I was honored to lead 8 of my brothers this morning for a bit of Palmetto 200 training in the Hot Box (the Garage) in Old Town Rock Hill.

At 5:15 sharp, we moseyed over to the Garage. Once there, we did the following:

Warmup:

SSH x 25

Windmill x 10

Merkin x 10

Moroccan Night Club x 20

Karaoke from one side of garage to other, come back the other direction

Butt Kickers from one side of garage to other, Toy Solider the other direction.

The Thang

AMRAP – Run to top of parking deck, 25 Merkins, back down on ramps, back up 25 Squats, back down on ramps, back up, 25 LBCs. Do as many as possible. Most guys got in at least 6 down and ups.

At 5:50-we moseyed for a spell.

Stop in front of the mural on Main Street covered by the scaffolding. Most of us pass this mural each week and don’t give it a second thought. This mural was painted last year by students from Ebinport Elementary and South Pointe High School. Unfortunately, the art teacher at Ebinport, Jimmie Matthews passed away Thursday night. As we looked at the mural, I asked the Pax one question: “What have you poured into another today?” Jimmie was well known for the many things he did for students and families around Rock Hill–and we’d all be challenged to follow his example.

We ran on to the alley beside COT for a bit of people’s chair. As we were in people’s chair, alarms went off letting us know it was 6 AM and time to get back to COT.

Announcements:

Continue to support Popeye as he launches F3 York

Donut Run on Feb 27th

2.0 workout coming on Feb. 27th (see more details soon)

Prayer requests:

Apollo Creed’s friend who is having housing issues

Young man that Tinker Toy has worked with for years to get settled

The family and friends of Jimmie Matthews, including the staffs of Ebinport Elementary and Independence Elementary (where he worked for over 20 years)

Everyone got in at least 3 miles, some more. Great work by all men today!