• Post Type: Backblast
  • When: 05/10/2024
  • AO: Tequila Sunrise
  • QIC: Nutria
  • FNG's:
  • PAX: Anchorman, Watts Up, Tardi Gras, Tesla, Pinto, Flintstone, Boudin, Bubba Sparxxx, Dr. Seuss, cheesesteak, Radar, Jane Fonda, Tooth Fairy, Eh Y'all, Gavel

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