20 Candles in the Wind

20 Candles in the Wind

It was the day of days — Benny’s triumphant return to the gloom, if only on a part-time basis. 20 Peak PAX came out to discover that the man behind the workout has a busted leg — so, time to work on some arms.

Splitting up the execution of this tribute — your friendly neighborhood Site Qs.

Lois

Welcome to Bennyfest, here’s a disclaimer.

In addition to legal mumbo-jumbo, an addition of “I didn’t write this workout. If you don’t like it, complain to Benny at the end.”

Mosey to the church parking lot via the front of First Baptist. Circle up.

Sensei

COP

• 1 burpee OYO
• SSH x15 IC
• 2 burpees OYO
• Merkins x10 IC
• 3 burpees OYO (Pattern detected …)
• IW x15 OYO
• 4 burpees OYO
• LSS x15 OYO
• 5 burpees OYO

THANG

Line ’em up at the bottom of the parking lot. Partner up for partner suicides.

While partner 1 runs the gauntlet of lamp posts, partner 2 does AMRAP of called exercises. Flapjack.

• Round 1: LBCs
• Round 2: IW squats
• Round 3: Mountain Climbers

After a 10 count, mosey to the back bus lot.

Lois

Okay, we’ve tackled one Peak 51 staple — suicides — now let’s do another one, the Starfish.

• Middle: 5 burpees
• Corner 1 (Basketball goals): 15 Carolina Dry Docks
• Corner 2 (Geraldo Tree): 15 Merkins
• Corner 3 (The building thing where we often do donkey kicks): 15 Diamond Merkins
• Corner 4 (The giant oak tree): 15 Wide-arm Merkins

Again, this #weinke was composed by a man who is likely ignoring his doctor’s orders to take it easy on the legs.

After round 1, LBCs while everyone finishes up. Did we enjoy that? No? Well, too bad, because we’re going to do a second round. So, repeato.

After round 2, flutters until all have finished.

Mosey over toward Horsehead Valley to the grassy patch. Even though the ground is kind of wet, it wouldn’t be a Benny Q without a visit from Jack Webb.

Now, YHC managed to show off the awesomeness of his South Carolina public education (Kindergarten through Bachelor’s Degree, thank y’all very much) by skipping a step in the pyramid, so it went …

• 1 merk, 4 air presses
• 2 merks, 8 APs
• 3 merks, 12 APs
• 5 merks, 20 APs
• 4 merks, 16 APs
• 3 merks, 12 APs
• 2 merks, 8 APs
• 1 merk, 4 APs

Enough of all that counting, time for the big finish. Mosey back to launch, where we find the man of the hour waiting by his car. We all greet him as we run past, and for the final stretch of Mary, we turn to …

Benny

• Flutters 20x IC
• Rosalita 20x IC en Espanol, por favor
• Protractor

Time called.

Circle up … countin’ … namin’ … Benny with the takeout … lots of good 2nd F afterward.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Convergences-a-plenty during the holiday weekend. There is the Rock Zero convergence Saturday (preblast here) and the Memorial Day convergence and Patriot 5K (preblast here … contact Little Mike if you want/need more info).

Today is the last day to order an Area 51 short-sleeve shirt.

SKIN:

First, it was awesome to have Benny out at the end to wrap up with Mary and take us out. Today was really a celebration of him and what he means to this group. It was awesome to see a big crowd come out.

Next, let’s talk about the workout. When he sent it to me and Sensei, we realized pretty quick that if we did everything he put on that #weinke, we very well might still be out there (and it is 2:03pm as I type that last sentence). I like to think that the Sky Q was looking out for us by making it rain last night and therefore making the fields a little too wet for things like Planker’s Delight and the Tunnel of Love. Luckily, I know what it’s like to chop up other people’s work for length considerations.

It was funny when we did the partner suicides — it’s easy to forget that there is a minor learning curve. We just threw out the suicides, thinking everyone knew where to stop. Not so, since we’ve been lucky to have an influx of new guys recently. Luckily, they sensed our deception when we told them to run through the brick wall at the other end of the parking lot.

Also funny was that during said partner suicides, Bullwinkle just, I don’t know, appeared. The man is a wizard.

I think during the starfish, Smokey and Slim Fast were discussing some sort of summer work to keep their soccer-playing boys sharp … they said something about flying in a private coach, some dude named “Christian Pulisic” or something. They probably cut a deal to get him on the cheap. I get the feeling this guy is not going to be busy this summer and is looking for something to do.

Also during the starfish, I was chatting with Jello about serious matters of recent bumps related to the Southern Baptist Convention, but, as usual, that didn’t last long as it came out that I, as an ordained Southern Baptist Deacon, am eligible to oversee a legal, binding wedding ceremony in the state of Florida (No Rules — Just Right).

As usual, if I missed any good #mumblechatter, sound off in the comments.

Thumper, Bernie, Madoff, Compliance — you guys are doing awesome. Glad to see you keep coming out. Also good to see Insomniac and Fireman Ed over on our side of town. Welcome back to Lumberjack, who managed to not only get up to Everest Base Camp, but get back down as well. He claims that Mountain Climbers are in fact a help if you ever find yourself over that way.

Days like today are ones I look to and think that I’m lucky to meet up with you guys every week and put in some work. It’s a privilege to be a Site Q for the best dang group in Area 51.

Now I’m just waiting for the next email from Benny as he’ll want to secure a date ASAP for his actual full return to F3 later this fall. I’m sure it’s coming soon.