Mud Run Friendly?

Mud Run Friendly?

In theory, with the Mud Run coming up, I had meant for this week to be a little lighter for me. After two separate runs, FastTwitch, Death Valley and all day Carowinds on Thursday, it’s only appropriate that I was also Q for Overdrive this week. So, I figured I better make this one Mud Run friendly and that’s where the debate began. Let’s go…

The Thang:
Two Hair Band miles around the parking lot

COP
SSH x 20 (some chatter noticing that my voice is going away after all day at Carowinds yesterday which actually helped prevent any Mike Tyson-esque squeaking from me this week)
IW x 20
3 Count Merkins (a merkin but stay down for a cadenced 3 count then push back up) x 10

Let’s mosey around the building.

Rail Holds (30 second hold on the rails then move one arm length up the rail and hold again)
People’s Chair on the Wall with Air Presses x 30
BTW with cadenced Mountain Climbers x 10 (at this point, one of the PAX grumbled that this wasn’t a good start for a supposed mud run friendly Q)
People’s Chair w/ Air Presses x 30
Rail Slides Down the Rails
People’s Chair w/ Air Presses x 30
Rail Slides Up the Rails
People’s Chair for Recovery

Mosey to the Bus Parking Lot

Cheese Run (sprint in between each bus and run around the front/back) up the hill for all 20-25 buses

Plank to gather then Arm/Leg lifts on both sides with a 10 countdown for each arm/leg combo

Mosey to the bottom of the hill beside the parking lot

11s starting with 10 burpees at top of hill/1 squat at bottom…..1 burpee at the top of the hill/10 squats at the bottom (more debate on the mud run friendliness of this with a ‘Let’s see how you feel about these tomorrow’ thrown in for good measure).

Running out of time so a 11 Countdown starting with 11 3-count LBCs (hold each crunch for a 3 count) at the top of the hill….all the way down to 1 3-count LBC. Oh yeah, backwards run each time up the hill because I believe in the healing effects of backwards running (I am not a professional though).

1MOM:
6 inch leg holds with difference variations of one leg go out and hold, etc. And then I realized we went over so this was extra credit work.

COT:
Thanks to The Late Show for praying us out and reminding us what we need to be about as men.

Moleskine:

Strong work by all.

Welcome Big Trade to Overdrive for the first time after being a FNG at Outland last week. Strong work this morning. Prayers for your M running her half-marathon tomorrow.

Great job to The Late Show and I tried to make some of those 3-count exercises for you to ensure no one (well, mostly me) is cheating at form. Prayers to you and your M in the Spartan tomorrow.

Great job by Hair Band to push through the side stitch you’ve been dealing with. Overcoming pain is good training for the RL&B, right?

Thank you for the push this morning and for keeping the debate on the mud run friendliness of this to a cheerful O2 deprived mockery of me. I did laugh and agree that it seemed more friendly in my mind than it really was.