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Was It Strawberry?

Beautiful morning with perfect weather.  I ran from home to Tiger Blood and arrived to see the Pax ready to go.  Some chatter for a couple minutes and off we went.

PAX: Bernie, Boy George, Fumunga, Lipstick, Pikachu

FNGs: Zilch

Warm Up:

  • Mosey to track
  • SSH – 25 IC
  • Stationary Lunge Twists
  • Alternating Curtsy Lunges
  •  Leg Swings
  • 0.5 mile jog with 10s stride

The Workout:

Pretty straightforward.  5 x 5:30min intervals at threshold to long interval pace with 2:30 min walk/run recovery

I was talking to Boy George about a buddy only eating yogurt before our 4-man BRR journey.  Unbeknownst to us, Lipstick was on the other side of the fence, where he was releasing a chocolate squirrel into the wild, and asked if the yogurt was strawberry.  Hence the title.

Mary: No core.  Stretching

Announcements:

  • Hilltop-Needmore CSAUP

T-Claps (Recognition):

  • Boy George with a strong effort while still recovering from Barkley’s Fall Classic

Prayer:

  • Fumunga’s neighbor recovering from stroke (no brain damage but some paralysis)
  • Lipstick’s wife’s pregnancy (dealing with not being able to sleep well)
  • Pickachu’s church member passing to Covid

3 Years of Warbucks

EC: Abe, Full House, Abe
FNGs: Nope
Warm Up:
Lap around soccer field. Circled up for SSH, daisy pickers, Moroccan night clubs, mountain climbers, merkins

The Workout:
Pearls on a string – indian run between stops

stop 1 – Rock Pile
Rock exercises x20 – Curls, Overhead press, Rut rows
bear crawl and push rock across lot
rock exercises x20 – Curls, Overhead press, Rut rows
Cusack rock back to pile

stop 2 – Rickety Fence
irkins and underdogs 2×10

stop 3 – Amphitheatre
step ups 2×20 and dips 2×15

stop 4 – Upper lot passed Ivan
brokeback derkins when patterns met – 4 rounds of 5 derkins

Indian run back to flag for Mary

Mary:
Catalina wine mixers, low slooooow flutter, american hammers, homer to marge, pickle pounders, and some stretching

Announcements:
Safety – getting darker, wear lights/be visible, run on the left side of the road, watch out for cars as they likely don’t see you.

T-Claps (Recognition):
The toilet in the women’s bathroom. Strong work from what I hear.

Prayer:
Carter, Cupid’s co-worker, Fumunga’s neighbor, Lady at Target.
YHC took us out.

4(600+200+400+200+300+200+200+200+100+200)

FNGs: None
Warm Up: 400 and some A skips, leg swings, tiger claws
The Workout: at Tempo pace
Mary: Stretching
Announcements: Read slack
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Carter, Fumunga’s neighbor

Magic Number 36

Three years ago today several neighborhood friends dragged me to Kenny’s Grave to suffer a beat down by Banana Seat.  All I can really remember about it was how disappointed I was every time he said “recover” because I really thought that meant we got a chance to catch our breath.  Boy, was I wrong.  But here we are, three years later, having done things I would have previously said were impossible, all because of you men that have surrounded me over this time.  I am thankful for all of you and appreciate you all more than you know.

All that said, I did set out to kick your asses today.

Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) time was against us today.  My plan was to do 36 reps of 16 different exercises but 45 minute just wasn’t enough time to make that happen.  I’d still like to think we got some good work in and got a good sweat going.

FNGs:

Welcome Just the Tip!

He’s a coworker of Fumunga’s.  His first job was at a restaurant, hence the name.

Warm Up:

No warm up lap since YHC is still nursing a heel issue.  Circled up for:

SSH x36 IC

Windmill x10 IC

Frankensteins x10 IC

Sir Fazio Arm Circles x10 IC forward and reverse

The Workout:

The Red October boys went up to the pavilion to do some TRX while we moseyed down towards the first stretch of parking spaces for my favorite routine, the Crab Boil!

We started at one parking line and crab walked two spaces.  We did Crab Cakes x12, crab walked another two spaces, Crab Humpers x12, crab walked another two spaces, Crab Jacks x12.  After that we took a break and did irkins x12, dirkins x12, and squats x12.  We worked our way back up the parking lot doing the same and then back down.  36 reps of those exercises done.

Next we moseyed down to the lower pavilion for some rock work.  Everyone grabbed a rock and did:

Curls for the girls x12

Tris for the guys x12

Bus drivers x12

We rotated rocks and did it another two time for a total of 36 reps a piece.

After that we traveled with our rocks up to the lot behind the swimming pool.  Here we did shoulder taps x12, bear crawled and pushed our rock across the lot, and then Bobby Hurly x12, and then bear crawl and push the rock back.  We did this two more times, but with the second and third laps being duck walks with rocks and then sprints.

We returned all but one rock (the largest) and then Indian walked while passing the rock down the line up to the bathrooms.  Here we lined up against the wall in People’s Chair.  The rock started at one end and was passed all the way down the line to the other end.  That was 1.  It traveled back for 2.  We continued until 12 were complete.  After that it was a 12 count IC balls to the wall.  YHC wanted to do it all another two times but the clock had other plans.  We did one more round of People’s Chair and BTTW, each in 12 count, before heading up to the Red October guys for Mary.

Oh, I almost forgot that I tried to also sprinkle 36 burpees in as well, doing 6 each time  we transitioned from exercise group.  We had gotten three sets in and were supposed to do the other three with the people’s chair and BTTW but, again, time was not my friend.

Mary:

American Hammer x10 IC

LBC x10 IC

Reverse LBC x10 IC

Knees to the left LBC x10 IC

Knees to the right LBC x10 IC

Homer to Marge x10 IC

Announcements:

Carpex Q Swap the last week of July and first week of August.  Check to see if there are any spots still open to Q

T-Claps (Recognition):

Great to see Boy George back in the gloom with us!

Prayer:

Fumunga’s neighbors who are expecting a child and the father just came down with COVID

Sunshine and his wife and their new born child

Unspoken

 

Men, it’s always an honor to lead and even more so to do on a day where I’m reminded what this all means.  I was very excited to also have Boy George and Noah’s Ark at CoT with us as they were both there at my first post as well.  I know they didn’t plan it that way but I thought it was pretty awesome.  Thanks for indulging me today.  I hope in three more years I’m writing another one of these.

 

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Cruising in the Humidity

FNGs:

Nope
Warm Up:

Mosey down to the track

Warm up lap

Leg swings, A skips, B skips
The Workout:

8x 1,000m repeats with 200m recovery working your way from 10 mile pace to 10k pace.
Mary:

Mosey back up to the parking lot for some yoga
Announcements:

CarPex Q Swap Coming up
T-Claps (Recognition):

Pax for getting after it in this humidity

We’re Official?

Came up to a discussion on firework watching strategy. FV Parks, parking spots, arrival times, road closures. Who knew it could be so complicated? A few PAX were undecided on the 3 mi option, but some light persuading and leading by example got all PAX on the 5 mi option during the split.  Great to finish as a full group!

FNGs: None
Warm Up: Dynamic stretching. Quads, Glutes, Calves, Hips
The Workout: Standard 3mi and 5mi option
Mary: Light stretching and heavy breathing
Announcements: Norm’s moving week, 1776 workout
T-Claps (Recognition): All Pax for opting into the 5 mi option!
Prayer: Family safety and all PAX  travelling

Pop the Trunk

Pre blasted that I has a surprise in the trunk. Finkle guessed a beaver… close? Another thing heavy and not fun to carry around.

FNGs: None
Warm Up: SSH, Willie Mays Haze, Imperials Walkers, Hill Billies, Fazio Arm Circles
The Workout: Popped the trunk and PAX chose their paving stone. 1) Four corners stack with the pavers. Squats, Overhead Press, Through Leg Lunges, American Hammers. 2) Merkins at each corner with Lunge walk on the long stretch and bear crawl manmakers with the pavers on the short length.
Mary: Mary on the corners with LBCs, WW2s, Windshield wipers, American Hammers
Announcements: None new
T-Claps (Recognition): Fumunga with the weight vest
Prayer: July 4th Weekend and families

Round and round and round

FNGs:

Not today!
Warm Up:

Mosey down to the track

Daisy pickers, good mornings, mosey around the track, leg swings, A and B skips
The Workout:

8x 1,000m repeats with 200m recovery working your way from 10 mile pace to 10k pace
Mary:

Yoga back at the flags
Announcements:

Picnic this weekend
T-Claps (Recognition):

Pax that posted – strong showing for some track work!
Prayer:

Pax battling injuries

Drowned Rats at the Yard

15 Pax took to the pool for a run, swim, run at the prison yard.

Woody, Sunshine, Warbucks, Bondo , Fonzie  Banana Seat  POTS  Fumunga  LED  Sprinkler  Deadbolt  Shredder  Laettner  FRAM and  Breach on the Q

Warm-Up: Running to the pool from the parking lot,

The Workout: Partner up for laps, partner one was swimming laps while partner 2 was hitting the merkins for 2 rounds, then v-ins for 2 rounds and then burpees for 2 rounds followed by some squats while everyone finished up. Had a few mins to dry and off and then hit the pavement back to the yard. All the rats made it without drowning and all were accounted for.

Mary: Circle up for some LBC’s, box cutters, and Homer to Marge to finish off the workout.

Announcements: Picnic this Sat at Harris Lake(Check Slack for details)
T-Claps (Recognition): From Warbuck-very appreciative of all the donations to the NCCC unit they were very thankful for all the stuff that was donated.

We also learned a little more about POTS in COT.

Prayer: Fram-Prayers for his daughter-teenager not getting along with mom very well, Fumunga- His brother-in-law is getting a divorce and needs prayers to get through and for the kids.

Still Jumping Fences

Tiger Blood took a step back to track work with 800m repeats. About 3 months from today for the BRR kickoff so it is highly encouraged you come out and work on the conditioning needed to go up and over mountains.

FNGs: None
Warm Up: 800m mosey. Leg swings side to side and front to back, squats, Tiger claws
The Workout: 7 – 800m intervals using a pace pyramid, 400m recovery. Marathon, 1/2 marathon, 10k, 5, 10k, 1/2 marathon, marathon paces
Mary: Some easy stretching
Announcements: See slack. Nothing new.
T-Claps (Recognition): Sauna type conditions made it more difficult than running this in March.
Prayer: Unspoken and Fumunga took us out.