Mid-week Break in

Mid-week Break in

On a muggy morning in South Charlotte, Six Pax moseyed on down to the scout hut to stretch it out. Here’s what we did:

Devotion- God will provide- do not worry (Luke 12:22-31)

• Corpse Pose- (Breathe in through nose out mouth)
• Slowly get into Table Top
• Cat Cow (5 times)
• Side Bends (5 Breaths) L/R
• Thread the Needle L/R

The main thing

• Mountain
• Sun salutation (X4, 2^nd and 3^rd OYO)
• In Mountain, Move into AWKWARD (5 Breaths)
• Back to Mountain and back to awkward
• Mountain move to Chair (5 Breaths)
• Move to Prayer Chair, and Chair Twist (Left)= 5 Breaths
• Back to Mountain, Sun Salutation
• To mountain and move to chair 5 breaths
• Prayer Chair then chair twist (right)
• Out of twist to mountain and Sun Salutation (X2 OYO)
• Start Salutation, Once in downward dog Left right leg as high as possible and swing through to move into Warrior One.
• Move to Warrior Two (5 breaths)
• Move to Reverse Warrior (5 breaths)
• Back to Warrior Two, move to starfish
• Return to mountain, Repeat flow for other leg
• Two Sun salutations
• On your six
• Butterfly- sitting tall, pushing your legs with your elbows in order to open up your hips (5 breaths)
• Right leg in, reach for your left (switch)
• Reach for both legs
• Mountain- Sun Salutation (twice) go into a third time lift right leg up and go into…. Dead Pigeon (Right)
• Hold for 45 seconds, and move into Down dog. Finish sun salutation, and move into another one until you lift left leg up and go into left side of Dead Pigeon Hold for 30 seconds, and move into finishing sun salutation (end in mountain)
• Move into Child’s Pose
• Finish in Corpse- review devotion

Announcements

Gumby will be closed for the 4th- head to the 4 miler to support SFN instead: https://runsignup.com/RaceGroups/17757/Groups/479225

Moleskine:

Everything was going great. Lois and I showed up early, we got in the scout hut, I was able to deactivate the alarm (scariest part about being a Site-Q for Gumby) and we dropped our stuff to do our standard couple of miles before Gumby began. It wasn’t until I walked back outside and the door had closed behind me that I realized I hadn’t left the door unlocked, and had left the keys inside.

The lights were on, the alarm was disarmed… but there was going to be no way to get inside to stretch it out at 5:30. The stakes couldn’t have been higher.

Immediately, Lois and I jumped into action. Recognizing that breaking down the door was not the best way to maintain civil relations with church, we immediately circled the building, looking for a new way in. All doors were locked (And it is impressive how many doors a scout hut can have). It was about this time that I began contemplating how Gumby would work outside in the parking lot, on the hill when we began trying windows…. to discover one was unlocked and open!

Upon examination- those windows are a lot narrower and more precarious to climb in then you think. But thanks in major part to the flexibility that Gumby itself has allowed me to develop and maintain over the past two years I was able to shimmy in and unlock the door. Thus concludes the story  of how Gumby was saved one Wednesday morn.

Lighting for this session was just Antler lighting- and playlist was breezy summer classics. It was a good mix of regulars who showed up today- T-Claps to Arena, Beaver and Lois for pre-running.

Appreciate you guys! Always enjoy the opportunity to lead.