WARMUP:
THE THANG:
Head past the Print Shop to take the big hill backwards with the bags, then headed back past the Print Shop to head up Main Street and start the zipper route
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Christmas Eve Convergence
COT:
WARMUP: None
THE THANG: walk around WEP to Harris St, take a right down the hill, at the bottom the man with the bag starts walking backwards up the hill. Switched halfway, then back around WEP, around the loop back towards COT, finish with another round of klaw up Massey St. hill.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
So, it started as an idea for a nice, or heavy, Sunday ruck before Church. Well, it’s now turned into a morning staple for some. I’ll tell you this, I always walk away grateful. Grateful that Crystal Lake was willing to make this official. Grateful that the hour ALWAYS includes laughs, even teenage boy humor. Grateful that we typically have a few “real” conversations and today was no different. To land the plane, I started the day, grateful.
WARMUP: Sure. It included rucking up and 5 of the 9 PAX grabbed a sandbag, too. We’d rotate on/off the sandbags every 6mins unless I forget, of course.
THE THANG: I don’t remember all the roads traversed but we started by making our way to WEP then meandering our way to “Gun Shop Hill” where everyone had the opportunity to walk down and “KLAW” (walk backward) up the hill with ruck & sandbag. We then made our way around our farming village some more and even made it back to the hill for a repeat of the walk/klaw experience.
MARY: Nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Register for the Christmas Party if you haven’t and you’re still reading.
COT: Yes.
WARMUP: grab a heavy chain & Ruck
During marching portions, swap every ~5 min on who (partner) was Ruck+2-chainz vs. just Ruck
THE THANG: March to St. Paul Episcopal
In parking lot: all with ruck & Chain
Chainkins, LS-SquatCH, Pickle-Chain-Pounders, Side-Plank-Pulses, other stuff
March along Unity, Group selfie @ Band Camp’s Abode, get to 1st Baptist across 160
Their P-Lot: partner— 1 PAX w/ 2-chainz, 1 using non-mosey MOT of their choice up &back to swap. 2-chainz pax walking w/ OH-press or Hold, curls, etc
MARY: no time for her, but Slow Jams did rub his Tummy with the Chain
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read newsletter
COT: held; WNC victims & workers mostly on our minds
Each person loaded up with a ruck and a sandbag. Short walk, uploaded weight. Partnered up, took turns carrying two rucks, two sandbags while other partner ran.
Rugby sprints – exercises then run fast
Short mosey to school. exercises performed while other partner ran the hill.
Finish strong: partner 1 carried all weight up the hill while partner 2 ran up the hill. Flapjack.
Ruck back to COT
WARMUP: Nope
THE THANG: 4 men, 4 rucks, (2) 60lb sandbags. Head to Baxter for the Berkshire Heights loop rotating on/off the bags every ~6mins.
Then, head to the hill entering into the Colosseum for yes, a reverse hill climb.
With Ruck & Sandbag, reverse walk up the hill then rotate.
MARY: Nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Nope, just work.
COT: Yes.
WARMUP:
THE THANG: Baxter loop down Berkshire to QT. Shared a #30 and a #40
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
WARMUP:
THE THANG: carry heavy things through Baxter and up gardenia hill, head back.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
WARMUP:
THE THANG: 3.4 miles down to Gold Hill Elementary and up the back hill towards Walmart. Turn around and take a more scenic route back.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas party, golf tournament
COT: prayers for my M and for me to remember that I need to focus on serving her through recovery and maybe even after.