In all candor, YHC was extremely worried that he was going to miss this Q as the night before I went to bed with chills, unshakable shivers and rinse and repeat trips to the bathroom. I woke up numerous times wondering if I would just try and half-ass it through the workout or pass my Weinke on to the #Grantan. But, thanks to the M for water, a handful of Ibuprofen and a good night’s sleep – I felt great come 4:30 and it was on.

Arrived in the parking lot and noticed a couple had run in for some EC and we had an FNG brought by the #Grantan himself. Looked around the circle and it was a great mix of Pax ready to get after it. Disclaimer was loosely recited and we were off.

Mosey around the parking lot with a mix of high knees, butt kickers and some arm swings and pulls that stoked the mumble chatter. Despite the prevailing belief that I was making these up as we went along, they were on the weinke and the Pax would likely be glad for the shoulder loosening given what was to come.

Circle up for the following:
1) WM x 10
2) Moroccan Nightclubs x 25
3) SSH x 20
4) Low slow squats x 15
5) Shoulder tappers x 20
6) Plank series – L arm high, R arm high, honeymooners
7) Slow merkins

Mosey to the gate….which was locked. Mosey to the other gate….which was also locked, but not enough to keep the Pax from descending upon the field for some pain.

Line up along the endline for 20 yards of burpee broad jumps into 80 yard sprints. Rinse and repeat until the breath was taken from the mumble chatter (I think 4 times?).

Short mosey to base of stair for merkin stair climbers while waiting Pax planked it up or did LBCs. Omaha to the bleachers for another round of merkin stair climbers (single file was taking too long).

Mosey over to hill and then down to the base….now the fun starts. Line up at the base of the hill for the following:

1) Bear crawl up hill and jog down;
2) Backwards bear crawl up hill and jog down;
3) Inchworm merkin up hill and jog down;
4) Backwards inchworm merkin up hill and jog down; – Crowd pleaser! This is the answer to the question of what’s worse than backwards bear crawls up a hill. This one proved brutal.
5) Face the baseball field and do sideways merkins up the hill and jog down…this was also brutal.
6) Reverse the sideways merkin to go up facing the opposite direction. (I think it was at this point that I was officially “fired” by the #mantan)
7) Sprint to top of hill for 5 burpees and then and jog down;
8) Sprint to top of hill for 5 burpees again and then and jog down;

At some point during the hill work, the FNG deposited some merlot…being the respectful young man he is, he aimed it in the direction of field drain. How thoughtful.

Next Mosey over for a quick round of dips x 20 on the soccer benches and a quick little ab lab before taking off AYG to the COT.

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Thanks again to Seacrest for allowing me to Q – the Colosseum has always been a favorite and more often than not, it is a tough workout – I didn’t want to slack off on this one despite my being sick. Great work by all the Pax and even with the merlot tossing, FNG “Romeo” stood strong and put on an impressive performance. Also, thanks to Reborn for making the trip across the river for the above madness.