The Rain Don’t Matter..6 PAX Get Some Hill Work
Pre-Blast reaffirmed that AGS would be open despite the rain that was scheduled in the forecast. Arrived to Womble via Stinson this morning so that YHC could get a good look at the street name which would serve as an end point for this morning’s hill repeats. Come to find out its Lacombe Court. As I noted this, I began the uphill climb in the Knight Rider and quickly came upon a light up vest in the back drop of a light fog and drizzle. Moving at a decent pace, Pikachu was just finishing up his 5th mile on to what would be a 15mi morning on this rainy and cold morning. What else can be said, the kid likes to run no matter the conditions.
Arrived to the parking lot to see DawgPound make his way to AGS this morning. Grabbed the flag out of the back of my car. As I made my way to the planting zone, Master Shake comes rolling in, along with Deadbolt not far behind. Nemo arrived shortly after that and before YHC knew it, we had 6 PAX on a very rainy and raw morning in the gloom.
On mornings like this, especially on a Sunday, it would be so easy to stay nestled in the fartsack. These 6 HIM made a decision, however, and showed up. To honor that commitment, YHC planned some hill work, being sure to stay close to shelter in the event the rain picked up. As it would turn out, the heavy rain held long enough for PAX to get 4-5ish miles this morning.
Warm Up: Light jog to the back Ivan lot via the left side of the soccer fields. Circled up for Imperial Walkers X12, Good Mornings X12, Fazio Arms F/B X12. During this series, DawgPound expressed his displeasure with the exercise count going to 12 each time. Not sure why there was an issue. We do this every Sunday and is the standard during football season at AGS. I guess Dawg just doesn’t like 12 for some reason. Finished up the the last set of Fazio’s and then mosey’d to around the lot to the back side of the Ivan lot. Circled up for some Hillbillies X12, Frankensteins and alternating lunge walks. Wrapped up the warm up with prison squats on YHC’s cadence down and up X12.
The Workout: With the uncertainty around when the heavy rain would fall, we’d keep close to Womble as mentioned. Decided on some old school Speed Racer for this morning’s workout. PAX ventured out of the Ivan lot to the left up Stinson for a series of 2.5 hill repeats. At the top of Stinson, PAX would perform 6 Burpees (just because 6 came to mind this morning and Dawg didn’t like 12 counts). From the top of Stinson, PAX would then head all the way down to Lacombe Ct, where they would perform 6 star jumps. Rinse repeat twice with PAX picking up the six throughout the hill runs. After the last set of 6 burpees was perfomed, YHC instructed PAX to take a left out of Stinson and onto Grigsby taking the long way around the baseball fields and then head back to the shelter in front of the flag for Mary.
Mary: Planks with alternating calf stretches, cobra stretches, runners pose stretches, downward dogs
Announcements: CSAUP Next week- Dec 7th. Get your Frosty on! F3 Christmas Party at Midget’s on Dec 14th.
T-Claps (Recognition): All PAX who posted this morning putting in work in the cold rain.
Prayer: Prayers for Wallaby and his family. Prayers for Nemo’s brother-in-law. All PAX and family faced with challenges during this holiday season. Continued health as we close out 2019. All unspoken. YHC took us out.