Pre-blast – The Urologist
I think I killed the backblast last week with my comment. There was an A51 meeting of site Qs last Saturday, and one of the observations was that the workouts need to be harder. Not posting on twitter that ” [insert Q this week] is a total badass and his workout will totally kill you” harder, or as I recall TR so eloquently put it, “he’ll cut your balls off, feed them down your throat, and you’ll never have children again.” No, not that, but actually physically harder. Expect and demand more, push people beyond what they think they can do, and encourage them (which can take a lot of forms) to do it.
Partnership adds a layer of accountability. You can’t slack off without hurting your partner.
Another observation of mine, and one reason I think the original WIB is so successful, is the chatter, the 2nd F, the so-called glue that keeps guys coming back. So we’ll be in pretty tight quarters for most of the workout tomorrow. We’ll try to have the tunes going to keep it light. Here is the plan:
Partner up and run the mile to HT and back to OP. Mosey to the playground at the back of the school.
Partner 1 does 10 pullups, 20 dips, and squats until partner returns. Partner 2 jumps the baseball fence (careful, or you may end up at the Urologist) and does 40 LBCs at home plate.
When partners meet, 5 dumbocrats each. Then flapjack.
Lather, rinse, and repeat until 6:06, then run the mile to HT and back.
Would have been 48
First frosty morning of the fall this AM, and sixteen men met it at DMZ. Not an FNG in site (intentional), so no disclaimer.
Thang:
Steinbrenner ran the arduous distance in, and was late, so we jogged to meet him. Abrupt U-turn upon reaching him, and short mosey to church’s new pavement for warm up.
SSH x 20 (first cadence fail), LBCs x 35, Mountain Climbers x 20
Mosey down to short halfpipe on Broad Hollow and partner up. Partner 1 runs to stopsign at Kimblewyck while Partner 2 runs to stop sign at Thornridge. Run back to your partner and each partner does 10 dumbocrats and 20 WW2 situps. Total of four times doing the exercises.
Mosey up to the stop sign at Broad Hollow for 7s on the hill. Jump squats at the bottom and Jump lunges at the top. Oh, and run backwards uphill. Russian twists by Swiper (who finished first and boasted of his NFL DB exploits) while waiting on the six.
Mosey back to the church, gathering in the overhang / rotunda / low wall area for a trip down the dip / derkin ladder. 10 dips IC, 10 derkins IC, 8, 8, 6, 6, 4, 4, 2, 2. Quite a few failures with cadence here. #halt
Mosey down to the bottom of the parking lot and circle up for some mary. LBCs, Boone LBCs (R/L), Flutters. Partner wheelbarrow up the parking lot to the 2nd median, switching as needed, and then mosey back to base for COT. SG with the takeout.
Announcements:
- SOFA WIB tomorrow will be epic, per Swiper, who isn’t even leading.
- Every Monday – Rally Point at Dunkin’ Donuts. Friends don’t let friends eat donuts alone – oddly today, SG, who you would think would be eating some donuts, did not. Bushwood went with two donuts and chocolate milk #runner.
- Area 51 Christmas Party – December 12 at Sardis Swim Club
- Joe Davis Run – coming up in January. Bushwood challenges you to a race.
Moleskine:
First, Cobains for the belated, for me, backblast. I normally try to knock these things out in the morning, but it was a crazy day. Bit of a blur, actually, so I may have left a lot out.
Second, Cobains for posting with what felt a lot like strep. I had Semi-Gloss teed up to substi-Q, and I know what you’re thinking…Why? And the answer is that Bushwood was in jet lag zone and didn’t respond, and phone sorting rules are wierd, but B comes before E. It was pretty comical seeing someone physically move to the other side of the circle upon hearing that. Also got some laughs when I mentioned that Pothole, lucky partner today, was good since he was wearing gloves (non-surgical).
Third, Cobains on the cadence fails. First one was all loogie, and it just got lodged in there. Gross as that is to read, it was worse to experience #TMI #begladnotFW #beads #neverforget. That dip / derkin descent was unplanned, and came off as such. Wow.
Fourth, former Mr. Courtney Love, Kurt Cobain would have been 48 today, if he were alive, which is kind of crazy to picture. Today is not the date of his birth or anything, but yeah, he’d still have been 48 today, which I just looked up and provided a decent, curiosity-inducing title.
Overall, little bit lower mileage today with some merkins, leg work, and core work. Good to see Checkpoint back at DMZ. Hope all got their money’s worth.
Kirk
The Smokey 2
5 MEN gave up the comforts of the dry, warm bed to celebrate the Panthers’ OT win by tackling The Smokey. Here’s what happened:
THANG
Turn left out of OP to run the mile down to Providence Lane West. For those unfamiliar, this half-mile long road has a slight hill with five side streets.
Route: Strava map – love the elevation graph
Mosey down Providence Lane West and complete the following at each side street: 20 jump squats, 20 merkins, 20 knee ups (A little twenty twen twen). 100 of each per trip.
At Lancer, turn around and run up to Rea (no stops – this is a pure run / AYG up the hill). Repeat.
Most got in close to two full circuits, so something like 160 merkins, jump squats, and knee ups with close to 4 miles of running. Appreciate One Eye providing the take out.
Moleskine
With about 4-hours of sleep, YHC was moving a little slower today (and apologies for not putting a full, creative effort into this BB either). If memory serves, Agony and I clocked 4.8 miles + last time, but One Eye and I only hit 4.3 today with two full circuits. Cheese Curd finally figured out his alarm clock and made it out on a Tuesday. Glad to have you, brother, and by the way, it’s always going to suck. That’s by design. Ickey and A-bomb are becoming regulars. Great to have you guys coming out. This one is a little more run heavy, and I remember my legs killing me from all the jump squats after the first time we tried this. Going to be a sore night / morning, I imagine.
Sundancer was a no-show, as were a lot of regulars, so all bets were off.
Announcements
- GO VOTE! Seriously, every single vote counts. Do it over lunch, leave early, or on your way home…but do your civic duty and Vote. That includes you, Curd…find your polling place and vote. Expected low turnout, so your vote could make a difference.
- Area 51 Christmas Party is 12/12 at Sardis. Save the date.
- Area 51 is serving again with Church on the Street (COTS) December 5. We filled two of our five spots this month, so it’s time to step up. I promise you’ll be glad you did.
- Metro is collecting Turkeys for Mission I’m Possible on 11/14.
We’ll be back at it next week.
-Kirk
Pre-blast – Running back “The Smokey”
Gents – there are a crap ton of excuses not to post in the morning. Yes, it will be wet, if not raining. Yes, MNF is in Charlotte, and the eyes of the NFL-loving public will be on the Panthers. And yes, this workout is a re-run. It is a non-stop, solo grind that is definitely not for the faint of heart.
With that said, we’re running back an original called “The Smokey” – name makes more sense with the video. We will be going Nascar style and turning left out of OP to run the mile down to Providence Lane West. For those unfamiliar, this half-mile long road has a slight hill with five side streets.
Route: Strava map – love the elevation graph
Mosey down Providence Lane West and complete the following at each side street: 20 jump squats, 20 merkins, 20 knee ups (A little twenty twen twen). 100 of each per trip.
At Lancer, turn around and run up to Rea (no stops – this is a pure run / AYG up the hill). Then repeat the whole set.
Complete 3 sets #stretchgoal, or at 6:06, run back to OP. First one back leads Mary until all are back.
Total of +/- 5.3 miles with some decent elevation change, 300 jump squats, 300 merkins, and 300 knee ups, if completed.
On its maiden voyage, I believe a few of us hit 2+ complete sets covering +/- 4.8 miles with 200 each of the exercises, so yes, there will be running and a bunch of exercises. And… it may be raining. And… I’m setting odds of an unnamed member of the pax spilling merlot, after enjoying tonight’s game, at 3:2 (must be present to win).
María María
Thanks, #Cantore! No rain this AM, so great morning for a small group of 5 to hit it hard, and we did, tackling the previously nameless workout of Sundancer.
THANG
Partner up. Everything matters.
Hang a right on Rea and run to the Harris Teeter and WAIT DON’T START RUNNING BACK.
Burpees OYO at the corner of Rea and Colony until the 6 arrives.
Run to the first telephone pole, flip to backwards run to second telephone pole – 10 good form merkins.
Forwards run to the next telephone pole, then backwards run to the next – 10 flutters (per leg).
Run forward, run backward – 7 burpees.
Rinse repeat – forwards/backwards/merkins/flutters/burpees
Mix in a little partner accountability check at each named side street – 10 dumbocrats.
Do it all over again on the way back from 51 to the corner of Rea and Colony.
*All exercises completed and back at OP parking lot in the 45 minutes time allotment.
SOAPBOX
Small group today, which given the weather forecast was not unexpected. We were treated to relatively perfect conditions – cool but not cold without rain. Sidewalks were a little damp, but not really wet. YHC partnered up with One Eye, resulting in a 3ndr (not gonna link it) for Voodoo, Ickey, and Daisy. They didn’t complain. I have no idea how dumbocrats worked – but I’m told they took turns and avoided eye contact. One Eye crossed the tape at 6:14, and my watch literally flipped to 6:15 as I crossed from the sidewalk onto the blacktop. Others came in at 6:18. This is a stupid, brutally effective workout. I need a nap.
Now on to the name. Sundancer created this thing, and it is pretty much Godawful with a capital G. +/- 3.5 miles of running, of which +/- 1 mile is backwards, 100+ burpees, 150+ merkins and flutters (honestly I stopped counting), and more dumbocrats than seem warranted. The naming is an attempt to honor both Sundancer’s “smf”artsack – supposedly recovering from “Hiking the Appalachian Trail” – and my partner One Eye, who was the first to successfully complete it within time (edged me on the run back). For those that may remember the amazing story, María is the name of the mistress of former SC Governor Mark Sanford, and the confluence of someone missing due to “hiking”, being led by One Eye, etc., the name just seems to fit. Plus, thanks to Santana, it’s catchy enough to remember.
Now, what follows is long, Mud Run related, and something that I don’t want to say but feel the need to say. Stop reading and skip to the end if you don’t care.
Part of what I’ve gotten out of F3 is this awareness that we have a responsibility to step into situations when they see something that “isn’t right” and attempt to “make it right”, or at least try to speak the truth in love. We’ve got to reject passivity, which is something that I often attempt to hide as just being laid back, and sometimes step into things that can get a little messy.
There have been several comments and jokes in the days since the Mud Run (#5minutesoff, #colarules, etc.), but they are mostly from folks that weren’t there. I was. There were four F3 teams that finished essentially together. At least two, likely three, of these teams made the same mistake on the poorly marked course, taking a right instead of a left at the creek. One of these teams immediately complained, right after crossing the finish line, and had their time changed because of it. I’m not trying to throw blame at them for doing it as they definitely did lose time due to a poorly marked course. Another team had a chip malfunction, showing a time of +/- 40 minutes as their initial “official” time. They were honest about it being wrong. I have no idea what their true time should be, but I know that the current official time of 51+ minutes is likely not correct. How? The teams went off in order. Team 42 (A51), Team 43 (Cola), Team 44 (Metro), Team 46 (Fort), and Team 48 (Metro) all started within a few minutes of each other. Team 48 was the first to the finish line, followed closely by teams 44, 43, and 42, and they were the last of those teams to start. I do not remember seeing team 46 finish, but if they started on time, they would still be behind team 48. {Full disclosure – I was on team 44 that ran with Metro due to preferences of some teammates, and I’m a site Q for A51. I split time between the two “regions”. I’m proud of the race we ran, but we legitimately lost to Team 48. The other teams raced well also, and probably did lose more time than we did at the creek (we stopped, half went left and half right, then saw other teams coming back and all went left). As other teams that spent far longer going the wrong way in the creek can attest (several teams with fast guys that had 1:10 plus), we all ran the same course with the same minimal, confusing lack of direction at certain places. Team 48 just happened to be the first F3 team to the finish line.} So for what it is worth, which isn’t much, congrats to Team 48 “Biscuit”: EZ Rings, Wolf, Giselle, and Mr. Bo (redundant parenthetical, but it was really great to see my old Sparta buddy Mr. Bo out there. Really have been praying for you, brother! That’s more worthy of celebration).
And finally, I want to put this in the proper context, as it pales in comparison to the awesome sight of seeing guys from Cola and a few from Metro running with the guys from The Mission. That’s of much greater long term significance and worthy of celebration. Great job, men! So if you’re reading this in Charlotte, make some time this fall to head out to Mission I’m Possible, Billingsville, Bulldogs Matter at AG, Church on the Street (another coming up this Sunday, join me), Alexander Youth Network, etc. Go give it away (Mark 10:45).
Kirk
Thee Sir Phillip Forde
Boom! That happened. And I can’t lie – it was glorious. Seven of us were met with near perfect temperatures and gently falling rain…excellent morning to get after it in the gloom. Probably too many references in one title, but I can’t go Ford”e” without attempting a Forde Minutes backblast:
- Covered right at 4 miles today – STRAVA
- As a point guard, Phil Ford earned first-team All-America honors three times and was the 1978 National Player of the Year.
- Merkins sucked from the jump and only got worse.
- YHC had to break them up – first 20s then 10s for the last set. Ugh.
- Definitely going to feel the squats tomorrow
- Until this guy came along, Ford was Carolina’s alltime leading scorer with 2,290 points
- Daisy made it out yesterday and today – repeat offender
- He can confirm that I included a 10-count yesterday #moderate
- Ford saved what was perhaps his greatest collegiate performance for his final home game in Carmichael Auditorium, scoring a career-high 34 points in leading the Tar Heels to an Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season championship-clinching 87-83 win over Duke.
- Nice to have Nuke, a self-described “moderate” guy out there today
- “Not a runner”, wanting to improve his running, he definitely held his own.
- For the record, that last mile never gets easier.
- Also, use the overhangs when you can, brother. #nice&dry
- Ford earned first-team All-ACC accolades in 1976, 1977 and 1978.
- He also was named first-team All-ACC Tournament in 1975, 1976 and 1977 and second-team in 1978.
- How I imagine Simba doing flutters with the boot: Unbalanced spinning
- And that’s a rabbit hole – wow
- Iron Mike went long sleeves today, shirt on, until getting in the car
- No idea why that continues to be reported.
- It will probably continue.
- He also hung with Swiper most of the morning, so you know he’s tired of listening
- Windows up on the car ride #quietspace
- Ford was listed on multiple All-America teams in earning first-team status in 1976, 1977 and 1978. He was also a first-team freshman All-America in 1975.
- YHC caught up to Daisy, Early Bird, and Nuke near the end.
- They seemed to be having a nice conversation. Hoping to go to Bed Bath and Beyond on Saturday. #timemanagement
- Oddly, the dips didn’t start to hurt til the end of the 4 Corners
- I believe that’s the 2nd post to SOFA WIB for Early Bird.
- Early Bird and Early Bloomer will never, ever be confused. Ever.
- The second pick in the first round of the draft, Ford was NBA Rookie of the Year in 1979.
- Icicle came flying in at 0530 and caught the group departing for the initial mile.
- His lights were still on when YHC made it back to the OP lot.
- In 1988, Ford returned to North Carolina as an assistant coach, and helped lead the Tar Heels to the 1993 national title. After Smith retired in 1997, Ford became the top assistant to his successor, Bill Guthridge.
- Speaking of the OP lot, there was no illusion of police protection this morning as the random police cruiser was nowhere to be found.
- Also nowhere to be found was Semi-Gloss, who was a near HC last night.
- He must be working with a bunch of bankers, though, because he conveniently added a convenient out “if the ankle holds up”. Hope you don’t wind up with Simba in a boot, which I failed to mention was decked out with an F3 sticker. Must have borrowed it from @Haywood.
- Not today, but this also happened…and it was spectacular.
- Somehow Iron Mike made it south, but the rest of the clown car (Talkbox and Sundancer) did not.
- This was a solo grind, and definite you vs you at times. The temptation to cheat yourself was strong, so it was nice to have the accountability from the pax.
- We definitely missed the tunes today. Maybe next week when Bushwood (notably absent today) has the Q #returnofsoccerarms.
- Finally, if you’re ever in Olde Providence on a Monday morning at 6:30 AM, hit up Dunkin’ Donuts for the new 3rd F group Rally Point.
Moderate = multiple meanings
16 started off the day “moderately” at Basecamp.
The Thang
Mosey down to the track and circle up. COP all IC consisting of:
SSH x25, Merkins x10, LBCs x21, Wide Arms x5, Flutters x21, Diamonds x5, Freddy Mercury x21, and somewhere in there 10 Burpees for Gummy.
Partner up for track work: P1 sprints a lap, P2 squats, flapjack, repeato
Partner “catch me if you can” – P1 runs backwards, P2 does 2 Burpees and chase. Boone LBCs to regroup.
3 rounds of modified namesake The Kirk:
7 burpees, 14 dips, 21 merkins, 28 squats, 35 LBCs then run a lap. EC lap for early finishers.
Plank work, then 20 knee ups
Mosey back up to parking lot. 3 minutes remaining, so more knee ups and 26 LBCs to finish.ts
Announcements – new 3rd F group called Rally Point starting up on Mondays at 6:30 at Dunkin’ Donuts on Rea (Rea / Colony by the HT). Simba and Purple Haze starting up an intro to Christianity class / group to explore the foundations of the Christian faith.
Moleskine
Full disclosure – I am not a fan of “moderate”. I feel that is mostly covered in the “modify as needed” portion of the disclaimer – though probably too late for that today. I’m going to take the respectable route #Iam3rd #sarcasm and totally blame Simba, whose totally shameless plug for his upcoming intro to Christianity class at 5:29 totally threw off the timing of the planned diatribe against “moderate”, which I had artfully crafted to transition into the disclaimer. Speaking of the Base Camp site Q, he showed up at 5:24:57 on two wheels to settle, er…watch, Goonie settle the Burpee bet and then bailed. Why, Simba, why? I was looking around for someone completely off balance during the flutters to heckle, and your short, slow moving legs weren’t there. #hurtfeelings
Anyway, since most of you don’t really know my story with F3, I’ll give a bit of backstory, so hopefully some of this will make sense. My first post was actually to the Metro equivalent of Base Camp, called Core, and coming straight off +/- eight years on the couch, I nearly passed out. My second workout was WIB on Tuesdays at Freedom Park, and it was like a light bulb went off. Big workout, lots of chatter/ trash talk, and tons of competition…I was hooked. We started SOFA WIB a couple of months ago to bring that south of Fairview. Not longer after, I reached out to Simba to ask to Q here because I think that style workout works for fitness levels #youvsyou #ISI. We did a little of that today with The Kirk, modified to remove pullups (no bars, normally the 7), reduce the burpees (normally 14 #moderate #<3Gummy) and add dips (#moderate). #excessiveparentheticalhashtags
Hopefully everyone got their money’s worth. Tried to keep it together on the track to accommodate new guys and fading track stars like Gummy. Loved having a Double Respect FNG in Longshanks (naming went Milwaukee Braves, Red Sox courtesy of OP baseball {may have more team hats than Bushwood}, kin fought alongside William Wallace…ergo Longshanks) out there today. I didn’t realize it was his first post when I asked him to lead Mary (blank stare – what’s that?) while I did an extra lap to bring in the six. Probably, maybe like the third or fourth Q-fail of the day there. Just figured out another one writing this – how did I not give Uncle Si crap the entire time about booking a flight for the day of BRR #Qshameface. Cobains. Yeah – don’t do that. The beard was rockin’, though you need to meet Forrest for inspiration. #beardenvy
Lots of Q-heckling today, which is not just appreciated but encouraged. Somehow they missed all the stuff, except the disclaimer, that I actually did screw up.
So if you liked today, or felt better because of it, I’d like to invite you out to SOFA WIB tomorrow. Slightly less gentle, and less genteel, atmosphere, faster pace (unless Sundancer is there), and way better music (only when Sundancer is there)… but you will be pushed to get better. Here’s the Pre-blast: http://f3nation.com/2015/10/12/sir-phillip-forde/
Great time this morning, gents. Thanks for having me and putting up with an outsider stepping in to Q. Continue to push each other #ISI
Sir Phillip Forde
Frenchie in the UK, so I stole it – never ask Pothole
I think the title says it all. Our resident Frenchman aka Film Fest is apparently visiting home, which is actually England. I was standing in the middle of the slow forming circle of Pax arriving, which afforded me the opportunity to steal the Q. Everyone cheered. Really, it was a special thing you had to be there to appreciate.
The Thang
Run like a 5-year old (aka spastic AYG, customary start for YHC) to RTS. Brilliant, original COP consisting of:
SSH x 20ish
Merkin x10
LBC x 26
Wide Arm x10
Flutter x26
Diamond x10
Boone LBCs x10 each side
CDD x10
Knee ups x10
Run around RTS and discover small playground. Those that could jump did 10 pullups and 20 dips. I have no idea what SemiGloss or others did here. Needless to say, this was not the Q’s most well executed portion of the workout. The swingset bar was a little high, but the 10 foot estimate was ludicrous.
Mosey out RTS side drive and across Sharon View, into Pellyn Wood with a left on Gorham. Mini-plank at Howland to regroup, and then continue to Walden Pond. Dips on the guard rail.
Mosey down to the circle of Le Maison Dr (look it up) where chose some alternate Qs:
Swiper – Russian twist (insert lots of surprised faces)
Pothole – 10 burpees OYO (unwelcomed, lots of comments and a Semi refusenik)
Steinbrenner – Rosalita (welcomed, knew he wouldn’t let Pax down)
Mosey back the way we came, stopping at the guard rail again. Inspired by Semi’s refusenik, Squats x20, then dips x20, then more squats x10.
Mosey back up the hill with some plank variations at the Hardison stop sign to regroup. Mosey back to RTS, stopping at the wall for Derkins x10, dips x?.
Mosey back to Carmel Park with time to spare. Finish it off with a mini-COP of LBCs x26ish, Merkins x10, Freddy Mercury x20, Mtn Climbers x10, and thanks to Pothole’s call, 10 BOYO.
COT with takeout by Snowflake.
Announcements:
Columbia has been hit hard by flooding. Another region set up a GoFundMe page for donations to help, and F3Columbia has a post on “how you can help” here: http://f3nation.com/2015/10/04/be-a-him-and-help-out-the-columbia-community/
New 3rd F – Rally Point – meeting after DMZ on Monday’s at Dunkin’ Donuts (Rea / Colony). If you’re interested, pick up a copy of True Measure of a Man.
SOFA WIB tomorrow at Olde Providence – Sundancer promised me it would be epic.
Moleskine:
Good group this AM that followed YHC, who basically stole the Q at 5:28 when it was discovered that Film Fest was visiting the motherland (fatherland? I have no interest in trying to understand the whole England / Great Britain / UK thing). YHC ran like a 5-year old, as is my custom at the outset, and the Pax reluctantly followed along.
Bushwood nixed my “never leave the parking lot” idea, so I was forced to borrow heavily from prior material. Somehow we only hit 2.6 miles today, which I’m going to say was preparation for my upcoming Base Camp Q next week #moderate #INCONCEIVABLE. (Going parenthetical for self-promotion here #Iam3rd, if you were here today for the workout, you should come back to DMZ next week. On the other hand, if you’re interested in laughing, mild 2nd F, and / or Q heckling, I’d invite you out to Base Camp). Lowlight of the morning was the impromptu pullups – we apparently need to work out plyometrics / jumping drills in addition to pullups. #Qfail
Highlight of the morning was Pothole calling for 10 burpees OYO. SG refusenik was classic, and anticipated, as were the calls by Swiper and Steinbrenner. With time running down, I had to call on Pothole again. Great way to finish, and then we caught ABBA and Rapper’s Delight returning to the parking lot. They apparently missed us, and we would never be found in Pellyn Wood, which may be the darkest place in Charlotte. No street lights – only natural gas lamps, which made Agony lightheaded. That’s all I’ve got, which misses quite a bit of the chatter, so chime in with comments.
- Kirk
Escalator – Taper Freeplay edition
It was a decent morning at OP. The weather was good. Eight dudes showed up for a BRR-taper friendly workout despite the confusing pre-blast.
Thang
Partner up and run the HT mile (slow today – like 7:15+)
Partners alternate between exercise set and active recovery:
Sets – 1 pull up, 2 merkins, 3 LBCs….increasing each time….up to 11 pull ups, 22 merkins, 33 LBCs. A series of n, 2n, 3n where n increases by 1 each time – Talkbox glazed over trying to read this just now. He got to that point in the pre-blast and stopped. Math is hard.
Active recovery – mountain climbers up to 11, flutters on the way down
At 6:06, re-run the HT mile. COT with Bushwood providing the takeout.
Announcements:
BRR teams need drivers. See me or Swiper or anyone else running.
Mud run signups (final week): Final week – GO SIGN UP
Moleskine
Let’s start with the bad – I’m putting myself first with this as lead offender, but we all pretty much mailed that one in #Iamthird? Super slow first mile, no one finished, even the non-BRR guys didn’t push themselves, and that’s on me. As a workout, this was a sub-par effort, and no one really held anyone else accountable for mailing it in. That won’t continue next week. The good was that it kept us all together, and the 2nd F was high today #FOF #whateverthatmeans. Some hilarious moments…most of which will be lost in translation here:
Cop car = still empty. Interesting mix of music featuring bongos, piano, and guano (in rap lyrics) – so underrated. Swiper went shirtless in honor of Iron Mike (in absentia), only to re-shirt for flutters. Can only assume that Voodoo needed a smartsack after attempting to lead a bunch of refuseniks at the KB station yesterday #herdingcats. I was accused of speaking in tongues #disguised and attempting to hold up a fence #cropdustingetiquette. Bushwood = #soccerarms. Instead of normal pace on the intro mile, Brushback was content to “run with the pack” #weallgotostate #no. Daisy was doing his best Nibbler midwife impersonation #convincing. His partner Krypto – which may or may not be spelled with a K, but I like it like that – was silento today #watchmewatchme.
A comparative discussion of “bad food choices” versus “bad food” and “bad life choices”, which turned out to be a seemingly perfect foreshadowing (known?) of the highlight of the morning on the final mile, as we all ran past an unnamed member of the pax spilling merlot in what I believe was the officer’s front yard. We’ll have to see if the cop car is still empty next week.
We’ll turn our attention to mud run training next week, which probably means more running, pullups, and jumping over stuff.