The murk, murth and muck of merkins

The murk, murth and muck of merkins

A challenge was issued: “It is easier for a dromedary camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a PAX to meet the [General] Merkin Challenge in a single workout this late in the month.”  Sixteen men were up for that challenge, though only four knew of it ahead of time.  (Read Slack, Pax.)

Warm-up:

Capri Posse Lap with 10 merkins in each corner

COP:

• Disclaimer x 1
• SSH x 20 IC
• Hillbillies x 20 IC
• Squats x 20 IC
• Annie x 20 IC
• 10 merkins

(50 merkins total so far)

The THANG

• Run the long entrance driveway stopping at each of 5 light poles for Star Jacks x 5
• Run back to the other end of the driveway, stopping at the 5 light poles for merkins x 10
• Run once more down the driveway, stopping at each light for LBC x 10

(100 merkins total so far)

• Clock Merkins – Merkins x 5 at each of 9 clock positions as chosen by individual PAX

(145 merkins total so far)

• Mosey to the tennis benches for
  • Dips x 10 IC
  • Supine chin-ups x 10 IC
  • Repeato
• Mosey to the wall near the Middle School entrance for Climbing Wall Merkins 5 x 5

(170 merkins total so far)

Mosey back to the HS parking lot

• From a central point in the lot, run to a tree for merkins x 10, run back to central location for Pointer Dogs x 10 or Supermans x 10
• 9 trees total

(260 merkins total)

• Rosalita x 10 IC… because it’s fun

Moleskin:

Sir Winston Churchill died on this date 53 years ago.  He is believed to have said, “Success is the ability to go from one merkin to another with no loss of enthusiasm.”  YHC was concerned with the daunting task of completing the merkin challenge during the workout and not completely boring the PAX at the same time, but the spirit of the British Bulldog pushed him forward.

That task was accomplished flawlessly.  The PAX enjoyed YHC’s usual introduction of a new and strange exercise in the COP — this time it was the Annie.  The PAX is now ready to scrub floors this weekend in a spirited and loving show of affection towards the many deserving Ms in the F3 Nation.  A bonus “new and strange” was the Clock Merkin which had the PAX singing songs of praise for analog timekeeping devices and excited that there was no mention of digital devices which would have kept the group pointing the same direction.

Other shots of acclaim came as the PAX shuffled through the dark to find bench space for dips and then gladly crawled under the bench for supines and gently extracted themselves to return to dips.  The only disappointment came when the PAX did not engage in full Ascending Testicles merkins, because they really wanted to climb higher on the wall.  Finally, the utter beauty of the logistics of the tree run and doing knee-based pointer dogs on a gravelly parking lot was also well received.

On an individual level, huge props to Offline who was an FNG a mere 24 hours earlier, but posted for the second day in a row with great gusto.  Bottlecap shows excellent form in Star Jacks and could easily gain part-time employment at the Waxhaw YMCA when it opens.  Xerox (R) is always up for a good J-Lo reference and this morning he turned that in with the driveway shape.  Recalculating showed up for one disrespectful post before… advancing in wisdom and stature.  The Posse lap did not produce Posse so perhaps more marketing is needed to make that a thing.  Johnny Utah (R) took us out and had a good news reminder that the Lord will bless and St. Judes does awesome things for people going through tough situations, so remember the good around us.

Overall, it was a fantastic morning at Dromedary and YHC is sure that Sir Winston Churchill would agree.  Another of his quips rings true: “History Blackblast will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”

Annoucements:

• Opportunities to Q Dromedary abound.  You know you want this.
• The Floater officially launches Feb 1, but there’s one more unofficial Thursday, 1/25, under the water tower in downtown Waxhaw. 5:30 AM
• Thursdays – Millbridge run AO meets at the clubhouse at 5:15 AM
• Brolympics on 2/24 https://f3southcharlotte.com/2018/01/11/2018-brolympics-2-bro/