Bingo

5 of us got out for a Pre-Beer Run warm-up bootcamp.  Mixed in some new with the standard, and went back to pick up the Six as they were saving their legs to run 1 mile later in the day.  Here’s what I remember:

The Thang:

No new faces, so a disclaimer, then time for work

• 10 x Don Quixotes (IC)
• 10 x Hillbillies (IC)
• Tesla Stretches
• 5 x Burpees (OYO)

Split off, but bootcampers didn’t leave the parking lot just yet.  Time for some double dutch.

Recycled from Tuesday at Bulldog, but just a short sequence today with the jump ropes.  Partner up, and 1 PAX does the exercises while the other jumps rope.  Switch and do the same exercises.  Then switch back for the next exercises and continue on until all exercises are done by all PAX.

The exercises:

• 10 x Mike Tysons
• 20 x Bulgarian Split Squats (10 x each leg)
• 30 x Dips

Wrapped that up, then moved on to Burtonwood in front of First Presbyterian for the next call, stopping twice for:

• 5 x Burpees (OYO)

Also during the stops today, instead of a 10 count, we went with reflections of gratitude for 2023.

So once to Burtonwood, we modified the Zombie Apocalypse from YHC’s Thanksgiving Q.  This time, instead of working in groups, the whole group would Zombie Walk to the Stop sign way far in the distance.  1 PAX at a time would break off from the group, run to the Stop sign, and then run back.  We did this until Roscoe got caught up in conversation and didn’t run.  Truth be told, it didn’t change things.  The lunges were the worst of it.

Next we moseyed to uncharted territory, the Kindercare on Dixon across from Sherwood.  After scouting out Sherwood’s parking lot and finding it unfavorable and a potential source of Sandy V, YHC made the call to go to the day care.  There were at least 8 parking spots at the front, perfect for stations, and we had blocks, bricks, dumbbells and the like out there to put in work.  50 seconds of work, 10 seconds to switch stations.  Exercises were:

• Squeezes (Half Block)
  • Standing, press the block in front of you while squeezing it to keep it stable
• Plank Flys (Bricks)
• Curls (Double Bricks)
• Flutter Kicks
• Thrusters (Block)
• Double Crunches (2 x 5 pound dumbbells)
• 1-armed Rows (Block)
• Star Boys
  • Big Boys, but cross over and touch left toe with right hand and flapjack)

Next, we moseyed down to the Sherwood track for some modified Lightning action.

• Run 1 Lap
• 10 x Jump Squats (OYO)
• 20 x Merkins (OYO)
• 30 x LBCs (OYO)
• Sprint across the field
• 10 x SSH (IC)
• Run 2 Laps
• 10 x Jump Squats (OYO)
• 20 x Merkins (OYO)
• 30 x LBCs (OYO)
• Sprint across the field

YHC realized that he planned for probably 2 hours, as we weren’t close to finished with the Weinke and we were cutting everything short.  We headed back up to the stations at Kindercare and each PAX picked 5 of the stations to work through for a second round.  Then we loaded up the blocks and headed back to the Schiele, stopping along the way for:

• 5 x Burpees (OYO)

And somehow that was it.  We lunged a lot, and ran a little, lifted some things and put them down, and gave it a good solid 75% out there today.  At least one of the PAX went on to place in the Beer Mile.  So yeah.

Haze finished with COT after PainLab.

Moleskin:

So I took the Q, only because I realized I was just a couple Qs away from Qing at every F3 Gastonia AO in 2023.  Might as well finish the Bingo card, so I took Bulldog Tuesday and Gashouse today.  With 52 Qs available each year at every AO, it’s certainly reasonable to take one of them.  Looking forward to doing it again next year.

Gratitude today was given for time with the M, health, new opportunities, and growth in our 2.0s, among other things.  I must admit that it’s been a good year with a lot to be thankful for.

But the grind don’t stop.  Bring on 2024 and a chance to do it all again.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead.

Yabba Dabba Doo