Don’t You Forget About Me (John Hughes: 1950-2009)

Don’t You Forget About Me (John Hughes: 1950-2009)

The sudden cold weather (or perhaps a teething baby or too many “run ins” to AOs) kept some pax at bay for this beatdown featuring various tie-ins to the famed and late Chicago-based filmmaker. Truth be told, my last Q featured a slue of movie-themed connections, but mumble chatter from some pax (cough, Jet Fuel and Puddin Pop) about the lack of John Hughes forced my hand for today. Site Q Hops arrived technically early, but by the time he needed an assist to get the shovel flag planted we’re starting slightly after 5:30. Funny that Hops gives YHC a hard time about coming in hot….let he without sin, I guess…..disclaimer given and a baker’s dozen of pax headed into the The Great Outdoors (reference later) to get stronger.

The Thang:
Mosey to soccer field
– Windmills (YHC intended to go to 16, but unfortunately should have spent more time studying arithmetic and less time watching movies….so I stumbled into “11” w/ a ambiguous cadence change)
– IW x 16 (Back on track)
– Small Arm Circles/Large Arm Circles Rinse, Repeat and Reverse
Little did the group know the first John Hughes reference had already commenced (honoring 16 Candles #Long DukDong, YHC’s nickname in college…just kidding…)
– Jack Webb by factor of 4, “9 Times”. (Your son was absent ni-yeeen times #FerrisBueller) (never, I repeat NEVER start with this again). Shoulders now spent.
– Starfish: 8 squats in the middle; Mary – 8 IC on each corner: Flutter, Freddie, American Hammer, LBCs (8 for the number of Saturday’s Mr. Bender gets to spend in detention. “You’re mine, Bender. For two months, I got you.” #EatMyShorts #BarryManilow). YHC mistakenly has pax count in 4s instead of 3s (again should have watched less movies), but pax reconfigure into 4 groups instead of 3. Well done.
– Plank for 3, 10-counts
Mosey to Track/Stadium (where we meet up with Purple Haze who is absolutely cruising around the track. Looked like a sub 5:00 mile).
The Great Outdoors features the character “Roman”. Reaching a bit here….many Romans died in Herculaneum and Pompeii in 79 A.D. YHC creates what will hopefully be a Hawksnest staple known as “Mt. Vesuvius”. To bring it back to the movie, we’ll do 96 total exercises to honor the Ole 96er.
Partner Up
– Partner 1: 48 merkins
– Partner 2: run from track (50 yd line) up the left hill and back. Partner 1 crushed it doing all 48 merkins – YHC calls “Omaha”.
– Flap jack with partner and complete WWII sit ups til he returns. Partner 1 runs up right hill and back down. Rinse and Repeat. Needed some better planning, but “Mt. Vesuvius” is a nice variation to the same old combo of terrain at CLT Latin.
Mosey down the hill to Rock Pile (as we run the opposite direction of Haze, pax harken back to Planes, Trains, and Automobiles with “You’re going the wrong way!!!”. We’ve now fully entered into the John Hughes archival.)
– Partner 1 runs up hill to launch point and back.
– Partner 2 called exercise. 3 rounds: curls, presses, tricep extensions. Between our partners we take 12 trips (up and down is “2”). This of course pays homage to perhaps the greatest John Hughes film, Christmas Vacation. (“It’s a 12-month subscription to the Jelly of the Month Club. Clark, that’s the gift that keeps on giving the whole year long”).
Mosey across street
– Plank in parking lot for 13 “10-counts”
– Jail break All You Got back to launch. Sprockets is 1st, Leprechaun is 2nd, YHC is 3rd (a far cry from his usual role as “the 6”.), but I also started slightly closer to the finish line.
– Mary: protractor to close out.
COT

Moleskin
A solid performance by all. Big ups to Escargot for being YHC’s partner and for giving grace when YHC didn’t initially recognize him in his beanie. Looking forward to seeing if “Mt. Vesuvius” lives on in future Weinke’s. Thanks to Hannibal for the take out. Thanks to Hops for volun-telling me to Q. Always a pleasure. And also props to Hops for taking F3 so very seriously as a ministry to reach men and help them walk with God and with one another. We should all follow suit, because hope, love, and mercy are in great need….and so is getting men out of isolation and into a brotherhood.

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