How Do You Solve a Problem Like María María

How Do You Solve a Problem Like María María

8 for the early spring edition of that workout that people say they hate but secretly they like it because it makes you think of Santana, and the Appalachian Trail, and Leonard Bernstein and Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals. Now go to your happy place because The Danger Zone is no one’s idea of a good time.

Here’s what we did
Partner up.
Hang a right on Rea and run to the Harris Teeter and WAIT DON’T START RUNNING BACK.
Burpees OYO at the corner of Rea and Colony until the 6 arrives.
Run to the first telephone pole, flip to backwards run to second telephone pole – 10 good form merkins.
Forwards run to the next telephone pole, then backwards run to the next – 10 flutters (per leg).
Run forward, run backward – 7 burpees.
Rinse repeat – forwards/backwards/merkins/flutters/burpees
Mix in a little partner accountability check at each named side street – 10 dumbocrats, alternate top/bottom #phrasing.
Do it all over again on the way back from 51 to the corner of Rea and Colony. Found out today that this Strava segment is called “The Danger Zone” because of course its called that.
“Completed” means you and your partner will need to complete all exercises and be back at OP parking lot in the 45 minutes time allotment

The Results
One-Eye/Cold Cuts with the win. Iron-Mike/Sundancer* then Booyah/Hammer right on my tail, with Voodoo/Rachel following.

Color Analysis
First, let me give full credit to One-Eye and Cold Cuts, who completed the workout with a few minutes to spare. And I didn’t see any arm waggles and flying squirrels. Totally legitimate win. Pretty dang impressive.

Next, let me give credit to my partner Iron Mike, because you see the asterisk and you’re thinking “Sundancer? I call BS!” and you’re right and here’s what happened and  judge for yourself. We reached the top of the Danger Zone and I tell him “you can still beat this in time” and he drops a gear and I’m just trying to keep up in time for dumbocrats. I throw my watch at him near the HT intersection and tell him to hurry up and bye Iron Mike.
Did he “complete” the workout? Damn right he did.

Booyah had a bitchin’ “Weed and Feed” hat on and I like him already. Hammer offered Sledge the choice between posting with him or chores and he chose chores and I don’t know if that speaks highly or poorly for his judgement but I missed him lapping me.

And I don’t want to play favorites, but Voodoo is my favorite and that boy just keeps getting short-strawed on this workout. First Kirk and then Rachel and I can’t wait for Swiper to headlock him the next time I bait/switch this workout on him. And ohoho that’s going to happen sooner than you want it to because Run With Faster Men, and Voodoo “hates running” and life’s not fair and BRR season is right around the corner.

Announcements
BRR season is right around the corner. Just kidding, it’s now and GhostRunner and the CudaRun are on Thursday nights.
MudRun is coming up the end of the month.
Pray for Kirk, who was DM’ing pictures of 13% ABV beers last night.

Thank you two-time champion One-Eye for the takeout.

Limited BS today and a whole lotta badassing out in the Danger Zone today. Thank you all for making SOFAWIB your choice for Tuesday workouts named after Argentinian mistresses.