Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

“It is nought good a slepyng hound to wake” is attributed to Geoffrey Chaucer, in 1374.  The Olde Englishe will sound foreign to the modern ear.  It’s where we get the phrase, “Bulldog [sic] is in the Fartsack.”  And so it was at 0530 and 17 strong went forth into the gloom wondering who would post first:  Matlock or Bulldog [sic].

WARMUP

•  Little baby jog to lower lot
• SSH x 30
• I-Walker x 31 (prepping mental Weinke…missed it)
• Squats, Low and Slow x 30

LITTLE BABY JOG TO ENTRANCE HILL

• Jacob’s Ladder x5 with 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 burpees at top
• Planks by Sprague

MOSEY TO GRASS HILL

•  Lunge walk up hill
• Karaoke lunge up hill L
• Karaoke lunge up hill R
• Backwards lunge up hill
• Sprint up hill
• Karaoke up hill L
• Karaoke up hill R
• Backwards sprint up hill

EXTENDED MARY

• Perfect Planks x 60 sec or so(no arses in the air, no packages in the dirt; align the spine with the legs, quads tight, cheeks clenched, heels back, head up)
• Six inches (just long enough for ribald quips from Donkey Kong)
• Dolly x 20 (hold em)
• Rosalita x 20 (hold em at 45 deg.)
• Low flutter x 20 (hold em)
• High slow flutter x 20 (hold em at 45)
• LBC x 30 (feet above knees, legs uncrossed)
• “Hello Wanker” x 1
• Perfect planks x 60 sec (Pax count around COP until we reach 60…we seemed to get stuck at the same person every 18 “seconds” or so)
• Perfect planks x “60” sec (Pax count down from 60)

LITTLE BABY JOG TO FIRE LANE

• Lunge walk Fire Lane in front of HS.
• Extra credit: wrestler walk the 2nd half

MOSEY TO FIELD, SPLIT INTO TWO TEAMS

• Flip tire
• Bunny hop through
• 5 burpees
• Back of the line
• Rinse and repeat up field and back

GASSERS

• Sprint: 2 x 50 yd (? maybe?)
• Sprint: 4 x 50 yd
• Sprint: 6 x 50 yd (max effort on last 50)

COT

MOLESKIN

• It happens:  You wake up at 4 am, look at your phone and think, “How I love thee, Fartsack,”  and return to your dreams of socialized medicine, Wham!, and the Bronte sisters, only to arise at 0542 in a panic, and rush out the door.  We’ve all been there.  Don’t kick yourself in the bollocks, chum.
• Some of the relatively new guys feeling the pain on Mary.  The Core is the strong (or weak) link in the kinetic chain and F3 does a great job tightening it up.  Stay with it–you get stronger.  And for some reason it’s easier when you lead.  Step up.
• Controversial discussion post-COT today.  Politics?  Religion? Tiffany v. Debbie Gibson?  None of the above.  Proper burpee form.  The 6-count Stop Animation Burpee was demonstrated, as was the Flying Squirrel Burpee (sans Jazz Hands).  Each burpee style has pros and cons and the Pax is encouraged to pick the flavor that suits his needs.  He who has an ear let him hear.
• Another birther controversy brewing, this time in SCLT.  Some are questioning Donkey Kong’s perpetual War Baby status.  By his account, he’s been 26 since 8th grade.  Perhaps Geraldo will get to the bottom of that with some hard-hitting investigative journalism.
• Side note:  It’s hard to tell in the gloom sometimes, but if you come to HDHH you’ll agree that DK is the spitting image of that guy from Flight of the Conchords: (LINK HERE).  #Doppelganger
• Prayer for Skywalker (aka/fka? Short Sale).  Don’t let the gloomies get you down, brother.  Also O’Tannenbaum’s mom fell and broke her hip yesterday.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Order your new 2013 race jersey.  Order by Feb 16 and it will be here in time for the Spartan.  Info on website.  Talk to some vets about sizing.
• Leatherneck Mud Run participants: pay up for bus and sundries.  Swamp’s Poo List is coming out next week.  Don’t be on it.
• Blue Ridge Relay.  Run 200+ miles for 36 hours with a few of your close friends.  Sign ups are on the website.