After setting up some fun cones I made it to the AO to see the large group of PAX ready for the day. We had a special guest return of Jerry Lewis back on leave from his military training. Great to have him out! We also got an FNG that several men EH’d from our monthly 2nd F beer social. He received the name “Wingman”for the old barhopping days with your boys…
With an FNG I gave a long disclaimer and the ruckers started on their way out…the campers followed me.
Mosey down the streets with a run and dynamic warmup.
Made it to COP where we completed to following:
24 SSHs
24 MNCs
19 Squats
11 Windmills (by now the mumble chatter has started on my sporadic stops)
12 Merkins
11 Ski Abs (I was just being lazy, no other rhyme to my counts)
Mosey over to the Rivergate Fountain for some speed shopping!
I set up 8 cones in front of eight different stores around the area, or goal was to split into groups of four and make our speedy stops at the shop and do the two exercises listed at that stop. Once you completed the two exercises your group ran around the large circle and moved to the next store in front of your previous cone.
The exercises at each cone consisted of :
#1 25 Carolina Dry docks
#1 20 burpees
#2 40 LBCs
#2 40 Squats
#3 20 bombjacks
#3 30 moroccan night clubs
#4 20 merkins
#4 25 squat jumps
#5 30 Freddie mercury’s
#5 20 wide arm Merkins
#6 40 Side straddle hops
#6 30 Ski Abs
#7 20 dying cockroaches (my fav)
#7 20 diamond Merkins
#8 25 Imperial walkers
#8 40 calf raises
Most of these exercises were in double counts – and in cadence. The laps were long and the reps were high! Everyone broke a good sweat and we ran out of time for our last 4 extra shop stops of the day… so we trucked it back to COT two minutes late. Each group completed all eight stops!
At COT I got to share the story of my recent experience with my nine-year-old son. Seems the kids at school have been telling him that Santa is not real so he came home and ask my wife the truth about Santa Claus. Luckily for me she was prepared and had a wonderful two page note that she shared with him about the spirit of Santa and giving and God during Christmas. I shared that note with the PAX.