Rain or Shine … (plus, Centurion has a parking deck)

Rain or Shine … (plus, Centurion has a parking deck)

The weather forecast couldn’t have been better for the Centurion PAX this morning. Rain causing a bit of traffic on 485 had me pulling into the lot at 5:27. Just one other car in the lot, Snowflake. His eyes were closed, and his head was back on the headrest. I could only assume he was praying that no one would show, and he could make the quick trip back home and avoid the waterworks. No dice. The Q is here and we’re heading out. RAIN or SHINE. Thankfully, 6 more PAX swerved into the lot with a minute or two to spare bolstering our number up to 8.

Brief, semi-complete disclaimer for the veteran crew, and we’re off. But not before a few PAX implored the Q to take advantage of the parking deck at Charlotte Catholic. Maybe.

The Thang

Mosey from Amelie’s over to Charlotte Catholic and took the short ramps to the 3^rd floor of Tartarus for CoP.

Warm-Up Exercises in cadence:

• SSH x 15
• IW x 15
• Peter Parkers x 15
• Merkins x 15
• Parker Peters x 15
• LSS x 15

Mosey down the stairs to the base of stairwell #1.

WAVE 1: The Beast

• Starting at the bottom of stairwell #1, do 6x called exercise, run to the top of stairwell #1, do 6x more. Run to stairwell #2, 6x, bottom of stairwell #2, 6x, run to stairwell #3, 6x, top of stairwell #3, 6x. Wait for the 6. Once the 6 is in, reverse and repeat with new called exercise. (6 Rounds, 6 Stops, 6 Reps each stop = The Beast)
  • ROUND 1: Merkins
  • ROUND 2: LBCs
  • ROUND 3: 180 Degree Jump Squats
  • ROUND 4: CDDs
  • ROUND 5: American Hammers
  • ROUND 6: Burpees

Mosey to the bottom of stairwell #1.

Wave 2: Ramp Work

• Starting at the bottom of the short ramp we did Lieutenant Dan’s up to the 2^nd Next, was Bear Crawls up to the third floor with a Merkin at each parking space line.

Mosey back to Chucky Cheese / Launch Point with some quick Mary before time was called. LBCs and Dollies.

YHC with the take-out prayer.

Moleskin

• The ‘Beast’ never disappoints. Running it in a parking deck and adding the stairs adds another level of burn that helped this live up to the name. Upon reaching the 4^th floor at the end of the first run, I gave the PAX an option. If you don’t want to do exercises in the rain, feel free to depart early on the 3^rd floor for a dryer environment. By the end of the workout though, it really didn’t matter.
• Great push by the entire group this morning! We kept the pace brisk, and everyone kept pushing. Glad you men fought the urge to fartsack and instead chose to be uncommon.

Announcements

• We were joined by Dunkin this morning as he came to get his passport stamped. He has visual proof for the Waxhaw contingent to prove it. Keep checking off those AOs. It’s a great opportunity to meet some new PAX.
• See Slack for more information from Chelms re: “Put Tools in Schools”. Great program to help High School kids find routes to success that they may not have thought of before. Check out the information and reach out to him if you’d like to volunteer.