The Brave / Centurion Post-Thanksgiving Convergence

The Brave / Centurion Post-Thanksgiving Convergence

11 Centurions and Braveites converged at Ballantyne Corporate Park for a special late edition convergence the morning after Thanksgiving.  5 miles were covered amidst a smorgasbord of exercises.  To everyone’s amazement, Mario did not poop his pants.

Thang

Mosey to corner of Huffines Ln and Ballantyne Commons Pkwy (near BB&T).  Circle up for instruction.

Run West on Ballantyne Commons Pkwy, up Ben Nevis to very end (light at Lancaster Hwy).  This is exactly 1 mile.  At start, end and every side-street / entrance in between (8 stations total), stop for merkins.  Start with 2 reps and increase by 2 at every station, for 72 reps total.  Mary when done while waiting for the six.  Then run the route in reverse w/ jump squats instead of merkins.  Then original route with star crunches.  Then reverse route with burpees.  4 rounds of this = 4 miles, ~400 ft elevation gain,  288 reps

After round 2, mosey to retaining wall on Conlan Cir next to Tony’s Pizza:

• 25 fast curb jumps
• Bear crawl across Conlan Cir
• 10 pull-ups on retaining wall
• Muscle up and over retaining wall

After round 4 return to retaining wall:

• Same as before but add a 2nd set of 25 fast curb jumps after the bear crawl

Mosey back to Vine.

Moleskine

It was great to get out and Q for the first time in about 4 months due to marathon training.  YHC was happy with the turnout considering it was a holiday weekend.  The 0700 start time and convergence surely helped.  Bout Time and Mario led the pack most of the way, with Doc McStuffins and Bunker not far behind.  The last mile w/ 72 burpees was truly terrible.  Great effort by Cobbler who continues to challenge himself.  Considering the gluttony that normally happens on Thanksgiving, YHC fully expected at least 1 PAX (Mario) to have to make a beeline for the CVS bathroom, but there was no news to report on that front.  Some of us celebrated with Nutty Monkeys at Einstein’s coffeeteria, where we got to hear Hops’ incredible car story.  Spoiler alert: everyone loves Hops (and for good reason).  Cobains to Doc and Frasier who survived a similar workout courtesy of General three weeks prior.  Thank you Mario, Fire Hazard and Thin Mint for the opportunity to Q the toughest workout in South Charlotte.

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