I had been looking forward to the Q at Laces In for some time and thought I would mix it up by inviting my good friend Dark Helmet to help out with the fun. As I rolled in there were quite a few Pax and I was counting headlamps to see who was “In” and who was “Out”. Also, prior to arrival I was reviewing some questionable posts on Twitter and the responses that were flying. Wonder Twins? Ace and Gary? It’s always entertaining to get the Pax fired up before a post. 5:15 came, disclaimer disclaimed(ish) and off we moseyed (without Dark Helmet who was still en route).

The Thang
Short mosey towards 160 and circle up for COP where DH met up with us

• Windmill IC X10
• Cherry Pickers IC X10
• Walk Out to Plank OYO X10
• SSH IC X30
• Merkins IC X15

Mosey to Springs Global for the first part of our Bear Themed workout.

Ascending Curb Crawl: Bear Crawl from one side of parking lot to other, complete 1 Derkin, Bear Crawl back and complete 2 Derkins, continue until you reach 13. YHC was kind and gave a slight recovery in the middle. Mumblechatter ensued.

Mosey to WEP for the second phase of our #shoulderama

Bearmuda Triangle: 3 cones in a triangle placed approximately 30 yards apart. Bear Crawl to 1st cone and complete 1 burpee, Bear Crawl to 2nd cone and complete 2 burpees, 3rd cone and 3 burpees. Rinse and Repeat 2 more times.

Hand Off to Helmet

Mosey to the base of the hill at the parking entrance. Line up in 2 lines with equal pax. In a fine rendition of an Argentinian/German/Latin accent (not quite sure what was happening here), DH explained we would have a Bear Crawl Relay up the hill. He explained that this is not U vs U but You vs the other guy, so beat him. Check the moleskin for details. After the Relay Race, losers had to pay 10 burpees while the winners had to pay the same. With time left, we had a partner carry relay that kind of fell apart, but we all had a chance to participate.

Mosey to the parking circle for some Mary and we’re done. Runners came in for the last few minutes.

Moleskin
I cooked up the idea of the Bear Trap about a week ago and was looking forward to springing it on the Pax, so there was a lot of excitement when I saw the numbers. Bear Crawling for the better part of 45 minutes is not recommended but if I’m going to suffer, it’s with my brothers. Here are my notes from the workout.

• Dark Helmet is no longer allowed to tweet on my behalf (see Wonder Twins, Ace & Gary)
• P200 has seemed to have no effect on the Pax. No recovery needed for The Fort!
• Mumblechatter was high (Yes) and topical (not really)
• Workout must have been good because Longshanks wanted to knee me in groin and punch me in the face (big Tclap from that guy)
• 3rd Round of Bearmuda Triangle was definitely the #crowdpleaser. The collective gasp/sigh from the Pax was music to my ears
• Convinced Pebbles is part Bear. He probably had a sub 7:00 pace bear crawling.
• Thanks for playing the finish line Anchorman
• Barry Manilow executed a perfect duck and roll on his sprint downhill (hope you’re okay brother)
• Dark Helmet needs an accent coach if he’s going to go into “character” often
• Great to see Kotter “Rooter” back out

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