WIB 7/18 – What the Hill?
QIC: Burns
Date: 7.18.19
PAX: Palin, Turnover, HOG, Zima, $5, Balco, LaZBoy, Red Baron, Litterbox, Full Upright Position (WB), Lambchop, Burlap (WD), former FNG Booking.Yeah! (BDY for short)
A minimal pre-blast was sent out on Twitter yesterday so that nobody would be deterred from what was about to happen this AM, and the PAX turned out. I arrived at the bus lot at 0523 and was apparently late, as there was already a sizeable crowd forming. By 0530, 14 PAX had gathered to suffer a regrettably tough workout. After a *very* brief warm-o-rama of SSHs, Seal Claps, Copperhead Squats all X15 IC, we got started.
The thang:
The stretch of road between the Reynolds bus lot and the corner of Northwest & Reynolda is appx. 0.25 mi, and it is downhill/uphill the entire way. On the way down, there were four stations:
Station 1 – bus lot
Burpees. Start at 5, increase by 1 each time through
Station 2 – oak tree
Jump Squats. Start at 15, increase by 3 each time
Station 3 – Hanes Park sign
French Twists.** Starts at 15 dc, increase by 3 each time
Station 4 – corner
Merkins. Start at 15, increase by 3 each time.
Run back up the hill, repeat
NMM
Simple beatdown, yet truly devastating. Lots of unhappy faces during the CoT. One pax, speaking on conditions of anonymity, told WXII news it was “worse than Zima’s flatline.” All in attendance completed at least 3 miles, 43 burpees, and 235 of the other exercise. Litterbox impressed all comers with a world record of 7 miles (corroboration needed) in 42 minutes. Zima was on his tail the whole time, but even he couldn’t keep up with the fastest of fastholes this morning. $5 Footlong has become the EH king, as he had three coworkers (LaZBoy, Red Baron, and Full Upright Position) with him this morning, all of whom were WIB warriors. H.O.G. and Turnover had some choice words about the hill about halfway through the workout, but it definitely didn’t faze them. After some choice words on Twitter about how my workouts are “difficult” and I’m becoming “one of those PAX to avoid,” Burlap still showed up and put in a hefty down painment on his Thursday. I was trying to keep pace with Turnover (mistake), and Palin, Balco, and Lambchop were right with me the whole time. Misery loves company, I guess.
Former [former x2] FNG Booking.Yeah! came to us via Lambchop. Known as Richard Shore in the adult world, he is a Winston native who went off to UNC for school and stayed in the Triangle area after graduation before moving back here. Whilst in Raleigh, he tried F3 but “couldn’t remember his name” (sound familiar, Turnover??). After it was revealed that he works as an accountant for a travel firm, many names were posed relating to travel websites [Expedia, Roaming Gnome, Kayak] but BDY won the day.
** A note about the French Twists. Think pickle pounder, but instead up vertical up/down movement, alternate touching each hip to the ground. I couldn’t find a name in the Webster’s F3 Dictionary for the exercise, and was going to suggest Hippie Pounders, but Burlap’s call of French Twists was slightly less profane.
CoT
Shmedfest is 8/24, there will be a beatdown at 0700 with FiA with refreshing beverages afterwards
Offsides NEEDS YOU to join his Tuna 200 team. Zima says you will love (read: hate) it!
F3 Gears launch at 0600 this Sunday, look to Twitter & $5 Footlong for more info
Prayers for:
Red Baron’s FIL lost his job last week and is in transition
H.O.G.’s son is dealing with chronic migraines, going to the doc next week
Peacemaker’s wife’s chemo treatment
YHC took us out, lifting up the above requests and praising the Sky Q for his glory and his love. May we all be a blessing to somebody else this weekend!
