Van Pelt Sendoff to the City of Texas Pete and Camels

Van Pelt Sendoff to the City of Texas Pete and Camels

24 men gathered for VP’s final stop on the farewell tour, including no fewer than 7 Respects, guest of honor among this esteemed sub-group.  YHC disclaimed the group thoroughly and off we went, VSF flying.

Mosey through campus to stop light at crosswalk at 51.  More traffic than usual, and safety first, we hit the button and waited for the light to change.  Cross over and circle up in front of Amelie’s.

COP

D-Diamond Merkin x 10 IC

A-Abe Vigoda’s x 10 IC

S-Side Straddle Hop x 10 IC

H-Heels to Heaven x 10 IC

High Plank.  Hold.  Low Plank.  Hold.  RLH/LLH.  Hold both.

Merkin x 10 IC

Mountain Climber x 10 IC

Mosey over to Palatine Hill.  Line up abreast at the bottom.  Chair plank to regroup.  Next set intro while plank.  Winston-Salem (W-S) has several nicknames, one of which is the Camel City, due to the prolific production of Camel cigarettes by the RJ Reynolds company.

The Camel

Start at base of Palatine.  Run up and over the Camel’s Hump to bottom of hill.  20 Merkin.  Back up and over.  20 Jump Squat.  5 Repetitions.

Mary to regroup.  W-S formed by the partnership/merger of the cities of Salem and Winston in 1913.  By 1917 W-S was the biggest city in NC and was also deemed a port of entry in the US for shipping purposes, even though it is 200 miles from the Atlantic.  The designation was due to the massive importing of Turkish tobacco and paper from another country that eludes YHC at the moment.

Mosey back over to CCHS campus and into Tartarus, the parking deck.  W-S is also known to most locals as The Dash, due to the hyphen between the Winston and Salem.  It is only one of a handful of US cities to include a hyphen.  Suppose that makes it special.

The Dash

Very simply, AYG to the top of the deck, Stairwell 1.  Mary and more info on W-S.  The number 5 is prominent in useless W-S facts, but YHC’s favorite workout number.  W-S is the 5th most populous metropolis in NC.  Just as importantly, the movie The 5th Quarter, was filmed in W-S.  At this point, some pax had clearly reached saturation with W-S facts.  Marconi was not among them.  He really enjoyed the information.  We pressed on.  Descend the stairs to tie in the number 5.

Triple Nickel

Run up Stairwell 1 to level 1.  5 Burpees.  Run over to the Stairwell 2.  Descend.  5 Jump Squat.  Run back to Stairwell 1.  Repeat for 5 reps.

Mary to regroup.

People’s Chair

Take a seat in the People’s Chair and learn that W-S is the seat of Forsyth County.

Alternating Leg Lifts x 20 IC

The Dash

AYG to the top, one more time.

Last W-S fact to take us home.  In 2012 W-S was named to the top 10 Best Places to Retire in the US list.  Time to retire to the launch lot.

COT

Moleskin

YHC wanted to do a sort of roast of Van Pelt for his last post.  Didn’t have much to go on though.  Could have made some bald jokes, but he does that himself and wears it well at the same time.  Other than that, not much to bust on him about.  Van Pelt has been a strong leader, friend, and brother to Area 51 since 2015.  He has Q’d workouts, was the BB-Q for the last pool party, has offered endless BBQ tips to YHC and others, and been a fine example of a High Impact Man in our community while on loan from The Dash.  We will miss him.  T-claps Van Pelt.  The Dash is lucky to have you back.  Good luck with the next professional chapter.

Workout notables: Thin Mint skipped the Brave to join us.  Always glad to see him.  He was out front with Rachel.  Checkpoint and Brilleaux not far back.  Drago was on time and had his fast moments.  Snuka crushed the sprints.  Scabby is always fast.  Kotters to Godsmack.  Keep posting.  Got to post with Semi 2 days straight.  Always a good thing.  7 respects all crushed it.  Tater Hole joined us from Granite Falls.  Strong work and a pleasure to meet him.  Good to see Cheddar shredding it up out there.  Kotters to No Show.  Kotters, this week, to Haze, fresh off of completely slaying the Kiawah Half-Marathon.  He doesn’t brag, so let me brag for him.  8:01 cumulative pace for 13.1.  YHC is impressed.  Well done brother.  Paper Jam always looking out for the pax.  Appreciate him.  Congrats to Thunder Road on co-site Q at Basecamp.  Awesome choice.

FORMER SITE-Q CHELMS DEMONSTRATED THE BEST FORM IN ALL OF AREA 51, PERHAPS ALL OF F3NATION.  HE LEFT EARLY ONLY ONCE, AND NOT BY ALL THAT MUCH.

Yesterday we held a workout to support Bout Time and his son, Jennings, and his family.  Approx 120 men attended.  It was powerful to workout with this many men.  More importantly, to lock shields in prayer with these men after the workout to lift up the Palmer family.  Please keep praying for Jennings and the Palmer family.  YHC took us out today.

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