Centurion flies the Shovel Flag again….and there was much rejoicing.

Centurion flies the Shovel Flag again….and there was much rejoicing.

Margo unfurled a crisp, new shovel flag…albeit wrinkled from being jammed in the back of his truck, and planted it firmly in the Centurion soil.  The pax was ready to go, but not before a mediocre disclaimer from YHC, and not before Mermaid went through a series of questions with our 18-year old FNG, now affectionately known as Clubber, to make sure he was well advised by Drago who EH’d him.

So with only a bit more ado, the Centurion pax launched into the far southwestern Area51 gloom for the first time in 2017.

The Thang:

Here’s what we did, or close to it.  A good Q(B) rarely goes fully by the Weinke as audibles are nearly always needed.

Jog 3/4 away around football field to lot at end where we used to launch and where Voodoo and Checkpoint were held up at gunpoint many months ago. #thatwasnotinthedisclaimer

COP:

IW x 20 IC

Slow squat x 20 IC

MC x 20 IC

Slow flutter x 20 IC

Jog to parking deck.  What do we call that thing?  Cerberus?  Frankly, the Roman mythological name would be more apropos than the Greek.  Anyway…moving on.

Burpee broad jump 1/2 way up the 1st ramp to the exposed white PVC pipe. Lunge walk the rest of ramp.  Plankorama.

Rinse and repeat on 2nd and 3rd ramps….including the JLo which was new to several of the pax.  You can thank me later.  Call that exercise in your next (or first – you know who you are) Q.  Bulldog of southeastern Area51 (by way of Old England) is obsessed with the JLo…and the Bangles.

Where was I?

4th ramp – backwards run.  Plankorama

5th ramp – AYG sprint – Rachel, Drago & Ickey out front.  Clearly Ickey’s wheelhouse – merkins, squats, flutters, dry docks…..not so much.

Down the stairs.

A bit more plankorama, and then jog back to launch lot.

Mosey over to YHC’s vehicle and retrieve several plates for some hairburner grinders.  Don’t thank me; thank Tiger Rag for providing the toys.

Hairburner grinders down/back in groups of 3 with H-R merkins, Jump Squats, CDD’s, Freddy Mercury’s, 1-legged squats, LBC’s and burpees while your partner burned hair.

Circle up for some additional Mary.

American Hammer x 10 IC

Dolly x 13 IC

SSH x 33 IC

Ye Olde Moleskine:

Good crew at Centurion on the eve of Snowmageddon…maybe I’ll leave TR’s plates in the trunk for traction.

Hope this was an adequate substi-Q in relief of Udder, who was DR.  Chelms was also DR….which is to say fartsacking…not really.  Get well soon old man.

The 2 Respects were pushing it hard, and Marconi is newly off the DL. T-claps brother.   Also thanks to Marconi for taking us out in prayer.

Speaking of Respect….Pulp & Abacus are knocking on that door so hard they are bloodying their knuckles.

T-claps also to Drago (Rocky IV) for bringing out Clubber (as in Lang, as in Rocky III).  Clubber, a 2016 South Meck Sabre grad along with Drago, will be heading to the USMC in the Spring.  Hope you’ll join us in the gloom many times before heading to Parris Island.  Thanks for your willingness to serve our great country young man.

Utah provided some comic relief unwittingly this morning during the hairburners.  As one of his partners, I had a close-up view of his first run with the 2 10-lb plates.  Rather than one for each hand, he stacked them instead.  Dare anyone else to try that. #trickymodification

Margo, among others, was flying on the hairburners.  And Rachel, after YHC suggested the pax switch plate sizes, crisscrossed 4 or 5 lanes of hairburner traffic, and lived to tell about it.

Enough of my rambling.  You fellas have bread and milk to buy, and beverages to consume in preparation for Snowmageddon ’17.

Thankful for all you guys in the pax.  Let’s be purposeful about sharpening one another this year.  There’s no neutral in life.  You’re either moving forward or backward.  Forward men.  Forward.

Announcements:

Joe Davis postponed and moved to next Saturday, 1/14…which gives all of you more time to sign-up.  Come support Rock Thrill and his family, and the families of countless others.

February 22 – Margo Q’ing an opportunity for Centurion pax (and other Area 51 pax if space permits) to serve dinner at Ronald McDonald House.  Keep an eye out for more info to come from him.