Death Valley heads off campus

Death Valley heads off campus

16 PAX enjoyed/endured a soggy run up 51 to the private park (or so the signs say) at the C/O of 51 and Raintree for some running, hills, and partner workout.

The Thang:

Mosey up 51 to the park at Raintree

COP in the parking lot:

Side Straddle Hop X 10

Imperial Walker X 10

Merkin X 10

Mountain Climber X 10

Head up to the field: 10 merkins at one goal post followed by a bear crawl to the following post…10 more merkins and jog to the goal posts at the other end….repeat…back to the starting point.

Partner up on the goal line into groups of 2 PAX:  First group calls out an exercise and takes off down the field and rounds the opposing goal post.  All the while, the remaining PAX on the goal line are performing the named exercise.  Each group (8 total) takes their turn.  For some reason, there were a lot of burpee/burpee variation involved here.

Wheel barrow carry with same partner down the field….switch mid-way.

Mosey to the other end of the field and to the bottom of the grass hill:  A variation of the ladder here.  10 merkins at the bottom, 9 at the top, 8 at the bottom, etc. until you get to 1.

Short mosey to the picnic table for a ladder of step-ups and dips.  Started at 8 and went down to 1.

Back to home base for a bit of Mary.

Moleskin:  First off, props to Stone Cold and Semi for giving me the heads-up on the Park General at Davies.  I had intended to head there but was told it would likely cause an altercation with the lady that has her “pay to play” class there Wednesday mornings.  I certainly wasn’t looking to get my *ss handed to me at 5:30am by some female drill sergeant in front of this group.  Likely something I would never live down.

I was stoked to get a few props on my choice of tank-top right out of the gate (Thanks Sky Walker and Puddin’).  Puddin’ mumbled something about not being able to “pull that look off” which I immediately questioned.  There was some grumbling about the run to the park and something about “this not being Fast Twitch” (ie, Sky Walker…he was quite chatty this morning) but overall most kept the complaining to a minimum.  The fields were wet but it was nice to go to an off campus party for a change.  Stage Coach had a sweet idea to take the longer and hilly way back to home base which drew some heckling from the group.  Lastly, it appears Semi Gloss took Spackler up on his suggestion from Fast Twitch to up his wardrobe from youth to adult size.  Well played.  We all thank you for that.  Thanks for letting me lead you all on my virgin Death Valley Q.  Enjoyed it and look forward to doing it again soon.

Announcements:  Joust is back at Charlotte Christian this Friday on the new fields.  Semi’s BRR team is in need of a driver.