November 12th, 2019 By Exit54

Lucky 13 PAX at the Ridge this morning, as we did the job and beat the rain…

WARM-UP:

• Mosey to northeast corner of the parking lot, COP
• SSH x 15 (IC)
• IST x 15 (IC)
• Windmill x 15 (IC)
• Mosey to the portico, Mericans x 10 (IC)
• Mosey to the loading dock, Diamond Mericans x 10 (IC)
• Mosey halfway around the gravel path, Carolina Drydocks x 10 (IC)
• Mosey to the northeast corner of the lot, Mountain Climbers x 20 (IC)
• Mosey to the portico, Jihadis x 5 (slooowww cadence)

THE THANG:

Partner up:

1. Partner 1 does V-Ups under the portico while Partner 2 Bear Crawl out to the trash can and Crawl Bear back. Reverse it and REPEATO until you do 150 combined V-Ups.
2. Partner 1 does 80/20 Squats under the portico while Partner 2 crabwalks to the trash can and back. Reverse it and REPEATO until you do 150 combined squats.
3. Partner 1 does Mason Twist under the portico while Partner 2 lunge walks to the trash can and back. Reverse it and REPEATO until you do 150 combined Mason Twists.

Mosey to MARY

MARY:

Managed to stay dry up to this point…

• On your back, alternating scissor kicks w/ hold for 2 minutes
• On your stomach, Circle Supermans for 2 minutes

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Two Local 5Ks coming up on 11/23: Santa Scamble in Downtown Concord and Turkey Trot in the Bradford Park neighborhood. YHC will be at both.
• Orphanage Christmas Party is 12/18 at 6pm.
• Gremlin 2020 planning is underway. See @Wexler if you can assist.

MOLESKINE:

Phenomenal morning at the Ridge.

Despite a foreboding weather forecast, we got 45 minutes of dryish/dampish conditions with temps in the mid-50s. Some light sprinkles here or there… in other words, it was perfect F3 conditions and we stayed mostly dry. Until Mary at least.

With the conditions in our favor, there was no reason to take things slowly. We knocked out a brisk lap around the school with Merican stations every couple hundred yards. There was some grousing under the portico about the selected exercises and the mandated number of reps, but we banged those out and, aside from some sore abdominals this afternoon, no one was hurt.

Shout-out to the many HIMs in attendance:

• @PapaJohn and @FlipPhone – grouping you two together because i couldn’t tell you apart with your red shirts on. Lots of hard work from you both.
• @Gamma is three days from another GoRuck adventure but still not taking any rest days. Good luck to him, @Kojak, @ScheduleC and @Spauldini.
• @Practice, @SSMinnow, @Bearclaw – age really is just a number for some of us.
• @Cowpens the king of #NoQuit. Faster and stronger with each outing.
• @TarTar and @Wexler, fellow Detroit Lions fan/commiserators. Who would’ve thought three diehards like us could wind up in the same small town?
• @DickTracy bringing all heart today. Plus his usual sports business knowledge, watch for that MLS announcement soon.
• @Escalade appeared to be the sweatiest guy out there on this damp morning. He gets today’s award for effort.

As always, thanks for the opportunity to lead.

/exit54

 

Harrisburg, The Ridge

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