- When:3/14/17
- QIC: Rachel (VQ)
- The PAX: Mermaid, Utah, Ductwork, Retread, Margo, FaultLine, Purple Haze, Joker (LIFO), Mr. Brady, Ironsides, Rachel (QIC)
Recipe for Pain
11 men gathered for Rachel’s VQ. Rachel gave a solid disclaimer for a first time Q. Turns out, it wasn’t enough to cover the brutality he was about to unleash.
The Thang
Line up single file for the Baton Death March, which we did from the launch point through Raintree to the soccer field parking lot on Willow Point. The Baton Death March was a painful variation of the Native American run. Guy in the back of the line does 5 burpees then runs to the group where he tags the last guy in line for his burpees before sprinting to the front.
At the parking lot, we circled up…for no reason. Rachel just gave us the instructions for the rest of the workout. Raintree Lane suicides. Between Willow Point and Four Mile Creek, there are four streets (including 4MC) on the left. Run to first (Smokerise) and back, run to the second (Windbluff) and back, run to the third (street to townhomes) and back, and run to 4MC and back. At each street on way out, 15 merkins. At each street on way back (including parking lot), 15 jump squats.
Run back to the school.
Moleskine
For all you VQs out there, this was a solid workout. Simple, yet horrible. And it was the worst kind, at least for YHC, in that it was repeated for a solid 45 minutes.
Rachel led from the front, as expected. Joker was with him for most of the time, before the tank emptied…unless he stopped off in the woods across from the clubhouse, as he has a history of doing. YHC was in the back, way back…so chime in with your comments below for some good stories.
Things noted along the way:
- @TurkeyLeg_F3 recruited Rachel to Q and then didn’t show. He’ll probably dock my pay for pointing that out.
- Mermaid and FaultLine sounded like they were at a book club meeting during the Baton Death March. YHC now knows the cliff notes version of “In A Sunburned Country”.
- Utah kept trying to beat his own record on the CMPD speed detector. His best of 12mph is probably attributable to Retread.
Thanks again for Qing Rachel. We’ll get you on the schedule again.
Purple Haze author
Quite the memorable VQ no doubt, great job Rachel. While I was impressed with Joker’s running, his “Blue Brothers” / “Jack Reacher”ish parking upon arrival was awesome. As far the workout itself goes, variations on tried and true exercises were very effective. Beyond the book review session I had with Mermaid early on, I was looking forward to discussing how awesome the movie Logan was, but was incapable of conversation on Raintree. Lastly, it’s worth pointing out Rachel slid by without any cadence work…just sayin’. Anybody else notice Ironsides up front attacking those hills?!
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