Base(ball) Camp

Base(ball) Camp

No SF in sight as Goonie wrested the LIFO title from someone’s grasp, and 25 duly disclaimed pax followed YHC into the Base Camp gloom.

The Thang:

Circled the parking lot to collect Goonie and then jogged down to the track for a partial lap.  YHC planned to do COP on the football field, but thought better of diving into that swamp and head instead to the baseball diamond.  It is still baseball season after all, even for Chicago Cubs fans and it’s almost September!  #LETSGO

COP:

Imperial Squawkers x 10 IC

Merkin x 10 IC

Burpee x 5 OYO

Low Slow Squat x 15 IC

Freddy Mercury x 13 IC

Jog to homeplate for the following:

Lungewalk to 1st Base – 5 H-R Merkins

Broad Jump to 2nd Base – 10 Jump Squats, 5 H-R Merkins

High Knees to 3rd Base – 15 LBCs, 10 Jump Squats, 5 H-R Merkins

Bearcrawl to Home Plate – 20 CDDs, 15 LBCs, 10 Jump Squats, 5 H-R Merkins

Mosey to Right Field Line and partner up for the following:

Partner 1 – Old school Sit-ups x 15 while Partner 2 planks with hands on partner’s feet.  Flapjack. Rinse & Repeat.

Handslap Partner Merkins x 13 IC. Rinse & Repeat

Partner Push to 2nd Base. Flapjack back to Right field line.

Partner Pull to 2nd Base. Flapjack back to Right field line.

Prairie Fire Mary x 10R, 10C & 10L. Flapjack.

High knees to 2nd base.

Bound to right field line.

Bearcrawl 1/2 way to 2nd base, crabwalk rest of the way.

Backwards run back to Right Field line.

AYG run to 2nd base.

Circle up for 6 MoM

Slow Flutter x 13 IC

American Hammer x 10 IC

Cumberland County Viaduct x 10R IC, x 10L IC

Jog back to launch lot for COT.

Ye Olde Moleskine:

Great crew at Base(ball) Camp today.  Good to see some old familiar faces (i.e. Smash & ABBA) and lots of new faces including a few who were posting for just the 2nd or 3rd time (i.e. Destiny & Balk).  Grateful to Simba and Fireman Ed for tapping me to Q.  Hope I didn’t disappoint the pax.  YHC enjoyed the 1.5 mile pre-run with Simba and Horsehead. #2ndF  It was a good cool down after the 86 degree temps at the Hops home last night with a deceased A/C unit. #mercy

Methinketh the Imperial Squawker and the bounding could use a little work on form, but otherwise the pax was getting after it in the gloom.  T-claps fellas.  It should never get easy, perhaps a bit easier but that’s when you need to push yourself even harder.  If it ever gets easy – it’s not worth doing.

Sound off with any observations as it’s hard to notice much at the darkest AO in all of Area 51.

See you in the gloom again soon men.

“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”  Proverbs 17:17

“Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.” Proverbs 27:17

Announcements:

Sign up for Mud Run – Oct. 24 – connect with Mermaid for info.

BRR – just 3 weeks away – but teams still need runners and drivers.  See Turkey Leg for details.