November 4th, 2019 By Othello

YHC was the Q for Piledriver this morning and boy was it chilly.  34 degrees at the house, got down to 31 degrees during my travels to the Park.  Felt like a long lost cousin coming over to visit.  it was nice, I like the cold weather because it means you have to keep moving to stay warm which then means, a tough workout is ahead!

After I park a in rolls a White PU truck.  White trucks seem to be the standard issue for the Mint Hill clan but who is this Pax? Never seen him before.  He steps out and introduces himself as an FNG.  Wow! An FNG on a day like today?! This guy is tough, so I hope (and pray) the beatdown and cold weather doesn’t scare him away.

Next rolls in Ribshack, Silas (sans bike) and Change Order.  I do my best at Oh-530 to produce a coherent disclaimer through my numb lips for our FNG and we begin with….10 Burpees (OYO).  YHC had the flags in his car for the weekend and didn’t post on Saturday.  Penalty for me and everyone else.  Sorry fella’s but you are better for it, AYE!

Then we mosey towards the park trails with headlamps on.  We get about 50 yards in and someone says, “Let’s go back and have the FNG get his gloves out of his truck”!! OK, we want a happy FNG so…..we mosey back, get into plank position and wait for him to rummage in his back seat for a pair of gloves. Then, when he is a plank position we do Merkins x10 in cadence.  Next, we get up, proceed towards the park trail, inhaling the nice cool air, and mosey over to the playground behind the “pay-to-play Gladiators”.  Once inside the playground we line up by the wall for a little – Step-up’s x10 Ea Leg, and Box Jums x10.

We mosey into the wooded park area with nothing but the small circular glow of our headlamps leading the way.  We circle back for the six and then all circle up at the first intersection near the middle bridge.  There we do:

• SSH x10 (x denotes cadence)
• Windmill x10
• IST x10
• Hillbilly x10

Making a right over the bridge and then a left, led us towards the pull up bars.  Once there, we teamed up and did 3 sets of the following:

• 5 pull ups, then go over to the parallel bars for
• “Hand walk” over the bars, then over to the path for
• Air squats while we wait for the six.
• We finished up with an extra set some Hanging pull-up bar/leg raises, just for fun.

Needing to get back towards the shovel flags we make our way on the path towards the fields.  Stopping at the intersection for some:

• Low slow merkins x10
• Low slow squats x10

Back up the incline and circle up at the Disk Golf Tee.  Note: Change Order commented how this was a “really nice little incline”. Seems as though when he is ready to Q we might be coming back to this spot. Be prepared.  Also, this might mean we have another potential BRR runner in our midst.  Hmmmmm, interesting.  At the top of the hill we circle up for some:

• Plank holds
• Wide arm merkins x10

Continue our mosey back down the trail towards the drainage line and the coupon farm.  We stop for some:

• Diamond merkins x10
• Something else too but my old brain can’t remember.

Continue our mosey towards the flag when all of sudden Ribshack found a burst of energy and kicked it into 2nd gear, blowing by YHC like he was standing still.  Tclaps brother!

At the flags we circle up for a little:

Mary

•  LBC x10
• Low flutter x10
• Low Dolly x10
• High Dolly x10
• The “W” x10
• The Squirm x10
• Mason Twist x10

Count/Name-O-Rama

Announcements

1. Put 11/23 from 5pm-?? on your calendar now!!  This is the Mint Hill Friends-giving/Xmas party at Othello’s house.  M’s and 2.0’s are invited.  We will have a Secret Santa, a White Elephant and Santa may come for the kiddo’s.  Should be a good time.
2. Tuesday is Brighton Early at Harris Teeter – Bluecrush is our Q
3. Wednesday is Pain at Bain – Silas is our Q
4. Thursday is Broga – Booyah WAS our Q but he is in Disney.  So, YHC will be your Q
5. We found out Friday that Highchair will be leaving us soon to move to Hot-lanta for a new job with his M.  We will miss him and need to give him our prayers and a proper send-off.  Suggestions welcome please.  Need to plan ASAP!

COT/BOM – YHC took us out

Naked Moleskine

• Kuddos to our newest FNG Methane (aka Tim) for coming out on one of the coldest days of the year.  Strong push today and we hope you come back brother.  Remember, it never gets any easier but you WILL get stronger! AYE!
• Silas – so glad to see you this morning brother.  You put 5 other regulars who fartsacked to shame with your post today! Ton’s of “no quit” in you, keep up the great work.
• Change Order – you like those hills do you? Well, I see many positive things in your future.  You and I need to co-lab-or-ate on some beatdowns.  Let the fun begin.  Strong work today brother and thanks for going back for the six, AYE!
• Ribshack – always good to see you my friend, the one who HC’d me approx 5 years ago at Harrisburg.  Lot’s of “no quit” in you too and thanks for hanging with Methane on the runs.
• Always an honor to lead brothers.  Not sure why so many are NOT posting but the more the merrier.  If you are reading this PLEASE fight the call of the fartsack, get DISRUPTED, TAKE THE DRP and post.  We have been blessed with a few FNG’s lately (Change Order, Spackler, Methane).  Let’s show them the strength in numbers Mint Hill has to offer, AYE!

#pile, Piledriver

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