Unexpected Opportunities

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!

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VO2 Max training

Track workout including 2 options:

Run a mile on the track then:

1. Calculate Vo2 max by running hard for 12 minutes
2. Sprint workout with race pace followed by jog (400,800, 1200 meters)

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It’s about community

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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What’s your WHY?

WARMUP: Yes

THE THANG:

Mosey to Print Shop
Partner Dora
25 – Pull Ups
50 – Dips
75 – Squats
100 – LBCs
Partner run around the building

Mosey to lot at top of lot at Watson and Monroe White
5 burpees

Mosey to COG lot
Partner Dora
50 burpees
100 MNC’s
150 flutters

Mosey to corner of Main, Academy and Railroad Ave
Hold Plank, wait for the 6

Mosey to Massey
Up Massey and down
Merkins at top
Squats at bottom

MARY: Yep

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter

COT: Every time

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Hills?

WARMUP: ssh, cherry pickers, imperial walkers, Moroccan nightclubs
THE THANG:
Part 1 –
Mosey over to pull up bars for station 1, run down to bottom of hill for station 2
Station 1 –
5x pull ups
5x sandbag man makers
10x merkins
Station 2 –
5x burpees
5x jump squats
5x jump lunges

Part 2 –
Round 1 –
1 x sandbag man maker/burpee in the center before each corner
5 x merkins
5 x hello dolly
5 x flutters
5 x American hammers
Each round add 1 rep in center and 5 reps at corners. All got around 5 rounds in.

MARY: yes
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Varsity

WARMUP: little mosey, SSH, imperial walkers, cherry pickers, Moroccan nightclubs.
THE THANG: grab a Cindy and down to the parking lot for a star or four corner.
Round one
One manmaker in center after every each exercise
Five of of each rep in the corners
Merkins
Jump squats
Bobby Hurley
Flying squirrel
Each round add one man maker and five additional reps two outside exercises
MARY: we did some math and then some Freddy’s
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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This was a month ago?

WARMUP: quick Mozy to back
THE THANG: partner workout
100 shoulder taps
150 merkins
200 dry docks
250 dips
200 inc merkins
150 lunges
200 shoulder taps
250 squats
300 LBC’s
350 SSH
50 burpees

MARY: round robin
ANNOUNCEMENTS: golf tournament
COT: yes

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BoJangles Route

WARMUP: None
THE THANG: Run route: Munn Rd to Harris Rd to 1st Street South to Doves Rd to Country Haven LN to Country Lodge Rd to Bojanles and back to COT . ~ 4miles loop
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter
COT: Closed in prayer

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