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Parading around Minnow Pond

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Temperature was 40 degrees however it was a bit windy. The Pledge of Alliance was recited, the Pax were counted and instructions were given.

WARMUP: N/A for Minnow Pond

THE THANG:
Following the FM Christmas Parade route, Pax were to complete the following exercises at stops along the way:

10 burpees
20 big boys
10 lunges each leg

Stops were the following:

Unity Presbyterian
Corner of Main and Tom Hall
Corner of Main and White
Lot beside FM Town Hall
Lap around WEP

Once complete, Pax were to reverse the route with stops along the way until COT.

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Stole from Dojo

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It was raining, so we ran straight for the Lowe’s Contractor covering.

WARMUP:
Standard fare of SSH, IW, Hillbilly Walkers, Butt Kickers, High Knees, etc, then loop around Lowe’s

THE THANG:
This was stolen from Dojo just the day before (done at DawnPatrol). Kind of a modified ring of fire.

Set up 6 cones near edges of the covering with a single cone in the center. On each perimeter cone was an exercise and count. Pax had to run to a cone, do the exercise and count, then bear crawl back to the center cone and do Burpees. The number of Burpees was based on how many stations they had been to (starting with 1, working up to 6 when all cones were visited).

Once all done with all cones, we ran another lap around Lowe’s

Rinse and repeat, but with 2nd set of cones (under he first set).

Just a few minutes left for Rugby Sprints, then return to COT.

Thanks to PeachStand for the chance to lead.

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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The Winter of Wegs’ discontemt

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WARMUP: Too cold
THE THANG: in the words of Rev. Al Green, “Take Me To The River”runners ran to the River & back. Ruckers did they own thang
MARY: nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Usual
COT: prayers & praises

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Kingsley loops

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WARMUP: none
THE THANG: right on Mun left and Kingsley park circle, cross over 160 to Kingsley do as many loops as possible, head back
MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Party
COT: keep several father in laws and uncles in your prayers plus prayers for direction.

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Park to Calhoun

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WARMUP: it was cold. we’ll warm up on the run
THE THANG: cover distance stop for:
5 burpees
10 merkins
15 squats
added some lunges once
did some leg lifts after a muscle up twice
bear crawled the length of Calhoun St. Parking lot twice too
covered 3.11 miles–except for Beaker (his strava only said 2.98, which feels like a failure on my part. see NMM below)
MARY: flutters in cadence for 1:30 to hit 0600
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Xmas Party 12/12, Bethel service tonight

NMM:

You ever just 3000% took care of everything and crushed it by all outward metrics, but you didn’t do it with JOY in your heart? So your wife, kids, or close friend noticed and it wasn’t the reaction you expected…even though the mission was fully accomplished

It isn’t enough to just do a good job

Handle the mess your kids created with success, but did it in a way that made them feel scared rather than safe? Failure

Take care of business for your family, but made your wife feel like it was a burden rather than a mission? Failure

Maybe it’s just me… 😉 Good thing failure is a way point and not an end point. Let’s stay after it!

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Musical spaces

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WARMUP: WINDMILLS/PICKERS/MERKINS/LOW AND SLOW SQUATS
THE THANG: mosey over to Lowe’s 11s with big boys and merkins

PART 1: MUSICAL CHAIRS WITH THE BURPEE PIT (20 min)
Setup: Everyone in a parking spot. ONE LESS spot than total PAX.
Each Round:
1. Exercise in spot (20 sec) → 2. “MOVE!” (scramble) → 3. “SPOTS!” (find space)
2. Last PAX without spot → joins THE BURPEE PIT
Burpee Pit: Eliminated PAX work together on 200 total burpees (split however)
In-Spot Exercises: Merkins • Squats • Mtn Climbers • Imperial Walkers • Shoulder Taps • Freddies
Travel Methods: Run • Bear Crawl • Lunge Walk • Backward Run
Endgame: Pit not done? Everyone finishes together. Pit done early? Final players do 25 burpees.

MARY: gas pumpers
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes, read ya newsletter
COT: yes

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Jacket Dirty Mile

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WARMUP: The usual suspects

THE THANG: Jacket-Dirty-Mile
4 laps around FMHS track… 3 “excursions”/lap
– Up & down Railings of Home side bleachers (so… up, over, down, over, up, over, down…and rejoin track)
– East end zone — 10 inverted rows on Football team “apparatus”
– West end zone – Nur up hill…. crawl-bear down.
When 4 laps done… dealer’s choice on how to finish: Yog… or continue pattern. Most continued.

MARY: Partner – 1 Pax holds 6″ / other pax slaloms feet over (10x each side)… flapjack
Ab-Lab w/ Circle of Hate: Pax calls out exercise for others to do while he bear-crawls or Lunge walks around perimeter.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: FMCC Food Drive, Operation Love Turkey collection, other newsletter stuff

COT: Held (5th core principle)

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Lessons, Learnings and Mahktar Ndiayes

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WARMUP: Mosey to behind Empire for COP with various exercises in cadence including; SSH, Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly Walkers and a question answered incorrectly by the PAX. Therefore…..5 burpees OYO.

THE THANG: 3 lessons – 3 stations

Lesson 1 – The examined life is the one most worth living. We don’t learn from our experiences. We learn by reflecting on our experiences, then hopefully applying the learning in a positive way lest we repeat failure.

Lesson 2 – Mosey to the corner of Lowe’s: Today’s habits are tomorrow’s influence. Our “ordinary” is what others see. Our children and those we influence will emulate us. Why? They learn by watching us. And more are watching than we realize. More on that in lesson 3

11’s were called (month of November) – Hand-release merkins on one side and Makhtar Ndiayes on the other. Barry Manilow was highly pleased. PAX did this exercise together at three different points behind Lowe’s until the mulch piles were reached.

Lesson 3 – 2.8 – We influence an average of 2.8 people per day. In our lifetimes – it adds up to between 10,000 and 80,000 people. Our ripple effect matters – how are you cascading your influence? 3 series of 8 flying squirrels and 2 super slow burn squats with modes of transport varying between lunge walks and jogs.

A mosey to the grassy area near COT for Knee-tar Ndiayes and monkey humpers.

A mosey to behind Chik Fil A where we took geometry class by doing protractors, hello dolly’s and rosalitas depending on the angle.

A mosey back down the hill to COT and, according to Barry Manilow – it looked like we made it.

MARY: No time – open to all men.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Of course
COT: Will always be the 5th core principle

PAX were challenged to be a stone in someone’s life. At an age range of 47-58, there is insight to be shared and others will benefit. Being that somebody by serving in this capacity is taking one meaningful step toward leaving our world better than we found it.

The lessons shared served as a reminder to the importance of the roles we serve in our homes and communities. They learn by watching us. Always.

Thanks for the call, Peach Stand.

Honored,
Cyclops

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