takes effort/intentionality).  And the 3rd F is ultimately the “why” we do anything we do.  Drink deeply from all 3 wells men.

 

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