Flippin’ Tires in the Freezin’ Rain (and other asundry exercises)

Flippin’ Tires in the Freezin’ Rain (and other asundry exercises)

2 of Area 51’s PAX endured the gloom and made themselves better while you were warm and dry. Due to peer pressure a sense of responsibility and commitment, we both showed up to get some work done.

Pax ran a loop of parking lot waiting on other fools pax. Nada.

COP:

SSH + Squats under cover

Mosey down to Highway 51, head fake left towards William Davies Park, about face and land at the day care/pre-school next door.

Main Event:

Parking lot sprints

Parking lot loops alternating with a series of body weight exercises pax pulled from a big orange Home Depot bucket while staying somewhat dry under cover.

Tire flips and sprints in the rain.

Mosey back to launch for COT. Done.

Moleskin:

2nd F was strong this morning as YHC celebrated 3 years in F3 while getting after it in the rain along side site Q Thunder Road.  One of us wore hiking boots and arrived home with dry feet.  One of us wore running shoes and arrived home with cold, numb feet.  Original plan weeks ago was for strength work and sprint work on the field.  Forecast and a nagging neck/shoulder injury cancelled those ideas.  Considered running 1 mi to the Rain Tree shopping center and using cover there and doing stair work.  Last minute audible was called after actually experiencing the cold rain a little getting set up this morning.  The adjacent day care/pre-school provided good cover for today.

1st F was also good today.  YHC likes to break up the exercises with short run bursts and this was the perfect place to do it today.  No long runs in the rain.  No strava here.  #Iamnotaruuner.  However, YHC started the “Map My Hike” app at launch #IamaRucker, and was surprised to see we covered 94.16 miles in 44:33 with an average mile pace of 0:28 and burned 1519 calories.  Last time I ran 94 miles I burned more calories, therefore the app must have been wrong.

Orange Home Depot bucket idea was stolen from an Egypt Q from SOFWIB a couple of years back, right before it closed.  #RIP.

After all exercises had been pulled from said bucket, YHC spotted 2 tires sitting “over there”.  Perfect.  Nothing like tire flips in the rain to end a beat down.

YHC is grateful for F3 and for the leadership of men like Thunder Road who get up in the gloom (35 degrees and raining is the gloom) knowing kids are off school and come out to get wet and get stronger.  YHC was hoping he’d respond by text last night to just cancel but am glad we pulled it off.  Was fun to get to know each other better.  Time flies when having fun.  Maybe this Q will pull me out of the deep fartsack I’ve been enjoying for a few weeks.  We’ll see.  Goonie was DR, otherwise I’m sure he would have joined too.

F3 certainly has changed my life and provided me a platform for fitness and given me the confidence that I too can be in shape, a belief that I had just about lost hope in over the years.  Shout out to Fireman Ed who was my partner for my first post at Base Camp and gave me enough quiet encouragement to keep me coming back.  As we all do though I keep coming back for the fellowship.  It’s great to see old friends and meet new friends and see each other get stronger while sharing the suffering.  Strong bonds.  Preaching to the choir here.  Does anyone still read the BB?  That’s all.  Peace to you all my brothers.  Stay third this holiday season.  SYITG.