A regrettable decision

A regrettable decision

Bushwood did his best impression of YHC by arriving exactly at 5:30, so we got a slightly late launch, but that was the last time he would slow us down this morning. After a quick disclaimer, we were off.

The Thang:

Mosey from start point to the lot near the pines near North Face. You know which one YHC means. Circle up for COP (all counts are approximate – except the merkins):

SSH x 26 IC

Merkins x 15 IC

IW x 21 IC

Merkins x 10 IC

Low, slow squats x 20 IC

Merkins x 10 IC

Mountain climbers x 25 IC [skip last set of merkins]

Mosey to the base of North Face for modified 11s:

1 burpee at the bottom, scale NF for 10 merkins, circle the pines and return to the base

2 burpees at the bottom, scale NF for 9 merkins, circle the pines, etc. until

10 burpees at the bottom, scale NF for 1 merkin, collapse (at least that’s what YHC did). I think the rest of the PAX were doing some sort of Mary.

Mosey to the parking lot by 51 for some partner suicides to the first light post.

Partner 1 does exercise while Partner 2 runs. Flapjack until the combined partnership reaches the total number of reps called:

Round 1: 200 Mountain climbers (each foot counts as one)

Round 2: 150 squats

Round 3: 100 Merkins

Mosey to the start point to finish up:

On your belly, sprint to the first light post and drop to belly again. Repeato back to start point.

Mary:

LBCs x 31 IC

Protractor

Rosalita x 20 IC

1 minute left – AMRAP merkins

COT – YHC with the take out.

Announcements:

• Calvary Church is re-stocking its pantry. This is an opportunity to help out a church that is one of the best AOs in Area 51, hosting two workouts a week. Anvil has agreed to bring canned beef (5 and 13 oz. cans) next week. Centurion is covering the canned ham (I’m sure there’s a joke to be made here, Horsehead or Tiger Rag). Other workouts have agreed to bring other items. Please give generously to help those less fortunate.
• The Fall Mud Run is scheduled for October 24 and Mermaid is the Area 51 Q. There is no official F3 sign up yet, but Mermaid is available to help organize teams or whatever else is needed.

NMM:

I don’t know about the rest of the PAX or the veteran Qs, but every Q for YHC is a bit intimidating. You want to make sure to give the PAX their money’s worth without burning out too early. When planning a workout, I try to stick to the principle of “If you can’t do it, don’t Q it.” Oh well, some rules were meant to be broken. Hence, the 11s on North Face. YHC did it, but did it slowly. This resulted in at least two of the PAX lapping YHC. There may have been more, but I chose to ignore the Larry Birds. Thankfully, this pack of veterans knows how to stay busy and proceeded to do a set of Mary while YHC finished up. I have never spilled merlot at a work out, but there was definitely a chance during this set.

The weinke had called for more merkins during COP, but YHC had to audible to maintain form and save some upper body strength for the 11s. I got the idea for that set from an MT Q at the Brave a few weeks ago. However, that was on a much smaller hill.

I’ve done a lot of really tough workouts in Area 51, but my first post was at Anvil and it almost killed me. Since this was my inaugural Q at Anvil, I wanted to return the favor to the PAX. YHC may have bitten off a bit more than I could chew with the weinke, but I hope it was enough to smoke the PAX.

Thanks to Mermaid and Young Love for the opportunity to lead. Two great examples of what F3 is all about.

The total workout resulted in 2.3 miles (per my Garmin) and 230 merkins (not counting the AMRAP at the end). If you’re doing the 10k challenge, you still have work to do today.