A little of this, a little of that, and a lot of Merkins.

A little of this, a little of that, and a lot of Merkins.

So I needed to update the F3UnionCo Q calendar and realized Bernanke’s sign up was missing 4/16. I figured he was being sneaky and had a surprise Q lined up. #BenefitOfTheDoubt
But no, I should have went with my gut that it was a brain fart and he just missed a week. So with my new job I know I may be a little hit or miss for a while but had the ability to Q this week and offered up my services.
I didn’t get an answer until I saw a facebook post with a pic of my awkward transition pic from skater to rockstar mentioning I’m on Q. I did offer up my own pic of a more complete rockstar pic, not sure it helped my cause but figured it couldn’t hurt at that point. #TheGoodOleDays

At 0529 I gave the disclaimer and we were off for a #HairbandM… #HairbandHalfMile
* Due to the limited sleep the night before the events captured here may or may not be true. #SleepDep
COP
SSH x 25ish
Imperial Walkers x 20ish
Low Slow Squats x 20ish

The Thang
Partner up and line up! P1 bearcrawls, P2 runs to the 2nd “peninsula” (about 80 yards) then pinballs back to flapjack and continue the bearcrawl while P1 runs, continue alternating until you have bearcrawled to that peninusla.
LBCs while waiting on the 6, once the 6 are in, 30 LBCs in cadence.

That was so much fun let’s do it again! This time the sign at the end of the road is the point we are aiming for. (about 135 yards)
When done do Dollys while waiting on 6

Next line up again at the first light pole, 10 merkins, run to the next light pole 10 merkins and continue this until the end of the road. Shouts rang out of tall or short light poles? My answer, yes, all the light poles. (5 light poles=total of 50 merkins.) When done, squats while waiting on the six then 20 flutters in cadence.

Line up again, this time lunge to the first light, run to the next one, lunge to the 3rd etc. until we get back to the stairs by the parking lot.

The next Thang is a horrible version of 4 corners where we build on the exercise from the prior corner:
Corner 1: 10 merkins, run to the next corner
C2: 10 merkins, 10 wide arm merkins, run to next corner
C3: 10 merkins, 10 wide arm, 10 staggard (5/5) run to next corner
C4: 10 merkins, 10 wide arm, 10 staggared, 10 hand release merkins run back to first corner.
After all the bearcrawls and 50 merkins earlier I could sense the love. #PeoplePleaser Who needs their arms and chest anyway?
Next round!
C1: Carolina Dry… wait no change that to 20 monkey humpers #Mercy
C2: 20 Monkey humpers, 20 LBCs
C3: 20 Monkey humpers, 20 LBCs, 20 flutter
C4: 20 Monkey humpers, 20 LBCs, 20 Flutter, 20 Dollys? #SleepDep is kicking in
Last round
C1: 20 Peter Parkers
C2: 20 Peter Parkers, 20 Parker Peters,
C3: 20 Peter Parkers, 20 Parker Peters, 20 V-Ups
C4: 20 Peter Parkers, 20 Parker Peters, 20 V-Ups, 10 burpees run back to the start then run back to the cars and circle up on your six!

Mary
Flutter x 25 in cadence
Pretzel Crunch x 20 (10 each side) ic
Back scratcher x 15
Times up!

Moleskine

After a stupidly late night with maybe 4 hours of sleep I was thankful I got up to my alarm. I pulled in the parking lot that morning and saw an abandoned car, no doubt left behind by Glass Joe getting in a prerun, the mysterious dog walker that is always lurking with his pooch and a pickup truck parked just far enough away from the other cars to be sketchy at 0515, turns out it was sketchy, it was Horsehead making a rare enough appearance that I forgot that was his truck.

Overall it was a cooler morning which felt great, if Arsenal had posted he probably would have had 3 layers on… which is probably why he didn’t post. It was also good to see The Wall back out on a Tuesday!

There was a lot of complaining going on which I take as a good thing and yes it was a lot of merkins, about 150 of them. That was enough for Glass Joe to ask if I was doing another stupid merkin challenge… Nope, just a stupid merkin filled Q, Summer is coming so we need to step up the #BeachBod

Announcements
Nomad is in the midst of some life change and has relinquished his role as co-site Q of Thrive, stepping up in his place will be Full House!
Thanks for stepping up brother and it’s always good to balance co site Qs, Bernanke with the #Respect and Full House a #HateHate.

A solid effort was put in by all this morning and it is always an honor to lead!

Aye!
Hair Band