Cold Hands Make it Tough to Hold Six Inches

9 kicked off the week with Moderate Monday and just a fun beatdown at The Sandlot.  Here’s what I remember:

EC has been strong at The Sandlot for a while, thanks to Dirt, Watts Up, and EZ Rider, but we’re starting to see some more PAX out there logging EC miles.  Race season is right around the corner.  Come get some in on Monday mornings.

0530 came, and YHC launched into a longer than usual disclaimer, while also stalling for the last few PAX to get in.  Once everyone was there, we got going.

The Thang:

• 10 x Goofballs (IC)
• 10 x Imperial Walkers (IC)
• 10 x Don Quixotes (IC)
• 10 x Squats (IC)
• 5 x Arm Circles Forwards (IC)
• 5 x Arm Circles Backwards (IC)

Say goodbye to Sargento as he heads out to run and neglect his soccer arms while we mosey to the entrance to Martha Rivers Park

• 10 x Dying Cockroaches (IC)
• 10 x Heels to Heaven (IC)
• 10 x Michael Phelps (IC)
• 10 x Shoulder Taps (IC)
• 10 x Mike Tysons (IC)

Brief mosey to the walkway to the center of the fields and the flag.  At this walkway, the instructions were to go in doing anything but running.  Lunge walk, bear crawl, Apollo Ono, Nur, Partner Carry, Wheelbarrow, Walk if you have to.  Just don’t Mosey.  Guys were creative.  Nutria & YHC teamed up to wheelbarrow in.  Good times.

At this point, we partnered up and set a timer for 1 minute.  During this minute, the PAX would alternate between:

• Flutter Kicks
• M – Hold (Think American Hammers with no Hammers)

Mosey out one spoke of the proverbial wheel and back.  Once everyone was in, we held Wall Sits and talked about bad Christmas gifts.  If you bought a draft snake for your father, return it.  Trust me.  Then we marched it out for another 10-count before moving on to the next one.

Here we found new partners, and partnered up for 1 minute of

• Merkins
• Low Plank

Mosey out again and back for more Wall Sits, and more stories of bad Christmas gifts. If you’ve been gifted a towel warmer this Christmas season, chances are, it was originally given as a gift from Whoopee to his father who let it be known that he’d be regifting the towel warmer soon, and that person would probably do the same.  Marched it out again before one more round, new partners, and 1 minute of:

• Freddie Mercuries
• 6 inches

YHC told the PAX to “hold 6 inches” and that was it.  1 minute of very appropriate jokes about you name it.  Needless to say it was cold out, and, well, you can imagine.  If you can’t imagine, you should have been there.

Mosey out and back.  Wall Sits.  March.

Next, we headed out in whatever way, just not running.  The wheelbarrow was up and running again, but it was squeakier than the last time, and probably needed some grease.

Mosey back to the flag, jailbreaking the final stretch, and time.

Announcements:

• Convergence: New Year’s Day
• New Site Q @ Labyrinth
• Mod Mondays through the end of January.  Come out and bring a friend

Prayer Requests:

• EZ Rider & family
• Wojo & family
• Kids with Exams

Moleskin:

For this workout, instead of a 10-count, one PAX talked about himself, his hospital name, a brief introduction, and goals for 2022.  Folgers is the most interesting man in F3 Gastonia that you don’t know.  Goals were for post counts, mileage and weight loss, but also for family well-being, healthy relationships and growth in leadership.  Today was fun, and I was happy to have had the chance to lead it.

2021 was the best year, fitness-wise, of my life.  That’s just crazy.  I’m learning a lot and having a blast doing it.  Thanks F3 Gastonia for all the support.

Looking forward to the stories we’ll get to tell about 2022.

Yabba Dabba Doo