Here Comes the Rain Again

Here Comes the Rain Again

16 men came to Anvil this morning and completed 3 miles and 2 challenges (almost) in what can only be described as 45 minutes of pure joy. Here is how it happened.

Thang

• Quick mosey around the lot
• COP All IC – Windmills x10, LSS x15, Monkey Humpers x15, PP Merkins x10
• Mosey to triangle lot – Run down shortest row, 5 burpees. Turn the corner and run next row (slightly longer), 10 burpees. Repeat to the longest row of spaces and do 20 burpees at the end. Plank for the 6.
• Mosey to circle of cones near the church and partner up on the way
  • P1 runs to playground for 5 pull ups, 5 toes to bar
  • P2 runs around church to picnic tables for 10 derkins, 10 dips
  • When you meet your partner, 10 handslap merkins
  • Continue until each partner has done both stations 4 times
• PAX choice Mary based on the order we finished. Continued to Mermaid (4th) who missed the memo on Mary (Q Fail) and called 10 Hand Release Burpees (Nice Surprise, Crowd Pleaser)
• Mosey to the tree lined road near launch and plank. 6 trees on the left.
  • Run down road, 5 squats every tree, circle left and return to start, plank
  • Repeat with 5 wide-arm merkins every tree
  • Repeat with 5 burpees every tree
• COT, Done. Thanks to Snowflake for the take-out.

Moleskin

If we ever find ourselves in a drought situation in the coming months, someone should just get YHC on the schedule at Anvil. I have Qed Anvil a total of 3 times and it has rained either the night before or the day of (or both) each and every time. When the rain started in earnest last night, Northface was once again removed from this morning’s plans and will have to wait until next time.

YHC has been participating in 2 recurring acts of stupidity challenges going on in our region lately (Tuck’s Pull-Up/Merkin madness and McGee’s daily dose of 100 Burpees). The goal today was to complete both of those challenges before the closing bell. We managed to finish one and got in our 150+ merkins and 20 pull-ups. Came in just shy of the burpee goal at 90. Would have been 80, but Mermaid talked his M into letting him post this morning and wanted his money’s worth so his rogue call of 10 hand release burpees during Mary was a welcome surprise. I expect none most of you went home and did the last 10.

Grumbling was high today, but the work got done. Two respects (Van Pelt and Snowflake) put in some running pre-workout and all 3 (including Snooka) pushed the pace today. Shockingly, Rachel lapped almost everyone during the partner work, including his own partner and was spotted doing plyo merkins in an effort to handslap himself. On the upside, he got in some practice for his VQ at Fast Twitch next Tuesday calling cadence to himself until the rest of us arrived for Mary. Shrink Wrap is a recent recruit of Tagalong who has quickly become a regular. A back-to-back Bagpipe/Anvil post is no easy feat — keep up the good work. Even given the option to call off the last burpees early due to time constraints, everyone opted to push through and got their 30 in. Awesome stuff.

If you didn’t go home with sand in your hair/eyes/nose/mouth, work on your flexibility and get your toes all the way to that bar next time. Appreciate all the effort put out today. Thanks to Lobsta and McGee for the opportunity to lead.

Announcements

• F3 Dads Camping Trip is CANCELLED – will be rescheduled for a later date
• Richard Sheltra Memorial Run 4/29 – great opportunity to support a great cause as well as to represent F3 in Pineville where A51’s newest workout (The Big House) is gaining momentum
• New 3rd F started today and will continue every Wednesday at 6:30 at Chick-Fil-A in Stonecrest. Can use your support. Tootie on Q if you have any questions.
• Church on the Street – openings May through the end of the year. Great opportunity to serve our homeless community. Contact Strawberry with questions or sign up and get out there.
• Savage Race – sign up – 20% coupon out there now. See Slack for details.
• If you’re not on Slack yet, ask someone to invite you. It’s a good place to be.