Bravely we celebrated

Bravely we celebrated

It was a great day to be at our favorite AO.  We set off with a determined and upbeat attitude, ready for whatever The Brave could throw at us.  Unfortunately Madame T ruined the good feeling almost immediately with some thoughtless comment comparing Nessie to a giant catfish.

With the tone set, yhc spent the next hour exacting revenge on all the pax.

Warm up: A few Imperial Walkers, then a quick set of high knees and butt kicks was all we needed.  No SSH today.

Bear Crawl Merkin Ladder: Inspired by the big man himself (Mighty Mite), this is a parking lot bear crawl where you stop for merkins every two lines along the parking lot.  We got to 10, then decided it was too easy and did it again.

Mosey to bottom of long slow hill to begin a distant cousin of 12 days of Christmas: 12 merkins then run to top of hill and back down.  12 heels to heavens + 12 merkins then run up hill and back down. 12 russian twist + 12 heels to heavens + 12 merkins then run up hill and back down. 12 6-count burpees + 12 russian twist + 12 heels to heavens + 12 merkins then run up hill and back down.  12 toe-tapper crunches + 12 6-count burpees + 12 russian twist + 12 heels to heavens + 12 merkins then run up hill and back down.  12 slow bicycles + 12 toe-tapper crunches + 12 6-count burpees + 12 russian twist + 12 heels to heavens + 12 merkins then run up hill and back down.

To keep everyone together we set it up so that everyone turned around on the hill at the same time, whenever the first runner reached the top and yelled out.  That way we could complete the routine with no breaks.

Run 1/2 mile to bottom of Dunreggan Brae at mud run pace.  Begin Dunreggan sequence: 5 burpees then run up hill for 30 seconds and back down.  6 burpees then repeat run, 7 burpees, repeat, etc all the way to 10.  The objective here was to run slightly further each time in the same time period.  Start out slow, and gradually push harder each time.  Combined with an increasing burpee count, this sucked.

After a few more merkins, head back to the Vine.

Moleskin

This workout was about keeping everyone together in a way that allowed all of us to go at our own pace and maximize work rate throughout.  It was a pleasure to lead – got a lot of help from all pax with different exercises – thank you.

There were a lot of strong performances out there today.  Frehleys Comet pushed for first place on the hill a couple of times, as did Madame T and fire Hazard.  Gekko crushed the second hill – definitely took the record there.