Savage Garden

Savage Garden

14 savages steamrolled into the Vine this morning bumping Savage Garden’s greatest hits from their stereo speakers. A mixed bag of old and new SOB/A51 guys got after it out of the gate. An almost-legal disclaimer was given – including “don’t bust your face open like a guy did at my last Q.” Like a Katy Perry firework, we were off.

Thang-a-lang:

Mosey towards the gas station for COP adjacent to the pond (that surely has a name I’m not acquainted). Imperial Walkers, Low Slow Squats, Carolina Dry Deezy’s, Merkins – all IC, somewhere between 15-25 or so.

We took a clockwise lap around the pond – stopping at each of the 2 buildings for some exercises. Bldg 1- derkins & dips x20ea, Bldg 2- step ups & dips x15ea. Regroup at the mouth of the fitness trail. High-tail up the trail to Ballantyne Corp Pl for a triple nickel up the hill (that definitely has a name) towards the bridge. Jump squats down low, burpees up top. We moseyed back towards the bullring, taking the side entrance. The lead dogs touched the roundabout and pinballed back for the six. We did some variations of Mary before looping back to the center of the bullring.

Partner up with someone of like speed. P1 runs the innermost circle of the bullring CCW, while P2 runs the opposite direction. 10 hand-slap merkins where you meet, then pinball back to where you started. Flapjack directions and repeat.

A couple scraggly indian run lines got us back up Brixham to Ballantyne Medical Pl. We took a right and most gave AYG effort up to BCP. Across BCP and regroup at the fountain behind the parking deck. 25 dips IC on the fountain.

Head to the deck for 3 laps up the ramps and down the stairs with 10 HR merkins up top.

Mosey back to the launch for 25 mountain climbers before calling it a wrap.

Total ground covered: 4.4 miles. Exercises done: probably a touch more than some expected.

The skinny-B moleskinny:

Mixed with a few newer guys, there were a lotta regulars out there and guys who’ve been around a while. Great seeing Rump Roast and Morning After out there. Used to kick it on Thursdays at Rebel Yell with those guys a couple years back. Bucky, TR, and Margo lead the charge most of the day. Runstopper had one of the most coordinated Foot Locker workout outfits on record at F3. I had the premium Lulu shirt going, but it didn’t hold a scented candle to the look RS had going. Some other old-heads Rock Thrill and Market Timer, back in action, were grinding out there today. Pulp Fiction, Billy Goat, and Culdesac were smooth as silk out there. It was a muggy morning after the boomers and rain we had last night. About err’y one out there was soggy by the end. Coal Ash (a FNG from Tuesday this week) put in work the whole time. Dude jumped in with both feet to a pretty run-heavy (SHOCKER) workout and hung tough. Frasier kept us all in check today and let RT off the hook on the Strava segments.

It was a fun one guys. Enjoyed meeting some new folks and taking the ride around Ballantyne. Wheels stayed down today and no one ended up with stitches, so we had that going for us. Best of luck to our brothers doing the Savage Race today. Stay healthy and give it hell.

Enjoyed it fellas. Remember your baby mamas tomorrow.

Peace & luv,

HB

Announcements:

Gents- JRR Tolkien announced a pretty moving, and incredible opportunity for community engagement this week. F3 Speed for Need is launching imminently and is an amazing opportunity for us to all give back to kids that can’t run around neighborhoods, up hills, around office parks, like we can. Find 5 minutes of your day and check out the preblast, including a short youtube video to see what it’s all about. http://f3nation.com/2017/05/12/speedforneed/

The ways to get involved are many. Get involved early and often. This is one’s something special.