Day: May 13, 2024

I’ve been traveling quite a bit lately and had the chance to revisit Princeton, NJ where “Noodle” delivered a beatdown worth repeating.  So I shamelessly stole it, including the new warmup “exercise” called Weed Pickers – same as gravel pickers, cotton pickers, grass pickers, etc., EXCEPT the hand clap is behind your back.  Unlike those other kinds of “pickers,” weed pickers just might be a real exercise!  OK, maybe not, feel free to discuss amongst yourselves.  Maybe it’ll become one of Mayor’s discussion topics at happy hour…

After the weed pickers, I called 5 burpees – at the faintest echo of a train horn in the distance – before Radar could even protest!

Enough warmup, on to The Thang – a simple “EMOM” routine that I also stole from Noodle:  1. Mosey for 60 seconds; 2. Stop to exercise for 60 seconds; rinse and repeat until time.  Exercises were:
 – Flutter kicks
 – Perfect form merkins
 – American hammers
 – Jungle boy squats
 – Mountain climbers
 – Mike Tysons

We moseyed towards downtown Belmont and the track behind the old middle school, stopping at prescribed intervals along the way.  Mumblechatter was light at first but picked up steadily by the time we crossed Central Ave.  At the track, the usual mosey was replaced by nur and karaoke both ways before it was time to head back.  (Thanks to Flintstone for a not-so-subtle nudge about what time it was.  I had miscalculated how late it was and really didn’t want Flintstone to be right, but dammit he was right.  So we reversed directions around the track and headed back to the flag. )  The moseys back to start might have stretched a little longer than a minute, but the six came in right on time for COT.

Announcements:  Rice n Beans 5/14 – HC to Anchorman.  2nd F lunch 5/15 at Ray’s.  Extinction run 5/18 – come out even if you’re not running, show support!

Prayers:  Praise to Jane Fonda getting married, also Tooth Fairy and Flintstone’s son getting new jobs!  Prayers for those with storm damage, kids in school, Termite, Tesla, and pax on IR.

It was a privilege to lead – thanks to all you HIM’s who showed up and followed!
 – Nutria

7 ruckers, 4 runners, and 1 who did both on a cool Mother’s Day morning. Sidewalks were used inconsistently. And we went up the steps. I guess I won’t get my membership card until I can fully appreciate the serene, barren, roughly paved landscape of a future 55 and older community and the quirks of an AO that it’s been said “starts on time but ends whenever we’re done”.

Nobody comes for the workout though  they come for the barista and her huge jugs of coffee. The salty PAX were mostly agreeable on the topic of Meeting. The Spur was answered with 3 short affirmatives and we were on our way.

The bottom line is this – Show Up. Seek Truth. Simple to understand. Harder to practice.

Big week this week. Give what you can.

Yabba Dabba Doo

With trees scattered in the streets, lightening in the sky and no power around W.A Bess Elementary the three that posted agreed the surroundings were a bit sketchy for swinging iron.

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