Where do I start? I planned an EC run to meet my Nantan and bring him back in to the flag.
The good news: I found my Nantan
The bad news: he was prairie dogging so bad, that he was walking back to the Circle K (not for coffee!)

10 HIMs joined me for the bootcamp while JP split home for an early conference or to clean his shorts. Not sure we’ll ever know for sure.

Warm-up lap through the hood behind the Teeter with two stops along the way for stretching.

Thang 1
After a successful game of chick across to Publix, the pax begin a snake around the lot with exercises increase the reps by 10% each time
10 T-merkins
11 American hammers
12 R (an exercise that started with R)
13 Incline merkins
15 Flutter kicks
17 F (a second exercise that started with F)

Thang 2
The pax rejoined with two mall walkers for 4 corners. Exercises were crowdsourced to give the appearance of no plan, but in fact there was a plan all along…
After 3-4 rounds of 4 corners, 4 corners was suspended for 90 days.

Mary
Back to the flag for 3 LBCs

Prayers for ankles, tick bites, wrists and Petey were lifted up.

Lead well and MIAGD HIMs!

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Wasn’t entirely sure how this morning would go after rolling my ankle yesterday but it was a terrific morning in the gloom. At first I thought the cold had chased everyone off and we were going to have a small group but the pax poured out of the woodwork as the clock inched closer to 0530. Intro, disclaimer, pledge and off we mosey.

Long way around to the field for standard warm-ups then back behind the medical buildings for a….

Merkin pain train

The pax were overjoyed by the prospect of this, and the very detailed instructions YHC gave on how to execute said pain train. Lots of questioning about the necessity and wisdom of this choice but naturally that was just the pax’s way of expressing their gratitude. Once that was completed and those early finishing pax were fussed at for simply standing around waiting off we go to thang 2.

Four Corners of Mary in the 88 MPH lot, with rounds of V-Ups, Box Cutters, and Low Slow Flutters. Then off to thang 3 back at the field.

Partner up. Partner 1 calls an exercise and partner two does that AMRAP while P1 runs the small ramp pickle. Switch. After P1 and P2 complete AMRAP + Pickle, P2 gets to call an exercise for the next round. Some masochistic pax called merkins as one of their choices….. Lots of mumblechatter and concern about time and getting back to the flag by several pax including two overly concerned site Qs. After round 4 we moseyed back for an expertly time HAND.

SIGN UP FOR THE PICNIC (and the Highland Games).

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At the waffle-free zone of Marla Dorrel Park, we enjoyed this cool spring morning as follows:

Run to greenway / various warm up exercises
Run to bridge over 64, go to the far end with the curvy hill
–1 pushup at top, 6 LBC’s at bottom
–2 pushups, 5 LBC’s,
–etc.

Back the way we came on the greenway
Stop and do Tabata workout (20 seconds exercise, 10 seconds rest)
–squats
–plank jack
–crunches
–mountain climbers
(Repeat for 8 minutes)

Run back to park lot
Circle up for Mary

For COT, we were met by @WebMD and @TheSuper, who had been running.

Prayers:
O.R. has a pre-op appointment this week, procedure later this month

Thanks for a great workout, gentlemen. MIAGD!

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There was something for everyone this morning at South Cary’s premier Saturday AO. 8 runners ran, 8 boot campers boot camped, and 1 rucker rucked.
The boot campers made it down to the docks for standard warmups which quickly shifted to flying warmups because YHC didn’t want to cadence count any more.
Up to the road for what would be our thang for the day: counting the posts of the red railings that line the road. First section: squats, start at 1 and increment by at 1 each post until we get to the middle. There are 25 posts on that side of the dam, so 325 squats later we started on the other side, this time with overhead presses, to see if the railing was symmetrical. It was. After 325 overhead presses (and multiple amused drivers wondering what we were doing) we made it to the far side of that damn dam and could turn around and enjoy the sunrise over the lake.
Time to go back across. This time we did Paula Abdul’s (2 steps forward one step back) lunge walking 2 posts forward, running back one. After doing that for a bit, changed it up for time: run 2, lunge walk back 1. Made it to the middle bridge where the swans were swanning and the clock was ticking and started moseying back towards the flag, stopping a couple times for rounds of irkins on the railing.
YHC stepped in on the mosey back so we cut across the grass and slowed to a shuffle to wipe it off before a vanilla mary (LBCs, Chris R’s Cobras, Superman’s/Aussie Snow Angels). HAND as the runners returned to the flag.

Announcements: ASS Challenge sign up is locked, but all are encouraged to show up anyway; Highland Games and picnic are on the horizon.

Quote from Mark Twain: “Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, but your government only when it deserves it.”
I think about this for government and for the people more immediately in our lives. Support and love them all the time, even when their behavior doesn’t live up to their promise – and take that as an opportunity to guide and nurture them towards more appropriate action.

Good turnout at Chanticleer with a starskey by Petey .

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10 burrito loving souls set off to celebrate National Burrito Day.

Mosey to Millpond for warmups and painting some lines on the way to Chipotle for the ME.
The thang was ladder style OYO, starting with first exercise, then pickle, then first + second, pickle, etc.

Burpees
Up straddle hops
Rockette hillbillies
Reverse crunches
Iron squats
Teacher merkins
One arm pickle pounders

The PAX enjoyed a custom early 2000s alt playlist while sweating it out. A dab of 1996 was mixed it.

Certified black diamond, black bean experience.
Circle K on point as always.
MIAGD!

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This morning’s workout was pollen-free—thanks to Mother Nature finally doing her laundry last night!

Parking Lot Dash: unusual amount of cars as we ran lines in the Lowes grocery store parking lot.
o Side shuffles, because moving sideways is clearly more practical than forward.
o Karaoke runs, with form so impressive some guys nearly sang actual karaoke.
o Sprints, aka “pretend like you’re trying to beat someone else to not be last.”

Rocking the Rocks: Moved back to the park to pick out some rocks for a solid lift—because who needs dumbbells, when you can find random heavy stuff in nature.
o Curls for the Girls (Or Yogis preference)
o Squats, because “leg day” is every day.
o Overhead presses, avoiding dropping rocks on our skulls.
o Lunges, the universally acknowledged exercise of regret.
o Halos; still unclear if this makes us saintly or dizzy.
o RDLs—Romanian Dead Lifts (or Really Dumb Lifts, depending on your rock choice).

Wrapped it all up with some dips, step-ups, and calf raises.

Make it a Great day, remember: If your rock is heavier than your ego, you’re doing it right.

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Loch n Load had great energy this morning as we all came together to get some fitness in our own ways on this fine Saturday morning. 12 bootcampers, 4 Accelerators, 3 ruckers, 1 Ocho’er, and a partridge in a pear tree.

YHC led the feisty bootcamp crew with the mission, disclaimer, pledge and then mosey to the dock for a quick warmup. Then we crossed the street and went down to the bottom of the hill where we found……THE WHEEL OF PAIN!!! How did that get there? Not sure, but it was looking extra Painful this morning.

We took turns spinning the Wheel and went through the exercises, which included:
– Run up the hill and do 30 each of dips, derkins, and irkins
– 40 WWI’s
– 20 pull-ups
– 10 burpees and run the pickle
– 50 merkins
– 50 L/R LBC’s and run the pickle
– Crawl bear up the hill
– And back to home base to finish with the last one, which was bear crawl pickle and all you got back to the flag.

Only about 2 miles covered, but we were sufficiently cooked by the end. Good to see Sanka coming out on a regular basis and was good to meet O.R. for this first time, with this being his second post. We’ve got a good thing going here, and it’s great to see it growing. Also special thanks to our new LnL site Q’s Jigglypuff and Morpheus for their top-notch performance their first week on the job. MIAGD.

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