Seems like the election running into the night caused some fartsacking this morning.  But 4 tired Pax still came to The Abyss and exercised their right to wake up early and bring it.

After a very short disclaimer (“You’ve done this before”), we did a quick lap around the parking lot and squared up for some warm-up: Windmill x10, IW x10 and Cherry Pickers x10.

Now for the real warm-up. Instead of the normal COP, we would attempt to complete 100 burpees of various styles. So we did the below burpees (10 each) with a 25 second rest in between:

• X Burpees
• Split Burpees
• Thigh Slap Burpees
• Burpees w/ Parker Peter
• Squat Hold Burpees
• Burpees with SSH (3x)
• One-Legged Skier Burpees
• Heel Slap Burpees
• Frop-Hop (3x) Burpees
• Hand Release Burpees

Now onto THE THANG:

We moseyed to the bottom of the hill at the side of the school. I had setup 7 cones starting at the top of the hill and ending at the stop light at the school entrance. To start you would run up the hill backwards and stop at cone 1 and perform that exercise. Then you would R&R but run to cone 2, completing cone 1 on the way back. You would continue this until we reached cone 7. The exercises were as follows:

• Cone 1: 25 LBCs
• Cone 2: 10 Diamond Merkins
• Cone 3: 10 V-Up Twists
• Cone 4: 30 CCDs
• Cone 5: 25 Dips
• Cone 6: 50 SSHs
• Cone 7: 9 Kraken Burpees

When all was said and done, we completed a total of 150 LBCs, 50 Diamond Merkins, 40 V-up Twists, 90 CCDs, 50 Dips and 50 SSHs. (We did not make the return trip after the Kraken Burpees b/c we were out of breathe time.

It was a great effort by all Pax with great mumblechatter provided from the Puddles (respect).

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Matthew 7:1-3: Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? 

Prayers for our country. No matter where you landed on the election, we are truly blessed to live in this amazing country. The freedoms and rights we are afforded are second-to-none. Please allow time to gone some perspective before we jump to judgement.  I do not know what the future holds, however I know that I trust in our democracy.

I end with the Pledge of Allegiance because I believe we are need it now more than ever. The simplest of sayings, however it provides all the guidance we need to move forward and be united.

I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Now back to the hunt…