- When:09/15/15
- QIC: Sundancer
- The PAX: Kirk, Talkbox, Iron Mike, Voodoo, Backdraft (SOFAWIB FNG)
SOFAWIB: The Splinter
Six bold manly men ventured out for this week’s edition of SOFAWIB where they experienced
THE SPLINTER:
Partner up – pairings were Iron Mike/Talkbox, Kirk/Voodoo, Backdraft/Sundancer
Take a right out of OP onto Rea and run to HT, loop around the first pillar, and back to OP (+/- 1 mile). Run past the buddy bench to the football field.
Partner 1 – runs back the buddy bench playground for 10 pull-ups and then runs back to the concession area for 20 dips and 20 derkins. P1 runs back to the football field. Sumo squats while waiting for your partner.
Partner 2 – runs out the trail to Foxworth and up the hill. At the top (intersection with Bedfordshire), P2 does 40 LBCs, runs down the hill for 40 Freddy Mercury (single count, i.e. 20 each side), and runs back on the trail to the football field. Sumo squats while waiting for your partner.
When partners meet at the football field, partner carry to midfield and back (switch as needed).
If you believe like I do that partner carry’s are a great way to injure yourself, modifications were granted in the form of 10 dumbocrats each.
Partners flapjack – P1 heads to Foxworth, P2 heads to the playground – and that’s one set.
Stop at 0606 and run the HT mile again with a left into OP for COT.
The AAR:
Prior to the green flag, Daisy drove into the parking lot, which is weird because 1) he lives across the street, and 2) he was in normal human clothes. A part of me really wanted to see him join the workout in khakis and collar because that’s exactly the kind of weird I want to see weekly. Alas, he was off to help support the voting process. So t-claps to him for that.
The gloom is dark and full of terrors. The trail behind OldE was pretty much a blackout. While the risk of injury was elevated, the dark and quiet was kind of nice. Right until I almost collided with Voodoo and Kirk ran over a tree. I guess its headlamp season until Daylight Whatever Time.
Contrary to how it looks and feels, The Splinter is a high mileage workout at 4.2 miles. Mix in the other routines and while nothing leads to muscle failure, everything just kind of aches all over.
Happy to be paired with my man Backdraft this morning. Since I have no clue how much of anything anyone else did, I have to assume that Backdraft and I did the most cycles, and therefore won SOFAWIB this week. Everyone else will just have to try harder next week.
And now, the official tallies –
Did Sundancer Vomit?: NO
Did Iron Mike Go Shirtless?: NO
Was Kirk Injured?: BRR HANGOVER, ALMOST SONNY BONO’D HIMSELF
I appreciate you all for coming out. And thank you for making SOFAWIB your weekly choice for partial sensory deprivation. See you next week when Voodoo plans to have us deadlift the police car.
Sundancer author
Aside from running the stairs at Freedom, I’m not sure anything could have been worse as a “welcome back from BRR” workout. Over 4 miles, partner carries, and squats while waiting…check, check, check. Stumbling into a tree in the pitch black woods – also check.
Worth of a mention: Voodoo set a new mile PR (7:23) on Strava. Also, heavy to carry.
Sundancer, the epicness (is that a word? it is now…) of the workout is matched only by your backblast. T-claps on both.
The pitch black trail gave this workout an edgy feel this morning. You’re trying to run as fast as you can while avoiding (i) trees and (ii) other pax. You’d think you would hear them stumbling down the trail at you, but I couldn’t hear anything over my hyperventilation. I was trying to keep track of whoever might be coming towards me whenever I was “running” through there. Thankfully, I timed my yell perfectly to avoid a head-to-head collision with Sundancer. That would have been a tough one to explain to the M.
Thanks to Kirk for dragging me to my new mile PR this morning, even though I was only close enough to talk to him for about 1/3 of it. I thought the partner carries might prevent him from choosing me this morning (as predicted by Sundancer in yesterday’s mumblechatter), but he’s apparently a glutton for punishment since I probably outweigh him by about 40 lbs. Although he complained about how tired his legs were, he was as fast as usual this morning. Maybe he should join a 6 man team next year?
I can promise you two things, Bushwood:
1) We will run more than 2 miles
2) I will bring a variety of KB sizes so you can grab a smaller one for the first set, then upszie to a bigger one once you get the technique down.
I’ll also offer some on-site training to get you up to speed on your soon-to-be-favorite KB exercises.
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