“I Can Handle What You Got”

I’ve been trying to get Sister Act to Q the GasHouse for the past few months. Dude’s really busy either going to the beach, working, or making excuses. I get his trepidation. The last time he co-q’ed, he went down in a heap of flames in the first round of Q vs. Q. Tentatively mark your calendars for Saturday, September 16th for the Redemption Tour (probably in pencil rather than pen for the time being). Once that was settled, I get the unexpected text saying “gonna make an appearance at Snooze tomorrow.” Wow, this is a surprise. SA has a doctor’s appointment for an MRI to finally get a look at that left knee. As I am building out my Weinke, I text SA if his knee can manage some squats or lower body work? A quick response: “I can handle what you got!” Why should I have expected diffrent? SA will figure out how to crawl at a 9 minute pace before he gives up. Keep on keeping on brother. I also learn another bat flipper is anticipated as Ball Joint desired some prep-work for his tri-athlon. Since I was the Q, I now had to plan a little more for the workout than I expected. TBH, I’d not really thought about until that point. Here is how it went down.

Warm-up (hey Def Leppard, I got there at 0738):

• Good Mornings SC x 10, SSH IC x 10, Imperial Walker Squat OYO x 10, Toy Soldier IC x 10, Side to Side Lunge IC x 10, 5 burpees OYO

Linus still has my shovel flag, so we had to mosey to the McAdenville Town Hall to get the pledge. We continued north up Main Street to reach the front of the YMCA, site of the Christmas Town 5k. Recall there are about 2.5′ brick walls that are about 20 yards apart. We’ll begin with 11’s: 10 Mike Tysons, bear crawl the 20 yards to then do 1 dirty hook-up. Jog back to the other side.  This was a shoulder burner. Thang #2 kept us in the same spot for the Triple Nickel: use the ledge for 5 derkins, run across and do 5 box jumps (or step ups); do it 5 times. Fellowship mosey to the back side with the concrete stands and the soccer field. We partnered up for a work and run thing. 2 PAX used the steps for 4 rounds:

• AMRAP: 5 Bulgarian Squats left, 5 right; flapjack
• AMRAP: Dips; flapjack
• AMRAP: Derkins; flapjack
• AMRAP: Decline Peter Parkers

My feet got wet on the dewy soccer field. That doesn’t sound manly but I don’t care – we moved to a paved parking lot on the back street behind the Main Street restaurants (former site of the Def Leppard party supplies; aka: the State Credit Union ATM). We ran a stacked 4 corners: building with 5 burpees + 10 Jump Squats + 20 Merkins + 40 Mtn Climbers. We had 5 minutes left, so moseyed back to the firepit for a little Mary. I introduced the bicycle pretzel crunch – it’s awesome.

COT: Announcements: 2nd F Lunch next Wed, Crowders Hike, Flintstone Belt derby, Convergence, F3 Dads 8/19 @ Folsom, JJ 5k will be 9/30. Prayers: Turtleman’s CarT treatment going on this week for another few days, Mayor’s knee surgery (today), triathlon participants (especially when Slaw is swimming), Def Leppard on the IR, SA’s MRA for knee. I’m sure there were others – consider your brothers in prayer – it’s helpful.

Snooze is winding down. We had the A-team this morning with SA, Balljoint, and Broker. No disclaimer required – just solid work, which I think they got their money’s worth. Seems the regulars are tapering at this point – which is the point of this summer time workout. School begins next week and Nutria has the Q (as of this moment, check the schedule). Judging by the traffic in McAdenville that gets pretty busy between 7 and 7:30, I imagine next week could be crazy with school going too. We’ll assess the situation and make a decision if we’ll finish the month or pull the plug early. SA and Balljoint were curious to see how Snooze worked. If you have some extra time on a Friday morning, stop by at 0645 to see what this AO has to offer before it ends.