• Post Type: Backblast
  • When: 09/02/2023
  • AO: Old School
  • QIC: Flintstone
  • FNG's:
  • PAX: Def Leppard, Doodles, Meat Wagon, Chili, Quattro, Blart, Gumby, Medicine Woman, Balljoint, Wirenut, Slaw, Broke

13 PAX pushed rocks at Old School with a roster full of regulars and Lawings alike.  Def Leppard was back after a brief time on IR, as was Wirenut, just days after his time on the sidelines.  Good to see everyone out.  Here’s what I remember:

The Thang:

The goal was to push the pace and run laps around Old School, but the whole town of Dallas was out walking the track, so we had to improvise a bit.

  • 10 x Abe Vagodas (IC)
  • Run half a lap around the parking lot
  • 10 x SSH (IC)
  • 10 x Hillbillies (IC)
  • Run the other half
  • 10 x Mike Tysons (IC)
  • 10 x Dying Cockroaches (IC)
  • Run half a lap
  • 10 x SSH (IC)
  • 10 x Hillbillies (IC)

To the picnic shelter for the first of what was supposed to be 3 rounds, but only ended up being 2 of:

  • 10 x Dips (IC)
  • 10 x Monkey Humpers (IC)
  • 10 x Oblique Crunches L (IC)
  • 10 x Oblique Crunches R (IC)
  • 10 x Flutter Kicks (IC)

Mosey to the corner of Church & Oakland to the Dallas Gym for

  • 10 x Merkins (OYO)
  • 10 x LBCs (OYO)
  • 10 x American Hammers (OYO)
  • 10 x Flutter Kicks (OYO)

The goal for the day was to run and put in work.  Every time we got to another corner, we’d do another exercise.  Turns out we got in a lot of work.  Here’s how it set up:

Big Loop

  • Oakland & Trade
    • 10 x Burpees (OYO)
  • Gaston & Trade
    • 10 x Burpees (OYO)
    • 10 x Derkins (OYO)
    • 10 x Bulgarian Split Squats L (OYO)
    • 10 x Bulgarian Split Squats R (OYO)
  • Gaston & Church
    • 10 x Burpees (OYO)
  • Oakland & Church
    • 10 x Merkins (OYO)
    • 10 x LBCs (OYO)
    • 10 x American Hammers (OYO)
    • 10 x Flutter Kicks (OYO)

First lap done.  Take a minute on the playground for round 2 of Dips & Core with reps increasing.  Some benches were more stable than others.

  • 15 x Dips (IC)
  • 15 x Monkey Humpers (IC)
  • 15 x Oblique Crunches L (IC)
  • 15 x Oblique Crunches R (IC)
  • 15 x Flutter Kicks (IC)

Next up was the Smaller Loop

  • Oakland & Church
    • 10 x Merkins (OYO)
    • 10 x LBCs (OYO)
    • 10 x American Hammers (OYO)
    • 10 x Flutter Kicks (OYO)
  • Oakland & Main
    • 10 x Jungle Boy Squats (OYO)
  • Holland & Main
    • 10 x CDDs (OYO)
    • 10 x Mike Tysons (OYO)
  • Holland & Church
    • 10 x Jungle Boy Squats (OYO)
  • Oakland & Church
    • 10 x Merkins (OYO)
    • 10 x LBCs (OYO)
    • 10 x American Hammers (OYO)
    • 10 x Flutter Kicks (OYO)

Having showed the way, the next move was to start the clock and see how many rounds we could get.  The timer was set for 8 minutes, and it was You v You to see what we could get in.  Doodles said there wasn’t much he couldn’t do in 8 minutes, so it seemed like plenty of time.

But then 8 minutes turned into a little longer than that by the time everyone got back, which spared the PAX round 3 of Dips & Core, but not the last lap.

For the Final Lap, PAX choice of the Big Loop or the Small Loop.  We all hit it hard and brought it back to COT 1 minute late.  YHC did 10 burpees for bringing the PAX in late by 1 minute.

And that was that.  3+ miles and a bunch of reps with a good push from the backbone of our region.

Moleskin:

I’d owed Wirenut a Q at Old School since I reserved the QvQ showdown in March.  Was glad to get that stamp on my Q passport.

Old School is a great AO.  A track and a town with long runs, short runs, benches, city squares, and a coffeeteria that can’t be beat.  Get out to Old School if you haven’t been.  Pick up the Q while you’re at it.  Always good to get out.

Good to see some new faces too.  Quattro had been a long time Kotter, but joined us at Time Out for some 2nd F.  Meat Wagon had a shirt made with his F3 name on it.  Doodles made the pilgrimage from the east.  Chili made an appearance too.  Enjoyed the company.

Privileged for the opportunity to lead.

Yabba Dabba Doo