• Post Type: Backblast
  • When: 06/15/2021
  • AO: Midoriyama
  • QIC: Def Leppard
  • FNG's:
  • PAX: Roscoe (R), Freight, Broke (R), Purple Haze (R), Love Boat, Vanilla Ice, Sarlacc, Gomer, Def Leppard

9 Pax for a steamy day at Midoriyama. Sarlacc in the daytime! Roscoe too! Many were no doubt afraid of the beatdown that would be applied by the old guy and decided to stay home, go on vacation to Florida, have a 25th wedding anniversary, work late, whatever excuse you got! Blah, blah blah! Let’s go!

Pledge
Warmup: Don Q’s x 5 IC. Right Over Left for a few seconds, Left over Right, discussion of patented or not since no count. Low Slow Squats x 5 IC, Moroccan Night Clubs x 11. Mosey all the way to the Dog Park Hill.

Reverse Pyramid Ouchies
Perform an exercise. The first one was LBC’s x 20, 15, 10, 5, 5, 10, 15, 20 = 100. Run the hill after each set. Yes, that means running the hill 8 times. Due to my lack of having a spreadsheet with me, I had initially omitted the extra 5 reps in the middle but Roscoe and Freight corrected me and got us back on track. 2nd exercise was Merkins, 3rd was Flutter Kicks. 300 Total reps and 24 hill runs! Even though we were in the shade the entire time everyone was very happy to be done with this one!

Run to the far corner of the soccer field. 5 burpees. Run to next corner of the soccer field. 5 burpees, 10 Squats. Run back to the previous corner to stay in the shade. 5 burpees, 10 squats, 15 Freddie Mercuries. Run back to the Dog Park Hill corner. This was where someone said they were not climbing that hill again! Don’t worry, I’m not either! 5 burpees, 10 squats, 15 Freddie Mercuries, 20 CDD’s.

Since time was running low and we were in the shade, I told a story about my cousin Kathy. She passed away and we had her funeral this week. She was only 65 but had some health problems. Her daughter was with her in her last moments and as you could imagine very upset seeing her mother in such serious condition with an ambulance on its way. It was then, my cousin said to her daughter, “I’m fine. Either way, I’m fine”. I think that is a good question for each of us to ask ourselves. Are we fine? Would we be fine if we were having our last moments here on earth? Are we fine where we are with our faith? Are we fine where we are with our families? Are we fine where we are with our relationships? I think it would be a great place to be in our life to be able to say what my sweet, cousin Kathy said! “I’m fine.”

Mosey back to the flag.

Announcements:
Service Project collecting Nail Clippers and Chapstick during June.
2nd F Lunch at Bubbas in Gastonia on 6/24 at 12 noon
Axe Throwing at Mall on 6/26

Prayer Requests: Turtle Man, Linus’ father, Big Pappy’s family, Roscoe’s Father In Law, Traveling Pax, Love Boat’s travels. Broke took us out!