For those of you not in the know, Tavern Run has shaped up to be one of the toughest AO’s in the region. While the bar is normally high for a leader they become nearly tangible on days like today. That being said, I hope I did not disappoint. We covered a little over 2.5 miles and felt the burn.

The Thang:
SSH IC
Left over right
Right over left
Low slow mercans
Moroccan nightclub
Mercans IC
Mosey

Bear crawl and wall sits
Mosey
Wall climbs
SSH for 6
Parking lot runs with 8 prison cells- the jump at each light (7 lights, 56 prison cells)
Mosey/frogger to the Farris Wheel of Doom where we did
5 diamond mercans
Run up the hill
10 Rosalita

Run back around
Rinse and repeat
Mosey to the wall
People’s chair
Balls to the wall with a Tinker Toy ten count (read normal person 15 count)
People’s chair
Balls to the wall with a Kelvin ten count (see Tinker Toy ten count for more information)
Mosey to four corners

At each corner we did ten of an exercise
LBC
Hello Dolly
Clave raises
Mercans

Repeat for a second a third time (except for a few Larry Birds- good for you guys going above and beyond with the fourth).

Superman, pull the cord, banana hammock
Freddie mercuries IC

Flutter kicks IC
Superman, pull the cord
10 hand release mercans oyo

Plank up while yhc set up a little music: AC/DC- Thunderstruck
Maintain plank for the song. Each time we hear “Thunder” or “Thunderstruck” do a mercan followed by a plank jack. For the live version of the song that is 36 times in a 4:53 time period. It’s a lot of mercans, a lot of plank jacks, and a lot of plank holds. PAX were encouraged to modify to a SSH if they needed to, but I think we were all together for the final few painful moments of the chorus at the end.

Sometimes times get tough and life feels like it is spinning uncontrollably. There is a simplicity to my 5:15 “workout group”. Push yourself, push your neighbor, and get better. The goals are clear but this does not prevent them from being profound. Or maybe the goals are simple and the men profound.

I had a legitimate fear that I would be leading a group of three this morning, yet the PAX numbered 18. Because that is how we support one another. We sweated, encouraged, and got better. I am humbled to participate and thrilled at the opportunity to lead a group of HIM like this. Thank you for your time and support this morning. Thank you for being a string in my cord
Ecclesiastes 4 10-12
10- If either of them falls down,
One can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls
and has no one to help them up.
11- Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.
But how can one keep warm alone?
12- Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

Aye!

Bill Nye