Birthday Brave – BackBlast

Birthday Brave – BackBlast

One week later I’m still hearing side chatter about the burpee suicide up and back…who new a bunch of runners hated burpees so much. Maybe it was because I fell short of the Brave 4.0 mileage requirement.

Well it all really started when I called two minutes and everyone started chirping that I had more like two seconds.  Part of my disclaimer was that I grabbed my wife’s watch (fit bit).  Well you would have thought the 15 guys that showed up thought I was wearing her heels. It was a standing joke for the next hour and 3.3457 miles (Or something shy of 4.0 because god forbid I use the reading from my wife’s fit bit.)

The Thang:

Mosey around behind Stone Mountain to building across the street

• 20 Side Straddle hops – cadence
• 5 burpees – on your own (I know i know)
• 10 Low Squats (hold for 3 count) – cadence
• 5 burpees – on your own (really dude?)
• 20 Imperial Walkers – cadence

Mosey around back of Building and pond – to the first patio

• 15 wall jumps
• Run clockwise to next patio
• 10 Derkins
• Run clockwise to benches/tables
• 25 elbow dips

Plank wait for 6 (at tables) – Not much waiting around for this crew.

Mosey over bridge turn left to grass Hill

• Line up at hill for triple nickel
• 5 Merkins at bottom
• Run up hill
• 5 Jump squats at top
• X 5

Plank for 6 – Or do a 6th

Mosey to bridge left into parking lot

• Partner up on the way
• Stop near sidewalk just past office building on right
• Wheelbarrow hallway to Ball Corp Pl (~9 parking spots)
• Flap-jack for 2^nd half (~9 parking spots)

Plank – Wait for 6

All You’ve Got – Up the hill to the bridge (brief disclaimer to get full out, “we will do this only once”)

People’s Chair at guard rail – Wait for 6 – someone lead air presses

Cross street and mosey down past TIAA to parking lot

Burpee Suicides up the middle at each tree

• By two in progression
• Minus two as you come back

Mosey around to dock at pond – partner up

• Partners go opposite direction to meet in parking lot
• 5 hand slap merkins
• Flap jack back to dock
• 5 hand slap merkins
• Flap jack back to parking lot
• 5 hand slap merkins

Mosey back across street

• Partner up on the way (same partner)
• Stop at parking lot
• At street wheelbarrow hallway to sidewalk on left (~9 parking spots)
• Flap-jack for 2^nd half (~9 parking spots)

Time about expired – RUN! to Start

Moleskin:

You guys know the Brave regulars. Fast guys. Hard charging. High expectations. Well, no one added good spirited, cool guys that actually put up with my cluster f@*%  last Friday. Nearly starting late but tried to stay un-flustered. I had this all worked out and planned ahead to hit the 4.0 mark. My undoing was the burpees as you’ve all heard by now. It killed too much time and too much spirit…LOL. Several guys actually crushed the 112 burpee suicide ladder…and had the balls to run circles around the rest of us so they could get their miles in.  They knew way before me we wouldn’t hit 4.0 (remember the watch fiasco). I squeezed in one more exercise before time expired, well nearly. I think we had 45 seconds to get back to start. Several peeled off and headed to work (or so they said, probably getting in more miles, 0.5 at least.) Listening to my recording, I was a bit out of breath, sounded pretty funny…you guys rock!

Thanks for having me guys – enjoyed the Q.  Good luck with the BRR next week.

Squid thanks for the take out.