Leprechauns Flying Kites in The Windy City

During a business trip to Chicago, I agreed to swap dates with Maybelline so he could “smartsack” for Ville to Ville.  A few stories from Thursday’s “Dip City / F3Chicago” workout gave me a good starting point for Friday’s Weinke. 

“Chick” got to know Slaughter – CEO of F3 Nation who Q’ed Downtown not too long ago – a few years back.  So, after the standard disclaimer, we got right to the point and kicked off with the “Slaughter Starter” – 20 burpees OYO.  This was an immediate crowd pleaser but effectively set the tone for the next 44.5 minutes of pain.  20 burpees behind us, next was a gem from “GTL” (named for the Jersey Shore reality TV star for those who remember that monstrosity of a show) called the Leprechaun.  In cadence, it’s hopping back and forth (not bending over), touching your hand to opposite toe.  Bedpan got a little excited and made this into a full-blown jig, so look for it to be repeated next time he Q’s at your local AO.

To move from Warmup to Thang, I organized a small tribute to the late OJ Simpson, the “OJ Mosey.”  One pax led with a slow Bronco pace while 2 single-file lines followed in Indian-run fashion, but the last pax in each line did one burpee before sprinting to the front (but still behind OJ – err, Pallbearer).  The slow-speed chase, I mean mosey, took us to the parking garage. 

To get to the top of the deck, we bear crawled up the ramps and nurred across the flats. At the top I called for some extra-dirty 11’s: Mike Tysons and Jungle Boys, with a Kraken burpee in the middle on every back-and-forth.  This was more taxing on the shoulders than I’d planned, but these HIM’s pushed through.  Some of us learned that Chicago is known as the “Windy City” not because of the wind, but because there are a lot of “windbag” politicians blowing hot air.   We also found out that the Chicago Hilton embosses its silverware (ask Bedpan how he knows). 

Going back down the parking deck, we carioca’ed both ways across the flat levels.  This took some time and a significant toll on hip flexors.  We then returned to the flag with another OJ procession, this time with Volt in the lead.  With 8 minutes left, we did calf raises (10xIC) on each step up to the pavilion then finished out with exactly one round of Mary and the pledge. 

Announcements = 2nd F lunch at Simonetti’s this Wednesday,  Goonies event 5/4, Extinction Run 5/18

Prayers = V2V runners, Purple Haze’s coworker Rory, Bo Thompson’s daughter, praise for Tube helping Hei Hei find an apartment

Thanks to the HIM’s who posted this morning – it was a pleasure to lead!

 – Nutria