WIB — Warriors Infatuated w/ Bricks
QIC: Thistle
Date: 2/28/2019
PAX: Palin, Litterbox, Mutton, Whirly, The Vig, Van Pelt, Glazer, Burns, Zima and Thistle
OK – the BB is really late. Sorry. Blame the Site Q for not reminding me. The starting point was the Wiley MS bus parking lot. But here it is for your reading pleasure:
I had been thinking about a fun way to spend a morning with my friends. I kept waking up during the night and tweaking my plan. Note to self – that is a bad idea – your clearest thinking does not happen at 3 am. Also, be quiet loading bricks in a wheelbarrow to take to your car at 4:30 am – it’s a neighbor issue. Trust me. So here’s what I came up with – noted that this beatdown is not WIB approved by #Zima. But neither are his sleeveless shirts. So there.
Warm-a-Rama: Did some SSH, IST, Arm Swirly things, Toy Soldiers and Whirly…
Bad Idea #1 – Gave each of the PAX two presents – a brick from my trunk for each hand. Surprisingly, I have not received one thank-you note.
So moseyed to pull up bars for 10 a piece – bricks stayed on the ground. Moseyed to benches by the RJR cafeteria for 5 rounds of 10 or 20 steps up for each leg (I forgot – AARP fail) and 10 dips. It was starting to get fun and I could feel the camaraderie building. Glazer and The Vig were especially supportive.
Moseyed to the bottom of Education Hill – it’s a kinda long hill in front of the RJR auditorium. It was a crowd-pleaser. So we did three trips up the hill and did some exercises at the top:
- Bear crawl up the hill with your bricks. Did I mention it was a little wet and the grass was growing well? Do 100 merkins at the top – hands on your bricks. Mosey down – don’t forget your bricks.
- Crab walk up the hill with your bricks. I think I heard someone complain, but I was enjoying myself so much I blocked it out. Do 50 WWIIs with your bricks in hands and come on down.
- Lunge up the hill with your lovely bricks. Was I mistaken or did Palin get cross with me? Do 25 burpees at the top with your bricks in your clutches. We got together for a quick round of Kumbayah and moseyed back to the benches.
Only time for 4 sets of step ups and dips – this is when Whirly’s hands came off the bench twice injuring his back. I made a quick preemptive call to Micheal Avenatti. Moseyed to pull up bars.
Got in at least 10 pull-ups and something else, but I had blacked out. I woke up in time to get us back to the parking lot, drop off our bricks and receive unwarranted abuse that thrilled my soul.
A couple of observations:
- Palin actually tries to use correct form all the time
- Litterbox is a punk and I would wipe that smile off his face if I could catch him
- Mutton crushed it even though his shoe had a blowout
- Whirly works hard for an Army guy
- The Vig and Glazer did an EC run before WIB. The Vig was fast completing all the exercises, but he has NCSU math skills. I gave Glazer a ride home – funny he did not want to run back up a long hill. Q success.
- Van Pelt was out front all the time – maybe I’ll start wearing a bowtie
- Burns is young and in pretty good shape for a baseball guy
- Zima – what else is there to say to describe Mr. Sunshine?
Announcement – VP will be promoting an upcoming race – Get Outside Mountain Relay sometime, somehow
Prayer Requests:
- Those struggling with addiction
- Boo Boo’s brother-in-law
- Greenspan’s dad finishing his first round of chemo
All joking aside – It is an honor to Q and a privilege to be part of F3. Get up every day and work hard men to be your best. The only easy day was yesterday.
Reminder – keys are safely stowed in a pile of bricks somewhere.
