Creatures of Habit

Creatures of Habit

YHC rolled in this morning to see only Uncle Leo firmly planting the shovel flag into The Matrix AO.  With 4 minutes left it was just the two of us, but the lot quickly filled with 13 PAX who know how to start the week off right.

5:30 and off we went, around the backside of the school and out into he front parking lot.  YHC heard a little grumbling from Uncle Leo.  Apparently starting off running counter clockwise around the school was not the standard direction.  Usually we head to the street and run clockwise.  Decided to take a walk on the wild side this morning.

COP:

SSH x 30 IC

IW x 25 IC

Merkins x 20 IC

Mountain Climbers x 20 IC

The Thang:

Mosey around the school with 4 stops for pain stations.  Each exercise was 10x reps.

At the stumps:  Single leg split squats on stumps (10 each leg) & Derkins

At the back playground:  Jump Squats & Upside down shoulder presses with feet on top of fence (modify to Carolina Dry Docks as needed)

Front wall of school:  Donkey Kicks & Flutters

Front playground:  Dips & Toes to Bar (modify to hanging knee raises as needed)

First lap was done as a group.  After that add 5 reps to each exercise each lap and go on your own pace.  I think all completed laps with 15, 20, and 25 reps.  The leaders ran a final lap with no exercises to pick up the six.

Huddle up by front school entrance and jail break to cars.

6MOM:

LBC’s x 30 IC

Dolly x 25 IC

Protractor

Done.

The Moleskine:

The NSA officially tracked Pop Tart and his watch for 2.1 miles this morning.  That plus the pain stations and high humidity left everyone plenty smoked and sweaty.  Good work by all.  YHC ran this workout once before with a few adjustments and the six was much further back by the end.  Great to see everyone getting stronger and little separation between the front of the pack and the rear.

Lobster Roll and Joker led most of the way (Although Joker may have been modifying more than he needed to.)  Joker made sure to give credit to Lobster Roll for brining “Toes to Ba” to The Matrix.  It sucked the first time and continues to suck.  Arena made a strong challenge to the leaders on the final lap to keep them honest.  Solid work by Pop Tart and Floor Slapper for chasing down the lead pack on the last loop to regroup.  Pop Tart wanted to make sure he ticked off the full 2 miles.

Turkey Leg was a little off his usual lighting pace, but we’ll cut him some slack after putting down 30+ miles on the Palmetto 200 Friday and Saturday.  Impressed he even showed up and could walk straight.

O’T was smoking through the toes to bar.  I think I still have the mulch in my eye that he kicked up each time as he was motoring through them.

Thanks Young Love for the solid send off.

Always and honor to lead.  The Matrix Pax is becoming a solid group of 13-15 each week, great numbers for a workout.

-Alf

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