Tour de Anvil

Tour de Anvil

Under the moonlit skies
And the light that flickers,
17 PAX stepped out,
To get a good tail kicker.

If they’d known about burpees,
They would have done the dart back.
Hopped into their cars,
And headed for the fartsack.

But they persevered and stayed,
As we saluted the virtual flag.
We got a good beatdown,
And even welcomed Speed Bag.

Well, there you have it. The extent of my creativity. As noted, 17 PAX showed up to put the old banker in his spot by dusting him on the workout. Well done.

Warm-O-Rama:

* 5 burpees
* 10 Imperial Walkers
* 5 Burpees
* 10 Sun Gods
* 10 Reverse Sun Gods (God Suns)
* 5 Burpees
* 10 side to side climbers (alpines)
* 5 burpees

The Route:

With 1 FNG and 1 Site FNG, a tour of the Anvil AO would be in order. Why, that is great because that is exactly what YHC had hastily planned in between travel and BBQ competitions. Here we go (moseying b/w stations)

* 1st entrance (not sure it is technically “Entrance 1”)–15 donkey kick merkins
* Rocks–10 curl/press/skull crushers + 5 Rockies (crowd pleaser)
* Sweat Shack–10 jump ups/step ups + 15 Derkins
* 2nd Entrance–15 molitov merkins
* Speed Hump–10 monkey humpers (how appropriate)
* 3rd Entrance–15 hip-slap merkins
* Picnic tables–10 dips + 15 Irkins
* Bottom of North Face-10 jump squats
* Top of North Face–5 one-arm burps (no merkin)
* 4th entrance-15 plank jack merkins

When done with round #1, go at your own pace for round 2+. All completed 2 rounds; the fastholes got in some extra credit.

Finish with some Mary: flutter, dolley, something else (YHC had still not arrived), Freddy Mercury, box cutters, Rosalita. Finish with 5 burpees.

Moleskine:

Anvil is a great AO, with lots of options and things to do. We explored most of it today, leaving out the playground and baseball field. YHC hates sand. It is a much longer circuit that YHC thought. Perhaps we get in 3 rounds? Not so. 2+ was the most.

Rachel, Mermaid, Lorax, and Brilleaux set a wicked pace. Ickey, O’ Tannenbaum, Champagne, and Iron Horse kept them honest. Carmen Sandiego, Shrink Wrap, Slum Dog, Thunder Road, The Wall, Tri Delta, Tag-a-long (he may have been in the front. No idea.), and Speed Bag all pulled through with 2 complete rounds.

Welcome Todd. From NY, via Connecticut, 3 kids under 5 (special award for that), and former boxer. Speed Bag. You boys out to invite him to Fight Club. But be warned–he looks like he could knock the 4th F out of you. Great to have you join the PAX—come on back!

The MC started early. DK Merkins–“is this real?” YHC: “Yes, my wife taught them to me.” Probably the wrong reply. They do get the heart rate up. Then, on the hip-slap merkins, ‘Pagne calls out YHC for form. Evidently, you are supposed to bend your arms on merkins. Who knew? I thought a head bob was sufficient. Lots of chatter about ants on North Face. Good planning meant no LBC’s or other ground work. Evidently, the F3 Grounds Crew has not mowed North Face, resulting in soggy shoes. Cobains.

Announcements:

There may be a convergence on Saturday. There may not be. Check twitter, slack, email, smoke signals, and carrier pigeons.
Good luck to the Spartan Racers. Mermaid, Rachel, and I am sure others competing this Saturday.
Iron Horse is taking on decathlete Dan O’Brien in a few weeks in the Charlotte Heptathlon. My $$ is on IH.

Pleased and honored to lead. YHC took us out.