YHC hadn’t been to The Patriot in a long time and was excited to get back there.  No complaints to be had about the weather, the attendance or the work we put in.  As it turned out, every bit of pain was administered down the hill past the tennis courts.  Calling it the “Lower Half” is my creative initiative.  The Splash was thanks to FNG Tread when he let the merlot fly during Winchester’s half of the Q.

The Thang:

Mosey to the lower half for COP

SSH x 50

IW x 20

Mountain Climber x 20

Windmill x 20

Merkins x 20

MNC x 25

Low Slow Squat x 20

Peter Parker x 20 & hold for

Plankorama

Stoll over to the hill for Jacob’s ladders.

1st one – 7 trips – Burpees at the top from 7 to 1; Flutter Kicks at bottom 5x(trip#) for 35 at the end

2nd one – 4 trips – Merkins at the top from 7 to 4; LBC’s at top 5x(trip#) for 20 at the en

Hand Off to Winchester

Working the football field – crab walk the short side, burpee broad jump the long side (if you are an FNG that later gets named Tread, you splash merlot on the long side) crab walk the short and burpee broad jump the long side to complete the field. Great challenge by Winchester!

11’s – Start w/ 2 merkins & 9 bombjacks; then 3 merkins & 8 bombjacks until you’ve flipped flopped to 9 merkins & 2 bombjacks.

End with a “Merkin Mess”  (or might have been Merkin Mashup) – Half the pax shoulder to shoulder in plank position facing one way. The other facing the other way. Group 1 counts a Merkin (DOWN – 1) while Group 2 holds the plank. Then switch. If your knees hit the ground you’re supposed to be “out” but everyone would plank back in until we got up 10 merkins per side. I had never seen this before and I don’t see it in the lexicon. But it was awesome!

Mosey back to the parking lot for COT.  Never made it to the soccer fields, playgrounds or running path. The Patriot has a lot to offer, especially w/ co-Q’s like Winchester.  I won’t wait this long to get back there, and neither should you!

Announcements

August 1st – Southern Discomfort – Metro’s version of Hog & Coyote – Walker challenging The Fort & Rock Hill Pax to represent so he’s not alone.

August 7th –  3rd F at Eternal Church 6:00 in Fort Mill. Leaders from Fort Mill Schools for an information session.

August 8th – Gladiator Gam @ Indian Land; World’s Largest Coffeteria @ Applesbee’s on Cherry Road – 8am. 2nd-F Gold gathering 1 PM – Carolina Links

Prayers from all the Pax as Bogey went around the horn. Then he had us all grab the shovel flag for the closing prayer. A great touch he learned from the old man C-SPAN.

Those that are in the BRR, grab those opportunities to run!

Boeheim out!

Aye!