“It’s gonna be a lot harder to flip people off today”

“It’s gonna be a lot harder to flip people off today”

YHC sent Hannibal, the scheduled 7/23 Base Camp Q, an email Sunday morning to confirm his Q make sure he didn’t forget he had volunteered to Q Base Camp the next day. Hannibal’s response:

“Yes, sir. I’m not a big tweeter, so fee free to put anything out there that you might want.”

Eh, no need. Hannibal is sure to draw a crowd. 8 pax showed up by 5:30 this morning. Hannibal was not one of them. Ooooooookay. Who wants to share a Q? Fireman Ed volunteers and was accepted. Probably should have waited for someone else to volunteer. Ed promised upper body, so YHC decides to give the pax some time on their feet.

The Impromptu Thang:

Mosey a lap around the parking lot to see if Hannibal is just running a bit late. No dice. Head south on Strawberry. 15 merkins at each of the first three speed bumps. This was apparently not “moderate enough” for Gummy. Circle up for a quick COP in the middle of the street (that was smart):

IW x 15 IC (to keep it moderate for Gummy)
LSS x 10 IC
MC x 10 IC
Hillbillies x 10IC

Mosey over to Fairway Downs Ct., a very under-utilized cul-de-sac with a gradual incline, for a triple nickel. 5 HR merkins at top, 5 werkins at the bottom, 5X. The pax started dropping like flies during this. Thumper did something to his leg. He tried to run it out, but couldn’t, so he called it a morning and bolted. Hammer got called on a code brown from behind, and headed back to SCMS. We headed back with a 200m AYG up Strawberry and YHC turned it over to Fireman Ed in the parking lot.

Ed’s Tomfoolery:

Mosey to the ball fields to see how many pax can get bitten by red ants this morning. 2 rounds of utter stupidity Planker’s Delight. Mosey to the benches for 20 step-ups, 20 supine pull-ups, and 20 dips x 2. For those that didn’t get bit the first time, mosey to the other ballfield for 2 rounds of Tunnel of Love. We followed that up with Ed’s go-to, Jack Webb. Started 1 merkin/4 arm presses and got up to 6/24.

Mosey up to Gloss’ office for some People’s Chair while holding arms straight out. About 3-4 minutes of this with a short break in between. That hurt. Done.

Moleskine

We covered about 2.3 miles, but pax got a good dose of both lower and upper body. Ed eloquently stated the title of this BB at COT. We probably should have spent more time praying for his soul.

Hammer was leading the pax on the triple nickel before he had the runs to run. Can’t imagine how much faster he would have been AFTER dropping the kids off.

Gummy and Ed were having a leisurely conversation during the run. Gummy was trying to make it as moderate as possible. You vs. you, bro. The two of them may have been circle-jerking each other over Clemson’s 2018 defensive line, but who knows?

Thumper – hope you’re okay, brother.

Great to see Young Love out at BC again. You should come more often!

For once on a Sunday, the Yankees didn’t play the featured night game (they were scheduled, but it was a rainout), so Steinbrenner was able to make it to BC. The higher-ups over at ESPN don’t think the Yankees and Royals are worthy of a Sunday featurette this coming Sunday, so we’ll look forward to seeing you again on 7/30.

Thunder Road – the mastermind behind the Planker’s Delight: you deserve to be publicly flogged every time it’s performed. It’s horrible. Keep your sadistic crap to yourself next time (or, at least, when YHC isn’t present).

Great to see you all this morning. Have a wonderful week.