Bratwurst drops a sausage… or two…

Bratwurst drops a sausage… or two…

9 men showed up in the gloom to see if the non-bootcamping JRR Tolkien could make it through a bootcamp… his own. Here’s what they did….

Thang:

1. 0515 hits, disclaimer given, and off we go. Take off down Ballantyne Commons Parkway. Stopping once for the 6, we did 30 or so merkins waiting for Kirby to adjust his fanny pack, butt belt, spandex, or whatever he was doing while we exercised.
2. Hang a right on Ballantyne Corp Place, say sayonara to Bratwurst to go make some sausage at a hotel restroom. Stop at base of Bagpipe hill, and do Makhtar N’Diayes until the 6 arrives. TCLAPS Mario for leading.
3. 12 minute challenge…. Run 5X up Bagpipe Hill. At both the top and bottom, do 5 forward lunges with the left leg, and 5 backward lunges on your left leg. Flapjack to right leg and repeato. This took more like 18 minutes… and was hard.
4. As a penalty for failure, do a 2 minute PT test of max sit-ups. Remember your #
5. Head over to the rock pile by the bridge to the lake and the fitness trail. In cadence, do 26 squat thrusters, 16 squat thrusters, 11 squat thrusters with the rock, in solid form.
6. Repeat 2 min PT sit-up test. Try to beat the number you did earlier.
7. Head back to launch.
8. Finito

Moleskine:

Rough morning for YHC. Have been sick, not sleeping much, and with plantar fascia as of late… all excuses that don’t help improve fitness. The bigger problem is attending no bootcamps, just long runs (thanks Tuck). But, Inspired by the 81 men who finished GrowRuck 16 in Naperville, IL this past week, YHC promised to give a good effort today whether it meant spilling merlot or not… (dry heaved twice).

The plan was to do some version of the same PT test the GRW16 guys did, which was 75 squat thrusters, run 1 mile, 35 squat thrusters, run 1 mile in under 30min using their 40+lb rucksacks. Yeah right…. that was ridiculous to witness. Thankfully, YHC forgot my 30# rucksack. So we did some other stuff.

Couple of other musings…

• Fire Hazard apparently dogged his ultra, since he was moving pretty fast out there today.
• Mario has perfect form. Everyone was checking out his booty all morning. Especially because he ledt he pack.
• Tuck shaved before the workout, but it still looked like he had a 5:00 shadow …. just a 5am shadow beard.
• Kirby now has enough practice on Bagpipe Hill that he can do it over again tomorrow at the Isabella Santos 5K with a Speed For Need chariot.
• Brexit has beautiful tattoos on his right shoulder. Makes me want to get an English Bulldog, not a Pembroke Welsh Corgie (yes, we are getting one of those soon #facepalm
• Did YHC mention Bratwurst made sausage at a hotel? For free too.
• Jazz Hands wore the most despicable shirt from the most despicable company ever.
• Mouse Trap attests that all of these statements are true.

And here are a couple of lessons from GrowRuck that I was reminded of. 1) To lead effectively, you must be willing and able to follow. 2) When you think you’re gassed, you always have more in the tank 3) Form matters. If the leader is willing to cheat, then the followers will as well, and there is no standard.

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