In Perpetuity

In Perpetuity

Rolled into Death Valley this morning with about 8 minutes to spare. 6 cars were already in the parking lot not a one man was outside his car ready to greet the PAX. What, now 48 degrees is too cold? As soon as I got out a familiar face was making his way. Flutie Flakes, in town from the great northeast, and the only man who can handle the weather. He talked of a soft launch of F3 New Hampshire coming up. Bring your snowshoes.

Then Semi-Gloss popped out. No, not out of his car, out of his home away from home, the SCMS throne. By this time the whole crew started to show up and by launch time we were at 19 strong.

Mosey down to the track for a little wandering COP. 4 laps around the track stopping regularly for some very slow squats, slow merkins, protractor, Carolina dry dock, burpees and maybe some other things.

Mosey back up towards the stairs by the toilets and Partner up. P1 runs down to railing for 20 supine pull ups. P2 does 10 Merkins then 10 jump squats; repeat in perpetuity.   Flapjack for 2 rounds each.

About this time Dollywood mumble something like he expected my Q to be harder. Harsh.

Moseyed down to the baseball bleachers for some single leg step ups and single leg squats to get the legs warm then back to the track. Timed mile on tired legs. Go.

Turkey leg ran off into darkness by the middle of lap 2. Dollywood wasn’t far behind. Spackler came coming in hot as well. You would have thought I was giving out cocktails for finishing fast.

Back up to the lot and finish with some slow squats.

I think we did some planking sprinkled through all that.

Moleskine:

Did we miss the 50+ degree mornings? Seems like it went right from 75 degrees to sub 50. A lot of work put in today by all. A solid mix of running and work to try to keep the heart rate elevated for most of the workout. The track is so darn dark it’s really hard to tell who was crushing it and who may have been just leaning on the fence the whole time, but most looked fairly gassed from the timed mile.

The day started with Flutie and Stage Coach posting at the same workout. Little miracles like that make the day go better. And don’t let Stage Coach complain about his bum shoulder either. He did fine out there this AM and should be out there more.

Thanks to Skywalker for the takeout and prayers to Spackler and family.

-Alf