November 21st, 2018 By Hop Hunter

YHC has done a lot of running over the last few months and not spent as much time at the Afton AO as hoped since the launch.  Some of my brothers have chose to remind YHC of that fact quite often.  The heckling has recently reached that point that YHC was informed “by some” Pax that YHC should not be wearing his Afton gear in public.. “that YHC had not earned it”.  They have all ignored and dismissed the fact that YHC has Q’d prior to the official launch (#selectivememory).  Being that the Charlotte marathon is now in the rear view, YHC was excited to take the Q for today’s beat down and let it be know that YHC had officially earned his shirts.  Looking for inspiration on my much anticipated (not really) return, YHC thought back to Monday’s 1st Official Afton cruise and the very wise 4-Wide’s fondness of the steps by the YMCA.  YHC also remember how much the Pax seemed to like running up the hill behind the QT.  With all that in mind, YHC hatched a plan for an AO exploration beatdown.  6 strong Pax gathered to find out what exploration we had before us.  There were a few attempted hijackings of the Q along the way, but YHC was able to maintain control of the situation.  It went something like…

Disclaimer given…

 

Warm-a-rama

Warm up on this cool morning was spread out along our journey to the Stairway to Heaven.
Pax first moseyed to a nice clearing in the park for 20 SSHs IC.
Followed by another mosey to the Afton bridge for 10 Windmills IC & 10 Hillbillies IC
Followed by another mosey to the Y Parking lot for 10 CP IC, 10 MC IC & 10 Merkins IC
and on to the thang…

 

The Thang

The mosey stopped across from the main Y entrance at the nice long stairs or as some might say … The Stairway to Heaven.

• Partner up and Wheel Barrow up the stairs x2
• Next up, Stairs Ladder 10/1 – Burpees & WWIIs

Since we didn’t ever make it to heaven it was time to mosey over to the Wine Room for another stop on the AO tour.  The Pax learned that the Wine Room could present a challenge during step ups to those that are vertically challenged.  Some of the Pax found a kiddie wall, but we won’t call them by name (4-Wide, Hokie Pokie)

• Wine Room wall work– 10 step up per leg / 20 dips OYO

It was too early for much wine, so time to roll on.  Next stop on the tour was the QT Hill.  YHC saw a lot of potential in this hill during our recent cruises, so it was time to test it out.  Little did YHC know that some of the Pax would attempt to hijack the Q at this point.  We had to call an audible and go with Bear Crawl due to time on this tour. We will be back for some Burpee Broad Jumps when YHC plans his time better.

• Partner up again… Bear Crawl toward the top of QT Hill while other partner runs TO THE TOP & back… repeato till at the top. (This is where a hijacking of the Q was squashed).  The 1st runners thought they could get away with going half way up QT Hill since there was a color change in the payment (#saywhat).  That’s not how we roll at Afton.  YHC quickly corrected the situation (with backup from Extractor) to ensure the Pax ran TO THE TOP where a speed bump conveniently marked the turn around point.  Once again YHC will not mention any specific names (see Kiddie wall Pax above).  From the TOP the Pax needed come back down, so one Partner lunge walked while the other ran to the bottom and back…  Repeato till at the bottom.

Time was getting tight at this point, so YHC lead a mosey back to toward home base.  More hijacking was attempted during the mosey, but nothing this Q couldn’t handle.  Pax finally made it back to the shelter to wrap up the tour de Afton just in time for a quick Mary

 

Mary

Low Dolly, 1 min “H”abs

Recover, recover

 

 

Prayers / Announcements

• Continued Prayers for Booter’s M on her recovery.
• Prayers for Habs father
• Prayer’s for Bulleye’s father
• And all other unspoken prayer requests

 

Lots of Turkey Day workout options.

• Dawg House Cruise (5:30)
• Harrisburg Football (7am)
• Comanche convergence (7am)

Coming Soon…

• Huntersville Half Preview Run on Saturday at 8am.
• Orphanage Christmas Party on December 16 at 5pm.

 

Moleskin

So much to be thankful of when we slow taken to appreciate all that God has given us.  YHC is very thankful for F3, the Afton AO, all the Pax, and the opportunity to lead.  It was great having F3 legend Schnitzel with us this morning.  Come back soon!

“Don’t let what you can’t do stop you from doing what you can do”

 

 

Afton

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