For the EHers

For the EHers

QIC: Wobegon

Date: 6-2-2021

PAX: Tweety Bird (Root Canal), Crash (Van Gogh), Workbench (Huck), Little Biggy (Fokker), High Cotton (Splash), Splash (Wicked), Wobegon (Hop).

Four years ago, after some persistent asking, YHC agreed to let Hop and D-Day come to my house at 5:15 IN THE MORNING and take me to a church parking lot downtown. As I shared this morning, I did NOT DIE at Urban Assault that day (note: I said Flatline this AM, I forgot that UA used to be at First Pres), but it was dicey for a while.  Clad in a size XL freebie Hurricanes shirt and completely inappropriate casual, old-school New Balance 574s, I huffed around downtown for 45 terrible minutes. It ended with me WAY in the back–for a moment, until 8 or 10 guys looped around and ran in behind me.  I never will forget that.

I posted the following day at Purgatory. I got better shoes.  Retired THAT Hurricanes shirt and have many more, all a size smaller.  All the CSAUPs, double-downs, ECs, 5ks and Qs later it’s clear that morning was critical for me.

Thanks, Hop.

Today’s workout celebrated the number 4 and the pax who extended the inviitation.  It went like this.

Warm-O-Rama was your standard.  Proceeded by a mission statement.

The THANG

Mosey around lower tack area, meet in the far lot.

First Corner: 4 exercises, 4 reps of each one.  A lap around the lot.  Repeat-0, adding 4 till you get to 16 reps.  Pick up the 6. On to the next corner, same deal.

1. Merkins
2. LBCs
3. Squats
4. Seal Claps

1. Wide Merkins
2. WW2s
3. Toy Soldiers
4. Night Clubs

1. Diamond Merkins
2. Heels To Heaven
3. Copper Head Squats
4. Michael Phelp

1. Carolina Dry Docks
2. American Hammer
3. Lunges
4. Over Head Claps

At each station we heard a story from one of the Pax about their first workout and who EHd them.  All different, but similar. In the name listing, you’ll see the names of the men who invited today’s group out. After each story, we saluted the EHer with 5 burpees.

Back to start for the last two stories and the last ten burpees.  Short Mary and DONE.

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No prayer requests spoken aloud. YHC took us out.

Send a text or DM to the guy who brought you out sometime soon. Let them know what it meant. Then find the next guy to invite. Or do the same for a guy who you have not seen in a while. It matters.

In gratitude.