First off, I want to thank Tolkien (and Flipper, Fire Hazard, Thin Mint, and Mario) for getting me out to this AO to lead the fine men of SOB. 4 out of the 5 posted. Tolkien’s too cool for us now since he was privileged enough to lead Combine up in Metro.

Secondly, if you are expecting some witty Backblast about this mornings shenanigans, you’ve come to the wrong place. Not sure when Tolkien comes up with the time to write his masterpieces, but it’s time he could spend training to beat me.

Nice 40 degree temp to get started this morning as 20 posted at The Brave for YHC’s first Q in the land of SOB’s.

The Thang

20 x SSH
15 x windmills

Start running. Took the main road up to the Green and looped around the Green back to main road. About a mile in we come across some red cones 2 parking spaces apart from the next.
10 Burpees, Bear Crawl to the next cone.
9 Burpees, Bear crawl to the next cone.
8 Burpees, Bear crawl to the next cone.
7 Burpees, Bear crawl to the next cone.
6 Burpees, Bear crawl to the next cone.
5 Burpees, Bear crawl to the next cone.
4 Burpees, Bear crawl to the next cone.
3 Burpees, Bear crawl to the next cone.
2 Burpees, Bear crawl to the next cone.
1 Burpees, run a lap around the parking lot.
When returning to the cones do the exercise on the opposite side from the burpee, jog to the next cone.
10 Merkins
20 Flutter
10 Dips on the curb
20 squats
10 Diamond Merkins
20 LBC’s
10 Lunges each side
20 Plank Jacks
10 Carolina Dry Docks
20 SSH
Run another lap and start back with the Burpees and Bear crawls.
Run another lap and do the exercises again. Keep running until all PAX have completed 2 full circuits.

Get back on the main road and head towards Ballantyne Commons Pkwy. Stop in a parking lot for 10 Slow merkins and 20 Mountain Climbers. Continue towards BCP and stop at BCP for 25 Dips (OYO) before heading back the way we started. Stopped in the Dynacast lot for some people’s chair and overhead presses before running all the way back to the Vine.

5 miuntes of Mary at the Vine
20 Big Boy Situps
10 Rosalitas
10 Dying Cockroaches
10 LBC’s
1 minute of Burpees.

Announcements – Pineville 5k, Ballantyne 5k, Savage Race Mudrun, Yeti (the Fort)

Prayers – none said but Thanks Mario for taking us out.

Moleskin
1. Thanks again for the guys mentioned above for getting me out of the Fort and working around my schedule so I could lead today. Never ceases to amaze me how awesome every F3 brother I come across is. Takes a special person to wake up a 4:00/4:30 to get a whoopin from someone they barely know. If you have the time, get outside your region and post to a workout that you wouldn’t normally and try to bring a friend along just in case. I’ve learned a lot of different exercises and ways of presenting those exercises just from going to other regions. Plus I’ve met a lot of awesome PAX this way.

2. If you want some witty humor I’m sure Tolkien will have some, whenever he gets around to writingup his BB from Combine this morning.

3. My GPS said 3.71 miles this morning, Strava had it as 3.5, Fahvra and Thin Mint were at 4+. 4 mile minimum = someone got 4 in, so I will say the minimum was met.

4. My shoulders hurt.

Longshanks out!!! (mic drop)