It feels like the first time

It feels like the first time

QIC: Ice Dancer

Date: 7/21/18

PAX: Drama Queen, Vegemite, Lysol, Fingers, Drano, ButterMaker, InkSpot, TPS, IceDancer

Pax: Fingers, Drama Queen, TPS, ButterMaker, VegeMite, Ink Spot, Drano, Lysol, Ice Dancer

Do you remember your first Q? YHC does. At first, YHC (ok, I got to stop writing YHC for this post) declined Toto’s  and others request to do it, out of fear of not being prepared or knowing what to do. But then I ran out of excuses and stepped up to the plate.

@F3WinstonSalem has changed a lot since I first started. When backblast ARE posted (more on that later), I read about what you think is “mumble chatter”. Man you have no idea what kind of mumble chatter we use to have. And yes, @Mongoose was the king of it.

So when I Q’ed for the first time, my single goal was to isolate @mongoose and his #MummbleChatter. I started the PAX off in a mosey and didn’t stop moseying. I was just waiting for anyone to complain, I mean anyone. Guess who piped up first (within .25 miles)? Bingo – Mongoose.  “Uh, this is not suppose to be a running workout.  OGs was yesterday.” Bonus points for being cute and clever, Mongoose.

I immediately had the PAX drop into a plank. We were in the middle of the track at Hanes. I told the PAX to hold the plank while Mongoose ran a lap. If he made it back in 1 min 30 sec,  we would continue our regularly scheduled routine. If he didn’t, we would hold the plank until he could. Guess what? He made it back with 5 sec to spare. Guess what else? He didn’t pipe up again the rest of the workout and rarely ever directly at me on my Qs going forward.

The point is, I remember the time and thought I put into my first Q. I read as many #BBs as I could (and still do) to get ideas on what to do during my Q. What seemed to work and what didn’t. I was so excited I could barely sleep the night before.

My Q at #DawgPound this week was no different. I was a little nervous and jittery because I hadn’t Q’ed in a long time. I went to read the previous #bbs at #Dawgpound to see what was fresh and new. However, there were only 4-5 #BB’s for like the last 3 months. When I checked other AOs it was similar in some and a little better in others.

Men, come on. If you are going to go through all the effort to Q – FINISH THE JOB!  Post the #BB. Everyone that posted at your Q wants to read what an amazing job you did putting it together. Maybe a little part of them even wants recognition for posting (not me – I have just heard that from others).

#DashStrong PAX looking to Q at the AO you just Q’ed want to know what awesome things they can do to get Mongoose to shut his trap.  Be like Nike – Just do it.  You brought something different to your Q just by showing up and leading.  Give others the courage and creative license to do the same by spending 10–15 mins to write it up in a #BB (ok, I may have gone over that myself in this #BB).

To bring it back, last night I was just as excited as my first Q.  I woke-up every hour thinking I had overslept. It truly felt like the first time!

The Thang:

Mosey from parking lot through #TotalRecall’s neighborhood. Take a left on the horse trail and follow it all the way to stables ~1 mi.  And absolutely no one said anything (we would have stopped sooner if anyone had spoken up, but alas true #Mc is a lost art form) .

Plank for six

10 burpees when six arrives

20 SSH

10 merkins

20 IST

Mosey to exit road of bed and breakfast

Jacob’s Ladder to fountain – 7 rounds with Diamond merkins at the bottom and Wide-arm derkins at the top at fountain.

Mosey to trail behind B&B to large Oak tree at the top of an open meadow.

Jacob’s Ladder to bottom of meadow -5 rounds with jump-Squat-lunges (Mary Katherine’s?) at the top, 4-count copperhead jump squats at the bottom.

Mosey to dam and then “up” to road and back home.

Easy-Peasy-Lemon-Squeezy

4.9 miles with a warm-o-Rama, and two simple pain stations.

All PAX  completed all reps (to Qs knowledge) and made it back to launch within 2 min post wrap up time. Great work by all!

It was a pleasure to be with you. It definitely made YHC proud to be #DashStrong

Announcements:

#DramaQueen stated #Schmedfest has been postponed until #Plunger posts again.

COT:

YHC took us out

#MummbleChatter:

Saddly none until we returned to parking lot.

DQ welcomed YHC to not Q again.  Compliment?

Fingers, thanks for the keys. I needed it.