Thunderous Tabata
4 for full-body Tabata at Thunder. Thanks for joining, Kubota Gump Patch !
This concludes the Womble Park Trifecta ™️. Time to go eat 2000 calories
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STANDARDS for AO’s (Even UFO)
FNG: Doogie! Welcome
Warm-up: 5:15am sharp (SSH, Good Mornings, WMH, SFAC)
About the time we were doing GM’s and WMH…over 10 PAX were walking into the Warm-up circle. YHC noticed a lack of urgency for being late. We continued with the Mission Statement (3 burpee penalty) Tried again with the Mission Statement (3 burpee penalty). Core values 100% (no penalty) About this time based on the honor system of those that walked up late we did a raise of hands and counted by 5 per person late. Late to ME Burpee penalty administered by Q = 55. Total Burpee Penalty for Standard infraction = 61. (Could be a horrible F3 record to keep)
Hence the PAX were warmed up for a 4 team split. 3 Merkins on the drop and 2 squats on the drop. 2 point scored if inside the goalie box. Lots of great catches, throws, hustle and knockdowns across the board!
Announcements: Q’em all challenge (QAC), Ruck sack for sale to raise money for QAC, Memorial Day Murph (Banana Seat), If your late to an AO…don’t walk.
T-Clapps:
Prayer: Family lost son in car accident (Breach) and strangers need prayer as all humans are dealing with fear and loss.
Thunder Struck
Four men gathered for an emotional support workout.
Gump, Kubota, Rams, YHC
WU: SSH 15, good evenings, stretching OYO
ME: Grab a rock. Groundpounders (Up on one, according to Gump), curls, overhead presses, squats, a few merkins. More chatter than exercise LOL. “Welcome to Groundpounder and Thunder” 🙂
John Cusack to the the playground–specifically the dumbed-down dodgeball circle (apparently “Gaga” ball). Erkins, dips, exhausting! More chatter: tuition costs, co-ops, financial planning, “retirement,” life expectancy. Stretching OYO, air OH presses, squats. More chatter: intern wages, college housing, financial planners. Exhausting!
Returned our rocks and circled up under the picnic shelter for 2 minutes of Mary. Low slow flutter, big-boy sit-ups.
COT: Count off: Four! Name-O-Rama, Announcements, Prayers
Yogurt out!
Incident Detected!
Vicious Cycle – Daylight and 47 degrees, perfect for MTB’ing. Kubota ready to go, Gump almost ready go. Apparently, I was also almost ready to go too, having forgotten my bike helmet. First stop: my house.
Then, per Kubota’s request, we headed toward the “Aviator trails.” That’s the most recent “old” Aviator Brewery on Technology Park Lane, across from the Bagel Hospital (you know, Bagels +). Question: Do we have time to get there and back for Thunder? Of course. Chatter included the free bike, donated by Mr. Terrific, that Kubota fixed up and was riding.
We reached the trailhead for the single track quickly. There, we took a quick water break before hopping in. A new house encroached on the trail, but the local talents modified the trail as needed. They even were building small dirt jumps. Probably riding electric bikes–who needs to pedal anymore? LOL
We climbed the gnarly, steep hill up to the cul-de-sac of Technology Park Lane and Kubota said he didn’t remember it being that steep.
We continued around the large apartment complex, hopped on the backside greenway, and headed down towards the rickety bridge. Still intact, impressive.
Next destination was the Alston Ridge end of the new greenway that connects to Bass Lake Outfall greenway.
About the time we arrived, Gump’s Garmin and phone started going off! Incident Detected! Oh my! Apparently Garmin sensed Gump was in trouble and notified everyone on his emergency contact list. One person called him right away.
Next, we rolled up Old Adams Road and back to the greenway and back to Womble. Elapsed time: 1 hour, 5 minutes.
Just in time for Thunder.
The cycle begins
Nice ride from Womble to Jones and Veterans, down the Middle Creek Greenway, up Linksland, down to Bass Lake, and back to Womble. Great start to the VC season.
Rumble at Thunder
Warm Up: Very Short Mosey to the pavilion and then some 22 counts of SSH, Franeksteins, Daisy Pickers, and Windmills.
The Workout: A full-body set of
100 Squat Crunches
90 Side Straddle Hops
80 X-Planks
70 Skaters
60 Plank Rows
50 Lunges
40 Leg Raises
30 Homer to Marge Kicks
20 Freddie Mercuries
10 Burpess
Finished up with some Broga while the muscles were warm
Announcements: Triple Ruck Challenge, Manion WOD Sat May 2nd 6:30a at Ting
Closed in Prayer:
Chilly and Breezy at UFO
FNGs: Welcome FNG “Hi-YAH”
Warm Up: SSH IC and stretching
The Workout: 60 minutes of Ulimate Frisbee with ascending burpees on the score.
Mary: None
Announcements: Q-em All Challenge and Triple Ruck Series for Holly Springs races in 2026 with Breach.
T-Claps (Recognition): The guys who helped the Hope Closet over the weekend.
Prayer: Ausfart’s wife and our military in the middle east.
Lightning Strikes Again
5 PAX for an Around the Horn warmup and lots of rocks to lift for the main event. Good to see Lube out there recovering from back surgery! Prayers for healing and job search.
Cold night of Thunder is better than waking up for a 5:30 am workout
FNGs: None
Warm Up: 2 rounds of popcorn
The Workout: Pick out 2 smallish rocks for 1 round of exercises, return rocks and get large rock or a round of exercises, return cold rock and move to pavilion to finish the workout without freezing our hands.