July 2nd, 2016 By Helga

8 men of Harrisburg endured the humidity and spitting llamas (or were they alpacas?) to double their fun with a juiced up Old Glory tribute. Little did YHC know that when he raised his hand at Harrisburg Iron to bring the shovel flag to the RailYard, he was also volunteering to Q the RailYard. Thanks @Gamma! It was the first time Q for YHC at the RailYard. Arrived to Harrisburg Park to a carnival atmosphere with booths, tents, food trucks, and many F3 brothers @HongKongPhooey, @Riptide, @Clueless, @Birdcage, @Starsky returning from the 6am run.  Some stayed for the Old Glory fun – here’s how it went:

Mosey to soccer field

Warmup

#Disclaimer

SSH x20

Imperial Stormtrooper x20

Cotton Picker x20

Windmill x20

5 Burpees OYO

The Thang — “Double Old Glory”

We first ran a preview of the course and then completed as many circuits of the following 8 stations in 35 minutes:

Station 1 -Playground – 20 pullups

Station 2 – Turn 2 of Track – 20 jump squats

Station 3 – Turn 3 of Track – 20 burpees (with an audience of camelids)

Station 4 – First bench on the Trail – 20 lunge walks

Station 5 – Second bench on the Trail – 20 low flutter

Station 6 – Bottom of Hill (blacktop) – 20 merkins

Station 7 – Top of Hill – Picnic Shelter – 20 dips

Station 8 –  Turnaround Area before Shelter Parking – 20 WWII situps

Repeato as many times in 35 minutes

Marys (Marys briefly interrupted by #shouldertalker in golf cart who wanted to set up the fireworks display – he was nice to give us some extra minutes so he could finish his smoke – not sure that’s the best habit for a pyrotechnican. Thanks @HongKongPhooey for inspecting the tubes to make sure there weren’t in live stick rockets #ShowToKnow)

LBC  – X20

Low Dolly  – x20

Freddy Mercury – x20

Crunchy Frog – x10

Mason Twist – x10

COT

Moleskin

1. Welcome to FNG Chris “Skechers” Gonyar! It was great to have you join us! Hope to see you in the gloom soon. As F3 nation says, “Doesn’t get easier, but you will get stronger!”
2. YHC tried to keep a tally of the total amount of stations completed for each PAX, but spilled water all over the paper pad – now just a big blue blur. Sound off in the comments below with your station total.
3. Strong work @ the entire PAX – drenched with sweat while burning through the circuit stations – great to see the determination and effort.
4. Lots going on in MeCa on Monday – DevilsPitchfork, Endurance, Boondocks, SkyWalker, ElDorado, free 5k. Check the previous backblasts for all the details and Watch e-mail and Twitter.
5. Happy 4th of July to all!

Harrisburg, The Rail Yard

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