Luke Kuechly

Luke Kuechly

In honor of Super Bowl week, YHC thought we’d get creative with the hills of Raintree. At 5:28, there were 7 vehicles in the parking lot with no man standing outside. Everyone was trying to experience that last little blast of heat from the car’s heater. At 5:29:30, the PAX emerged into a circle and then we launched at exactly 5:30. A very brief disclaimer was given as YHC was not expecting to see any FNGs at 23 degrees.

We circled in the parking lot for COP before venturing over to Rising Meadows Ln. YHC then gave the instructions that we’d be doing Merkins at the top of the hill and WWII sit-ups at the bottom. But how many of each would be determined by each man individually being challenged with football jersey number trivia. Guess the player’s jersey number correctly and the PAX would cut that number in half. Guess the player’s jersey number wrong and the PAX would do that same number of reps.

Stone Cold started us off strong but correctly answering Tom Brady (12) which resulted in 6 merkins at the top and 6 sit-ups at the bottom. The PAX would bounce between correct and incorrect answers for the next 5 rounds. And then we got to the finale — Luke Kuechly! An incorrect answer would be very costly to the group so the pressure was on. And the answer we received– 89!! That’s right, 89. As in Steve Smith. Oh brother did the PAX chime in disdain!

After finishing on a sour note there, the PAX headed back over to Strawberry Lane for some partner merkins before heading back to launch.

Moleskin:

I may now get Smokey a Luke Kuechly jersey for the big 5-0 birthday. Or wait until 59?? Today was a fun way to not think about how cold it was. Guys really seemed to embrace the jersey number challenge and they did far better on football numbers than baseball (back in the Fall). Puddin Pop is incredible with jersey numbers. You want that guy on your team for sports trivia!

Thanks to Smokey and Dollywood for the opportunity to lead. It gave me the opportunity to make sure that my feet stayed dry!