Lochness 500 @ Stonehenge

Lochness 500 @ Stonehenge

8 men started and 9 men finished at Stonehenge this weekend.   #F3expansion 

Here is what you missed:

The Thang:

#disclaimer

Mosey to parking lot across the street for COP:  SSHs, merkins, squats, all x20 IC

Mosey to back side of the “Lochness” pond behind non-descript building I don’t know the name of for SOB version of Lee 500^TM, 5 rounds, 100 reps per round, following by sprint around the pond:

• Round 1: Peter Parker push-ups, sumo squats, plank jacks, dolly, burpees (all x20 oyo or x10 IC)
• Round 2: Parker Peter/grasshopper push-ups, sumo jump squats (x20, oyo), Peter Parkers, flutter kicks, burpees (all x20 oyo or x10 IC)
• Round 3: Wide arms, jumping lunges, Parker Peters, Rosalitas, burpees (x20, oyo)
• Round 4: Stagger right merkins (stacked feet: right on top of left), Baryshnikovs ^TM (right leg), side hip raises (right), LBCs, burpees (x20, oyo)
• Round 5: Stagger left merkins (stacked feet: left on top of right), Baryshnikovs ^TM (left leg), side hip raises (left), bicycles, burpees (x20, oyo)

Some Mary to gather, collect, recuperate and suck some Gloom

Mosey to pull-up bars on fitness trail…3 rounds of 10 pull-ups, 20 merkins, 30 squats and backwards run up grassy hill  #oof  … LBCs while the six finishes

Back to pond…partner up…Partner A runs left, Partner B runs right…20 handslap merkins when you meet

Mosey back to home base…x10 burpees oyo

COT  (Thanks for the take out, Pop)

Naked Moleskin:

Metro Emissary Sent South of 485.  Always good to venture out of your comfort zone and visit new places within F3 Nation so when JRR Tolkien sent out an invite for Metro Qs to come south for some Stonehenge action, I could hardly resist.  Wasn’t expecting the “hater-ade” Twitter marketing campaign that Tolkien launched much of the week (uh, “Lee” is definitely not a reference to Robert E. Lee so no Confederate flags attached to my name please), but it was all in good, F3-trashtalkin’ fun.

^TM Time.  Felt somewhat obligated to bring out the 500 for my introduction to Stonehenge with the pond “track” available to us.  Don’t think that Tiger Rag was a fan (“that was hopefully my first and last [one]” was I think his Coffeeteria quote along with offering the suggestion of “no burpees” on how to improve it – though he was “only” doing Spartan burpees), but the Stonehenge Pax did great.  Thin Mint and Fahvra were absolutely CRUSHING the pond laps…#Iam(aDistant)3^rd… with Tiger Rag not far behind.  Felt like I was behind the usual Metro Larry Birds (Foul Ball, Swamp Fox, TrumpCeesus, etc.).  Learned at Coffeeteria that Thin Mint posted the 3^rd best time on Leg 31 of BRR this year only behind the Charlotte and Asheville Running Clubs (#steeeee-rong) so no surprise to find myself running behind that guy.  #legit

Timing is Everything.  Tannebaum allegedly arrived 2 minutes late so missed our launch and then allegedly spent the first 40 minutes searching for the Pax.  He said he checked the pond but did not see us even though we were there for almost all of that entire time.  #hmmmmm  I submit the matter for final judgment and ruling to the Stonehenge Pax.

Form Police.  Tiger Rag rapped YHC’s knuckles on my squat form during the pull-up portion of our fun (it was really an insult to all of Metro along the lines of “didn’t know we were doing Metro squats”), which I thought was funny since I’m generally pretty good about form.  Well, apparently at F3SOB (or at least in Mr. Rag’s mind), squats are meant to go past parallel, which is a concept completely void within Metro except for maybe a handful of dudes.  Maybe TR can come up to Ranger and show Metro’s batflippers on how they should be done.  #refusniks

As I learn with every new site I visit, F3 is a blessing and a great gift for those of us who are lucky enough to have the health and opportunity to work out together.  Always great to check out new AOs, meet new Pax and spread your wings a little bit.  Thanks again for the opportunity to lead, Tolkien.  I look forward to coming down again in the future if you’ll have me.

—Lee

“There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path.  Don’t allow yourself to become one of them.” —Ralph Marston