Dirigibles fly high over the Peak

  • When:10/19/2017
  • QIC: Lois
  • The PAX: Nomad (Respect), Winger (WB), Shake 'n Bake, Lumberjack (Respect), Benny, Retread, Jello, Angler (Trifecta: WD, Ruck, Respect), Dora (Ruck), The Mouth, Geraldo (Ruck), Sensei, Slim Fast (Respect)


Dirigibles fly high over the Peak

14 PAX made a wise decision to get up and airlift over to Peak 51 on a rather chilly morning in downtown Matthews.

A fine disclaimer was given, with the main takeaway being “don’t sue me,” and off we go.

Mosey to church lot, with existential mumblechatter amongst the PAX about the disclaimer — I mean, you could sue, but, you wouldn’t likely be successful.

Anyway, mosey through the church lot and circle up …

COP

  • SSH 25 IC
  • IW 20 IC
  • Windmill 15 IC
  • LSS 10 IC

Thang

Line ‘em up at the bottom of the hill for what has become a Peak 51 staple — SUICIDES.

Using our familiar light poles as guides, we did a normal suicide.

After that, lunge walk to the top of the hill/back of the church.

Then, another suicide going back. See, we’re facing the other direction, with totally reversed uphill/downhill dynamics. #Variety

So, now with everyone warmed up, let’s mosey to the bus lot for the main event.

Time to take a ride on the Hindenburg, which, you’ll remember wound up as a flaming pile of rubble in New Jersey. With any luck, we’ll at least avoid the New Jersey part.

Now, while the Hindenburg was a Zeppelin airship (or dirigible, if you will), we are using the BLIMPS workout, with the four corners of the bus lot — the corner closest to the school, the Geraldo tree, the basketball hoop opposite the Geraldo tree, then the “big ol’ tree,” as per Horsehead last week.

So, do each called exercise and number of reps at each corner. Plank up when finishing each round.

So, following the BLIMPS model …

  • Round 1: B — 5 Burpees
  • Round 2: L – 10 Lunges (civilian count)
  • Round 3: I – 15 Imperial Walkers (civilian count)
  • Round 4: M – 20 Merkins
  • Round 5: P – 25 Plank-jacks
  • Round 6: S – 30 Squats

After the last round, Mary where you are.

  • Some number of LBCs.
  • Some number of flutters.
  • An odd number of Rosalita, because the Q lost count en Español (The Q speaks Français and American)
  • Protractor — Q randomly called on a PAX. No one gave the magic number.

Mosey back to launch. YHC’s Garmin clocked in at 1.87 miles (YMMV). Great job all around.

  • Count-o-rama
  • Name-o-rama
  • COT, with a good takeout by, um, the Q forgot. Lumberjack? #QFail

—30—

Announcements

  • F3 Golf
  • Let Them Soar 5K over at Christ Covenant Church (home of Skunk Works and Kevlar) on Nov. 4. It will be a Speed for Need event. Check out Tackling Dummy’s pre-blast for more.
  • Joe Davis Run registration is now open — Slim Fast has likely signed you up, but, know that it’s there.

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There’s a lot here to unpack.

First, I did my best Indiana Jones by unearthing an artifact that some thought was just a myth, or had long since vanished, much like the Ark or the Holy Grail: the Peak 51 shovel flag!

Actually, I had a suspicion that Slim Fast had it, so, I asked. Sure enough, he did, and he was nice enough to bring it (apparently it will win him some favor with his M, as it is no longer in his garage). I will do my best to bring it out on the regular.

Sensei upon this discovery: “I’ve been a site Q here for a year and a half, and I didn’t know we even had a shovel flag.”

Second, speaking of Slim Fast, you knew this workout was going to be good because he took off his pants after pre-running with Sensei.

Next, for some reason, I was staring at my watch while disclaiming. There is a theory that I had a Weinke stashed on there. Might have to look into that for next time.

Mumblechatter was strong during COP and the suicides.Sensei was concerned about running over time, since we did 25 SSHs, instead of the usual 20 or so. The Mouth was in rare form, although he didn’t swing on an absolute softball of a #TWSS offered by Slim Fast.

When the main event was going on, there was much consternation over the mixing of airship metaphors — using BLIMPS but calling the whole thing the Hindenburg, which, as clarified above, was not a blimp. Feel free to consult the F3 Exicon for confirmation of both BLIMPS and Hindenburg.

Speaking of the main event, Shake ’n Bake was leading the way. The man has become an absolute beast, evidenced by pictures of himself on the F3UC Facebook group. If you aren’t in that realm, just wait until the next iCloud photo hack, and you’ll find them. Must be those endless bear crawls he’s fond of when he Qs.

Nomad was also out front as well. He seemed to get stronger the longer the workout went on.

Mouth also called out the Q on poor form on the merkins. #Accurate #CarolinaDryDocks

He was also having fun at the Q’s expense trying to decipher the next exercise in the acronym. Actually, everyone seemed to have fun with that. However, some of that mumblechatter needs to stay in the cone of sanctity.

Slim Fast performed a necessary Q-jack heading into the last round. I was feeling benevolent after the round of plank jacks — also my hamstring was threatening a revolt. I was originally going to modify to 30 squats, then take a lap, but, no, Slim Fast was Jiminy Cricket to my Pinocchio, acting as my conscience. If your legs are burning after 120 squats — look at him.

Also, shout outs to the ruck crew of Dora, Geraldo and Angler. Mad respect to Angler, who at 74 was doing something I’ve not dared to try in the form of rucking. I hope I just make it to 74, but, if I do, I hope I’m still getting after it.

Anyway, it was a privilege to lead this morning. Thanks to myself, who, as co-site Q has had a minor issue filling Q slots, so, it was part necessity, but I was itching to lead a workout, so, it all works out.

You guys are an amazing group of PAX — know that Sensei and I appreciate all of y’all for making this such a great site week after week.

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Slim Fast
6 years ago

Excellent Q! Yes, Shake and Bake mocked all of us… I’m not sure he broke a sweat… but he indulges us anyway!

Thanks for the lead! M does appreciate not having the shovel flag in the garage. It’s not that she’s unpatriotic, but now we don’t have to do the Pledge of Allegiance everytime we go to the car.

Later! SF

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