Burpees mostly avoided

Burpees mostly avoided

The challenge was put out there. YHC was on Q and had planned for at least 300 burpees. Unless guys showed up at 6 AM to pick up trash to give back to Sun Valley which has hosted us for a few years now. A full bag was worth 50 burpees. A half bag was worth 25.

Pre-Cleanup
6 men showed up for the Pre-Cleanup. 4 full bags were gathered and 2 half bags. Apparently, Hairband was LIFO for the cleanup. Either way, it’s still a solid showed to essentially have 5 full bags of trash and the campus looks much better now. Sadly, we didn’t even hit all of the campus so expect a round 2 of this. A lot of chatter about the bags being too large. Gentlemen, do we ever do things half-way? Did you really expect me to just have normal sized trash bags? You should have known better.

The Thang
The trash guys run in right at 7 AM and we are off. Mosey over the side yard where we left the trash bags.

COP
SSH IC x25 (thanks to EE for joining us now as his gloves were whipping his tail so far)
IW IC x20

The official count is 4 full bags and 2 bags that don’t look like the other 4 so we call them half-bags. 300-4×50-2×25 = 50 (if you remember PEMDAS).

So, 50 burpees. Let’s get a few out of the way. Mosey over to the hill
7s with burpees at the top and burpees at the bottom. 42 burpees out of the way.

Quick water break as we are heading towards the stadium.

Indian Run to the stadium. You guys are terrible at Indian runs BTW.

The People’s Chair w/ Air Presses x150 while we gather.

Centipede the stadium stairs. Basically, in a single line, we run up the stairs, along the top row of seats and then back down the next group of stairs and repeat along the entire stadium down and back.

TPC w/ Air Presses x150 while we gather.

Now to the track for some Road to Nowhere.
Basic idea is you run half the track AYG. Then we do exercises while we wait for everyone to finish the run. Then we do a cadenced exercise. Then we run to the other side of the track AYG. Repeato

We did 5 or 7 runs like this I believe. Wasn’t counting.
Exercises included 3 count merkins, 3 count LBCs, mountain climbers, Dollies, Monkey Humpers facing the road, etc.

Back to the stadium stairs for another centipede run.

Back to the wall for TPC w/ Air Presses x150

Indian Run (poorly executed Indian Run) to the virtual flag firmly not planted in the field.

Burpees OYO x8 – Burpees are now done.
Oh wait, Burpees OYO x10 – Remember I said ‘At least’. Well, 60 is at least 50. Some complaining here which I ignored.
Then we did Dollies, Rosalitas, Flutters and finished w/ Protractor.

DONE!

COT
Jabberwocky took us out w/ a strong prayer of thankfulness. And yeah, it was J’Wocky Fo Real after my Overdrive screw-up.

Announcements:
Union County Q school next week. Meet at Bojangles. 6:30-7:00 workout. 7-8:30 Q school. Why we do what we do. Sign up here: Q School Sign Up

Moleskine
– First of all, thanks to the guys who showed up and helped clean up. The campus looked much better. You made a difference and I think the challenge on top of it made for some fun. The Late Show was carrying around a bag and his own personal trashcan. The man’s a genius.
– EE tried to claim that 6 bags were present. It needed to be 6 full bags at YHCs discretion and I’ve never been known for the gift of empathy. Especially after HB is claiming he had an Elvis run in the middle of serving. After he again spent at least 20 minutes in the trunk of his car looking for who knows what.
– The 7s were a good way to break in some sweat. The summer was definitely upon us. Lots of dripping sweat throughout this one. Good, tough work by all.
– While we gathered after the long Indian Run to the stadium, Turnpike shows up all of a sudden. Feel like he was late so he could skip burpees. Seriously considered making us do 7s at the stadium but feared a Q revolt and I’m not giving Turnpike that satisfaction.
– And of course, a couple of runs into the Road to Nowhere, Turnpike turns up lame and limping along. We inquire about his health and he says the bottom of his foot is hurting. Some wise guys claim I made him pull a hammy but they were clearly wrong (EE/Smokey).
– So what does Turnpike do but take off like the cops are chasing him with a foot that was hurt. Great way to turn a minor injury into a major injury brother. Well done.
– Someone mentioned Monkey Humpers which gave me the idea. On the side of the track nearest the road. I told the men to face the field and then we did Monkey Humpers towards the road in full daylight. #crowdpleaser
– Smokey got the football team to throw him a pass on the Indian Run back to the Virtual Flag. Quite apparent why he was a cornerback and not a wide receiver.
– At least means at least 50. It does not necessarily mean only 50. Words are powerful.
– Enjoyed The Grindstone afterwards. 1 Cor Chap 11 next week. Read it, learn it, Be it.

That’s all that I remember.

Glass Joe