Robocop Saves The Day

Robocop Saves The Day

13 strong men showed up for The Brave this morning.  YHC was on board for his 2^nd Q at the The Brave and had everything planned out perfectly.  Recon a good area…check.  Plan out a good AMRAP…check.  Chalk out the route…check.  Account for Robocop showing up during the workout……dang…missed that one.  Apparently F3 has a habit of turning security guards into Dirty Harry and this morning was my first experience with that…more to come in a bit.

The Thang

So what did we do this morning….since YHC is still somewhat new to Q’ing I went with the tried and true AMRAP formula.  Always a good workout, and easy on the Q.

We took off promptly at 0515 towards Bagpipe Hill…the workout started and ended at the CIA BOA/TIAA buildings.

Here’s the pain stations:

1. Suicide Ladders with merkins – 5, 10, 15, and finally 20 for a total of 50
2. 10 Box Jumps at the first loading dock. No, wait…squats in the parking lot.  No, wait, squats on the sidewalk.
3. 10 Derkins on the second loading dock. No, wait…10 derkins off the sidewalk curb (booooooo)
4. Run out of the parking lot and up Bagpipe Hill
5. 10 Burpees at the center of the bridge
6. Run to SPX front parking lot for Suicide Ladders with Bear Crawls
7. Back across the bridge for 10 more Burpees
8. Down the steps and back to start
9. Repeat and avoid Paul Blart, Mall Cop

The Moleskine

Today did not go as planned.  I was so happy with myself for my 2^nd Q.  Did a little recon before Happy Hour this week, and I got up extra early to chalk off the route this morning.  I did not anticipate running into Robocop this morning.  No sooner had we got through pain station 1, when we were ambushed by security.  Apparently they hate an active and healthy lifestyle.  I distinctly heard the security guard say, “you get out of here.  This is private property.  Only cookies and doughnuts on this loading dock.  Muscular dudes and guys that are in shape are not allowed near this building….only Tolkien is allowed over here.”  That’s the truth…can’t believe he disparaged Tolkien like that…so uncool.  I will not stand for that.

The crew looked at YHC for direction (some of the stares said “way to go dumba**”), and I said let’s just keep going to the next dock.  The rest of lap 1 was uneventful….Mario, Squid, Ringer, and Thin Mint setting a strong pace with Mario stripping his shirt off early screaming “Tolkien, oh Tolkien, where art thou Tolkien.”

Lap 2 – now it gets interesting…Robocop is waiting for us.  He’s no dummy….he knows we are coming back.  He rockets out of the door screaming, “Howard Testerman….you get off this property.  You left BOA and you can go work out your fat cankle at Citi you loser.”  Whoa…this guy is intense this morning.

I was a little concerned, but One-Niner was running with Fire Hazard and I so I felt safe just being near him.  We tried to woo Robocop with kindness first…Thin Mint offered him some delicious cookies…didn’t work.  Then we tried to gas him out by sending Frehley’s Comet his way….no such luck.  Frasier just kept running around him in circles saying “ha, ha, you can’t catch me”.   Squid was bench pressing a Toyota Camry trying to scare the guy….that didn’t work either.  We offered him Goonie’s autograph….but the guy was too young to have seen the movie and he hates Baby Ruth bars.  NOTHING WAS WORKING.  We didn’t know what to do…Ringer was just rocking back and forth in place mumbling “where’s Pebbles”.  New guy Burnout was like “I didn’t join F3 to get beat up by a mall cop”.   Market Timer was absolutely no help….he tried to invest the guy’s money for him and lost it before the markets even opened.  Nard Dog just stared at all of us…. (this sounds like an awful lot of stuff happening on lap 2 doesn’t it?)

Needless to say we solved the problem…as long as we worked out on the SIDEWALK we were ok.  Apparently the parking lot is paved with the bank account and social security numbers of all their clients so as long as we stayed off the lot, there was no fear of a security breach.  In the end, I think it’s all because Howard left to go to competitor….thanks a lot Howard.

So what’s the moral of the story today?  SPX has less security at 0515, work out at the TIAA building instead of BOA, and always make fun of Tolkien.

Strong work out there today guys…thanks for the opportunity to lead.