(Haggis posting for Philmont)
16 men and an iPhone gathered in the gloom for yet another frigid fun fest in the Winter Without End. Sporting new smokeboots and the now-familiar not-gonna-shave-it-till-the-weight-comes-off beard, YHC readied for Q #2. The QIC-ship realization generated the first memorable quote of the morning:
“Philmont’s on Q?!? That’s really scraping the bottom of the barrel.”
So with those words of encouragement, off we went!
The Thang:
– Run down the hill to the Marriott packing lot for a little warm up. Feels good to be at the front of the pax for once.
– SSH x 30. Felt good at 25 so kept on going.
– Imperial Walker x 20ish. Now out of breath.
– Unveiling of the first iPhone app. Pushups Coach. YHC is using this app to work up to 100 Merkins. App has 6 week program of increasing number sets and reps of Merkins. Today was Week 2 Day 3. Start with 14 good form Merkins.
– Mosey on down to the lake to get out of the wind. Second memorable quote of the morning:
“Philmont is that your jester hat jingling in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?”
– Unveiling of iPhone app #2. 7Min: A 7 Minute Workout. Series of 12 exercises for 30 seconds each with 10 seconds in between (or plank if you must MM):
– Round 2. This time YHC realized he could pause the application.
– Round 3. By this point YHC did not know if he was pitching or catching. May be missing some details.
– Plank up and wait for YHC.
COT
Moleskin: This was post #125 for YHC. Fartsack, travels, weather and a nagging cold combined to slow my pace since first of the year. Thanks Haggis for voluntelling me to Q. Felt great to lead and even better to finish. Only 136 days remain until Philmonts Big Adventure. 20 pounds to make my weight goal and lose the beard. No way I would be this close without F3. Thanks.
(…posted on behalf of Checkpoint…)
6 strong and motivated men assembled in celebration of the THORNRUCK and Angler’s accomplishment. While the pre-blast had some people confused into thinking that this was to be a recovery day with a lot of 2ndF, that was not the case. The only promise made was that we would not be doing a repeat of any activity that brought us misery at Friday night’s GRT. So no hydro-burpees, log carrying, aqua-tunnel-of-love, buckets of gold or log rafts. Fortunately for those that believe 67 hours is adequate recovery, that left us plenty of options. We would not be discouraged by cold and wet conditions this morning. The request to bring stories of GRT was simply to give us something a little longer than a ten count when needed – which was often.
The Thang: (Note all counts and distances in honor of Angler’s age)
COT
AAR/NMMS
It was great to see everyone out there this am. We definitely needed a few GRT war stories to give us a breather at times during this routine. The Pax seemed quite happy we were stopping at YHC’s age instead of Angler’s on the Jack Webbs. Proud to have been with GRT’s latest rock star, Angler, at THORNRUCK and today. He only needed 67 hours of recovery. Also happy to see Package’s legs were operational again after the freaky symptoms of his hypothermia on Friday night. That was not the night to have the lowest body fat on the team. Good to see him and Clueless not be intimidated by the wet cold today. Crabcakes was really sad that we did not have any coupons to carry this morning. We should have stacked a few bodies on top of him to make him feel at home. Dora was all happiness, still basking in the glow of Fort Bragg Heavy followed by Thorn ruck 2 weeks later. YHC presented him with the team weight (pipes and chains) and he was like a little kid at Christmas – it’s the little things that make Dora happy.
YHC will be back on Q Friday – do not be deceived into thinking it is going to be 2nd F.
16 strong posted at DMZ for some St. Patty’s pain.
The Thang:
Run to Carmel for warm ups:
SSHx30, Imperial Walker x 20, Mountain Climber x 20, Diamond x 12
Run to field. Abort. Almost wiped out in the slop so back to lot for Hoops Drills:
Run to each hoop for excercise, 5 burpees at the end, run back: Merkins x 10, All Cotton Sit Ups x 10, Carolina Dry Docks x 10, Squats x 10, Burpees x 5
Run to back hill, partner up:
Partner 1 balls to the wall, partner 2 run to bottom fence and back, Rinse & Repeat x 4
Run to side street for Jacobs Ladder x 6 with Burpees.
Mary: Russian Twist (Swiper), Heels to Heaven (Snowflake), Slow Sit Up (Hamlet), Dolly x many (Skywalker)
Moleskin:
Great work out brothers. Appreciate the mumble chatter to keep us going.
Playing in mud is one thing, but not being able to stand is another, the audible didnt slow us down.
Boomer was able to keep his Irish hat on through the full churn. Impressive display.
FOD
Most Foxhole workouts involve a good deal of running, and Rock Thrill and Champagne punished the pax over the last 2 weeks, Today, we dialed it back a bit and kept the mileage low.
Lots of reps, most of which I cant recall in order.
Quick warm-up lap around parking lot w/ KB to circle up (ok, a little running)
COP
SSH x 25
Imperial Walker x 20
Merkins x 15
Mountain Climbers x 20
Extended COP
2 hand swings x 20
merkins x 10
2 hand overhead press
squats x 15
Plank rows (left) x 15
5 burpees
Plank rows (right) x 15
5 burpees
Hammer curls x 20
mountain climbers x 20
Upright rows x 15
squats x 10
Goblets squats x 15
5 burpees
Standing rows x 10
merkins x 10
Partner up for Catch Me If You can around lot
P1 sprint w/ KB
P2 = 5 merkins, tag partner and flapjack
Mary w/ KB
Dolly x 15
LBC x 20
Mason Twists x 10
Flutter x 15
Rosalita x 15
Dying Cockroach x 10
Round 2
2 hand swings x 25
merkins x 10
hammer curls x 20
10 burpees
upright rows x 15
squats x 15
KB deadlifts x 15
merkins x 15
Tricep extension x 15
mountain climbers x 20
1 hand swing x 15 (left)
10 burpees
1 hand swing x 15 (right)
10 burpees
Lap around lot to head back home
COT
Moleskin
Welcome to Foxy Lady, good to have you.
Hope all enjoyed the break from the sprints.
Shout out to HB, recovering from GRC. Good job brother.
Announcements
Frack & The Witness are logging some serious miles in an upcoming 24 mile hike to support Make A Wish. Help them reach their goal. All the money stays local:
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Abacus and Chelms race to support brother Bill and brain cancer research.
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MT
5 men got the runaround last Thursday at Devil’s Turn
Partner up for The Runaround
Tempo run back to start. Total mileage: 6.2
*sans Bratwurst who (perhaps wisely) stuck with the track
In attendance 7 brave leprechauns sprung to the line at The Matrix
Paco: Look at Bobby [wiggle]. I haven’t seen a [Wiggler] like that since Joe Montana.
Walter: Joe Montana was a quarterback, you idiot.
Paco: I said Joe Mantegna.
See you at 5:30 am – corner of Foxcroft and Rothwood. Waterboy pace…
** The Waterboy
The VSF was planted as five weary pax gathered in the morning gloom. Talk of the GRT guys got us pumped up and ready to begin.
Jog over to the Yellow Rose lot.
COP:
Hill Work:
Mosey to parking lot
Hand the Q baton off to Runstopper
Little baby jog over to the shopping center lot.
Suicide runs:
Lunge Walk mosey over to the steps by Tuesday Morning
At the side walk, jog around sidewalk back to the school entrance. At telephone poles and corners, stop for various exercises.
Head over to the wall for some people’s chair. Two rounds of roughly 2 minutes felt like 15 minutes.
Mosey over around the wall out of sight for cool down stretch and some yoga poses. We didn’t want to be seen doing that. I’m sure YHC’s form was terrible.
YHC likes balance, so we have to get in the 1 legged burpees x 10 (L) that we missed in COP. I feel better now.
COT
Moleskin:
Announcements:
9 PAX (including 2 2.0s) showed up at McKee Road Elementary for the weekly edition of Area 51, including 1 PAX with his Weinke all set to go but no place to Q (more about that in the Moleskin). As 0700 rolled around Far Side led us off for a short jog (approx 1/2 mile) around the AO and then we circled up for COP:
Mosey over to playground for a little circuit work:
Mosey over to other end of school for PC and sidewalk pushorama:
Head over to the track for a little 4 corners:
Mosey over to field beside the school for 11’s
YHC comes out of the bullpen for 2nd half
Jog back over to the soccer fields and circle up for 6 MOM:
Line up on goal line of soccer field a The Stack:
Head over to the stumps for another round of circuit work:
Mosey to the front of the school
Circle up in the parking lot for 2 MOM to wrap it up:
COT
Moleskin:
Announcements:
http://www.braintumorcommunity.org/site/TR/TeamraiserEvents/CharlotteBrainTumorRace?team_id=68643&pg=team&fr_id=2291
http://www.braintumorcommunity.org/site/TR/TeamraiserEvents/CharlotteBrainTumorRace?px=3409216&pg=personal&fr_id=2291