July 5th, 2018 By Bull2

11 of Harrisburg’s most dedicated made it out for a little post 4th of July celebration.  There was one most notable missing, but we’ll hear the story on that in a bit.

Today’s workout got moving a little slow this morning.  As 5:30 struck, there were still a few guys shaking off the cobwebs and rolling in the parking lot….so we moseyed aimlessly around the parking lot until 5:32 and circled back to homebase to pick up the stragglers.  At the buses, we did a few ISTs and Merkins to get the heart beat going and then moseyed up to the stop sign to give the parade of 5:36ers half a chance to catch up.  Little did we know that @Wexie was working out the kinks during the car ride over…multi-tasking in a way, thus explaining the tardiness, but yet still ready to roll….@Banjo Boy had no other excuse, other than a little trouble remembering where the AO was….glad you found it.

A weird silence fell on the group as @Wexler discussed his odd affinity toward glazed donuts.  That is all I am going to say about that.  Really. The silence lingered on as we high tailed it via Indian Run w/ 1 burpee off the back toward the middle school.  We took a little break at the middle school sign to knock out 10 diamonds, 10 wide, and 10 regular merkins….then we continued on with our Indian run to the ramp behind the middle school.  This is where the magic happens….with each drop of sweat the guys in the back of the Pax push forward and slowly creep into the middle of the Pax.  The middle of the Pax improve themselves to move into the lead Pax….and the lead Pax – well they better keep improving or they may wake up and find themselves chasing @Flipster…wondering how the heck that guy is doing it.  Just ask him….I am sure he will tell you his secret recipe…”a heavy dose of hard work, a case of Nip-Eze, and copious amounts of  Budreax’s Butt Paste.”…so this is where the hard work happens…YHC couldn’t help with the other two items in TheFlipster’s recipe….it looks easy-peasy on paper…or, in this case, in my head …10 to 1 ladder starting with 10 “pullups” on the hand rails at the top of the ramp and 1 burpee at the bottom.  Everybody…and I mean everybody, put in the hard work this morning.  It was good to see the all around solid effort as that ramp delivered a solid beating each trip up.  A couple of notables here:

@Kojak came out and set the pace.  Killing it early….and holding on like that clingy boogar that you just can’t get rid of.

@Tar Tar continues to improve with each and every post…not sure if he got the exact recipe from @FlipFlop, but whatevs….its working.

@Practice never gave up on it…and he still doesn’t need practice.  The dude is game-ready.

@Scooter went silently about his bitness…fearing that anything that he said might be used against him in the audit.  Don’t worry…it will all come out in the hearing…The State vs. @TI-85…dba @Scooter.

As we finished up, we planked up at the top of the ramp and knocked out 10 CCDs, 10 diamonds, 10 wide, and 10 regular merkins before our trek home.  We resumed the Indian run back toward home base, taking a breather at the high school sign for 5 diamonds, 5 wide, 5 regular, 5 squats, and 5 lunges each leg.  We then continued on to home base for Mary.

12  LBC’s , 12 Low Dollies, 12 Low Flutters, and 12 J-Lo’s (all in cadence)

Once again guys, thanks for coming out for another @Exit69 inspired edition.  YHC would not be out doing this stuff without you.

 

For those of you that were disappointed that you did not get a slice of @Schedule C this morning…here’s how that went down:

11:46 AM, July 4th….after shot gunning his 4th beer @Schedule C recognizes that this is going to be an epic 4th of July celebration and sends out an SOS on the slack channels…”@Here I am going to be way hung over tomorrow  looking for someone to take my lead tomorrow.  I have some type of stomach bug I’v already crapped myself twice  and won’t be able to lead.”

@Schedule C thought for sure somebody would jump all over the opportunity and thought to himself….”I love ‘merica.  Where else can you get sh!tfaced and simply dial up your replacement with a couple of swift strokes of the keyboard? Where’s my ukulele?  This deserves a jam session.”

3:58, PM, July 4th….after no responses to his SOS, @Schedule C is starting to get desperate. “Honey, can you bring me a can of my good luck beer?  I’ve got to get serious about this whole Q situation.”  As he crack’s open his Miller High Life tall boy, he dials the number for the Center for Disease Control.  “I am going to take care of this once and for all.”

Operator: “CDC – how may I direct your call?”

Schedule C:  “Please you gotta help me, I am so screwed.  You see, last week, I signed up to Q at F3Harrisburg, not knowing that I was signing up for the day after the 4th of July…you know, America’s Birthday….Well I am so blitzed right now that I don’t know a burpee from a furbee…and I’ve got an uber on order to take me on beer run #3…I know, I am so effing crazy…and no I didn’t mean to quote GnR there, but it just worked out….you probably don’t even believe me….but I need your help real bad.”

Operator: “Sir?  What in the hell are you talking about?  How the F#!k am I going to help you?  We are slammed right now – in the midst two different crises – the fecal poisoning at the park picnic and the Hepatitis A outbreak at Hardee’s….ain’t nobody got time for your bullsh!t”

Schedule C recognized his opportunity, reclined back and smoothly took another pull off his tall boy.

Schedule C:  “That is exactly what I was talking about, sir.  I ate at both places.  I am really sick.  I stopped by Hardees a few weeks ago for a quick fix…I love me some mushroom burgers…and then I was at the park last weekend for the birthday party….and now I’ve got it coming out of both ends.  Anyways….I’ve got to be put in self-quarantine and I need you to call some guys to see if they cover my Q tomorrow.  Do you think you can do that for me?

Operator:  “For real?  You are desperate young man…..I will make one call for you, so you better make it a good one.  And next time…go easy on the sauce and take the DRP like a man.  If you were in my AO , I would have already done opened up a can of whoop ass on your sorry butt.”

4:36PM…CDC Operator calls my cell phone

Operator:  “Hello….uh Bull…This is the CDC calling, I know this might sound a little strange, but we need your help.”

Bull:  “Go ahead, shoot. Whatcha need?

Operator:  “Well, we got this strange call from Schedule C and he claims to be quite ill.  We have not confirmed his condition, but I can confirm that he is a total phreakin slacker…and if he did Q tomorrow the whole Pax would be like….oh, this is so boring…it’s like Old Glory all over again.”

Bull:  “Wait a minute, @Exit69 is this you?  what is up?  All you had to do was ask me if I could take the Q and I ‘d do it…I will help you get out of the FOG…Fear of Old Glory. and make F3Harrisburg great again….Come on out.  You won’t be disappointed.”

4:51PM…YHC post in the slackosphere that he’s taking the Q.

Seriously, though @Schedule C….hope you get to feeling better.

Announcements:

1. Streetlight 5k July 13th at 7PM.  This is a Speed for Need event (Click here)
2. Happy B-Day to @Posh….respect

 

 

 

Harrisburg, The Ridge

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