Ten Men and a Smelly Pond

Ten Men and a Smelly Pond

Thang

• Brisk mosey towards the Bull Ring with a stop at the last parking lot for COP
• Greeting, disclaimer, and the following all in cadence
  • Windmills x15, SSHx15, Low Slow Jump Squat x15, Slow Merkin x15
• Continue mosey to the Bull Ring and pause at entrance for instruction
• Run Bull Ring counter-clockwise doing 5 Burpees at every speed bump, stop at Rushmore drive and plank
• When all had gathered, mosey down Rushmore to the lake of 1,000 24(ish) light posts
• Round of 7s on the grass hill starting with 1 squat up top, 6 reverse burpees at the bottom, Mary while waiting for the 6
• Run as a group long way around the pond and up the steps
• Plank shoulder to shoulder for Lobsta Roll’s merkin/plank walk/line thing
  • Man on the far right pivots to face the rest of the line and plank walks down the line, stopping at each man for 2 handslap merkins. When he reaches the end he pivots back into line to handslap those coming behind him
  • Continue until every man has walked the line completely
• Recover to the top of the steps and pick a partner for the following 5 rounds of fun. Every round ends back at the top of the steps with Mary while waiting for the six
  • Round 1: 5 partner derkins each, down the steps, run opposite directions around pond. When you meet, 5 handslap merkins and continue the way you were going around pond and up the steps.
  • Round 2: down the steps, run opposite directions stopping at every lamp post to do 3 burpees. When you and your partner meet, no more burpees just stand and run the remaining distance around the lake and up the steps.
  • Round 3: repeat Round 1 but partners go in the opposite direction they did in round 1
  • Round 4: repeat Round 2 but partners go in the opposite direction and only 1 burpee at every light post
  • Round 5: down the steps, partners go in opposite directions, bear crawl between every other light post, when you meet your partner run the rest of your lap and up the steps
• Indian Run all the way back to launch
• 3 MOM until time is called
• COT, Takeout, Done

Moleskin

Humidity was downright nasty this morning. Pretty sure no one made it through COP without already being drenched. Finished the workout looking (and smelling) like we had jumped in the duck pond rather then spent most of our morning moving around it.

Some PAX who just came for the Saturday morning coffee or who got roped in by Tolkien’s and Wild Turkey’s marketing antics got an unpleasant surprise starting with the burpees around the bull ring.

Grumbles (Haggis), refuseniks (Tiger Rag) and death stares (Mic Check) were aplenty this morning as individuals crested the stairs following various laps around the pond. Those laps were a play on a workout Madame Tussauds threw at us the first time I posted to Bagpipe. Still one of the best workouts I ever had with F3 and one that occasionally gives me nightmares. Felt it only right to share that fun. The plank walk merkin thing that Lobsta Roll dreamed up was just as bad as I remembered it at Anvil. Poor Bucky got the short end of the stick being the last guy to walk down the line having to do merkins while the rest of us stuck our rear ends in the air or laid on the pavement.

Wild Turkey put in a 30 minute solo pre-run before the workout and was drenched before we even started. Not one complaint from this guy though. Put his head down and did the work which is pretty much what I have come to expect of Mr. Turkey. Dude is a bad-ass right along with Cul-de-sac who genuinely thanked YHC at the end for starting his Saturday right. Can’t help but smile at that.

Had a great time Qing this morning — best time I have had in a while. Great group of guys, great chatter, and a great AO. Only wish I could have stayed for the coffee after. Also wish I had gotten this backblast out sooner. Bad habits die hard but YHC intends to kick this recent habit of not getting the BB out the same day. Hold me to it.