Thrive 2.0 – the Q re-do

Thrive 2.0 – the Q re-do

YHC set expectations for solid beatdown on 2/5/17, the eve of Union Co’s toughest boot camp, Thrive.  I was excited to Q Tuesday AM, and was fully prepared, even for the pre-run – well, almost.  Seems that in my anticipation of the epic weinke and subsequent beatdown, I forgot to set my alarm and therefore missed my Q (for the 1st time ever).  To see the shenanigans that took place in my absence, check out last week’s BB.  My self-imposed penalty for the miss (a/k/a fartsack incident) was to lead next week.  I took the penalty, but it was the 16 other PAX that paid the price.  Thrive 2.0 – the Madison Q re-do went something like this….

Mosey to side road. Line up in middle. Side lunge Right to curb. 10 jump squats. Side lunge to middle. 3 Hurpees. Side lunge Left to curb. 10 wide arm Merkins. Side lunge to middle. 3 Hurpees. Repeat with 2 Hurpees then 1.

Mosey to hill for Jack Webb’s Reverse Triple Nickel – Run up hill backwards. 1:4 Jack Webb at top. Run down hill. 5:20 Jack Webb at bottom. Repeat until 5:20 at top and 1:4 at bottom.  This was a challenge for YHC and a good portion of the PAX – more on this in the Mole.

Mosey to field.  Too wet.  Mosey back to side road. Partner up for wheelbarrow. P1 is to go as far as he can (or to the 1st parking island) then flap jack.  Repeato.  On 2nd flapjack, switch to broken wheelbarrow. Repeato to the 5th island so each person goes twice (allegedly).  Plank until 6 catches up.  10 Maktar Ngaye IC.  More on this in the Mole.  Mosey to the pic-nic area.

At tables, 20 Derkins, 20 Dips, 20 Step Ups = Round 1. Next round, pick 2 & perform 20 reps of each. Round 3 = pick the exercise you dropped in Round 2 X 20 reps.

Mosey to parking lot. Line up on parking line. Plank walk Left to next line. 5 Merkins on my count. Plank walk right to original starting line. 5 Merkins on my count. Repeat until time for Mary.

Mary = 20 Heels to Heaven IC, 20 LBC IC, 20 Freddie Mercury IC, 20 Russian Twist IC

Time is up

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Moleskin

It was a great morning for a boot camp.  I decided at 4:12 that I was not going to pre-run at 4:50.  I arrived at Carolina Courts at 5:05 to check out the field as it was going to play host to a large part of the weinke.  Fall is the wet season in the Carolinas and the field was too moist (yep, I went there) to crawl around on, and since no one wanted to hear Glass Joe complain about it, I adjusted things to stay as dry as possible.  We had a good crowd show up at 5:25-ish, 16 to be exact, including 1 FNG that we named Trojan Horse.  The numbers swelled to 17 when Blow Out came in hot, like he stole the truck he was driving, parked like there were no spaces #Idowhatiwant, and joined us in the COP.  Not sure how he escaped the 5 burpee penalty for tardiness.  Maybe it was because everyone was paying attention to Glass Joe’s impeccable form during the COP’s merkins. #soccerarms.

YHC had trouble from the beginning when I announced that it was 9:30 and time to start.  The PAX shifted the target of the mumble chatter from my time keeping skills to Hurpees.  #notaSTD.  Fortunately, the hill was dry and the instructions were to run up it backwards during the Reverse Triple Nickle.  YHC was thoroughly confused here because I had adjust my running direction on at least 2 occasions up the hill.  Thanks to Bernanke, Nomad & Glass Joe for calling me out.  I should have given them burpee penalties.  #next time  The instructions to perform a Jack Webb ladder was apparently confusing to Bernanke & many others.  A ladder typically means one end increases in number as the other end of the ladder decreases in number.  I’m not sure what was going on, but we eventually got through it.  Since the field was so moist, I decided to do partner wheelbarrows on the road.  Wheelbarrows were a real crown pleaser.  You can expect more of them in the future.

The rest of the workout went off without incident and we finished up on time and had to pleasure of getting to know Ralph Spada a/k/a Trojan Horse.  TH is a workout machine and I hope we’ll see him back in the Gloom next week.  It was an honor to lead and I appreciate the opportunity to have a re-do Q.  TClaps to Nomad & Bernanke for their leadership at Thrive.  It pulls huge numbers and keeps growing.