July 12th, 2021 By Wexler

We think there was 13 of Harrisburg’s best counters out there busting up the Gloom this morning.  Oz had originally stepped up to lead this morning but pulled his hammie trying to cover YHC during Ultimate Frisbee. Since he blames me, he made me lead with his plan.

Now anyone who was out there gets huge TClaps for starting the week right.  However, you gotta be careful of those Mondays creeping in.  Right off the bat we had a few guys trying to shorten the run on the original plan.  I have to admit it was tempting but we all had to shake off Monday’s siren song and get to work.

The humidity was terrible and all of a sudden a few of the Pax started mentioning that they ‘thought’ we ended at 6:20 and not 6:30.  Then they became absolutely positive that it always ends at 6:20 on Monday.  As I was pretty tired, I stopped for a moment wondering if they were correct…before thinking…why on earth would we just go 5 minutes longer than a normal beatdown?”  Ah yes..once again, the Mondays were trying to get us to hold ourselves back.   I gave everyone an out if they had to go to work…but the rest of us were finishing it.  No surprise here but no one left and everyone pushed through to finish strong!  Beware of those Mondays!

 

There are a lot of distractions on the road to your goals, and I am thankful to have a group that helps me drive right through them!

 

Warm up:

1 mile run

 

Around Venture Junction we go

Corner 1: 10 Burpees, 10 SSHs, run to next corner
Corner 2: 10 Jump Squats, 10 SSHs, run to next corner
Corner 3: 10 Hand Release Mericans, 10 SSHs, run to next corner
Corner 4: 10 WWIIs, 10 SSHs, run back to first corner
Repeat until 06:20

1 mile run Cool down

COT

Announcements:

• July 21st – Happy Hour at the Cigar Bar.  Alcohol is also available
• July 31st – Hammerhead Frenzy 5/10k Charity run.  The race is to celebrate Hammerhead’s recovery on the 1 year anniversary as well as raise money for the Wake Forest Burn Center Firefighters’ Burn Fund.  Sign up here! http://tiny.cc/hammerheadrace
• October 22nd/23rd – Time Lapse at the White Water Center.  We are putting together some teams so let us know!
• Kojak (aka 1st F Q) is putting together a Meca Wide 24 hours beatdown at the Speedway.  Each AO will have 2 (1 hour) shifts.  More details to come!

 

Moleskin:

• Birdcage needs new shorts #awkward
• Sheep dog likes watching rich actors make money to feel better about himself
• Deadhead was carrying a weight plate that was 10 lbs heavier than whatever number you guessed
• Papa John relived his youth this weekend by driving 9 girls to the mall and having them spend all his money
• JD may not listen all the time but he will never forget the Flag!
• Peppa and Flounder enjoy watching movies together at home so they can pause the tv to laugh together
• Koozie and i discussed the merits of shutting your kids Circle Restrictions off so you can get things done around the house.
• Kojak was kind enough to point out that he hadn’t officially lapped us yet….right before he officially lapped us
• Tumbler discussed the importance of an AO Enforcer and how he may revel in that role
• Tclaps to Clueless, Exit 54, Pocahontas and Birdcage for running in that soup
• Apparently the Three Wisemen is so powerful, you will forget who they are
• More controversy over the placement of Yellowstone on the Greatest Shows Ever list
• Loki Finale Spoilers:  Something will explode for at least 5 minutes while Loki stands heroically in front of it as his hair blows in the wind
• Did the USA win the Soccer thing yesterday?
• Thank you Oz for stepping up and putting that together.  Simple but tough!

 

Today’s Quote of the Day:  “Great things never came from comfort zones” – Neil Strauss

Circuit Breaker, Harrisburg

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