Uncharted territory (for YHC)

Uncharted territory (for YHC)

15 loyal pax patiently followed YHC around Stonehenge this morning. Here’s what went down:

Mosey from the Vine (avoiding getting run over by Gumbo) and circle up near the Ballantyne Village parking deck for COP (where Gumbo joined us):

• SSH x 25 IC
• IW x 20 IC
• Mountain Climbers x 20 IC
• Peter Parkers x 20 IC

Mosey to the stagnant air of the basement of the parking deck. Ignore the complaints of the pax about the fresh air outside and the fact that they spent an hour in the parking deck at the Brave yesterday. #notmyproblem

Plank it up for a description of the triple nickel.

• 5x burpees OYO in the basement
• Run the ramps
• 5x CDDs OYO on the roof
• Down the stairs
• Repeato x 4 for 5 total laps

Mosey to the base of Ben Nevis for a run to the top. 5 burpees at the road at the top. Mosey back to the base for 20 dips and 20 derkins on the guardrail. Run up and catch the six, then return to the base.

Run to the big pond near the launch point. Unfortunately, YHC took Rushmore Drive instead of Ballantyne Corporate Place, so we never made it back to the pond for circuits. Instead, we cut through some parking lots, crossed the bridge at the little pond where Madame Tussaud once made us do 11s with burpees and merkins. #shudder and stopped at Harney Drive to do some Mary while we waited on the six:

• LBC x 30 or 40 IC
• Dolly x 15 IC

Continue mosey down Brixham Hill Avenue to the launch point. Still a few minutes left, so we’ll do some sprints:

• Plank it up, sprint the parking lot
• Elbow plank, sprint the parking lot
• Stomach, sprint the parking lot

YHC with the takeout at COT.

Moleskine:

• Thanks to JRR Tolkien and Wild Turkey for the opportunity to lead at Stonehenge this morning and for the social media marketing barrage they unleashed starting about 24 hours in advance. If YHC is ever invited to Q again, there will be less running and more exercises. #promise
• Thanks to the pax for patiently following me on what turned out to be 4+ miles of running. The AO doesn’t seem that big on Google Maps! Speaking of Google Maps, next time, YHC will study the roads a bit more so we don’t get lost going from point A to point B. #cobains
• Also sincerest #cobains to Fireman Ed, who YHC called Chipotle during the whole workout. #consistency In my defense, Ed is an Area 51 guy and Chipotle is an SOB, so it kind of made sense. I hope to see more of you so I don’t embarrass myself in the future. #correctmesoonerplease
• Welcome to Bull, who lives in Ballantyne, but posted for the first time in Metro. Keep coming back!
• It was good to see Philmont out there again. He gutted out a tough workout with a great attitude. Hope to see you more in the future!
• Please sound off below with anything I missed.

Announcements:

• Final F3 Dads (or is it?) today at Beatty Park for Area 51 and the Bull Ring for SOBs. 9am start for each. The word is that JRR Tolkien will be bringing out a balloon launcher for his Q. #wearacup
• Fort Mill is doing a Custom GORUCK Tough event in May. Please sign up if interested. Custom events are not open to the public, so it should be all F3 guys participating. More info here.
• F3 Golf is on July 29th. Sponsored by Area 51 and supporting F3 Expansion, The sign up period is short, so get signed up. The SOBs are also sponsoring and are raising money. Signups are at F3Golf.com.
• Keep Destiny (Area 51 brother in the hospital with cancer) and McGee’s mother (also battling cancer) in your prayers.