The Fountains of Youth

The Fountains of Youth

16 pax met in the parking lot of Vine American Kitchen for this week’s edition of Stonehenge. It turns out Frasier was just waiting for the clown car to a Free Range run up Crowder’s Mountain. He chose poorly.

After a disclaimer (including an assist from the Madame), we were off. Cross Johnston Road to the Ballantyne Lodge and oval up in the parking lot for COP:

• SSH x 20 IC
• Parker Peters x 12 IC
• Merkins x 10 IC

The Thang:

Mosey over to the fountain in front of the Lodge and partner up by speed. This is when YHC noticed that Frasier was not among the pax. After figuring out he didn’t get dropped, we proceeded with the instructions. P1 runs around the fountain while P2 performs called exercise. When P1 returns, flapjack.

• Round 1: Step ups
• Round 2: Single leg squats
• Round 3: Derkins
• Round 4: Bench squats (squat until your 6 touches the bench, but don’t sit)
• Round 5: Dips

Mosey across Ballantyne Commons and plank it up at the corner. Run to the fountain, stopping at every streetlight for 5 merkins. At the fountain, find your partner and repeat the sets from above. Mosey to the far side of the median in the parking lot, stopping at every streetlight for 5 jump squats. Mosey across Johnston Road and head through the parking garage and down the hill into the still, stale air of the basement of the parking garage. Grab some wall for Peoples’ Chair. Arms out in front. 30 air presses IC, hold it. Recover, then go Balls to the Wall and hold it. Recover, then run up the other hill and head to Costigan Park.

Head around the park, bear crawling the first side, lunging the second side, crab walking the third side, and broad jump the fourth side. Then, grab your partner and repeat the same sets from above. Some partners decided to use one path to exit and another to enter, so the Q had to remind them to use the same sidewalk both times. #cheaters

Mosey back to the start and plank it up 6″. Sprint to the far side. Belly start for another sprint, then circle up.

Mary:

• Heels to Heaven (Frehley’s)
• Flutter (Geraldo)
• In and outs (Toothpaste)
• LBC (Hula Girl)
• Some other stuff from Cold Sack and others.

Thanks to Nard Dog for the take-out in COT.

Moleskine:

• Thanks to Wild Turkey and Nard Dog for inviting me to Q a great group of pax at Stonehenge. My M was curious why an old Delta Gamma formal picture of us showed up on Twitter. I told her it could have been far worse.
• T-claps to Frehley’s Comet for joining us this morning. Apparently he had a late night run-in with a bottle of vodka, but he still fought free from the fartsack to join us and throw down a strong effort.
• Also strong work by Hula Girl who was an FNG on Tuesday and made his second post for an hour-long boot camp. He was pushing it the whole time.
• YHC was checking out Google Maps, looking for a way to keep miles down and mix in more exercises. I saw the fountain near Bad Daddy’s and had the idea of hitting multiple fountains. I found Costigan Park online, but didn’t spot the Ballantyne Lodge fountain until doing my pre-workout drive-thru. Hopefully the pax got their money’s worth, because YHC was definitely smoked.
• Please add any other color commentary that I missed in the comments below.

Announcements:

• Red, Light, and Blue on 8/19 – GORUCK Light raising money for Charlotte Bridge Home. Ends with BBQ and beers. There’s also an associated Firearms Day. Contact Geraldo for details.
• BRR 9/8-9/9 – Some teams need runners. Contact Cheddar for details.
• Ragnar Relay 10/6-10/7 – At least two teams have been formed. Captains are Flipper and Wild Turkey. Contact Kid Rock if interested.
• F3 Golf will be held 10/27 – Watch the newsletter for details.