So we’re ready to get out in the 28 degree cold on a Saturday morning. At that temp…you never know who will show up…We gathered at the Deep 10 minutes before 7am and 7 men were ready to push their bodies. I warned them get ready to run today, some of us need to get more miles in for P200 prep!

We had an out of towner, McNabb with us on his 2nd post, so the real disclaimer given and we took off.

The Thang
Mosey around the back side of the school with some High Knees – Butt Kickers – Toy Soldiers – Kareoke – Side Shuffles
Once at the front of the school we did some lunges to stretch the legs out some more.

Mosey across the street to the front of the Elementary School for COP
15 IWs
25 MNCs
20 SSHs
10 Windmills
10 Merkins
20 Mountain Climbers
15 Flutter Kicks

Time to mosey to the track for the rest of the day…

I partnered the PAX up, 1 odd man out formed a group of 3. Stay with your partners during this portion. We had 12 cones set up with 12 exercises listed. Run a full lap, do the exercise. 12 laps by the time we’re done. I little chatter from the PAX on this one!

1. 30 Merkins
Lap
2. 50 American Hammers
Lap
3. 40 SSHs
Lap
4. 30 CDDs
Lap
5. 50 LBCs
Lap
6. 10 Burpees
Lap
7. 20 Partner Plank Merkins
Lap
8. 30 Freddy Mercury’s
Lap
9. 30 Monkey Humpers
Lap
10. 40 Morrocan Night Clubs
Lap
11. 40 Flutter Kicks
Lap
12. 5 Kraken Burpees

I ran out of cones at the house…so #11 was taped to a pink pail from my daughter’s beach toys…and #12 was just flipped on the ground until we got to the last round. Wild Thing and Witch Hunt bothed guessed the exercise easily…I guess I’ve become too predictable! But the fun came in how many reps… I told them 50, Witch Hunt told me anything over 10 I should just keep running!

By the time we were done, Strava said we’d gone 4.1 miles today. That was more running than I had planned for, but the PAX did great as always.

I shared our final message on Hope and what it means to me for this month/year. I mentioned for many 2016 seemed to be a not so good a year. In my own life we’ve had a lot of turmoil and challenges… but looking back you can focus on the negatives, or make sure to find the positives. Having hope, guided through the knowledge that God has a plan for all of us, can change your outlook on EVERYTHING in life. I shared about my father and his struggles with addiction and failures in life, and giving his care to God really changed my internal struggles with trying to fix my father.

We finished up the last two minutes running back to the Middle School and had time for 10 dying cockroaches and 10 Hello Dolly’s.

Announcements

Joe Davis Run next Saturday 1/7. The Deep will be closed!

Prayers
Safe travels for Witch Hunt’s parents traveling back from Indonesia
My Father
Davinci and the closure of 2016 with a renewed Focus in 2017

Always an Honor to Lead,

Royale