January 23rd, 2020 By Othello

Well, there is really one one idiot, me (YHC).  I volunteered for the Idiot run this coming Saturday and need a good stretch before the event.  Have nothing to do this Saturday morning from 0530-0930am?  Come join me, its FREE!! (read below).  OK, enough selling, here is how the events of the morning played out….

0510-YHC arrives at ABC and waits in the warmth of the Suburban and…..falls asleep.
0519-eyes open slightly, no one here….yet.
0520-eyes open again, Chum arrives, tries ABC door, locked (he must be looking for the potty, poor guy, hold it in brother, not too much longer!)
0525-Toughskins arrives, door opens (YEAH!), YHC checks Slack for any last minute messages.
0528-YHC exits the warm ‘burban, grabs his “stuff”, plants the Flag and enters the ABC
0530-Everyone throws their mats on the floor and I begin with the disclaimer over the din of Chum’s conversation.  Just the three of us in the ABC…for now.
0532-Drop Thrill blesses us with his presence, interrupting my vinassa rhythm and having a conversation with Chum as I am trying to lead :-{
0535-Silas decides to partake and comes into the fold. FOLKS – don’t we own a watch?  ALL beatdowns start at 0530?! My High School marching band director used to make us do laps if we were “on-time” for practice.  “If you are on-time, you’re LATE” he would say. I’m still mentally scarred from this..can you tell?
0536-YHC mumbles something about having his “fill of stupid” this morning.  Chum and DT look at me to see if I was talking about them (#itsasecret) Don’t take this personally, remember, I’m from NJ.
0540-we use the rollers to work out the kinks in our legs starting with our ankles, calfs, knees, IT Band, Hamstrings, Quads, lowerback.
0555-Moving on to some lower back stretches with child’s pose, cat/cow and a host of others that YHC learned from going to 26 Acre brewery last evening with the M.  $10 gets you an hour of Yoga and a beer.  Chum asked, “did you have the beer before or after the Yoga”.  Answer: YES!
0605-proceeded to do some shoulder stretches as mine were still killing me from those Welsh F’n Dragon Bearcrawl/Merkins from the Gremlin (Quad 4).  We definitely need to bring those into the mix at a beatdown soon!!
0610-back to using the roller to work out the kinks in our legs one more time starting at the lower back and working our way down to our ankles
0615-Recover-Recover!

Count/Name – O – Rama

Announcements

1. The Gremlin….was this past Saturday 🙂
2. MECA Winter Party 2/1/2020, $10pp, there will be food.  Come and be with your Mint Hill brothers and their M’s (leave the kids at home) as we reminisce about 2019 and look forward to 2020! https://f3-meca.com/2020/01/21/2020-meca-winter-party-gala-festival/
3. Idiot Run this Saturday, FREE, be a pal, join me and I’ll buy you breakfast afterward – https://runsignup.com/Race/NC/Albemarle/FellowshipoftheIdiot197mRun
4. Friday-Silas on Q at Metal
5. Saturday-Toughskins on Q at the Vet – Triatholon Training going down, sounds like a winner!
6. Coffeterria afterward for whoever is interested 0830-0900 at Vintners Hill

Moleskine

1. We should get a group of guys and the M’s to go to 26 Acres on a Wed for some Broga and 2nd F.  It was a good time.  I am sure other breweries do it too so we should make it a tour-around Charlotte! Ha!
2. Men, I love mumble chatter as much as the next guy in a beatdown.  As a matter of fact, I usually start it.  But nothing irks me more than when the Pax talks OVER the Q!  I have seen it happen at a few beatdowns this year.  Mumblechatter all you want throughout the beatdown but but when the Q speaks give them the courtesy to be heard, AYE! My 2cents, you get what you pay for.
3. As always, It is an honor to lead you men.  Great group at Broga today but there should have been others we haven’t seen in a while: Hornet, Spackler, Nimbus, Head and Shoulders – Where were you guys!! #smartestworkoutoftheweek
4. SYITG!

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