PAX: Spayed, Bubba, Astro, Barista, FLINTstone, Fruit Loop, Grisham, HoppinJohn, OTW (On The Way), Renfield, Sherpa, Term Paper, Trickle, Unitard, Wide right
PAX (not in Slack): None
FNGs: None
COUNT: 15
15 Shepherd’s Watch PAX legends showed up on this absolutely gorgeous mid-50s Friday morning. A 5k was promised, a 5k was delivered. Kudos to @Fruitloop for making the observation that this was his first merkin-free workout (perhaps I was subconsciously saving my shoulders for the @Doula’s pull-up challenge).
Quick mozy to the other side of the church for a quick warmup. Side straddle hops, sir-fazio arm circles, planks, and stretches were executed in flawless fashion. “Runner’s-pose” yoga terminology was mercilessly poo-poo’d by some of the PAX (fair play); “runner’s stretch” it will be henceforth.
Thing 1
Brisk 1 mile jog all the way down to the tunnel and up to the small lake. There we performed a seemingly endless stretch of 25-yard 🐻 crawls, 25-yard carioca-runs on each side, and 25-yard skip-jumps. We repeated these sets in succession until we covered the entirety of the trail around the lake. That was HARD, but we were born to do hard things. 💪🏻 Respect.
Thing 2
Jogged to the cul-de-sac nearby to conquer the 100-yard hill repeats that was in store. WW2s on the bottom of the hill and LBCs on the top of the hill; repeated 3 times until we were dangerously close to running out⌛️. With the help of @unitard’s neighborhood navigation skills and @termpaper leading us around the parking lot, we made it under the time-limit. 🙌
Count-a-Rama was performed in Spanish until @grisham made it known to us that he clearly wasn’t paying attention in his high school Spanish class 😀. Announcements were made, prayers were requested, and praises were uttered. Praises and continued prayers for @Astro’s F-I-L, @bubba’s son and his friend, and more prayers for the unspoken needs of the heart.
Coffeteria was awesome as always. Almond-nut coffee made its debut and it didn’t disappoint. Smoother than room-temp butter. @Trickle looks like he’s ready to destroy his marathon (he was on beast mode this morning). Remember the gel and weave. 😂
Love you all and MIAGD!!! 💙