Burpee Murph (Burph???)
So a couple of folks have been throwing around the ideal of doing the Murph again during a regularly schedule workout. Some pax have been all for this and others seemed to think it couldn’t be done in 45 minutes. YHC being the “Peoples Q” and all, decided to give it a shot and to give the . Unfortunately TheStorm lacks the required equipment to do pull ups, so YHC decided to modify that exercise to Burpees. The 45 minute time constraint was still looming large, but some careful clock management and a shortened mile at the end took care of that.
14 pax showed for the Burph. Most pax were on time and a few showed pretty early. No FNGs so YHC gave a short disclaimer and let the pax know that we would start with a short run and where to meet up if they weren’t in the moseying mode. This talk was given a few minutes before time to ensure we started promptly at 0530. With 1 minute to start time two vehicles were seen pulling in hot. I’m not one to wait for those who may be late or right on time for that matter, so we started our mosey before they had parked their vehicles and they caught up.
Now I normally forgo Warm Ups and start with a decent sized mosey, so the regular pax thought the knew the route we were taking. When I took a unexpected left turn that heads away from the high school some chatter started in the back. Luckily it quickly died down though and you could hear crickets by the time we hit the main road and the small hill up to the art and circle out in front of Cramerton high school. From the circle we headed back down and around the main parking lot. Run was just shy of a mile, because I limited it to 10 minutes. Now time for the fun.
The Thang (Burph):
- 1 Mile Run
- Burpees x 100
- Merkins x 200
- Squats x 300
- 1 Mile Run
After the initial run the pax circled up and YHC broke the news of the Burph to some excitement (thanks Dolph) and some fear (sorry Mayor). 10 supersets of 10 x Burpees, 20 x Merkins and 30 x squats would be preformed starting every 3 minutes. The faster you finished the set, the longer break before the next you would have. YHC also had the pax share interesting or unknown facts about themselves during the rest periods.
As the number of sets passed by, breaks got shorter or longer depending on how much modifying or lack of exercising people started doing. With the last set complete, the last mile was cut in half because of the 5 minutes remaining. Mosey on back to the start.
Pledge
Announcements:
- Burpeethon is set for 16 September. Sign your 2 man teams up and support a great cause!
- Mayor has graciously volunteered to attempt and fill YHC’s enormous shoes as TheStorm’s new site Q. Sign up to Q or get ready for some heavy lifting!
- Come out to Glenway Pub this Thursday @ 1930 to have a beer to either wish YHC luck on my upcoming move or in Memory of YHC if I’m dead to you.
Prayer Request:
- All Pax
- Those moving/starting new jobs
It’s been a pleasure to serve as site Q of TheStorm for the past 8 months. I’ve really enjoyed pushing the rock with you men and you will all be missed. If you’re ever in the Carolina Beach or Wilmington area, look me up and the first beers on me. I wish you all the best and hope you enjoy the Mayor Love!