January 22nd, 2024 By Hipbone

What a Drag

6 of the AO’s hardest men showed up on another cold morning to do something so admirable that 1 man would spent 42 minutes looking for them so he could join even though he was late.

Run across 5 lanes of traffic to the Dentist Office to warm up

SSH x20ic

Loose Change x10ic

IST x15ic

Arm Circles

Over the river and through the woods to the Drag Strip we go for…

THANG

Run down the strip stopping at each light post to execute the following exercises in order

Core Killers x10

Merks x10

WW2’s x10

Squats x10

Run all the way back to the beginning  and repeat

MARY

Mosey back to ASEC AT 6:09 to join Popeye on his solo quest to be hard with us

Quick core work toget those abs tight since it’s bikini season, stretch a bit, and then…

PRAYERS/ANNOUNCEMENTS

Ryan Stell, a friend who discovered thyroid cancer during a routine physical

Tombstone’s in-law’s in-law (I think) having surgery

TP’s friend from work who was in remission from breast cancer but now it’s back and terminal

My dad who came home yesterday from hip replacement surgery

MOLESKIN

As requested, we stayed moving pretty much the whole time so the cold would never have a chance to set into our little inside culture bird bones. Was going to the mall to Indian run around, but that’s not as much fun when you barely have enough guys to play 4 square, so I audibled to the drag strip. The idea was to keep moving to stay warm, but hang together for some much needed conversation and venting on some of the things I’ve been quietly working hard on for the last few months. For me, that was healthier than the actual workout, and I appreciate my boys for that.

Leading is tough. It’s not about popularity but about choices and decision making. The real world isn’t binary – most situations don’t have options that are perfect, much less either all good or all bad. Most of the time in the real world the options are all right and all wrong at the same time. But leadership is having the courage and the fortitude to make the best one for those you’re responsible for. So close to MLK day, I leave you with one of his quotes that isn’t as widely known but is one of my favorites that I try to live by:

“A genuine leader is not a searcher of consensus, but a molder of consensus.”

PAX

TP

Firechicken

Marlboro

Tombstone

Professor

Mayweather

Popeye kind of

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