April 13th, 2024 By Spud

Date: 4-13-24

Pax: Mountie, Popeye, Homeland, Private Ryan, Tomby, Catfish, Chicken Strip, Anvil, Neverland, Crabgrass, Hops, Spud

Runners: Circuit Rider, Loveboat, Java

12 men got moving in temperate weather while 3 others motored along.

WARM UP:

Mosey over to Gianni’s downtown former digs, then mosey back behind Truist for

• SSH x 20
• IST x 10
• Loose Chg x ???
• Arm Circles

Mosey on a trek down to Gibson Mill to the new Gianni’s and back, stopping 8 times along the way for 9 reps of: WWII, Dry docks, squats, Boxcutters, Merkins, Lunges, Star Jump, Burpees, adding one at each stop.

We ran about 3.75 miles and got back around 7:25 for

MARY

Ab rally and then broga

COT

Prayers for Cat being a Grandpappy x 2, and for something else I can’t quite recall, but we prayed for it.  Also the Lord’s Prayer.

Moleskin

Made a quick little beatdown as I thought about new beginnings.  Sometimes a reset is necessary to get you from point a to point b in life.  I needed a reset and found F3 and haven’t looked back.  Sometimes you have no control over the timing of the reset, like our friends from Gianni’s. When faced with a challenge, such as losing your spot, some would have relented and paid up while others would have packed up and shut down.  Gianni’s is ending up in a great new spot because of their determination.  No matter what you do, persistence matters.  If you let the circumstances of life win, then you let the world do things to you rather than the other way round.  Be different, and go do things to the world.

Great to see Chicken Strip and Anvil out this morning.  Switched to Allegiance for coffee and it was a great experience. Tombstone talked about his penis a lot over the course of the beatdown and that was offputting.

-Spud

”We Are made to persist, that’s how we find out who we are”- Tobias Wolff

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