Alabama route was called, with some tweaks to get us to 6 miles. Several pax started early and/or ran late to get up to 12 miles. YHC took video of the most pax, and thus felt inclined to post this backlist.
YHC was excited to join the Pax for Minnow Pond this AM. Prior to the workout, I looked over previous backblasts because I wanted to do the Zipper but wanted to see the level of exercises associated with it. I chose 4 exercises to mix in with the running and get a full body workout.
WARMUP:
Disclaimer, Pledge of Allegiance followed by a mosey to old Hardees parking lot. (Aside – does Fort Mill need a paid parking lot?)
THE THANG:
Run the Zipper which includes Spring Street and the associated side street with 10 merkins, Mtn climbers, squat jumps and big boys at each corner.
Run back to old Hardees at 5:55. Last group of exercises
MARY: Flutters, LBCs and Hello Dollies until the 6 arrives
Mosey home.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Congrats to Dark Helmet as he takes the reins as Nantan of F3 Nation
Read the newsletter as we have lots of activity coming up
WARMUP: pledge
THE THANG: mosey to WEP and partner up. Each partner runs in opposite direction around the WEP path and each time they meet do the next installment in a 1/4 jack webb with burpees/ merkins ( 1 burpees and 4 merks, etc) cap of 7 burpees and 28 merkins before starting back down the mountain
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
Weather was 32 degrees and YHC had cold hands and feet coming off an earlier Q at the Coaches Box but pressed on.
YHC continued the discussion on Jester and Preparedness throughout the workout.
THE THANG:
Mosey to Lash parking lot
COP
Lots of exercises here
Mosey to far end of the lot
BLIMPS workout
Burpees x 5
Lunges x 10
IW x 15
Merkins x 20
Plank Jacks x 25
Squats x 30
Run to end of lot after completion of a round. Rinse and repeat 5 times
Mosey home with Mary along the way.
COT:
32 Year Anniversary for DD
Prayers for Old Bay M
Prayers for Sprockets upcoming grandchild
Weather was 32 degrees and chilly but the lights were on and YHC was prepped for a Q to discuss Jester and Preparedness
Simply defined, the Jester is temptation of the flesh that hinders Acceleration. It is a stumbling block that a man continuously trips over in his effort to become a Pro.
The Jester tells a man several lies including:
1. You are the boss of me
2. You are what you do
3. You are not a bad guy
4. Jester and Virtue can coexist
5. You can’t live, if living is without me
But the antidote to the Jester is preparedness, preparing for what is expected and what is unexpected. The addition of love to this preparation leads to diminishing the Jester. But it is a battle that a Man must fight throughout his life.
THE THANG:
Mosey to the front of FMHS
COP
SSH
Merkins
Windmills
CDD
MNC
Plank Jacks
Mosey to the band lot
Deconstructed Burpee – STAR model
Burpees in the middle x 5
Bobby Hurley x 25
Squats x 25
Merkins IC 12
Mtn Climbers x 25
Mosey to pull up bars
Grip Strength work
Partner 1 – hang
Partner 2 – Mary
Rinse and Repeat x 3
Mosey home for COT
Some prepped for D2D10k and some just prepped for the day. Either way, the Pax got better.
*WARMUP:*
*THE THANG:*
*MARY:*
*ANNOUNCEMENTS:*
*COT:*
WARMUP:
Short Mosey to parking lot near entrance
SSH – 1 Burpee
Low slow squat – 2 burpees
Windmill- 3 burpees
Maraca nightclub – 4 burpees
Too much mumblechatter so we went to the hill for quadzilla
Run down the hill and run backwards 7 times and do 7 LBCs at the top, decrease LBCs by 1 each time up.
Moved over to front of elementary school by flags for some bear crawl. Line up along the curb facing flag. Crawl to the other side and do 1 merkin, then reverse bear crawl back and do 1 merkin. Repeat 5 times.
Knocked out a few minutes of a work with the protractor. Then had enough time for one round of Dirty Myrtle and Mike Tyson’s (great combo)
Made our way back to COT.
Last but not least was the Airborne special hip exercises.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
WARMUP: Nope
THE THANG: ~4.8mi
Run down Market, cross Sutton onto Settler Heights. That turns into Stratford Run.
R/T Gardenia
R/T Morris Hunt
Run to the end of Morris Hunt and back
L/T Gardenia then up the hill
R/T Stratford Run and run to the intersection with New Grey Rock
Turn around and run back on Stratford Run-Settler Heights-Market back to COT.
MARY: Nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yes
COT: 5th Core Principle
THE THANG:
Simple run form Veteran’s Memorial Park to toward 77 on 160 (taking the long-way around WEP). ~4 miles, but add a loop or 2 through down-town to get 5 miles (like Vuvu did). For several pax, the jog was light enough to keep their heart rate in Zone 2.