New Not New

YHC had a few game plans for rain and no rain. Mother Nature was kind so I went with loosely thought out plan No.1 – to go to the least used Ballantyne Quad that YHC hadn’t been in his 4+ years. Frehley’s informed me that they had just been there a week prior. So this section of the AO will be new not new.

What we did:

Mosey the long way over to Ballantyne Commons / Johnston Rd. intersection and carefully cross (THC wanted to stick on asphalt hence the long way). Continue down towards the BP station and hang a right up and into the Harris Teeter/Fox and Hound Quad. Stop at breezeway past JJ Red Hots.

Circle for:

Merkins x 15
SSH x 15
Flutter x 15
Carolina Dry Docks x 15
Mountain Climbers x 15
LBC x 15

Partner up. = 300 Squats, 200 LBC, 100 Merkins total each team
– Partner 1 does work while Partner 2 runs around the outside of the fountain area. Flat jack and continue until the team completes the counts. Some Mary and six inches while you wait on the 6 to finish.

Mosey through the breezeway to the first speed hump about 20 feet away. Instructions given – We will run around in a figure eight around the HT parking lot and do 5 burpees at each hump. There’s 10. After the 1st hump YHC realized that we were going to be running short on time so we audibled to 5 merkins at each hump.

After completion we lined up for an Indian Run up to the intersection. Carefully mosey across Johnston and finish with 3-4 minutes of Mary with the overachieving early finishers at Swift.

Observations:
– Appears that #Cantore won this AM with lower than normal numbers for Bagpipe. Guys – never trust a weatherman.
– It’s been a while since I’ve posted with Kirby. He’s been to 2 of my workout leads in the last 2 weeks — not sure he wants to come to another soon. #notarunner
– Fredo doesn’t sweat. Ever. Proof that he’s a machine. That and he keeps trying to convince us he’s 50. Hmmm – Not aging, no sweat, no slowdown. Yea, he’s a machine.
– It’s really good to see Escargot back. Now that he’s in the over 40 crowd he knows that he’s battling father time and has to keep posting.
– Someone ripped an absolute monster fart – not blaming anyone, but Frehley’s posted today.
– Patent Pending apologized for falling back a little on the Indian Run, but DUDE! You, Kirby, and Speedbag were grinding it out hard core. No apologies necessary. Keep up the effort!
– Long Haul is a pretty good runner. He either likes us Bagpiper’s instead of Swifters; or is just there to make us look ssssslllllooooowwwww. Mission accomplished.
– Same deal with Mermaid. No sweat, easy peasy on all the exercises. Busted out 75 merkins in a second because “I wanted to get them done”. Our leader is a cyborg.

Thank you for letting me lead guys. I really enjoyed it.

Announcements:
– Tomorrow at The Maul – it’s ‘bring a friend’ day convergence.
– Tomorrow – Death Valley converges with Anvil. Coffee afterwards and words of wisdom from Stinger.
– Speed For Need – Watch the video and make a donation. There’s not a better cause to support. And Tolkien will buy you a car. No lie.