Krampus Is Coming To Town

Krampus Is Coming To Town

The cold and rainy conditions were perfect for the impending arrival of Krampus, the half goat, half demon creature that in Alpine folklore accompanies Saint Nicholas and punishes naughty children.  Fourteen unfortunate souls were dragged off into the gloom on Krampus’ sled to face their punishment.

Warmup run to the mouth of Tartarus and circle up for COP consisting of 20 SSH in cadence, 20 IW in cadence, 20 Mountain Climbers in cadence.

The Horns of Krampus:

Begin at the bottom of Tartarus’ stairs, run up the stairs to the top and do 20 merkins.  Run to the middle staircase and do 19 merkins before descending.  At the bottom do 18 merkins, run to the beginning point for 17.  Continue up and down stopping along the way until finishing at the launch point with one merkin.  For round two repeat the sequence but substitute squats for merkins.  Fortunately time was running short after round two so we audibled out of round three with sit-ups to prevent Krampus from inflicting even more punishment.

Run to the picnic tables in front of the school where some of the PAX began to fret about the slippery conditions.  Fortunately no step ups were in the Weinke so the helmets and harnesses were not needed.  While reminiscing about Checkpoint’s multitude of mishaps and misadventures at Centurion we did 5 rounds of 20 reps of split squats, dips, and incline merkins.  Run back to the launch point for a perfectly on time arrival at 6:15 am.  No time for Mary, so the PAX will have to visit Purple Haze at Planet Fitness or Spackler and Buttermaker at Orange Theory to get their core work in.

Today’s Moleskin is brought to you by the good people of Mucinex, DayQuil, and Afrin  for allowing YHC to struggle through 45 minutes of a workout and having barely enough voice to explain to the PAX what we were doing.  Only 9 more hours to go before our sponsors pass the reins to bourbon to get YHC through my company’s Christmas party (which YHC does not want to go to) and the F3 Area 51 Christmas party (which YHC does want to go to).  Please keep Bout Time, his little boy, and his family in your thoughts and prayers in the coming weeks and months.  Also stay tuned to the comz channels for information on how we will take care of them since that’s what we do best.  YHC hopes to see everyone this evening at the aforementioned Christmas party at Seaboard in Matthews.  Unlike corporate parties, there will be no forced conversation while nursing a single drink, carefully minding each word spoken, and keeping an eye on the watch and waiting for the earliest opportune moment to perform the Irish Goodbye.  For those of us who are introverted and socially awkward, these occasions often make us wish that Krampus would arrive to drag us off.  At COT this morning, Udder jumped in and fired up the Voice Memos feature on his phone.  The lack of confidence in YHC’s ability to remember 13 additional names besides my own is quite distressing.  There is still a bit of precious time in the thirties that YHC is clinging to with a vice like grip before the fog of dementia soon sets in.  It is also possible that Udder is simply a stereotypical millennial and cannot fathom performing even the simplest of tasks without the aid (crutch) of a smartphone.  The latter is the more palatable option so that is what we will go with.  Next week Centurion will launch from the Cameron Wood clubhouse on Birnen Drive so Margo can walk us through the winter wonderland of lights he has created in his yard.  Those prone to epileptic seizures should probably opt for another AO that day.  Merry Christmas.