EC: Lipstick, Skidmark, Pikachu, Fanny Pack, Full House, YHC
FNGs: Pre-blast rumors were told of 3 FNGs to be brought by Katniss and 187. YHC was the source of said rumors and they were absolutely unfounded by anything resembling fact. FULL DISCLOSURE: These statements were made to ride the coat tails of Katniss’s awesome backblast and pump up the numbers for my Q.
As everyone arrived on this fine Monday morning to Paradise. The air was cool and fresh. This was fortunately not a morning where the smell of garbage from the landfill hung in the air. The PAX assembled and intel on the need for gloves was requested. YHC figured we would be on our hands a bit so better safe than sorry. This info caught the ear of our resident Pokemon/Nantan – “Bear Crawls!?” he asked excitedly. It wasn’t in the plan but this was the second Paradise in recent memory where Pikachu called out for Bear Crawls. I would see what I could do, I told myself.
Warm Up: A familiar mozy around Paradise. We ran towards the bottom of the ramp, as we mozy’d a car was moving fast to arrive to Paradise “on-time”. Bobby Dall emerged from the car and joined us. Pikachu reiterated his desire for Bear Crawls. “Bear Crawls up the ramp!?” I was starting to feel as though I was in a warped version of Green Eggs and Ham. “Would you? Could You? On a ramp?” The run continued to the top of the ramp where Windmills were performed. Something was said about “Recover”. I guess if you need to recover from Windmills… Skidmark… YHC pressed on and we continued to the back corner near the tennis courts, On the way, Skidmark looked back on his childhood and ran with his arms spread as if he were a bird or a plane. Arrival at our next stop, YHC called out Side Straddle Hops. We went to 25, YHC shouted “RECOVER” followed by Side Straddle Hops. Lipstick was provided with his typical 50 SSH to start his Monday, Skidmark was given a moment to recover. We pressed on to the lot, just beyond the barrier outside of the basketball courts – Daisy Pickers. Warm Up over…
The Workout:
Mozy to the tunnel opening. PAX watched out on the bypass as THE LAW descended on one unlucky speeder. YHC reflected on Bobby Dall’s entrance to Paradise this morning. Lucky for him, no one was on Sportsmanship way this AM as they have been for the last few weeks.
Thing 1: Tunnel time was not on the menu but the first event was added per request from Pikachu. Bear Crawls repeats up the hill. Followed by lunge walks down this hill. PAX repeated 5x bear crawls with returns. At some point during this event, the first foul smell was noted. Did Lipstick, take a Lipstick in the tunnel again? No time to investigate, let’s clear out – next thing.
Travel to the next thing was a weave through the Paradise lot along Sportsmanship Way, back towards the ramp, and then back towards Sportsmanship again, following the outer rim of the lot. As we approached our destination, a release… Warbucks owned it immediately and proclaimed that he was powered by Tijuana Flats. Full House cried foul, based on his examinations their were notes of chocolate and blueberries. Something was off and not just the smell.
Thing 2: 11s on the stairs. WW2s at the bottom (10 to start), Burpees up top (1 to start) – MATH! OYO! LET’S GO! As the PAX worked to finish their task, complaints continued about a specific aroma. Lipstick was pretty far from the group but that never stopped him before. Laettner proclaimed “When it’s me, I own it!” Thing 2 – FIN
Mozy in reverse course around the outer rim of the Paradise lot until we are at the top of the Bear Crawl hill.
Thing 3 (appetizer): Sprint up the hill to the back corner of the lot.
Mozy around the back and to the bottom of the ramp.
Thing 3: In the events of the morning it became clear what these men needed. Probiotics! Yogurt wasn’t present so all I could do was provide the medicine he would normally prescribe after a workout at Paradise (or any Ting-based AO) – SPRINT REPEATS!!! Regardless of the need for probiotics, YHC had already decided to incorporate Yogurt’s 7-minute routine to the Main Event. It played out as it normally does EXCEPT… Someone ripped one at the starting line and held up the launch to ensure everyone got a good wif… FOR SHAME!!! (nice one bro)
Return to the lot for Mary
Mary: Oops, Bear Crawl repeats took all the time we had for Mary – Let’s not forget Bobby Dall’s hurried (but late) entrance – 5 BURPEES!!!
Announcements: LONG ASS RUN this Saturday
Prayer: YHC took us out – Great morning in the gloom!
