Loops around Gardenia. Oof!
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!
#KeepPosting
WARMUP: An adventurous warmup of circle runs and
SSH
IW
Tunnel touches
Merkins
Mtn Climbers
Overhead claps
One man ran two circles around us wilst we completed the various exercises.
THE THANG: We moseyed to the center of the park and partnered up. One partner ran half sped across the park whilst the other partner counted to 5 and then chased them down, completing the run to the concrete track. Jogged back. Repeated until everyone was annoyed.
Moseyed to the hill where the partners participated in the now trademarked “Indian Land Butt Sniffers Bear Crawl Uphill” :tm:
Then lunges uphill.
At playground – partners did planks, dips and grave diggers whilst partner ran around the playground.
The Mary was one set of flutter kicks.
Perhaps <@UGU3XR5RP> will have some comments but it was clear this was his favorite workout in months.
Dear Abby joined! We got a Chicago report.
We had the privilege of COT to express prayers for fellow Pax and also for Mrs DD.
Food drive to come!
WARMUP: Run Around WEP stop at every swing and do 10 SSH
THE THANG: Cuomo Had A Board and I Had A Board. Mine Was Better Only Because It Had Mac Tar Dyes Involved
MARY: Some In Cadence Which Pax Thought I Couldn’t Do
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read Your Newsletter
COT:
WARMUP: Spectre reading message from Bandcamp – “Welp, Bandcamp overslept.” YHC leads SSH, short run to 160 and then Peter Parker and mountain climbers…
THE THANG: the route is called “The Reverse <@U014K6EAUFM> neighborhood” + add on of back entrance to Gold Hill Middle… intermittent stops throughout the route
3-5 reps of “windmill merkins” followed by broga stretches
MARY: replaced by 60″ of Bandcamp’s portion of today’s Q
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bandcamp overslept.
COT: Honorable of Bandcamp to show up and still get in the miles.
WARMUP: The heartstrings got loosened up out of the gates as Warning Track unloaded some baggage from a tough week, acknowledging the challenges of Living Right through the Flux of life and the importance of showing up this morning to be lifted up by his brothers. He followed up with the Obligatory SSHs and then set off from WEP.
THE THANG:
WT took the pax to the old Pike Elec parking lot stopping for some windmills, burpees and other fun enroute.
Pax broke into groups of 3 for a modified Dora across the parking lot. Midway through WT called audible due to pax incompetence and simplified to Dora in groups of 2. Terrible things like Merkins, squats, lunges, flutters, burpees, etc were unleashed on the pax
WT took pax to Memorial Park for more burpees and more shared pax stories of Why they come out to the Gloom on a wet Sat morning.
DD took the reins and moved the pax to a series of parking lots (pharmacy), Pike front courtyard, Town Hall back wall for pain stops including shoulder taps, wall sits, plank jacks, burpees, mtn climbers, peter parkers, Parker peters, etc.
Pax returned to WEP to appreciate JWOW’s lovely Christmas tree. Two rounds of partner work included bear crawls around tree + flutters followed by crawl bears around tree + HR merkins.
Mosey to grass in front of band shell for more partner work (merkins, shoulder taps, sit ups) interspersed with some burpees and lap around band shell. Finished off with Knee Tar N’dyae and Mahktar N’dyae.
Mosey home
MARY: included throughout
ANNOUNCEMENTS: coffeteria at HC
COT: great morning where we welcomed 3 FNGs + a Kotter while pax from 30s to 50s mixed it up and pushed each other to get 1% better.
“Our youth are our present” I heard my pastor say from the pulpit recently. Note he did NOT say “our future.” It’s as true in The Fort and in our community as it is in NYC with a 34 yr old mayor. Younger pax, you ARE leaders today — embrace your opportunity and duty. Seasoned pax — your leadership focus IS about bringing along the next generation of leaders — embrace your opportunity and duty.
We are blessed men to have these roles at this time.
Thanks to JWOW for the opportunity and Warning Track for the partnership.
Love you brothers!
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WARMUP: normal stuff
THE THANG: take a lap followed by another lap stopping at the 9 swings for proper form upper body and lower body alternated and core at all stops
MARY: no time for her today
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT: prayers for family issues. Health
WARMUP: Obligatory SSHs, a mosey with carioca, butt kickers, high knees, nur, parker peter, hillbillies, stretching, then back to amphitheatre
THE THANG:
Station 1 (amphitheatre) = burpees x10, shoulder taps x20, Freddy x30
Run to station 2
Station 2 (Pacos plaza) = burpees x10, squats x20, flutters x30
Run back to station 1
Rinse and repeat for 5 total stops at each station
MARY: yes, box cuttah, Am hammer, flutter, dollies, rosalita
A new twist — some of the above was done in reverse (huh?)
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bourbon and BBQ event coming
COT: yessir, Mr Sir
It was cool and rainy. Perfect conditions for the #gloom
WARMUP: Ran to top of hill and hit the regulars: SSH, Seal Jacks, squats, arm circles, windmill, broga
THE THANG:
Board of Pain. Finish each exercise and take a lap. See how far you can get down the board.
DD: Started LBC
Spike: Finish squats
Dojo: finish squats
Minute Man: finish squats
Jekyll: finish squats
MARY: no
ANNOUNCEMENTS: HIM Camp was excellent and all 3 Fs- Minute Man. Bethel Men’s shelter
COT: Praises/Prayers for family. Prayers for Green card extension.
WARMUP: Did a little stretching and then a mosey that almost killed me. Yeah I was Qin.
THE THANG: moseyed from COT to the wall down on 160. Did a few things like wall sits as we watched someone do an exercise. Got bored with that so we ran up that freakin hill to the Parkin lot. Did a few rounds of 4 corners. Abs, arms, legs, and shoulders. Time flew by so Fogerty took over. He kept walking around with this cardboard thing folded up. That’s when it all really started. He had five exercises on the list SSH, squats, lunges, merkins, and LBCs. Then we ran down the freakin hill again. We did this until we almost died. Headed back to COT for abs
Did have a little story time about the story of Daniel and king Darius. Spoiler alert the lions didn’t eat Daniel. The satraps weren’t so lucky.
All done.