The Burpee Penalty

12 strong at The Goat for a lot of bear crawls and a beatdown that went by so quickly, time expired with YHC still on Goat Island.  Here’s what I remember.

The Thang:

• SSH x 10 (IC)
• Side-to-side Lunges x 10 (IC)
• Dying Cockroach x 10 (IC)

As always when YHC has the Q at The Goat, Sizzle Suicides is up next.

Starting from Floyd & Blackies, up the hill on 8th:

• Run 1 pole – 10 LBCs
• Run back – 10 LBCs
• Run 2 poles – 20 LBCs
• Run back – 20 LBCs
• Run 3 poles – 30 LBCs
• Run Back – 30 LBCs
• Run 4 poles – 40 LBCs
• Run Back

We moseyed back to the bridge to Goat Island and crossed it by doing:

• High Knee Skips

Then moseyed to a pole about halfway between the two bridges for the Main Event.

Piggybacking a little off what YHC has Q’d and seen this week and following in the steps of EZ Rider’s Booyah Merkins on Monday, we partnered up and did the following:

• Mosey in opposite directions to the bridge
• Bear Crawl across
• On the other side of the bridge, do:
  • 20 x Travoltas R (Nolan Ryan’s with a point)
  • 10 x Burpees
  • 20 x Oblique Crunches R
• High Knees Skip back across the bridge
• Mosey back to center to meet partner
• 10 x Booyah Merkins w/partner
• Mosey to the other bridge
• Bear Crawl across
• On the other side of the bridge, do:
  • 20 x Travoltas L
  • 10 x Burpees
  • 20 x Oblique Crunches L
• High Knees Skip back across the bridge
• Mosey back to center to meet partner
• 10 x Booyah Merkins w/partner
• (That’s 1 Round)
• Complete a total of 3 Rounds

Well that’s what the Weinke said, but this went by extremely fast.  Or maybe I just had to take a really long time explaining it.  Regardless, we had finished Round 2 when time was running out.  YHC announced that the next half round would be the last, but only Clavin and Sister Act managed to finish the half round.  Time was ticking, so YHC called recover and went to get the Six.  By the time we got back, it was 6:17.

As the Q who brought the PAX in late, and as a repeat offender, YHC knew it was right to enforce a penalty on himself and after apologizing for trying to push things late, announced a 20 burpee penalty for the Q (10 burpees for each minute late) to be paid immediately after the COT.  That penalty was paid in full, accompanied by some forgiving and supportive PAX who didn’t have to, but weren’t going to let YHC have all the fun alone.

Announcements:

• Blood Drive – June 16th @ Techworks in Belmont
• F3 Dads – June 19th
• Grow Ruck Charlotte – August 6th
• Collect Bandaids for Freight
• Music Box & BOS collecting shoes – let BOS know or drop at Floyd & Blackies

Prayer Requests:

• Turtleman
• Male Leadership in our community
• Tracy Reading and family
• Uranus and family on the surgery of their unborn daughter while in the womb

Moleskin:

The Goat is one of my favorite places to Q, but I just seem to get so caught up in all the fun that I can’t get my timing right.  I’ve got another chance next month, so chance to make amends.

That’s the thing about The Gloom – there’s always another workout tomorrow.  If today’s didn’t go the way you want it – if you came out flat or it didn’t feel right or your head wasn’t in it – there’s another chance tomorrow to get it right.

Lookin forward to the next one.

Yabba Dabba Doo