Author: Linus (Page 5 of 10)

Quick immediate disclaimer, no fng’s.  Somebody’s pulling in last moment and trying to calculate the perfect parking spot.  But Watts Up will have nothing to do with this, time to roll if we’re going.  So, let’s go.

First stop is short one.  Out to Main St.  Find a partner.

Booyah Merkin Runs

Stop light to stop light, alternating routes.  Meet back with partner and count 10 Booyah merkins, working your way down.  We did this for a little bit.

Mosey to the parking garage.

Modified 4 corners on six levels?  All OYO….but we ran as a group

Ground Floor:  10 merkins

1st level:  Repeat and 20 squats

2nd level:  Repeats and 30 LBC’s

3rd level:  Repeatss and 40 flutters

4th level:  Repeatss only

5th level:  No repeatss, just 50 SSH

Mosey back down using the “You take the High Road and I’ll take the Low Road” approach.  Group 1 (which ironically did not include me) run back down and go to the stairs.  Group 2 will take the stairs and joyfully cheer you on.  Rinse and repeat only Group 2 now runs.  Carry this down to the bottom level.

Some aggressive competition going (well basically everybody was trying to catch Bob the Builder) so we kept it up.

Group Planks/Squats:

Group 1, A, whatever your called runs up one level and back down the stairs.  Group 2 or B or whatever we are holds plank.

Rinse and repeat using Squat or Al Gore position.

Rinse and repeat using/holding feet in 6″ off ground position.  Also ironic that Linus tried to switch groups avoiding the last run.  This was the first or 2nd or maybe 3rd Q fail of the morning.

We are already down to about less than 20 minutes left.

Take a mosey to the murky hill area right below the Masonic Temple (which I mis-pronounced so says Watts Up).  I slid my Weinke under a Bic lighter to prevent my Whoopee Resistant plastic covered Weinke from blowing away.  By the way, that area is way less murky in the daylight but the hill is a bit intimidating.  Partner up.

Merkin Bear Crawls:

Partner 1 does 10 merkins and can get up and run to catch partner 2 who is bear crawling.  All the way to the stoplight.  I think Slaw and company made it back to the pavilion and came back to help finish our rep.

Round 2:  Dips (best you can on a flat surface) and crab walk half the distance.  Somewhere in the process the HIM’s retrieved my weinke including the Bic lighter used to hold it in place.  I think as I type this there is somebody trying to light up fuming about their missing flame.  Doubt their internal anger is enough to light their stick, maybe an incentive to quit smoking?  But I doubt it.

Back across Franklin.  We’ve got about 3.5 minutes to spare.  Continue our last round with squats and lunges.  Roll back to the pavilion at exactly 6:15.

Announcements:

Leadership meeting this Sunday

Blood Drive – Lineberger Park

Service Project – Clippers and Chapstick.  Toenail ‘clippings’ are accepted but not preferred.  Slaw may use to make coconut smoothies.

Monthly 5K – June 27th at Crossroads

Friday Downtown needs a Q this coming weekend.  For those traveling Zoom Q’s may be accepted.

June 17th – Get your Shovel Flags to Whoopee or Gastone for placement at Turtleman’s house.  Anybody got a spare flag for Balljoint?

Prayers and Concerns:

Turtleman

EZ Rider and family

Gumby’s mother

The rain cleared just as we began.  Quick disclaimer and pledge.  No time for warm up, let’s roll.

Right out to Main St., barely even out of breath yet.  But what’s that in the far distance.  It’s moving slow but steady.  It’s coming upon us, is it the Gloom?  Close, but it’s Purple Haze rolling in hot and heavy, and groovy.  We got the Vibe as he strolled past.  I declare I think he was wearing some GSM threads.  Park your van Trippy, we’ll wait on Main St. for you.  Can you Dig it?

The Thang:

Main Street:

Partner Booyah’s.

Stop light to stop light run (each runs half), meet back and do a social distance Booyah Merkin with your parter counting up.  Do this for a little while.

Garage:

10 Merkins/10 Squats , alternate at each level, do this as we run to the top.

Rinse and repeat:

20 LBC/20 HomerMarge, alternate each level

30 Side Straddle Hop/30 Freddie Mercury , alternate each level, stopped about midway and headed for the top.

You take the High Road / I’ll take the Low Road

Count off 1/2.  1’s run down the ramps, 2’s down the stairs and jump squats while waiting on 1’s to reach them.  Alternate, rinse and repeat all the way down and all the way back up.

Back to the Street:

Had about enough time for group 1 to run a block down and back (EZ and Haze had to show off by heading to Franklin, most Pax were just happy enough touching the Butt (Light Pole)).  Group 2 holds plank.

Back to finish, one round around the Pavilion to complete 3 miles.

Time

Announcements:

Sign up for the Strides of March

Downtown needs a Q for the 19th

Mortimer

P200

Prayers/Concerns:

Folgers friend Pete is heading to Atlanta to deal with Stage 4 cancer

Broke’s Mother

EZ Rider’s son

EZ Rider’s former pastor (85 years) in hospital dealing with artery blockage

Honored to Lead this morning

I’ve always felt like Downtown ranked high in the list of active HIM’s who attend.  Active Pax mean high intensity.  Today’s line-up was no different and I had my ‘how am I going to lead these guys from behind’ concern on.  It worked out great and we had a blast.

Disclaimer:  No burpees today boys and you can see I’m not a professional.

Pledge:

Side Straddle Hops until Purple Haze joins the crowd.  In Cadence, we stopped around 176 or so.  Mosey to the Garage.

The Thang:

In group, 5 merkins at the bottom of the garage.  Run loop up to the top and at each corresponding level add 5 merkins.  At the top do 30 SSH.  Mosey down the stairs.

Rinse and Repeat with Crab Crunches (20 this time and no increase).  SSH at top level and mosey back down the stairs.

Rinse and Repeat with Squats, 20 I think.  No increase each level and we are skipping SSH at the top.  Mosey down the steps.

Split into two groups.  Group 1 runs up to the top level of parking deck.  Group 2:  10 Carolina Dry Dock and hold Downward Dog for 10 seconds.  10 CDD, hold plank, etc. etc.  We were on our knees by the time Slaw’s group made it back but we quickly rose to plank position as they arrived.  I’ll bet they’ll never know.  Group 2 run, group 1 CDD’s……

Rinse and Repeat with Squats and Al Gores only going around one level and back down.

Off to the dark hill.

Partner Up.  Partner 1 does 5 merkins while Partner 2 bear crawls.  At end of merkins chase your partner down and swap.  Increase by 5 but only to 10 total.  Distance is to stop light.  Slaw and PH made it look easy.

Same thing, Crab walk and Crab toe touch, 6 (3 each leg) and catch your partner only going to first telephone pole.

Back to bottom.  30 SSH, plank position while JJ give 10 count.  Sprint to stop light.  I had to call JJ by cell phone to tell him to come back.  Dude is like a rocket.

Safely cross the street.  Same idea, squats (10) while partner lunge walks home.  EZ getting nervous with the time, mosey back with two minutes left, end up with one to spare.

Quick round of Mary resulted in flutters being called by about 10 count cadence.

Time

EZ Rider says this AO and volunteering to Q will make you a man, maybe The Man.  I felt like one this morning.  Felt like a baby later in the day, but quite the Man this morning.

Honored to lead.

Announcements:

Mortimer relay

Extinction Run:  February 13

Valentines Day February 14

Downtown with new shovel flag

Prayers:

Blart’s M and family

EZ Rider, church members lost mother

F3 Brothers