The Same Week – Yank PT Test 6/2024

10 PAX weren’t afraid to tackle one of the toughest tests in F3 Gastonia, the Classic PT Test.  Formulated by Broke’s mastermind, and passed down through the generations, the workout itself is legendary, and we get to see from year to year how we stack up.  What started at the Grier Middle School track at Gashouse has morphed into more of a franchise, taking to all Saturday AOs on this crisp and gorgeous June morning.

The challenge at the new AOs is that the tracks aren’t exactly, well, regulation sized tracks.  The Yank’s is especially short, but in preparation for the Yank PT Test, YHC wanted to know how short it was.  A slow mosey with a Garmin watch showed 0.24, and math from there meant that basically, a lap and a half would get us the quarter mile (or a lot closer than just 1 lap anyways), and so that’s what we did.  No short track today in Belmont.  So for the sake of this backblast, 1.5 laps around the track is about 400m.

The Thang:

• 10 x Seal Jacks (IC)
• 10 x Don Quixotes (IC)
• 10 x Imperial Walkers (IC)
• Tesla Stretches
• Figure 4 Back Stretches

Instructions for the PT Test given with adjustments detailed, and the plan all laid out.

“So are we gonna do that or just run a lap?”

Good lord.  Of course we’re going to do that.  It’s a better measuring stick than taking a short cut.

The Classic PT Test (Yank Edition):

• Run 1.5 laps
• 100 reps each of Merkins, Squats, LBCs, SSHs (no splitting)
• Run 1.5 laps
• 75 reps each of Merkins, Squats, LBCs, SSHs (no splitting)
• Run 1.5 laps
• 50 reps each of Merkins, Squats, LBCs, SSHs (no splitting)
• Run 1.5 laps
• 25 reps each of Merkins, Squats, LBCs, SSHs (no splitting)
• Run 6 laps

YHC launched the group, then fumbled around with music and a clipboard before joining the group.

Highlights:

• Doodles crushing the first run
• Watts Up and Pinto pushing each other to finish
• Brutus’s monster push to finish the last lap
• All 10,000 reps accounted for from all PAX
• Sargento posting on mumblechatter before COT about having the Murph and the PT Test the same week

Official Times*:

• Flintstone – 32:52
• Tesla – 35:38
• Sargento – 36:20
• Orangeman – 36:50
• Doodles – 37:31
• Pinto – 40:18
• Watts Up – 40:18
• Brutus – 45:39
• Gavel – 1 lap remaining
• Montana – 3 laps remaining

*No video evidence exists of these times, and no Form Police were on hand to slap wrists and hand out “No Reps”.  Thankfully.

We just fellowship moseyed back to the start for COT, and that was that.

It’s like a Q Free Square for the King of the Qs battle for the month.  Much thanks to Gavel for the opportunity to lead, and to Broke for the Weinke.

Yabba Dabba Doo