11 men slowly but surely arrived at the Calvary parking lot for what was (or so I thought) advertised as a running workout. I’m pretty sure I gave some sort of disclaimer but I really can’t say for sure. We hit 7am and got started.
The Thang:
One warm-up lap around the parking lot
COP:
Head out of the parking lot and head to Davie Park to the turf field
LBC X 20
4 Corners
Partner Up:
All Pax line up on the goal line with their partner. Group one calls an exercise and runs to the opposite end of the field. Remaining PAX perform named exercise until the group gets back. Repeat 5 times.
Start on goal line and bear crawl to center field and then sprint to the other goal line.
Back with your partner at the bleachers for a combined:
Mosey back to Calvary for a stop at the rock pile:
Mosey back to the cars for Mary (PAX Choice)
Finished with 5 burpees OYO
SKIN:
I rolled into the parking lot at 6:53am and with the exception of the early church crowd, I was the only one there. I wasn’t expecting a large group due to the cold weather, holiday party the night before, etc. but I was getting a bit nervous. Slowly a solid group of men started arriving. I was getting texts on my drive over from Spackler, Bounce, and Gloss stating that they would not be coming due to their excessive alcohol intake the previous night. Truth be told, I wasn’t really expecting them to show after knowing that 2 of the three were at the holiday party. 6:57am I get a call from Semi telling me that he is coming and asking that we “hang around the cars” until he gets there. I was a bit skeptical but a few minutes after 7am Gloss was coming in extremely hot.
McGee made a request that we incorporate burpees where we can as he has pledged to do 100 everyday in December. Not sure why, it sounds awful, but I obliged where I could. I think I’m missing a few in the above workout description. I am blaming the “????” in the workout description on the fact that I put off writing this for 2 days. Sorry.
I knew it was going to be a tough crowd when some of the PAX were speaking of their displeasure in Flipper taking the group to Davie Park the previous week. Needless to say that when I announced that we were heading back there again, I was met with some push back. Its only a bit over 1/2 of a mile away so I’m not real sure what the issue is. That turf field is great and really underutilized. About 100 yards into the run Gloss announced “I think I’m gonna die” (no such luck). Anyone caught downwind from him was blasted in a stench of stale liquor and cheap buffet food. It was around this time that Pro voiced his displeasure over the price of drinks at the holiday party ($6 for a beer does seem excessive). Pro, next year do what Spackler did and bring a Solo cup of straight liqour.
Pro and Gloss called me out on my weinke and Gloss went as far as to accuse me of “winging it”. I did change a few things on the fly as I was getting the impression that the distance covered wasn’t to each PAX liking. We only covered about 3.5 miles I believe which seems reasonable within an hour.
TR was driving Mrs. TR’s whip as his was stolen off the mean streets of DC early in the week. I believe it is a 2002 Suburban so please keep an eye out for it and message TR if you see it.
Solid group out there today. I recognize I pulled some people out of their comfort zone a bit with the trip to Davie but everyone pushed through. Nice work.
No Announcements.
On a chilly Wednesday morning, 13 PAX made the journey to Death Valley to get their day started right. Although there were some new faces to me, apparently no FNG’s so a vague disclaimer was given and we got started on what would be a solid 45 minutes of pure enjoyment.
The Thang:
Mosey to the opposite end of the parking lot and circle up
Head down Strawberry Lane and right on 51 up to the soccer field/business park at the C/O of 51 and Raintree (a little over 3/4 of a mile). Partner up in the parking lot of the oddly located business complex.
Mosey to the small parking lot at the soccer fields for some quick Mary:
Head into the soccer area for additional partner work:
Partner 1 runs the length of the field while Partner 2 does a named exercise on the benches (flap jack)
Mosey back to AO for 2 sets of suicides between the 4 basketball goals.
That’s a wrap.
The Skin:
Got tapped by Semi Gloss yesterday asking if I could Q this morning. Truth be told, the timing wasn’t ideal for me but Gloss was putting some rhetoric out there about a bad knee or something so I told him that I would do it but didn’t promise a ton of originality. My goal was to get off campus as those usually seem to be workouts that sit well with the PAX. I also wanted to try and incorporate some exercises that I haven’t seen in a while during a post and they were met with mixed reactions…and some giggling. With the weather cooling off its always hard to know how many people are going to show up. I was glad to see that 13 made it out of the sack on the 42 degree morning. Spackler has deemed it beanie season and Bubbly had an entire sweatsuit on. Gloss looked like the Unabomber with some discreet solid black sweatshirt zipped up to his forehead and the hood up.
The COP started with the Seal Jack (basically a jumping jack but your hands in front of you as opposed to overhead). I heard giggling, saw some people looking at others trying to figure out what was going on and even someone say “this takes a lot of coordination”. It really doesn’t. I tossed in the burpees just to see what Spacker would modify to. He modified to standing there. Nice job. Skull crushers were not as well known to the PAX as I thought they would be. Same goes for the Spider Man push up.
With some new faces in the crowd I started second guessing my plan to run down to the park area on Raintree but decided to roll the dice. Everyone pushed hard. Ringer and Dollywood had the lead the entire time. But in all honesty, they do have the fountain of youth on their side. Bubbly was crushing it and Jello fought through it and finished solid. Nice work, man. Keep it up. It only gets easier. Great to see Strawberry out there. He fessed up that he hasn’t a good attendance record for the past month and blamed it on a case of the sniffles and overall laziness. We’ve all been there, Strawberry. I’m glad to see you took care of your leaky beak. Dumpster Fire continues to crush this workout and glad to see you becoming a regular. Great to see the Hydra site Q’s out there. Puddin’ did confirm that he only wears long sleaves when the temperature dips into the low 30’s. Bug and Deep Dish put out there usual strong performance.
By my count, we covered 3.1 miles, took approximately 5600 steps, and burned 430 calories. The goal was to incorporate some running, stairs, and hit the major body parts. I hope you boys felt it was worth your time.
I see that Dolly has left me off the upcoming Q schedule. Not sure if that is a reflection of my recent Q’s he has attended or just an oversight. Time will tell I guess.
Announcements:
A strong group of 17 got their Friday started off the right way at Joust. Although there were a few new faces to me, apparently no FNG’s so I gave a what I thought was a pretty good disclaimer (will get back to this later) and we headed out of the parking lot.
The Thang:
Mosey through the parking lot down to the track for a slow warm-up lap
COP:
Head over to Grandma’s Mountain for the Triple Nickel:
Mosey over to the bleachers and partner up:
Round #1 – Partner 1 runs the bleachers while partner 2 runs the track with an exercise in each corner.
Flap Jack
Round #2 – Partner 1 runs the bleachers while partner 2 runs the track with an exercise in each corner.
Flap Jack
Mosey up past the playground to the parking lot up front and around to the benches near the Head Master’s house:
Partner 1 runs a loop in the parking lot while partner 2 does dips on the benches. Flap Jack
Partner 1 runs a loop in the parking lot while partner 2 does derkins on the benches. Flap Jack
Mosey back to the the cars.
Count off in groups of 2’s for hair-burners with 25lb plates to the opposite end of the parking lot.
End with 3 quick rounds of PAX choice of Mary.
Moleskin:
A few weeks ago when Charlotte was devastated by the “protests” and were put under a curfew for a few nights, YHC didn’t get the memo and showed up at Joust on Friday morning ready to party only to find Ductwork (who was absent from class today) and a few others sitting their scratching our heads not understanding where everyone was. I jumped on Twitter to see that we were the only ones that didn’t get the memo. Later that day Header informed me as “punishment” that I would have to pick a day to Q Joust. Seems like my punishment should have been getting up at 5am to go to a workout that didn’t exist. Whatever. I’ve been coming to Joust somewhat regularly for about a year so I figured it was time I got the nob anyway. Was actually wondering why Header hadn’t ever tapped me before. Header?
We had a good group out there this morning. Seemed to be a solid mix of some old school Joust guys and also a good mix of some newcomers. With the absence of Gloss the chatter seemed to be toned down a bit. Bounce tried to make up for it but was a bit out of his league. Gummy gave his 2 cents as well. I’m pretty sure he had critiqued my form before I had even finished getting out of my car. He seemingly wasn’t very impressed with my disclaimer either of my form on the Imperial Walkers. Bounce absolutely crushed the Triple Nickel (insert your own sarcastic remark). The hair-burners looked better on paper than they turned out to be. I honestly wasn’t expecting such a large crowd. It was tough if you followed directions and actually did the lunges and bear crawls. If you didn’t shame on you…you know who you are. There was a bit too much walking for my liking. And I have to thank the 20 something year olds in the crowd. Your youthfulness has made my turn into year 40 make me feel extremely old and slow. Appreciate that, lads. Either Bounce or Puddin’ should burn the shorts they had on today and pretend certain things never happened. That was straight up offensive. I’m not pointing fingers, but…
We covered about 2.75 miles and got in a good amount of other work as well. Strong group out there today and I appreciate the opportunity to lead, Header. Feel free to keep me on the schedule if you felt my Q today was satisfactory. Thanks to Squid for the take out.
Announcements:
6 PAX that decided spending their weekend running in the woods and sleeping in a van with a bunch of men sounded awful and instead decided to post up at DZ. All veterans to tossed out a pretty weak disclaimer and got mobile.
The Thang:
Quick COP:
SSH X 20
Mountain Climber X 15
Head out to 51 and head about 1.2 miles up the library on the C/O Rea and 51
Cruise into the library parking lot
Get in groups of 3 for hair-burners
1st PAX pushes the plate while PAX 2 and 3 lunge walk behind. Switch until getting to the speed bump toward the end of the parking lot.
Repeat to the starting point.
Stay in groups of 3 for some lifting and running.
PAX 1 runs the length of the parking lot while PAX 2 and 3 do called exercises.
Round 1 – PAX 1 Runs, PAX 2 curls the plate, and PAX 3 squats
Round 2 – PAX 1 runs, PAX 2 shoulder presses with the plate, and PAX 3 merkins
Round 3 – PAX 1 runs, PAX 2 tricep extensions with the plate, and PAX 3 LBC
Finish at the library for one more set of hair burners the length of the parking lot.
Grab the plates (switching between PAX) and head back towards the AO via the Calvary parking lot.
Quick Mary of:
Freddie Mercury
Flutter
and something else that I forget
Back at the school finished off in our groups with 100 dips and 100 derkins
Partner one does the exercise and the other 2 run the parking lot. Switch until getting to 100
Skin:
I decided to try and mix it up a bit so made my way to Dick’s the other day to pick up the plates. I knew they would be met with resistance based on who I knew would be there but decided to go with it either way. I dropped the plates at the library on the way to the AO and didn’t notice the “No Tresspassing during non library hours” signs. There was a lot of chatter during the run about where we were going. McGee was convinced it was Calvary and others even thought I’d try to make it all the way to Davies. Not with Bounce in tow…simply wouldn’t make it. When I pulled the weight plates from the bushes the mutiny really began. There was a lot of “hell no” type of comments primarily coming from Spackler’s direction. A few observations and I’m sure I’m missing many…
All in all it was an hour well spent. Haze…appreciate the takeout. Appreciate you guys and Bounce posting up. I don’t recall any announcements.
Announcements:
Bounce wants to get in on a BRR team next year. Direct message him.
Enjoy the weekend.
Butter
Despite being told to “bring your running shoes”, 12 regulars opted to show up at Hydra to get their day started right. No new faces, quick disclaimer, and a brief warm up in the worst parking lot in South Charlotte. I mentioned up front that you were going to need a partner for a majority of the workout and you could immediately see the PAX sizing up the group and trying to make the wisest decision.
The Thang:
Cop:
SSH X 20
Mountain Climber X 20
Diamond Merkins X 20
Get with your partner for a partner run down to the shopping center on the C/O of Rea and Colony. Partner 1 runs and partner 2 does 5 squats. Repeat until getting to the far end of the parking lot.
Stay with your partner (had 6 groups of 2). Line up and the first group calls out an exercise…takes off for a loop around the building and back to the end of the line where the PAX are performing the exercise that the group called. Group 1 gets back and group 2 calls out an exercise…etc.
Exercises here included:
Burpees
Handslap Merkins
Suicides
LBC’s
Air Squats
And I’m forgetting the last one????
Mosey up to the parking lot by The Lodge and stick with your partner:
Total of 150 merkins and 125 dips. Partner 1 starts the exercise and partner 2 runs. Flap jack until the required number has been completed.
Leave the parking lot and start headed back to OP Elementary on Rea:
Detour for a Indian Run (2 groups of 6) down Chadwyck Farms Drive. Circle up at the bottom for some Mary. Continue on WindyRush and regroup at the bottom of Summerlin. Resume the Indian Run up the road until back into the OP parking lot.
Merkins X 10
Diamonds X 10
Wide Merkins X 10
Low Merkins X 10
Incline Merkins X 10
Moleskin:
Apparently my comment yesterday about “bring your running shoes” got people all up-in-arms. Before long I was getting hit over text, email, and Twitter about what exactly that meant. It meant nothing more than we were going to get mobile and get in a few miles. Bounce and Frosty Paws overcame their fear and set their alarms anyway. Gummy was the only one with a legitimate concern considering he runs in and back home (2 miles each way….impressive).
As noted, we started off with a game of Catch Me if You Can. Or in the case of Spackler and Bounce…Don’t Catch Me. Spackler made it all the way to the destination without Bounce catching him a single time. A+ for the effort, Bounce….D- for the result. While in the parking lot some guy walking his dog happened upon us right as Spackler was telling some story to the PAX about an Olympian speedwalker (yes, that is apparently an Olympic sport) who pooped himself during the race and then collapsed on the track. The dogwalker seemed less than amused with our choice of topics. In a side note, the guy finished 7th….not bad considering the circumstances.
We also learned that Pop knows an alarming amount of information about a shop over there called The Mole Hole. He was quick to point out that it was a “boutique” for women and has clothes very similar to Lilly Pulitzer (I had to look up how to spell that). If you have any questions, you can Google it, or just message Puddin’.
Even with the threat of running, we covered just under 3 miles per my watch. This was only the 2nd or 3rd time I’ve posted all month due to work and vacation. That combined with turning 40 on Monday, I was feeling a bit out of shape. Strong group out there today. Thanks to Good Hands and Pop for pulling me off the bench to lead.
Shout out to Frosty Paws for, albeit a bizarre takeout, it was still a takeout.
Announcements:
Young Life Mud Run on Sept. 17th at the WhiteWater Center – See Frosty Paws for details
5yr Anniversary at Anvil on 9/14 with a 5:15am start.
A strong, group came out early to get their miles in before the heat gets unbearable. Preblast was brief but promised 5-6 miles so I didn’t want to disappoint. After the emails to the site Q’s yesterday regarding the importance of the Disclaimer, I did my best to give a thorough one and we got moving.
The Thang:
Mosey from the school up 51 to the dead-end street behind the park / Wal Mart. Did a set of suicides here using the light poles as our markers. 4 rounds in all.
Get back out to 51 and head to the Arboretum and partner up. Catch Me if You Can starting by the Pet Store and ending at the Firestone on the C/O of Providence Road.
Shoot down Providence to the bottom of the hill for 5 sets on the grass hill. This did not go over well but we will get back to that.
Back up Providence to Shallowood for 2 lines of Indian Runs back to the C/O Windbluff and Raintree (about 8/10 of a mile).
Head back towards the school with a final burst of AYG.
One lap around the track at the school that rounded us out at almost an even 60 minutes.
Moleskin:
Total of 6.1 miles. More skins than shirts when we arrived back at SCMS.
It was a fairly chatty group this morning with more complaining that I was interested in hearing:
“Is this FT or DT”
“Why no IW or SSH”
“My shoes are getting wet”
“I’m not trying to get injured right before BRR”
I think most of these were coming from Pro but I can’t say for sure because it was hard to make out the voice because he was so far behind me.
Catch Me if You Can got a bit dangerous with a lot of near collisions on the route. Slower traffic keep right.
I heard someone comment how “cute” HB and Beaker looked running side by side shirtless with similar looking tattoos on their back. No comment.
I tried to incorporate the grassy hill on Providence that wasn’t a big hit with this group. Truth be told, it is a bit steeper than it looks from the road and with the moisture, was a bit slippery. The BRR boys felt like it was a safety hazard. I regret taking you off the pavement and out of your comfort zone.
We got back to the school with 4 minutes left. My timing was thrown off by the lack of interest in the grass hill run. Alf, to the dismay of many, suggested we hit the track for a quick lap. We quickly learned that the Run For Your Life ladies (and a few men????) were there. TL took the lead, sans shirt mind you, and puffed the chest and flexed his chicken wings for a fast lap.
Good to see Blue Hose and Draino out there working hard. If I’m not mistaken, they are both site FNG’s.
The regulars were in the lead (TL, Alf, Beaker, Faultline, Hairball, etc) and the regulars were in the back (Haze, Pro, etc)
Thanks for the take out Haze…even though you tried to take a subtle jab at me in it. #Sinner.
Announcements:
Beer Mile this Friday at SCMS @ 8pm. Contact Hairball for details
Haze is collecting for FT Golf Hole sponsorship.
Last week Puddin’ was looking for a volunteer to Q this week as apparently he and Goodhands have slacked on the scheduling aspect of being site Q’s. Anyway, was happy to step up as I have been trying to get to Hydra as often as I can and have enjoyed posting out there. No new faces in the crowd so I dropped a quick disclaimer on the group and we got moving.
The Thang:
Warm up run down Rae to the C/O of Colony and hooked a right down Colony. Went past the shopping center and circled up in the parking lot of that office/medical building.
Mountain Climber X 20
Slow Merkin X 10
(I’m not a big fan of the COP so made it brief)
4 Corners / Starfish
Corner #1 – Burpees X 10
Corner #2 – Diamonds X 10
Corner #3 – Wide Grip Merkins X 10
Corner #4 – Hand Release Merkins X 10
(10 merkins in the middle after each corner)
Mosey into The Colony Shopping Center and meet at the fountain. Each PAX grabbed a bench for 3 rounds of work:
Round #1 – 10 Step Ups (each leg), 10 squats, and 10 Monkey Humbers
Run to the far island in the parking lot and back.
Round #2 – 20 skull crushers and 20 derkins
Run to the far island in the parking lot and back.
Round # 3 – 50 dips
Run to the far island in the parking lot and back
Mosey over towards Dunkin’ Donuts for some Mary:
American Hammer X 20
Freddie Mercury X 20
Back to the Harris Teeter parking lot for 7’s (merkins and squats)
Bear crawl Indian Run (is that what its called???) across the parking lot
Mosey back to OPE.
Circle up and plank.
Each PAX holds in plank while PAX #1 does 10 merkins (while PAX still hold plank), PAX #2 then completes 9 merkins, etc. (down to 1).
Hit the little baby track for 3 laps to hit the mileage desired.
The Thang:
Pretty small, yet a very solid group this morning. The temps felt good so I wanted to get a few miles in. We ended at about 3.1 so was happy with that….although Frosty Paws seemed less than thrilled with the territory covered. Sorry. Queen took the lead on most of the running activities with Marge nipping at his heels.
There wasn’t a ton of chatter but we did learn that a good showing in pool volleyball at Windyrush “Country Club” in front of your wife can really pay off later that evening at home (per Frosty Paws). I’m sure Puddin’ is also familiar with that drill.
Puddin’ Pops light gray shirt was dark gray when we ended so I take that as a sign of a fairly decent workout.
Announcements:
– F3 Dads has started
– Goodhands made mention of something called “Slack” that Hairball is pushing on people. Puddin’ seemed less than impressed and said it was just a Twitter for F3. Who Knows
Appreciate the take out, Queen.
Thanks to Puddin’ and Goodhands for the chance to lead. Hope my VQ out here was good enough to get me on the schedule.
11 strong showed up this morning for what was mistakenly advertised as a “low mileage” workout. Turned out to not really be the case. My bad. The clock hit 7am and with no site Q in sight (Hairball apparently was on child duty, this is yet to be verified, and Pro texted last night with some sort of illness. However, he was feeling good enough to cut his grass at 8am. You do the math) so I gave a quick disclaimer and we got after it.
The Thang:
One mosey around the track to explain the stations we would get to later in the workout and then circled up in the middle of the field. No SSH, no IW, and no mountain climbers…(sorry McGee) we got straight to business.
Split into groups for 4 corners.
10 merkins in the middle
burpees X 10 Corner 1
Hand release merkins X 10 Corner 2
Diamond merkins X 10 Corner 3
Wide grip merkins X10 Corner 4
Straight into the circuit/station workout OYO:
Dips X 20
Jump Ups X 10
Lil’ Haze X 10 (each leg)
Run to the track:
Station 1 – 10 Pull Ups
Station 2 – 10 V-Ups and 20 LBC
Station 3 – 15 Squats and 15 Monkey Humpers
Station 4 – 20 Presses and 20 curls (with cement plates)
Station 5 – AYG to the basketball court
Station 6 – 5 Burpe’ (french version)
Station 7 – Bear Crawl to the top of the ramp
Rinse and Repeat as many times as you can.
Moleskin:
The goal today was to keep moving for the entire 60 minutes and hit the major body parts. I feel we accomplished it. Alf, McGee, Swiper, and Heartbreaker took the early lead on the circuit and never looked back. I was content to fall into the middle of the group with Strawberry. I learned more about him today than I probably have in the year or so that I’ve known him. Good to chat, Bro. I’d be doing us all a huge injustice if I didn’t mention Semi’s antics. Not only did he rip into the parking lot literally going 55mph, but he got out of the car playing the role of Spackler this morning (ie, blood shot eyes, bed-head, and smelling of a homeless alcoholic). On a side note, Spackler couldn’t make it because he was hooked up to an IV at some shady “medical clinic” on East Independence Blvd. I digress. Semi immediately voiced his concerns that he hadn’t had time to use the bathroom at home so we all know what was going to happen..it was only a matter of time. I didn’t see it (but really wish I did) but apparently when it came time to drop the kids off at the pool, Gloss scaled some sort of fence and came out looking really bad. I mean, scratched arms and legs, ripped shirt, etc. Mrs. Gloss isn’t going to be happy. It was strange to say the least. Considering we all split into our own groups, I didn’t get to hear much of the chatter that took place. Feel free to chime in with what I missed. Thanks to Pro and Hairball for the chance to lead this strong group. Solid take-out but I have to say, I forget who did it. Swiper, maybe??? Sorry.
Announcements:
Brick wall rebuild somewhere. I forget where but if you are reading this, you missed it anyway
11 men and Radar posted for some running and what turned into quite a few merkins. No COP or disclaimer..we hit the streets.
The Thang:
Mosey down 51 towards Carmel Rd. 1 mile in stop for 1 minute of mountain climber OYO.
Keep moving towards Charlotte Catholic and stop at the benches out front: 25 dips, 25 wide armed merkins on top of the bench (renamed Table Humpers), and 15 close grip merkins on the bench.
Head to the parking deck. Start at the bottom and go to the top. Starting with 5 merkins at the first turn and adding 5 at each turn.
Bear crawl merkin from one side to the other (bear crawl 10 steps and do 5 merkins. Repeat until reaching the other side. Partner up for a partner wheelbarrow to the other side. Flap Jack in the middle
Head back down. This time with 5 squats at the first stop and adding 5 at each corner.
Stop for 50 dips at the benches in front.
Mosey up 51 to the office park on the C/O 51 and Carmel. 25 dips at the fountain. Move down the parking lot and partner up. Partner 1 does 20 merkins while partner 2 does LBCs. Flap Jack. The goal was to repeat until 1 but we got to around 10 for most of us (single digits for McGee and Swiper and high teens for Spack and Bounce) and called it due to time.
Mosey back to the school and partner up. 3 rounds of running and called exercise: Round 1: Partner 1 runs and partner 2 jump ups. Round 2: Partner 1 runs and partner 2 derkins. Round 3: Partner 1 runs and partner 3 incline merkins. Flap Jack in between.
Moleskin:
Nice work by all. Numbers were low until McGee and Pro ripped in the parking lot with about 2 minutes to spare. Spackler popped the curb literally as we were leaving the school. A lot of chatter and concern over the lack of COP and disclaimer. Truth be told, the disclaimer was an oversight and the COP was intentional. I think we can all do without a little SSH and IW. McGee seemed a big agitated over the lack of cadence duirng the dips. Sorry to let you down, man. Alf wasn’t a fan of the merkin/LBC ladder and was fairly vocal about it. Hats off to Spackler for showing up after a long night of hitting the sauce. He was looking pale, smelled like a hobo, and had a raging case of cotton mouth but he pushed through. The highlight of the workout for those of us who witnessed it was the moment we caught Bounce in some bizarre Glamour Shot pose glaring into Spacklers eyes for what seemed to be a very odd conversation. It was highly comical….yet highly disturbing at the same time.
We covered 4.48 miles (which was also Spacklers BAC) and cranked out, by my count, 355 merkins. Well done.
Announcements:
There was something, but I forget. My bad.
14 showed up in a lite rain for what was advertised as a running workout with a handful of merkins. It was a bit of a skeleton crew…not sure if the rain or threat of merkins at FT that kept a few people away. Without naming names, there were a few regulars, such as Hairball, that were absent today. Looking back, I don’t believe there was a disclaimer.
The Thang:
Quick mosey out of the parking lot and up 51 and meeting up at the ARBO in front of that BBQ place that I have literally never seen anyone come in or out of. Whatever.
Start with 10 merkins (insert grumbling from Mr. Brady) and do 10 at each speed bump through the parking lot until getting to Providence Rd. I believe it was 100 total.
Regroup and cross over Providence Rd. This drew instant chatter from the group wondering if FT had ever been to that side of Providence. From there we turned into Hempsted and that is when I heard a few wondering aloud if we were even “allowed” back there.
Mosey about 1/4 mile down Hempsted until coming to the grass median type thing. Directions: Run down and around and back up the median stopping for 5 merkins each time at the top. Rinse and repeat for 7 minutes.
Head back towards Providence stopping for a quick AYG at the first street (down and back) with 10 merkins in between.
Back down Providence to Shallowood for a game of Catch Me if You Can (5 merkins when catching your partner). I declared that from starting to end (C/O Raintree was 1/8 of a mile to which several (ie, Alf and Brady) strongly disagreed. By the time I realized that it was actually 8/10 of a mile, Brady had disappeared into the gloom.
Quick stop at Rounding Run for a set of Suicides.
Indian Run down Rising Meadow and Woodfox.
Finish with 4 sprints the length of the parking lot at the school.
Moleskin:
The goal was to incorporate some new terrain into the workout and I think that was accomplished. There is a lot of area around that we should tap into. I recognize that I went a little bit off the grid with the merkins (I’d guess 200+) but wanted to mix it up. Haze declared at the start that he had skipped “chest day” yesterday at Curves to make sure he was properly rested. Now that’s dedication. Alf and Brady seemed oddly concerned about my miscalculation in the distance of the Indian Run. To the extent, that Alf declared that I clearly had a BA and not a BS. This is ironically true. At one point, I did hear Brady telling a story of how he thought he was about to get roughed up by some “White trash redneck” once at Myrtle Beach. I didn’t catch the end, but I’m sure it is good. See Brady for details. Great to have Geraldo back. Looking strong after a 3-4 month break from FT.
Great work from all today. Thanks for Haze on the solid take out.
Total distance between 5.5 and 5.75 miles.
Announcements:
F3 Dads for the Knights game on 5/14
Maybe more of an observation that an announcement, but Joker might be the fastest guy around. That dude has wheels.
I let Haze beat me….again #welcometoChilis