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Take More Risk

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THE THANG:
National Trail Day begged for trails run. So did Pusher’s trail shoes he hadn’t used. Glorious morning in the Gloom, with lively pax and a virgin trail journey by Assassin.

For those keeping score, we covered 5.5-6 miles by cruising down 160 to horse barn Greenway entrance, right down no name trail to the service rd to Cantrell to Lake Haigler for a pause at Badger Memorial bench/tree to pay respects to loop around Lake back to Timberline trail on far side to Kingsley trail to back entrance to Kingsley taking us home.

along the way there were stops to “water” the foliage, hydrate via normal ingestion or a swim (Olaf) and plenty of mumblechatter.

COT: Message today honored Badger and Pusher together. Badger’s early passing proves we aren’t guaranteed anything. Pusher’s desire to take on trails along with many late age humans wishing they’d played the game of life more aggressively as they come to the end teaches us to #TakeMoreRisk as we live each day

thanks for the Q stick Pusher!

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GORUCK 101

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After a SL pre-ruck, YHC was 1 minute late to start… No worries – this isn’t a GORUCK event, so no punishment, right? The plan today was to teach a few lessons about GORUCK events… and how to properly train.

We got the sandbags out of the truck and proceeded to the shovel flag location. Drop the sandbags, disclaim to the PAX, move.

Coupon Ruck 1 – all PAX who have not participated in a GORUCK event grab a sandbag and file in columns of two. Need to work on that two columns thing… the Cadre wouldn’t have what we were doing… halfway to destination have PAX swap coupons.

Iteration 1: 10 minute EMOM
20 Reps EMOM, repeat twice.
Ruck Squats
Ruck Merkins
Ruck Lunges
Ruck Sit-Ups
Ruck Bent Over Rows

Quick hit about events – it’s not the smoke sessions you need to worry about… it’s the time under weight and the miles. That’s where the bulk of your training should be. Also – sandbags are “comfortable.”

Coupon Ruck 2 – Head back to start point in same fashion as before, swapping coupons halfway

Iteration 2: 10 (really 9…) Minute AMRAP
10 Reps Each, in Order, Repeating As Many Rounds As Possible
Ruck Cleans
Ruck OH Press
Ruck Back Squat
Ruck Good Morning

Finished up just before 0600. Low squats to talk NMM.

NMM:
YHC is in the midst of infant #5. And I thought I’d have learned it all by now… wrong. What I have learned is that everything is just a phase… don’t miss it. Seriously. Don’t miss it. Because you will. Whatever season you’re in – cherish it. As the great philosopher Darius Rucker once said: “It won’t be like this for long.”

Thanks Tinsel for the opportunity.

Punch List Out

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Murph – Sweep the Leg style

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Attempt to meet the 3 mile requirment for sweep the leg and mimic a Murph workout…

Ran 1.5 miles and ended up at middle school.

100 reps – Shoulder taps (double count)
200 reps – Freddy mercuries (double count)
300 reps – Imperial walkers (double count)

Run 1.5 miles back to CoT

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A Little Bit of Everything

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WARMUP: “long mosey” not to be confused with “medium” or “short”. around parking lot to the top of driveway. Windmills, produce pickers, Moroccan Night Club, Peter Parker, Down/Up dogs, Seal Jacks
THE THANG: Mosey “Medium” to back of school. Merkin Ladder: start at one curb….bear crawl across….other curb. start with 1 merkin and work up to 10 merkins. | Freddy Mercury ladder. 20 Freddie….NUR….18 Freddie….NUR…..down to 10. | Jack Webs | Mosey to front of school. Lunge 2 columns and 5 Burpees…..repeat 5 times.
MARY: Windmills
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Murph
COT: Prayers or marriages, healing, teachers/students

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hill loops with pavers

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WARMUP: mosey down David Gibson to nature trail entrance.
THE THANG: climb up freshly trimmed path up hill to middle school parking lot where coliseum meets. Split into two teams, 4 men each. Perform sighting lap of loop (for safety) before grabbing two pavers and racing around loop. Objective is to create tallest tower of bricks in time allowed. Halfway through time we reverse the direction of travel to gain a new perspective on the route. Sasquatch said it best when asked which way is the worst? His response “whichever way you’re carrying bricks is the worst”
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 30 Days to Understanding the Bible book study going on you should join us.
COT:

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Mother Rucking Wednesday

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WARMUP: 5 min of burpees, first 3min are man makers, last two are slick burpees. I believe 35 was the number squatch got. 🤢
THE THANG: Ruck up and pickup the Implements of whoa and form a two man column as we make a loop around the park. Mumble chatter voted full size truck battery as the worst coupon so it became the timer. Rotated through Tamp, sandbag, battery and Tommy gun, and stupid plate. How could I forget that annoying thing.

We learned that carrying heavy things for long distance smokes shoulders and forearms.

Finished loop then parked coupons on grate and retrieved other heavy things. Then played “uncle”.
Start from a plank position facing away from coupons.
Count of three jump up and grab coupon and run or try to as fast and for as far as you can until somebody wants to stop. They yell UNCLE and everyone drops coupons where there at and mosey back to starting grate. Plank for the six.
On the count of three everyone runs back to retrieve a coupon that wasn’t yours and race back to starting grate.
Repeato Repeato Repeato

Finished with two minutes of slick burpees.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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boozing at the VA

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WARMUP: overslept so no time
THE THANG: ruck out to #theOFFICE for some pullups and stumbled across a bunch of booze that looked to have throw from behind EarthFare. Silly boys
MARY: did you know? That your baby boy will someday walk on water?
ANNOUNCEMENTS: canola run
COT: had to be there

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DOAH Sweeps the Q

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YHC was scheduled to Q, but had some 2.0 troubles overnight… so Dark Helmet graciously picked up the pre programmed Q.

World’s Worst Suicide
Mosey over to GHMS rear bus entrance. Start at basketball court.
PAX will travel forward three light posts and perform 5 burpees.
PAX will then travel backward two light posts and perform 5 merkins.
Rinse and Repeat as needed.

Thanks to DOAH for the help. Below is his version of what happened… can verify.

13 of the faithful came to a YHC led
“@Punch List is here in Spirit” Q…
• @Solo gave up his executive suite at
Planet Fitness to rejoin us in the gloom
• @Joe Lyons (F3 Long Duck) may be old, but at least he’s fast
• @Cobra Kai may be old, but at least he’s slow
• @fishstix may be old..
.. уир
• @Ölaf won the Fireball trophy
• @Poppins and @Vuvuzela were the kings today… by a fair margin
• @Badlands can be slowed down by excessive Merkins
• @Cyclops may or may not have done all of the reps while calling out to his estranged pets
• @SouptoNuts got faster as the workout went on… or I got a lot slower… or both… (probably both)
• @trucker is like Craftsman tools.
Reliable and not prone to wearing out.
• @Flounder ventured out as a lone man to discover the new world… still made it back for COT

Punch List out.

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Shield Lock Talk

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WARMUP: Introduction and disclaimer. Began a mosey down the road that included toy soldiers, butt kickers and both sides of Karaoke. Stopped at the far parking lot for a warm-up. Included MNC, Wind Mills, Produce Pickers. plank with discussion, up/down dog, Mtn Climbers and ended with Merkins.
THE THANG: Part 1 of 3. We did the Motivator. After we completed it, transitioned to Kaiser. He lead us to the track to do some bench work. Part 2 of 3 included Step ups, Incline Merkins, Dips, then an Indian Run around the track. Repeated bench work and then abs before handing it off to Body Wash. He took us on a mosey back to COT. Part 3 of 3 was all Broga and Ab work. At each part we talked about the reason we joined our SL. We were missing OTG, Divac and Slapshot. All had prior obligations or Q’s.
MARY: The final sets of abs was tine to conclude our SL discussion.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: A couple different runs coming up and blood drive.
COT: Prayers for marriage and healing

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