A cool fall morning after a long election week. YHC did some Google Maps style recon ahead of his first post at The Swamp. Excited about the opportunity to meet some new Pax and Q at a new location. After a little history research on Veterans Day, YHC was slated to bring the pain.

The Thang
3/4 mile warm up run, with some mumble chatter on whether World Wide Leader was actually on Q versus Beast. Departed Best Buy and took a SE heading towards Rivergate Parkway heading behind Home Depot and Target, landing on the grassy patch adjacent Mattress Firm and the VZ store.

A quick history lesson on Armstice Day, now known as Veterans Day, allowed the Pax to catch their breath. In honor of 11/11 YHC announced we would be doing exercises in increments of 11.

COP

• SSH x 22
• Mountain Climbers x 22
• Windmills x 11
• Flutter Kicks x 22
• Some stretching here and there between exercises

Now that everyone was fully warmed up and stretch, mosey over to Target parking lot. We did a few dynamic warm-up run activities like shuffles, butt kickers, increasing speed.

Now for the pain.

Set the Pax on a course to run from one island to the next, up and then down the parking lot, using the two lanes that had about 10 parking spots between each one.

Sprint to 1st island, 1 burpee
Sprint to 2nd island, 2 burpees
Sprint to 3rd island, 3 burpees

And so on, all the way up to the 10th island. A little breather half way and we finished together. In total 55 burpees were planned, but Puddles requested 11 on the last one, so we had a bonus.

Mosey back out to the road in front of BP/SunTrust.

Time for some Triples, 2 exercises followed by a sprint. YHC did a little early morning recon and set flags out at about 25M distance along the tree line/sidewalk.

11 Merkins and 22 squats, plank to wait on the six – sprint to next flag. We covered 5 flag stops on our way past Target and Home Depot. A mosey between River Bleu and Just Fresh to the fountain.

On the way, YHC recognized time was running short and had two stops planned. So I gave the Pax the choice of Option 1 or 2, but no description on either. The Pax went with Option 2.

Mosey past the fountain, where Option 1 was planned using the four corners (22 Dips, 11 Dive Bombers, 11 step ups each side, 11 IC Monkey Humpers) but the Pax had chosen Option 2.

Mosey through to the roundabout heading back towards our launch point. Stop at the roundabout for instructions on Bear Crawl around the roundabout, rest could be taken by switching to Crab Walk.

Great encouragement by the Pax helping everyone get across the finish. Mosey back for COT.

Naked-Man Moleskin

It was an honor and joy to hang with Brother’s from The Swamp this AM. Enjoyed the mumble chatter and the challenge of pushing one another. Today’s pain brought to you by YHC and Site Q Cable Guy, since he suggested  the Pax were expecting a challenge (see below).

COT Prayers for unity for our nation and Mainframe’s father (possibly a different Pax). Wrap up with the Pledge of Allegiance and a BOM.

Redeemed

Beast