Ultimately it’s about FUN
Today is a BIG day in the Lewinsky household, so I was thankful for the opportunity to Q Hydra on this fine Thursday morning.
Quick disclaimer and foreshadowing was given to the vets. I assured the Pax we would have a little fun since we’re celebrating my little girl’s first birthday today.
From there we mosey’d to the bus loop for some warm-up:
- IW 10x
- SSH 10x (anarchy begins)
- Merkins 10x
- LSS 10x
- Mountain Climbers 12x
Next we crossed the street and partnered up at the Church with a running rock and lifting rock per pair. Partners took off for a lap around the Church in opposite directions. Upon meeting, do 4 burpees, switch rocks, and complete the lap.
Rinse and repeat but now 8 burpees. This is the ‘fun’ many people thought I had planned…
We gently replaced the lifting/running rocks and did a nice easy ‘No Heros’ Indian Run from the Church to the back OP football field where the fun really began.
In a plank circle I shared that 8 years ago on this day, my little brother passed away after a wakeboarding accident with family friends. For 7 years, June 27 was a day of sadness and mourning in my family. Until last year when my first daughter was born, and God turned this day into a reason to celebrate! So in perusing the Exicon, I found a workout/game that is intended for around the holidays and today I chose to play Ultimate Football.
We split into teams and @Queen quickly volunteered our team for skins. Shirts team scored twice very quickly in what looked to be a sure runaway victory. The tides turned after @gummy took a rogue ball straight to the sack. Remember this is a gentleman’s. The skins team bounced back with a elite performance of ball movement and team unity resulting in two unanswered scores. At this point we moved from calling burpees to calling merkins upon each score. Let me highlight a couple ESPN worthy Top 10 plays before scribing how this clash of the titans finally ended:
- @floorslapper’s size mismatch defensive knockdown on a long bomb to the endzone
- @revlon pulled off an incredible one handed interception
- @spackler had a near Nuk Hopkins one handed endzone grab, but couldn’t see it through for some reason
- any throw from @hopper with that recently renovated shoulder
One more score is awarded to each team, as Shirts tied it up with 90 seconds remaining. With zero of these red blooded Americans wanting to end in a tie, the ball was kicked off to determine a victor. Tempers were hot and so was the ball movement. More turnovers were accounted for on this final series than any other. @lazboy was anything but lazy as him @one-eye, @clover and company worked the ball up field as easily as Trevor Lawrence, Travis Etienne and the Clemson stable of WR’s.
SKINS team claimed victory and bragging rights with mere seconds remaining on the clock!
Fast cleanup and mosey back to the parking lot for COT.
Happy Birthday to @hopper, @snowflake, and my daughter Charlotte!
Announcement: Convergence at Hydra AO on 7/4 with @gummy and @wareagle on Q **Note the 0700 launch**
Thanks @sprockets and @gummy for the opportunity to Q on this special day
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Lewinsky: This was simply an awesome time! I debated even posting yesterday morning given I wasn’t sure I was ready to hear “respect” after my name! Instead, I felt like I was 15 years old playing football with a bunch of buddies. More importantly, we played in the spirit of celebrating your daughter’s birth and honoring your brother’s life! Thanks for planning an awesome morning! Sidebar, Spack made up for that dropped ball in the redzone via a sweet TD catch from a Deep Dish bomb! That was Top 10 reel worthy!
The skins team needs to be tested for ostarine. But then again, like the Clemson football team, they would just likely withhold the testing results so as not to allow the rest of the pax to know how deep the cheating scandal actually was. I digress. Agree with Hopper, definitely a fun day out there. IMO, much more so than ultimate frisbee. I left the field and immediately downed 4 Advil and lathered myself in Cortisone #FertilizerRash. Lazyboy was the one to stop the deep pass at the goal line. And my apologies Lazy as I’m pretty sure in an attempt to catch that ball I ripped your glasses off your face. Most likely offensive PI. But who am I to call a penalty on myself. #20YardBallSpotInfringementOnSkinsTD
If we’re going to give out high fives, let it be known that I threw the deep ball to Nuk Spackler. As Scratch & Win can tell you, it’s tough to go deep with wet balls.
Tremendous Q, Lewinsky. T-claps. This was probably my favorite Hydra post to date. The intensity early on, the fun at the end, and most notably, the story time in the plank circle. It was a big day for you and your family, and you brought a special feel to F3 Hydra as well. Much appreciated!
Lew, I can’t tell you how sorry I am to have been out of town for this one. When you told me you were going to “get creative” I thought maybe that just meant you would add some stupid Clemson trivia to the number of reps in each round, or make us do the infamous crotch-sniffing centipede exercise. I had no idea the significance of last week, but thank you for sharing so much with the pax. This sounds like one for the ages that will not be soon forgotten.
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