Up and Down- The Story of a Parking Deck

Up and Down- The Story of a Parking Deck

On a chilly but dry morning, 9 Pax rolled in (1 on 2-wheels) and as the clock hit 0515 and we departed.  Apparently, 2 others launched from this AO earlier, but they were gone before I arrived.  The plan was simple and recycled from an earlier Q on a parking deck. I modified for this veteran crew that I knew would be in attack mode and running fast to stay warm.

The Thang

We all moseyed to the last deck to the far right of the AO.  In anticipation to get kicked out, I thought about the parking deck near the Crane relay.  However, after a scouting mission, that deck is much smaller, so we sneaked into this deck and ran to the bottom for instructions.

The plan was to run the flat and the incline.  At the top of the incline, stop, back pedal to the start of the incline, perform 15x Monkey Humpers and 5 hand-release merkins.  Then run the ramp again, the flat and incline, then repeto.  At the top of the deck, run down the stairs to the bottom, then back to the top and perform 30x LBC.

On the descent, the same plan as above, however any incline is now a decline. At the bottom, run up the stairs then back down and 30xLBC and repeto.

Yep, about +50 minutes of that…done.

Thanks to Fire Hazard for the take out!

Announcements:

Christmas Parties- Area 51 and SOB Land  time is running out to HC

Ye’ Old Moleskin

1. So I did a version of this workout about a month ago.  Knowing that the Brave regulars were not around that AM, I brought it back out and modified it to make it a little harder.  Also, I was curious how bad it would suck for a full hour.
   1. Not much of an upper body workout today, but the legs should feel that.
   2. From the 6, I was really feeling it, not sure about the leaders of the pack
2. Purell and One 9’er were out in-front all morning.  I actually had them wait at the top on the first lap up, otherwise, they would have completed 2 trips.
   1. Most guys got 1 full trip and all the way to the top of the second
3. For being sick most of the week Fire Hazard was killing it…hope your feeling better
4.  Soft Pretzel was well into his own zone.  He launched hard and slowed, but still was well ahead was chasing FH.  Nice!
5. Mighty Mite, Gumbo and Mario each had their own modification of the workout.  I am happy you guys stuck with it and modified as needed
   1. Mario even added burpees…nope
   2. Gumbo is mid Marathon training, probably not the best for a calf injury
      1. Many reference to the following: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2TRUUu2uHo
6. Wild Turkey just pushes!  Although he and I were around eachother all AM, he always pushes hard and running real fast on the flats.
7. Frasier and Bunker thanks for meeting back up with the crew.  Not sure what you did, I assume it involved running a long distance @ a fast pace.  Sure it was GREAT!
8.  Not much Mumble chatter this AM or nothing that I could hear as I was far enough from the core of runners.  I do like this workout as it allows everyone to do their own pace but stay close
9.  I am not always a huge fan of doing the same thing for the entire morning, but if I threw in much more, I did not want to confuse or slow the Pax down
10. Sorry for being late to COT- I circled back for Wild Turkey (not sure why) although I figure he may be on his way to the AO- confirmed.  I did run harder then I wanted to on the way back!
11. Not sure who the site Q is…Tuck?? Sorry to miss you, but thanks for the opportunity to Q.