September 13th, 2019 By Hop Hunter

This week started like any other at the Dawg House with 2 cruises and 2 beatdowns on the itinerary for the Dawgs to enjoy.  Tuesday was a fairly normal cruise as Tugboat Willie helped the Dawgs knock out some miles, but something happened after that.  The Wednesday beatdown was led by Buck and was epic by all accounts, but there was 1 problem (per Uecker and Buck)… only 7 Dawgs were in the gloom to partake in the festivities.  What has happened ?  Where have the Dawgs gone?  What tha #$% ?… just a sampling of some of the questions that were asked.  What followed on Slack was an airing of the disappointment and an appeal by Buck and boss Uecker to find out what had happened to the Dawgs.  Did someone leave the kennel open?… did they find a new AO that needed to have territory marked?… did they find an AO that offered better food and wine than Uecker… or was it just that the fartsack was on a roll and the dawgs were loosing?

YHC didn’t want to see his brothers so confused, so wanting to help Buck and Uecker turn their frowns upside down, YHC began work on a highly confidential 2 phase approach. YHC had the Q for the Thurday cruise and Friday Beatdown, so operation find da dawgs was initiated.  Phase 1:  Seeds were planted on Slack that it would be a ruck/run friendly cruise on Thrusday.  YHC did not mention the track was involved (YHC is not stupid), and it worked.  10 Dawgs crawled out of bed and made it out for some running and rucking.  Now it was time to kick in phase 2, which was serve notice that we needed to show Buck and Ueker the Dawgs were listening.  YHC was the beatdown Q for the 1st time in a while and there was no need to add YHC to the list of those with hurt feelings.  The pre-blast was sent Thursday afternoon and YHC started working diligently on a plan that was sure to deliver with this huge crowd that was sure to show on Friday.  YHC knew it needed to be epic.  Step 1 was to get off work early and catch a ride to the Panthers game with Mayhem.  Step 2 was to drink beer to help with game enjoyment (i mean planning).  Step 3 was watch the Panthers play the worst game I’ve seen in a long time, sit through a rain delay and not convert a 4th and 1 from the TB 2 yard line in the final minute.  The 4th and final step was get home at 12:45 and get up after a solid 4 hours of sleep to work off my frustration.  Well… my 4 step plan worked great work prepping YHC to deliver a session with ample pain, but it did not bring out the record breaking numbers that would have surely given the kind of perma grin to Buck and Uecker that YHC is known for after throwing back some IPAs.  When the clock hit 5:30, 11 Dawgs had answered the call.  They handled the beating well and YHC thinks the Dawg House got rolling back in the direction and most importantly, we helped our brothers Buck and Uecker start their Friday with a smile.  The smile may have only happened because it’s Friday, but YHC will take the credit as YHC needs a win after the beating that was taken last night.

It went something like this.

 

Warm-a-rama

Mosey to the parking lot and run some lines to warm up legs then circle up.

SSH IC x40, Hillbilly IC x20, Windmills IC x10 , Cotton Pickers IC x10 , MC IC x20,
Merkins IC x10, 5 Yurpees OYO

 

The Thang

• Mosey to the sidewalk and Bear crawl to the courtyard.
• Pick a spot on the wall and knock out 20 Dips & 20 Step ups (Single count)
  Repeato 3 times
• Bear crawl from the courtyard back to the curb
• Time for some laps
  • Lap 1 – 5 Yurpees at corners 1 & 3 and 10 Hand release merkins at corners 2 & 4
  • Lap 2 – 10 Jump Squats at corners 1 & 3 and 20 lunges at corners 2 & 4
  • Squats after picking up the six until everyone is done.
• Mosey to tennis courts for Ladder
  Backwards run across the courts, 10 burpees
  Backwards run back across the courts, 10 WWIIs
  Karaoke run across the courts, 10 Burpees
  Karaoke run back across the courts, 10 WWIIs
  Jump Squats across courts to halfway point, then lunge rest of way, 10 SSH
  Jump Squats back across courts to halfway point, then lunge rest of way, 10 SSH
• With a couple minutes left to spare… YHC lined the Dawgs up on the curb for a quick run
  Backwards run across the parking lot to the far curb and sprint back to the starting point.

Mary

RBC x20 IC, Low Flutter x20 IC, Low Dolly x20 IC, Crunchy Frog x10 IC, Mason Twist x10 IC

Recover, Recover

Prayers

• Prayers for Brice and his battle with cancer.  He works at Hendrick.
• Prayers for Kojak’s mother as she has a procedure completed today and continued prayers for his mother-in-law.
• Prayers for the faculty/staff and students at Robinson and in Cabarrus County.
• Prayers for Buck’s son and a speedy recovery
• Prayers for those still suffering in the Bahama’s
• And all other unspoken prayer requests

Announcements

• Pre-run and Ruck at 6am at Afton (Dorton Park) followed by epic Beatdown at 7am on Saturday.  4-Wide will be delivering the pain.
• 11/2 date selected for the Meca region field day.  The preblast is on the Slack 1st F channel.
• Support Gapper and the Miracle league this weekend at the YMCA in University Area off Harris Blvd.

Moleskin

It was great getting back in the mix as the Q for a Beatdown at the Dawg House.  This is a great AO with an awesome core.  Let’s keep getting the word out and checking on all those that came before us to let them know this great AO is still here for them.  #ironsharpensiron

 

The Dawg House

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