Real tomato ketchup, Ed?

Real tomato ketchup, Ed?

Only the best for those who chose The Rock this morning. The South African delegation was all ready when I rolled in at 6:56, plenty early. I planted the shovel flag (one of a few that regularly fly in Area 51). Hammer and Wolfman came in hot at 7:00. Wolfman was dressed for January – save some of those layers for later big guy.

Slow yog over to the library parking lot. At my first Rock workout 3 years ago, Runstopper wore us out in that parking lot. I don’t think we’ve been back since, but it was nice to have new scenery. The giant Calvary parking lot just isn’t enough. Lots of traffic at 7:15 at the library – early, early voters I guess. Regardless, we got our usual warm up in (SSH, Squats, etc). Partner up for some here-and-theres with stuff mixed in. Over to the long part of the parking lot – run the loop (.2 miles maybe), 10 merkins, lap, 20 jump squats, lap, 30 LBCs. Repeat with a half of the loop. Unsuccessful attempt to get the guy doing squats and pullups on a tree branch to join us. What’s weirder than meeting guys in a church parking lot for a workout? Doing it by yourself in a library parking lot.

Indian run out of the parking lot, up to 51 and left to the first entrance. As we started the run, Hammer yelled something about his back and going home. So he left. Onward. (I checked on him later. He’s fine. Just old.)

Grab a lifting rock (avoiding giant anthills). Carry it over to the parking lot where we lined up abreast on one end. 10 curls, run to the first median and back. 15 curls, run to the second median. 10 curls, first median. Repeat (after trading rocks) with overhead press, tricep extensions, squats, and squat thrusters. We had to stop there before we got too yuge. Sometime during this segment, Boerewors said he had a bottle of home-brewed IPA in the car. So we had that to look forward to. Dingo chose the biggest rock, so he was killing it when he got to use the small ones that Wolfman and Boerewors picked.

Mosey back to the cars, stopping for some Mary near the fake grassy knoll. Finish with a few sprints. Done.

Boerewors made good on his claim and produced a solid IPA that he and the boys made. That’s right. We shared a beer in the parking lot of a church at 8:05 on a Saturday morning. Safe Lite didn’t hesitate to pop it with his wedding ring. Not his first one, methinks.

Beautiful fall morning out there, with the sun rising as we worked. Fall is awesome.

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