Author: Flintstone (Page 1 of 23)

• 10 x Don Quixotes (IC)
• 10 x Gravel Pickers (IC)
• 10 x Imperial Walkers (IC)
• Tesla Stretches
• 10 x Mike Tysons (IC)

• 10 x Uphill Big Boys (OYO)

• 5 x Burpees (OYO)

• 12 x Flutter Kicks (IC)
• 12 x Freddie Mercuries (IC)
• 12 x American Hammers (IC)
• 12 x Toe Touches (IC)

• Mosey up the long set of stairs, down the walkway, and down the shorter set of stairs

• 10 x Dips / 30 x Heels Up Babymakers (think Glute Bridges, but inclined, with our butts flush against the concrete and our feet up on the bleacher seats)
• Climb the Bleachers
• 10 x Calf Raises
• Climb Down
• Repeato for the rep counts listed above

• 10 x Burpees (OYO)

• 8 x Flutter Kicks (IC)
• 8 x Freddie Mercuries (IC)
• 8 x American Hammers (IC)
• 8 x Toe Touches (IC)

6 men Snoozed their way through a miserable sweatfest, accompanied by an entire rain forest of insects, and a little whining, though it could’ve been worse.  Here’s what I remember:

Disclaimer given was meant to lower expectations.  The Weinke wasn’t fully formed, but rather than keep it simple, YHC tried to wedge it all in.  It was going to be dumb – either way too much or dry and slow.  Regardless, it would be what it was.

The Thang:

• 10 x Don Quixotes (IC)
• 10 x Imperial Walkers (IC)
• Tesla Stretches
• 10 x Mike Tysons (IC)
• 10 x Peter Parkers (IC)

Went ahead with the first set of, I guess 2, sets of what was supposed to be a circuit we came back to a few times:

• 15 x Perfect Form Merkins (OYO)
• 15 x Bulgarian Split Squats L (OYO)
• 15 x Bulgarian Split Squats R (OYO)
• 15 x Oblique Crunches L (OYO)
• 15 x Oblique Crunches R (OYO)

and just one more bit of stupid before running off:

• 10 x Goofballs (IC)

Mosey to the picnic shelter beside the greenway.  It was a long run, and we thinned out, so YHC planned to stop for Monkey Humpers on the side of the street, but then we just… didn’t.  Snooze at it’s finest.  Once at the picnic shelter, it was time for the first of, I guess 1, sets of what was supposed to be a circuit we came back to a few times:

• 20 x Freddie Mercuries (OYO)
• 20 x Toe Touches (OYO)
• 20 x Double Crunches (OYO)
• 20 x Star Boys (OYO)

Short Sale’s Double Crunches are really something from another planet.  Pretty sure he has a YouTube channel on core work.

The next mosey was a long one, as we went around the large body of water in front of the fire station that the Q might’ve referred to as “the lake”.

We stopped at the River Room for some work on those steps for a few more dumb ideas.

• Climb steps
  • 3 x Calf Raises each step (OYO)
• Descend steps
  • 3 x Merkins w/hands on steps (aka Deep Sea Divers?) (OYO)
• Crab Walk to the parking spaces
• 10 x Jungle Boy Squats
• Lunge Walk back to the steps
• Climb steps
  • 3 x Merkins w/feet on steps (backwards, some had to modify to incline with hands on steps) (OYO)
• Descend steps
  • 3 x Sissy Squats (heels up) (OYO)
• Crab Walk to the parking spaces
• 10 x Jungle Boy Squats
• Lunge Walk back to the steps

JJ said something about it being 0711 already, and the Q wasn’t sure how we’d burned so much time without really getting as far as hoped for.  More often than not, it takes 2 Qs to get in all the stuff planned for 1.

So we’d do what we could.  Back to the picnic shelter for what was supposed to be another full round, but we only really got done with the first half before we needed to move on or miss out on a venture to the “Torture Chamber”:

• 15 x Perfect Form Merkins (OYO)
• 15 x Bulgarian Split Squats L (OYO)
• 15 x Bulgarian Split Squats R (OYO)
• 15 x Oblique Crunches L (OYO)
• 15 x Oblique Crunches R (OYO)

Rather than more core work or more running, we just moseyed back to the Pharr building for some Lazy Dora.  The Pharr building has this open space with a breaker box and old paint and bugs which was perfect for some idiots following an idiot to get in a few reps.

Lazy Dora

• 100 x Australian Mountain Climbers (count both left and right legs, we were running out of time) / Plank
• 150 x Dips / Empty Hammer (cut short after a couple rounds due to time)
• 1 round each partner of Flutters / Wall Sits

Mosey back to the flag, and with 1 minute left

• Burpees til the bell

Not sure where time went, but with Snooze, that seems to be how it goes.  One minute you hear your alarm, next thing you know, you’ve overslept.

Good fellowship and a box checked to start the day.  Thanks for the opportunity to lead.

Yabba Dabba Doo

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

A tardy Backblast, so the details are fuzzy, but 9 PAX put in work at The Labyrinth and got our gypsy souls rocked.  Here’s what I remember:

EC Wednesday was back, and Whoopee and Maybelline joined YHC for a mosey down to the neighborhood and back before the Beatdown.

The Thang:

• 10 x SSH (IC)
• 10 x Imperial Walker Squats (IC)
• Tesla Stretches
• 10 x Mike Tysons (IC)
• 10 x Dying Cockroaches (IC)

The Site Q brought the coupons, and everyone got a block from his truck and we just stayed put in the Pelicans lot for the opening block work.

Block Circuit:

• 5 x Thrusters (OYO)
• 5 x Tricep Extensions (OYO)
• 5 x Chest Press Pullovers (OYO)
• Run a Lap around Pelicans
• +1 on Rep counts and Repeato
• Last Round: 10 reps of each

Always better to add the reps than take them away.  Gives you more to look forward to, Amiright?  Anyways, the experience Q brought music, but no time spent on a playlist, and Pandora picked Van Morrison’s “Into the Mystic”, which is a terrible workout song.  Maybelline was bummed that we skipped the song, but that wasn’t the mood YHC was trying to set.

Give the coupons back, and take a quick tour of Martha’s, heading down into the park, stopping at the entrance for:

• 5 x Burpees (OYO)

Then next to the first shelter.  We need some benches, and there are none finer in all the region:

• 20 x Dips (OYO)
• 15 x Derkins (OYO)
• 10 x Bulgarian Split Squats (Each Leg – OYO)

YHC took the role of Form Police on the Split Squats to try to save some knees.

Mosey to the big flag in the middle of the ballfields for the pledge.  Dusted off an old Weinke and brought back:

Cora Por Dies – Alternate 10 reps of 2 different core exercises while your partner runs the 0.25+ mile route around Ballfield #3

Round 1:

• 10 x Freddie Mercuries
• 10 x Flutter Kicks
• Repeato until

During this round, The Gloom looked so ideally gloomy that we had PAX working to capture the moment photographically.  It was the kind of day they wanted to cherish in their hearts forever, or that they just wanted to be a tshirt design.  Either way, YHC was honored.

• 10 x Shoulder Taps (IC)

in lieu of a 10 count.  Bullwinkle made everyone else’s Shoulder Taps look sloppy.  Strong work.

Round 2:

• 10 x American Hammers
• 10 x LBCs
• Repeato until

And one more set of

• 10 x Shoulder Taps (IC)

So now we got to undo the rest of what we did.  To the shelter:

• 20 x Dips (OYO)
• 15 x Derkins (OYO)
• 10 x Bulgarian Split Squats (Each Leg – OYO)

To the entrance:

• 5 x Burpees (OYO)

Back to finish, with just a little time to spare, and Whoopee was picked to finish us off with Mary and he did so with:

• 15 x LBCs (IC)

Intense finish for sure.  That was that, and we all got what we paid for.

Moleskin:

I get away from Martha’s for too long and I realize how much I miss it.  Check past Backblasts for what the place means to me, but the PAX and the park just remind me of all the things that I’ve done out there.  It’s always a solid dose of nostalgia getting out there, and yet we’re still doing it.  Numbers are picking back up at both The Labyrinth & Ricky Bobby.  Let’s keep pushing through the summer.

Privileged for an opportunity to lead.

Yabba Dabba Doo

It was time to pass on the shovel flag, and what better day than a holiday, when work wasn’t an excuse (for most) for not getting out in The Gloom.

Well work wasn’t an excuse, but the Murph was, and we had a whopping 4 PAX on site to witness the passing of the theoretical shovel flag.  (The actual shovel flag was at the Murph.)

Welcome to the Site Q ranks – STOGIE!

Work was done.  Who knows what.

The word for Memorial Day came from the late Rev. Billy Graham, as his words to a Veteran group would be much more poignant than anything YHC would put together.  Freedom is worth fighting for an dying for, but it’s also worth living for, and we have an obligation to live honorably for the rights and privileges that those who lost their lives gave it all to protect.

Moleskin:

It was a short run, by Site Q standards, but I was proud to carry the torch, and appreciate the work that Sarlacc did before me and look forward to Stogie’s leadership.  Thanks to all who got out of their comfort zone to share a word to start the week off right.

#NeverMissAMonday

Yabba Dabba Doo

6 strong at Folsom today, including Maybelline who made it before the Warm Up was over.  Folsom has those bougie blocks with handles on both sides, so we put them to good use.  Jump ropes, overrated bands, skipping tris, the “drunken bird” and a lot of HTSI were on tap this morning.  Here’s what I remember:

The parking lot was strangely sparse when YHC pulled in and thought for a minute that it was a Monday at the Sword.  No EC, but a T-Ron AM sighting was a nice surprise.  Weinke was planned (enough), so it was time to get going.

The Thang:

• 10 x SSH (IC)
• 10 x Don Quixotes (IC)
• 10 x Imperial Walkers (IC)
• 10 x Mike Tysons (IC)
• 10 x Dying Cockroaches (IC)

Mosey to grab blocks, then head to the tennis court, rifle carrying the blocks

Some normal, some not so normal today, as the routine was just a circuit of 7 exercises for 45 seconds each, then a lap around the courts when we were done.  Exercises were:

• Tricep Extensions
• Bulgarian Split Squats
• World War 3 Situps
• Crossover Merkins (One hand on block, one on the ground – keep switching)
• Double Crunches
• Block Swings
• “Drunken Birds” – Drinking Birds with a block (Someone suggested the name and it stuck)

It was during the demos that the Site Q told YHC “Who hurt you?”, and the obvious answer is Woody, but you’ll all figure that out in due time.  Rolling Stones were, well, rolling, but not according to Montross who said the Stones were massively overrated.  That’s just a bad opinion right there.

Anyways, we wrapped up, took our lap, then got on with it.

Next to Intermission #1, which had us break into groups of 3, and PAX did the following, rotating through all 3 options:

• PAX 1:
  • Farmer Carry 2 blocks to the first light pole
  • With hands on both blocks, do 20 x Deficit Merkins
• PAX 2 & 3 alternate between:
  • 10 x Thrusters (OYO)
  • 10 x Single Leg Glute Bridges (5 x each leg OYO)

Solid work by all here.  On to another round of the circuit:

• Tricep Extensions
• Bulgarian Split Squats
• World War 3 Situps
• Crossover Merkins (One hand on block, one on the ground – keep switching)
• Double Crunches
• Block Swings
• Drunken Birds

YHC actually did the Tris this time, as the first round was spent fumbling with the phone starting the music.  Montross quit early but he pointed out that he still did more than the Q, and also definitely ran a lot more miles at Ville to Ville than today’s Q who was a no show despite giving an HC.  Touche.

Intermission #2 was a real crowd pleaser, with again 3 things to do and PAX rotating to complete all 3:

• PAX 1 – Rifle Carry / Blockee 4 corners (4 Blockees at each corner)
• PAX 2 – Jump rope til PAX 1 returns
• PAX 3 – Alternate 10 x Freddie Mercuries / 10 x Flutter Kicks til PAX 1 returns

All 3 options were a grind.  Indefinite core work gets old quick.

Anyways, we were close enough to out of time that all we could do was return the blocks and leave Circuit 3 and Intermission 3 on the table.  The beating was over, as we all returned to the flag right at 0615.

Moleskin:

Don’t bring that weak stuff to Folsom.  These guys embrace the suck.

2 big opportunities to support some of our newer PAX, as Boondock has his VQ at Folsom and Hei Hei leads an Annihilation at Gashouse.  Match energy, give it to em, and build em up, as it’s those new sparks that keep us old heads fresh.

Grateful for an opportunity to lead.

Yabba Dabba Doo

A half dozen PAX on a Monday at Mount Hollywood where we beat the odds and with a crowd including Termite and Red Ribbon, no one fell.  Bricks were the focus of the workout, but it seemed like it was going to be light on running, so I guess I overcompensated.  Here’s what I remember:

A new face in the Gloom, just means YHC hasn’t met everyone yet, and it was a privilege to put in work with Love Shack this morning.  Another AM weinke-less Weinke where the ideas were vague and came into focus as we went.  Started with a standard warm-up.

The Thang:

• 10 x SSH (IC)
• 10 x Imperial Walkers (IC)
• 10 x Gravel Pickers (IC)
• Tesla Stretches
• 10 x Mike Tysons (IC)
• Figure 4 Back Stretches
• 10 x Dying Cockroaches (IC)

Time to go find the bricks that Choo Choo brought out at his VQ.  It’s been a while since YHC got to lead a brick workout, and didn’t even need to transport them by Footmobile.  On the way, stack some exercises:

• Mosey to the corner
• 10 x HR Merkins
• Mosey to the library
• 10 x HR Merkins / 20 x Freddie Mercuries
• Mosey to Oakland
• 10 x HR Merkins / 20 x Freddie Mercuries / 30 x Squats
• Mosey to the brick pile at the Farmers Market
• 10 x HR Merkins / 20 x Freddie Mercuries / 30 x Squats / 40 x Flutter Kicks

Destination reached, and there the bricks were, all neatly placed and ready for some action.

Simple Circuit,  but not the usual. Our grips would be tested today.

• 15 x Curls (OYO, each arm)
• 15 x Renegade Rows (OYO, each arm)
• 15 x 6 inches / Skullcrushers (OYO)
• Walking Iron Cross (holding bricks to the side) to the last booth at the Farmers Market
• 5 x Brickees (OYO)
• Walk holding bricks in front of you back (I’m sure it has a name, but I don’t know it)
• Take off running across the parking lot, across the street with the hill, and around the loop at the church, then back
• Repeato for 3 rounds total

YHC stays impressed at the pace of the Mt. Hollywood PAX.  These are your unsung batflippers, as Blueprint is as fast and fit as anyone in the region and Red Ribbon only has 1 setting on his dial and it’s 11. When Freon looks mortal, it’s a tough group.

Not sure if it was the runs or the stack that were longer than expected, but time was ticking, and we needed to take the long way back and unstack the stack. There was a whole routine on the weinke-less Weinke that will have to wait for another day.

So we headed back and unstacked properly, because somewhere, Watts Up was watching :

• Mosey to the bank parking lot
• 40 x Flutter Kicks / 30 x Squats / 20 x Freddie Mercuries / 10 x HR Merkins
• Mosey to the train tracks and take a left on Catawba
• 30 x Squats / 20 x Freddie Mercuries / 10 x HR Merkins
• Mosey to the elementary school (the long run)
• 20 x Freddie Mercuries / 10 x HR Merkins
• Mosey back to the flag
• 10 x HR Merkins

And that was all we had time for.

2 miles, which is a lot for YHC at a bootcamp. Must’ve overcompensated.

Strong work by the group. Termite held his own at a bootcamp. Love Shack kept up with a running workout, even though he said that was where he struggles.

A great day in The Gloom. Thankful for the opportunity to lead this group. If you haven’t been to Mt. Hollywood lately, you’re missing out.

Yabba Dabba Doo

19 PAX in forecasted rainy conditions that turned out better than expected until COT.  Some next level stupid with Bear Crawls that even Tesla might think twice before calling and a few too many Australian Mountain Climbers and Flutter Kicks.  Here’s what I remember:

YHC rolled up a little early to stare down the parking lot.  An idea was brewing, but what’s the right distance?  The incoming PAX saw the look and knew it wasn’t good.  They were right.

The Thang:

• 15 x Don Quixotes (IC)
• 15 x Hillbilly Walkers (IC)
• 15 x SSH (IC)
• 15 x Peter Parkers (IC)
• 15 x Dying Cockroaches (IC)

Mosey one lap around the lower parking lot, and back to where we started.

So it was like a Bear Crawl Suicide, where PAX

• Bear Crawl to the next set of parking spaces
• 3 x Merkins (OYO)
• Crawl Bear back to start
• 3 x Merkins (OYO)
• Bear Crawl two sets of parking spaces (so twice as long as the first time)
• 3 x Merkins (OYO)
• Crawl Bear back to start
• 3 x Merkins (OYO)
• Bear Crawl three sets of parking spaces (so three times as long as the first time)
• 3 x Merkins (OYO)
• Crawl Bear back to start

Holy moly.  That was more crawling than was called for.  At the last set, one of the PAX looked over and said, “Do we Crawl Bear back?”, and YHC just thought for a minute, but before pulling the chute, the PAX said “I just wanted to know what you said”, and what was said was to Crawl Bear back, so we did.  Lots of modifying to lunge walks, but that probably wasn’t any better.

But it ended, thankfully, and we were on to the next part, which was the best part anyways.

To the student drop off lane on the side of the school for a round of Dirty Lindsays, which were your typical Lindsay reps with a run and burpees between each set.  Using the concrete barriers and benches provided by Gaston County Schools, and with the speaker pumping out hits like “Bang the Gong”, “Wish you Were Here”, and “Honky Tonk Women”, we really pushed out the work:

Dirty Lindsays

• 30 x Dips (OYO) / 10 x Step Ups (OYO 5 each leg)
• Mosey around the drive through line
• 5 x Burpees (OYO)
• Repeato for 25/15, 20/20, 15/25, 10/30

And that took up some time, but it was a blast.  A small spitting of rain, and plenty of PAX to chase made for a good time.

Last stop was the wall which was under cover, thankfully, as the rain picked up.  A whole routine was cut down to just cadence work, as time was short, so we did:

• 15 x Mountain Climbers (IC)
• 15 x Australian Mountain Climbers (IC)
• Wall Sit + 15 x Air Presses (IC)
• 15 x Wall Sit Marches (IC)

And with just over a minute to go, YHC called flutters to the bell, which resulted in

• 35 x Flutter Kicks (IC)

All in a day’s work.

Great group for a morning in the Gloom with rain in the forecast.  Heard it was stupid enough times, so must’ve done something right.  Had a blast.  Thanks for the opportunity to lead.

Yabba Dabba Doo

A dozen (!?!) at Bulldog where we disrupted the order of the universe and kept down last nights dinner.  Here’s what I remember:

6th Q in 8 days, and YHC has been trying to keep it fresh without spending too much time planning workouts.  Answers come to those who seek, though, and that 0400-0500 hour has been magic this week, and this day was no different.  Build a timer, grab the speaker and every kettlebell we can find and head to the Bulldog to find a lot of parking spots full.  Unload the car to Bulldog’s infamous time warp, and it’s suddenly 0530.  Time to get going.

The Thang:

• 10 x Don Quixotes (IC)
• 10 x Gravel Pickers (IC)

Around this time, Sledge rolls in, and parks IN THAT SPOT.  If you’re a regular at the Bulldog, you know you don’t park in THAT spot.  Those politicians think they’re above the law.  Stagecoach gave fair warning, and the rest of us knew what was coming.  Sledge threatened civic retribution, and it was on.  The workout was just a prelude to the Mortal Kombat-style hijinks that was to come.

• 10 x Hillbilly Walkers (IC)
• 10 x Mike Tysons (IC)
• 10 x Dying Cockroaches (IC)

Sorry, y’all.  Short warm up today.  Plenty to do.

Simple Circuit – 8 kettlebell exercises.  45 seconds on.  22 (?) second break to take a breath, switch positions, and reload.

Round 9 of the circuit was a 2+ minute timer that was a combo Exercise/Hold that PAX could AMRAP before swapping to the other.

Punctuated it with a mosey around the lot and then some, with a short walk back to start the next round.  Walkers had a shorter loop, and we all ended up back in the same spot at about the same time.

Circuit Exercises:

• Halos (CW & CCW – switch halfway)
• Swings
• 1-armed Overhead Presses (switch halfway)
• Double Crunches
• Curls
• Goblet Squats
• 1-armed Rows (switch halfway)
• WW3 Situps

Exercise/Hold

• Round 1 – Merkins / “M” Hold (American Hammers without the “hammer”)
• Round 2 – Kettlebell Pullthroughs / Six Inches

We made it through 3 rounds of the circuit, and had about 90 seconds left, so the last Exercise/Hold ended up being a 90 second plank that PAX could interrupt with Shoulder Taps to move around a bit.  Planks were solid form, even though we were in the final minute of the workout.

Solid burn today, and seems like the effort level was there.  Heihei and Top Hat have been bringing it the past few weeks.  The Eastburn brothers add to the intensity and the mumblechatter.  The Site Q flew by me on a run today.  Woody brought his years of knowledge and coached up our form.  Virus made his debut at Bulldog.  And hey Bonzai proudly didn’t merlot.  Always good to see Sledge, Timeframe, and Winehouse too.  Everyone added something to the beatdown, and made it a great start to the day.

About halfway through the workout, I noticed a heightened awareness to events happening behind me, and I turned to see a car pulling in, presumably to its driver, into the same spot it always pulls into.  Then it stopped, and the fury brewed in that sedan until the door opened, and what came out no eyes could witness.  The unstoppable force came up against the immovable object, and it was on.  As we all threw Sledge under the bus, he learned who his real friends were.  The battle ended in a bit of a stalemate, with no finishing moves to declare the winner, and both warriors survived to fight again in the next round.

Moleskin:

Many thanks to Heihei, both for laboring through every bootcamp/gear workout I Q’d over the course of the past week.  Always nice to have the support, and knowing he’d be there kept me from repeating routines, and pushed me as a Q.  Also, if you haven’t seen his Slack post from yesterday, check it out.

Groups like today are what F3 is about.  Some looking to push the rock.  Some just trying not to merlot.  Some looking to find consistency.  Some battling injury.  Some looking to support a friend.  Some grinding it out and maintaining their acceleration.  Some with their minds elsewhere on how to serve the community.  And all hopefully getting what they need out of the Gloom.

Grateful for another opportunity to lead.

Yabba Dabba Doo

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