R on Textile Way
R on Wamsutta Mills Dr
R on Kingsley Springs Pkwy
Cross 160 onto Munn
R on Harris
R on Spring Blossom
L on Misty Morning Ct (1st cul-de-sac)
L on Spring Blossom
L on Brookcrest Lane (2nd cul-de-sac)
Reverse back
MARY: no
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas party, twister gave us some of the ao history of 6ish @6
COT: prayer and praise for fellow PAX at marathon and Spartan today. M’s, aging parents, health challenges, NaFo Marching Band @ Grand Nationals in Indy.
The Thang
– Serpentine the HT Parking lot
– Run
– Nur
– Side Shuffle
– Butt Kickers
– Karaoke
Mosey to the Wall
– 10 One-legged Lunges ea. Leg
– 10 Dirty Hook-ups (IC)
– 10 Wall Tar Jais (IC)
– 10 Wall LBCs
– 5 Australian Mountain Climbers
Long Run behind HT back to Mailboxes
– Take turns jogging the loop with the 60lb sandbag – everyone else does the following AMRAP:
– Merkins
– Squats
– LBCs
– Wide Arm Merkins
– Calf Raises
– American Hammers
– Ranger Merkins
– Pistol Squats
– Flutters
– Burpees
– Monkey Humpers
– Plank
– Copperhead Merkins
– Low Slow Squats
– Freddies
Mosey to Walgreens
4 Corners:
– Round 1 – 10 Diamond Merkins at each corner
– Round 2 – 10 Big Boys at each corner
– Round 3 – 10 Seal Jacks at each corner
– Round 4 – 10 OH Claps at each corner
Serpentine the HT Parking lot back to COT
– Run
– Nur
– Side Shuffle
– Butt Kickers
NMM
I recently watched the below video about taking action for those relying on you. In it, Chadd Wright describes his role as a breacher in the Seal Team. He would plan the breaching of an obstacle so his team could accomplish their mission. He describes three words that took planning into action: execute, execute, execute.
That’s what people fail to do. If you don’t execute on your plan, especially when you’re tired or scared or stressed, you’re not just cheating yourself, you’re cheating those they rely on you – your family, co-workers, or team.
So ask yourself, what is one decision I’ve been avoiding making that I should instead boldly execute today? When I say, “I’ll wait until conditions are perfect,” am I actually just waiting to avoid discomfort? How clear is my “why” for the work I’m doing — and does it anchor me when things get hard?
WARMUP: Disclaimer and Pledge duly pronounced
THE THANG: 1 mile loop (rectangle) with an exercise at each corner.
Up Massey, right on Harris, right on Ardrey, right on 160
Burpees x10
Hand release merkins x10
Apollo ono x10
Donkey kicks x10
Pax stayed together for first mile, then thoroughbreds were cut loose. All pax completed at least 3 laps/3 miles and all finished 1-0 for the day.
MARY: she stayed in the sack
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas party, Turkey convergence
COT: Theme today was the Unexpected. I finished a book this week called “The Unexpected Journey” about caregivers of dementia patients (my dad’s current daily reality caring for my mom). I was also reminded of a quote from one of my favorite spiritual teachers, Henri Nouwen: “I’ve always complained about my work being interrupted until one day I realized the interruptions were my work.”
How do you respond to interruptions? Or when the Unexpected drops in front of you? Too often my response has been poor. I’m improving and yet I still have a ways to go.
I call these moments out as critical leadership moments. It’s harder to lead when something unexpected surfaces, and yet those are the moments when leadership is needed the most. Use these moments as instances to learn and grow your awareness, your skills, your consistency, and your leadership.
Thanks for the push from all pax today! I needed you around me, because as Nasa heard during the run, I was close to texting him at midnight last night that I was out because of an oncoming head cold. I didn’t send the message. And then something unexpected happened — I woke up feeling like I was good to go!
WARMUP:
Mosey to pond for 10 each of Moroccan Night Clubs, Seal Jacks, Bomb Jacks
Plankorama: Scorpion Dry Docks (5 each leg) into 10 each of Shoulder Taps, Plank Jacks, Mountain Climbers
THE THANG:
Mosey to Lot behind Panera for a Dora
Start w 5 Jumping Lunges (each side) and 1 Burpee
Alternate bear crawling / lunge walking betweeen islands.
At each island, decrease/increase reps by 1 until finishing with of 1 Jumping Lunge (each side) and 5 Burpees
Mosey back to amphitheater
7 exercises, 7 reps with block – 5 rounds
Curls
Tricep curls
Derkins
Squat thrusts
Forward Lunges (both legs for 1)
Backward Lunges (both legs for 1)
LBCs
In between rounds – one PAX runs to first bench along pond while other PAX hold Al Gore
MARY:
Big Boys & Freddy Mercurys
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Christmas party, Bethel every 1st TH, look out for food collection details
COT:
Sickness, work challenges, family relationships healing, parents aging, moving decisions
WARMUP: Zilch
THE THANG: miles and smiles
MARY: We stretched her out:chicken:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: CHRISTMAS PARTY!!, Break the Dam, CRI run/ruck, Thanksgiving Convergence 6:30A @ AO The Ranch
COT: Yes. Thank you, Jesus.
WARMUP: dynamic mobility movements followed by SSH, cherry pickers, IW’s, paeter parkers, parker peters
THE THANG: mosey to front of middle school- 3 sets of 20 step ups, 20 derkins, 20 LBCs
3 sets of 20 dips, 20 calf raises, 20 flutters. bear crawl from speed bump to speed bump mosey to back of school chair sits while the pax does bear crawls, broad jumps, burpee broad jumps. mosey to playground. 3 sets of 5 strict pullups and 10 in and outs on the swings (no jokes about these movements)
Mosey to side of school for 10 squats, 10 irkins, 10 big boys for 2 sets.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: christmas party, thanksgiving convergence
COT: prayers for families, 2.0s, Ms