YHC had the honor of covering for Bing for a Q at one of my favorite Fort locales…the Pantheon.  I’m always drawn to the amphitheater and couldn’t resist her draw again today.  Fantastic group of men with the highs and lows of P200 still in their heads and the adoration of the non-P200 Pax (YHC included) still be feverishly handed out.  It’s been said a hundred times already but it can be said a hundred more – FANTASTIC JOB REPPIN’ THE FORT and getting out of your respective comfort zones to tackle such a feat with your fellow brothers. Now off to see if those legs have recovered.

The morning started off with a disappointing text from the one-and-only Apache indicating that he was going to miss The Pantheon and post at a Rock Hill AO (always a good choice by I do loving having Apache around).  That text was quickly followed by a “Chicken” text from CSPAN who was down-range.  Then things got silent…

5:15 hits and we begin our warm-up mosey around the parking lot…lo and behold, I feel a bump on my right shoulder and none other than Apache had rolled in hot to join the fun!  Spirits and volume lifted by his presence we continued the warm-up:

High knees, butt kickers, side shuffles both ways, knee pulls, etc. until we circled up near the mouth of the amphitheater.  Nice continued stretching warm-up there with:

1. Good Mornings;
2. Plank series;
3. Soccer knees (in and out);
4. SSH
5. WM
6. Sloooow squats
7. Sloooow merkins.

The Thang

1. Mosey to the base of the amphitheater for a round of 11’s starting with 1 merkin at the bottom and 10 burpees at the top.
2. As we were winding up the 11’s, it was brought to YHC’s attention that it was Spiderman’s birthday…mosey to the back of the school
3. Balls to the Wall with a rousing rendition of “Happy Birthday” – quite the head rush.
4. Mosey down to the far base of the steps….stealth mode (Apache still needs work with this but his efforts were commendable) for the following:
   1. Sideways run-up approx. 50 stairs to the mid-way point and then jog it back down;
   2. Reverse direction sideways run-up back to the midway point, jog it back down;
   3. Jumping Squats back to the midway point, jog it back down;
   4. Apollo Ohnos back to the midway point, jog it back down;
   5. Low Squat double steps back to the midway point them mosey back to the top of the stairs.
   6. Once at the top, 4 Pax took on the short landings of steps with quick feet 1 up, 1 down, 2 up, 2 down, etc. etc. until the top.  Remaining Pax did some ab lab until that got boring and YHC audibled to running laps while the remaining Pax completed the quick-steps.
   7. Mosey back to the front of the school for some “Lawyer Up Burpees” (Drop down to 6″ pushup and bring both knees to elbows, extend to top merkin position and bring knees to elbows and then complete the burpee with a jump up = 1)
5. Hit the COT

Wonderful group of 17 today that took it all in stride even when the last part became a bit cumbersome due to the number of Pax.  As always, I appreciate the opportunity and honor to lead such a group of #HIM.