Today, the Fort hosted some crazy CSAUP called the Yeti. I am not sure why someone would want to run 17+ miles just for fun, but as I drove to the island where Alcatraz is, I drove through this cool swarm of bright lights as the PAX started off. Of course I had to roll down my windows and yell “Its Yeti Time”.

As I sat at the Runde Park parking lot, the minutes slowly counted down towards 06:30. I was starting to worry that the PAX choose the easier of the 2 workouts since there were no headlights pulling in. But at last! 1 crazy PAX pulled in. Whew….thought I was going to have to Q myself – and started thinking how awful fake the backblast would be (500 burpees, 300 merkins, hill ran 10xs….).Thankfully Jiffy decided to try and escape Alcatraz.

So the PAX started with some Imperial walkers from one end of parking lot to the other, returning with toy soldier; did 15xs Windmills and mountain climbers; karaoke to/back length of parking lot. Took a nice pace around the park to the playground.

Started the Pyramid: 1 pull-up/5 squats, 2 pull-ups/10 squats up to 5/25, then worked back to 1/5. Same thing with merkins/dips.

Took another nice pace around the park, then mossy to the HILL.

Start at bottom of hill, run up hill and at every other tree do merkins, starting with 5 merkins and increasing at each by 5. At top of hill we finished with 25 merkins and then 25 flutter kicks.
Run back down hill. That took a toll on the PAX, so audibled, and did every 3 trees next 2 rounds. Second round was squats by increasing 5 at every other tree, 25 flutter kicks at top of hill.
Run back down hill and repeat with merkins again. Goal was to do 3 rounds each of merkins and squats, however, YHC still had lots on the weinke to accomplish.

Mossy to parking lot for a modified Dora 1-2-3. 50 pull-ups, 100 squats, 300 LBCs, while running length of parking lot.

sprint to end of parking lot, 20 mountain cilmbers, sprint back,

COT was quick and easy.

Luckily Jiffy was able to head home while YHC had to stay to help coach minors baseball practice at 08:00. Glad to see at least 1 PAX come out and successfully escape Alcatraz. Doesn’t matter how many PAX show up, in order to be #HIM it takes leadership and risk (of fear that no one likes you) to step up and lead. As always, honored to Q at Alcatraz and to be a part of F3.

Even better, YHC really enjoyed driving along Tega Cay drive and SC160 honking like crazy as the PAX finishing the Yeti. What an accomplishment!!

Trucker