Ballantyne Village Tour

Ballantyne Village Tour

17 men got up this morning to the surprise that winter had returned.  Several were under dressed and a few were overdressed.  Mr. Bean had to borrow Fire Hazard’s Ms shaw to stay warm.

A quick disclaimer was given and the announcement that the mosey was the warm up.  No need to warm up this crew.  Better to jump right into it.  We mosed to the parking deck at Ballantyne Village since every time I go over to the Premier deck I seem to get us kicked out.

First exercise was suicides all the way to the top and back down.  You ran to the first level and back stopping to do five merkins while your feet were pressed against the wall.  Next you run to the next level and back down again stopping every time to do five merkins.  Once at the top you worked your way back down doing a suicide pyramid.

Catch the six and mosey over to the bottom of the first incline in the parking deck.  Here you partnered up based upon size.  Partner carry to the top stopping on the flat to switch.  To be fair the flat was only about twenty feet.  No one complained too much.  Once at the top run down the stairs back to the bottom of the ramps for plank while the Q pulled tie the shoe trick.

Rinse and repeat the partner carry this time stopping at the top once you complete your cycle. Plank while the six comes in.  While in plank we did six inches with one foot up and trying to hold out the opposite hand.  This was hard but some were successful.

Next round the Pax was asked to find a column that is at the top of the deck.  Each column is about three feet high.  Here we did twenty jump ups/pull ups.  Run to the bottom of the parking deck using the steps.

We mosed over to the bottom of the grass hill under the parking deck where five burpees at the bottom followed by five jump squats at the top were called three times.  Plank when you are done.

Mosey over to the stop sign by the cigar store.  The Pax were instructed that we were going to run counter clockwise around Ballantyne Village.  They were instructed to stop at every restaurant and do ten hand release merkins.  All and all there were nine stops depending on how was counting.

Mary while the six returned.  We did LBC, Freddie Mercury, six inches, American Hammer.

Mosey to the bottom of the hill where Ballantyne Commons and Ballantyne Village intersect.  The Pax were asked to lay on their stomachs and do AYG back to the AO when the signal was given.

Wait we have two minutes.  So in honor of Haggis who had to leave early we did two minutes of elbow plank.

Done.

Moleskin: Everyone gave great effort out there.  Ickey came because of the tease of carrying heavy things.  I’m not sure if Wing man counts but hopefully you got your fill.  Chippy ran hard this morning never stopping and not to mention showing up in no long sleeves.  Strong.

Wild Boar was a beast lugging me up during the partner carries.  Thanks for the send off.

Mighty Might is rounding into form for the Palmetto 200.  Hopefully he will get rid of the cough.  He had some crazy theory about what may be causing it but it seemed foolish to make any lifestyle changes.  Just look to Frehley’s as a beacon of inspiration.  Frehley’s at one point was doing one leg on the wall merkins.  Must be that youthful birthday glee.

Mr. Bean, Fire Hazard, Tolken and Tuck were pushing the pace today especailly during the suicides.  Tolken in particular seems inspired by the nomination to the #F3Calandistine SOBs.  They better watch out though because the team of Fire Hazard, Tuck, Mario and ? are looking strong.

Haggis I hope your tweak was only a tweak.  He is the smart one because he always listens to his body and knows when to push and when to hold back.

Wild Turkey and Madame were flying up during the partner carry.  Wild Turkey was fresh off a visit with Mickey Mouse and did not seem winded at all.  Special prayers to you Madame and your sister.  We hope you have a good visit.

Best of luck to Mighty Might on his travels out to the superbowl.  #GoPanthers

Outback continues to get faster.  There must be something to this diet thing and performance.

Luckily this time we did not need Van Pelt to save us from the parking deck police.  He continues to show up every workout and push hard.  Age means nothing and he is always in a great mood.

Soft pretzel was right behind the Tuck, Fire Hazard, Mr. Bean group during suicides.  He is sneaky fast.

Is it me or is Wing Man growing a grizzly Adams type beard.  Look up you young bucks.

Announcements: SOB/Indian Land trail hike at Anne Springs is coming up February 20th.

Charlotte Ten Miler https://charlotte10miler.racesonline.com/  Ten and four mile options.  Take the red pill.

Go Jen Go  5K  http://runjenrun.racesonline.com/

Enjoy your Friday and #GoPanthers