Warmup – none
Mosey to Gold Hill Middle Hill.
Goal was Ladder on 10 light poles at never ending hill in back of school.
Every light pole 5 burpees, 10 squats, 10 big boys.
After run back 3.5-4 miles late we just made 6am COT.
WARMUP: Run around Earth Fare and out to cul de sac last bank
THE THANG: Fartlek style morning with various periods of hard running intermixed with some moseys and a helping of Hand Release Merkins and Monkey Humpers. Strong push by all pax!
MARY: She came for the ride throughout and did her thing at each stop as the pax regrouped
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Xmas party, clave Boss, Thanksgiving convergence
COT: Shout out to veterans on this Veterans Day! Plus a prayer to soften men’s hearts in these challenging times and year end season.
WARMUP:
All you get is an explanation of the Thang
THE THANG:
Run to Stonecrest, then up Hubert Graham to Tega Cay Drive. If you’re fast, go take a lap around their parking lot.
At the first traffic light 5 merkins and 5 BBSU. Add another 5 at each light and the traffic circle. On the way back take 5 off (5 ,10, 15, 20, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5)
MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bourbon Tasting, Bethel Mens on Thursday, Thanksgiving Convergence, Christmas Party, Christmas Eve Convergence
COT:
Talked about trust. Trust each other to make better leaders of each other.
DOAH wanted his teeth kicked – I tried to oblige
WARMUP: count off – head towards baxter. Stop at 160 and Front street stoplight for 16 IC monkey humpers and 16 IC goofballs – wave to passing cars and let them know we dgaf (except helmet – he doesn’t do goofballs)
THE THANG: route through Baxter – Front street to Birkshire Heights to Downing to Morris Hunt to Gardenia to Mills to Sutton to Richards Crossing back to Front St
Stop every 1/4 mile for exercises – 6 joins in where ever we are at and takes off at the same time after each stop.
15 SSH IC – 1 Burpee OYO
14 SSH IC – 2 Burpee OYO
13 SSH IC – 3 Burpee OYO
12 SSH IC – 4 Burpee OYO
11 SSH IC – 5 Burpee OYO
10 SSH IC – 6 Burpee OYO
9 SSH IC – 7 Burpee OYO
8 SSH IC – 8 Burpee OYO
7 SSH IC – 9 Burpee OYO
6 SSH IC – 10 Burpee OYO
5 SSH IC – 11 Burpee OYO
4 SSH IC – 12 Burpee OYO
running low on time so skipped last couple stops.
Total 4 miles for all
MARY: maybe
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT: yup
Nine pax at STL
Basically: run to waypoint, do exercises there, continuing running to next waypoint.
Waypoint 1: shovel flag at Earthfare
Waypoint 2: flags in front of Gold Hill Elem school
Waypoint 3: where fire access road and Dam Rd meet.
At waypoints do: 20 Merkins, 20 LBCs, 20 squats.
Route was waypoint 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1 = just at 3.8 miles.
WARMUP: N/A
THE THANG: Bank Run. 5 Banks on the way up 160 to Gold Hill. Deposit 10 Burpees at each on the way up. Withdraw 15 Squats and 20 LBCs at each on the way back. If done early head down Dave Gibson to the end and do all three exercises. If still done early, hit State Street for all 3 again.
MARY: N/A
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read Your Newsletter
COT: Praise and Prayer-o-Rama round the circle
WARMUP: Mosey across street to Brayden. Windmills waiting on six
THE THANG: Run down to bottom of Brayden hill. Run up to first street (20 merkins) run back down. Flutters. Run up to second street (15 squats) run back down. Freddy Mercury’s. Run up to top of hill (10 bomb jacks) run back down. Hello Dollys. Run the Brayden loop and return to bottom of hill. Run up to top of hill (5 bomb jacks) back down to second street (10 squats) run down to first street (15 merkins) back up the hill across to COT.
MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas party, Bethel Men’s, relief efforts
COT: prayers for healing and those affected by the storm
WARMUP: N/A – prerun if ya want to
THE THANG:
Pain stations from the flag down to Gold Hill and back to the light poles where we did some light pole work, starting at 2nd pole, one burpee building to 10. Then back to do the pain stations in reverse. We stayed together and did plank work waiting for 6 at each pain station.
Pain station #1 Bank (25 SSH IC)
#2 Culdesac by Dr. Luck (25 Plank Jacks IC)
#3 entrance to Gold Hill (25 Merkins IC)
#4 behind school (25 American Hammers IC)
On way back we did
#4, #3, #2 and #1 but dropped 5 reps off
Then we did #1 and #2 dropping off 5 again and then finally #1 for the last time before heading back to COT, 3+ miles plus a bunch of hill work and a lot of reps! Nice work by all :facepunch:
MARY: 6 count BURPEES IC
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 12 year, bethel
COT: yup
The smell from Golden Coral has migrated to Sweep The Leg.
Simple route this morning – loops around the parking lot with sprints in the middle. Two stops with exercises: Stop 1 – merkins and squats. Stop 2 – CCDs and lunges 10 reps each
With ten minutes left, the loop was shorten, one exercise at each corner, sprints still in place.
Great job by all.
WARMUP: No warms at STL
THE THANG: Ran from COT to Walmart Automotive. Started with 5 merkins, half the group ran clockwise around Walmart while the other half of the group ran counter-clockwise around Walmart. When the pax met on the other side of the building, they stopped and did big boy situps. Rinse and repeat around Walmart with Merkins and BBS in reps of 5-10-15-20-15-10-5 . After completing, we ran back to COT. Mileage was 3.75 to 4 miles by pax.
MARY: 10 cadence counts of Freddie Mercurys
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: Closed in prayer