The Agony of Defeat

The Agony of Defeat

It wasn’t The Murph that defeated one pax this morning, but a rogue speedbump that jumped up out of nowhere (more on this in the moleskin).  The shovel flag was planted and the pax jogged into the gloom for another edition of The Murph – named In memory of Navy Lieutenant Michael Murphy, 29, of Patchogue, N.Y. – killed in Afghanistan June 28th, 2005.  The workout, which Murphy had called “Body Armor”, was one of his favorites.

The Thang

• Run 1 mile to McAlpine Elementary School
• 10 sets x (10 pull-ups, 20 merkins, 30 squats)
• Run 1 mile back to the shovel flag at Calvary
• Various exercises as pax return (LBC, flutter, IWs, superman, 1 legged flutters, Freddie Mercury, CCV, among others)
• Sprint relay – losing team does 15 burpees, winning team planks

Moleskin

YHC was doomed to make the backblast today.  I must have been speeding, because the very first speedbump we crossed proved to be too steep for me and I careened into the asphalt.  It was a picture not unlike the old videos from ABC’s wide world of sports – or at least that’s how I’ll remember it.  While largely unscathed, a devestating injury to the pinky finger caused YHC to lose alot of blood through the workout – but I carried on!  During the COT, Bananas informed YHC that for the low price of about $10 he could own a headlamp.  Thanks for the advice Bananas!

Not long after the pax arrived at McAlpine and dove into the pull-ups, merkins, and squats, a CMPD patrol car pulled into the parking lot.  He parked it just above the playground and sat for a good 5 or 10 minutes.  Perhaps he was thinking about jumping in?  More likely he was wondering why anyone would want to subject themselves to such punishment.  Aye!

Not too much chatter from the pax today, except for maybe a few comments to YHC to “watch your step” or “don’t trip over this wall” (thanks Champagne for looking out).  Strong work by all of the pax, particularly Joker, PBQB, and a few others that were first to finish!  Well done!

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