Rolling the Dice in Crappy Weather
QIC: Starfish
Date: 2/4/2022
PAX: Chomper, BAM, Burlap, Root Canal (WD), Frostbite (WB), Burns, Lamb Chop, Mutton, Post Hole, Greenspan, Starfish (QIC)
Yesterday afternoon, YHC received a text from @BAM which said “63 and rainy for your UA Q tomorrow. Yikes.” YHC had not been paying attention to the weather and therefore @BAM’s note came as a surprise. Had planned on a kicka$$ playlist to bolster the hype for this morning’s beatdown but decided not to bring electricity into the mix given the forecast. So we had to just muddle through a cappella (except for the occasional outburst from @RootCanal….)
There was a whole lot of whining upon arrival. And literal begging, from at least @Burns and maybe more, to head to shelter and dry comfort somewhere. YHC took the whining and begging under advisement and decided to stick with the plan and test the 3rd core principle, particularly the part about “rain or….”
We did start under the cover of the Bailey Park stage, but didn’t stay there for long…
Warm-O-Rama
SSH x25 IC
IW x15 IC
Whirly Still Has The Clap x10 IC
Abe Vigoda x10 IC
Arm Swirly Things, Forward x15 IC, hold it
Arm Swirly Things, Reverse x15 IC, hold it
Overhead Claps x10 IC, hold it
Seal Claps x10 IC, hold it
Moroccan Night Clubs, x10 IC
And then @Greenspan’s request, Michael Phelps x10 IC
Mosey to Vine Street side of Bailey Park under the streetlight, for:
The Thang, Part 1: Streetlights, People….Up and Down the Boulevard…Don’t Stop Believin’
Pax take turns calling two exercises and the rolling the dice. Pax run clockwise X number of streetlights (where X = the number of the highest rolled die). Pax perform Y number of reps of first called exercise (where Y = the combined total of both rolled dice). Pax run counterclockwise Z number of streetlights (where Z = the number of the lowest rolled die). Pax perform Y number of reps of second called exercise.
And no, @Burns, YHC can’t recall much of the various combinations for the backblast, but he tried. It did take all 11 rounds for us to circumnavigate the park.
Mosey back under the shelter at the stage, for:
The Thang, Part 2: Craps, F3 Style
Pax decide whether to bet Pass or Don’t Pass. One pax is the roller. If roller rolls a 7 or 11 on the first roll, Pass bettors “win” and hold plank while Don’t Pass bettors perform either 7 or 11 burpees, corresponding to the roll. If roller rolls a 2, 3 or 12 on the first roll, Don’t Pass bettors “win” and hold plank while Pass bettors perform either 2, 3 or 12 burpees, corresponding to the roll. If roller rolls a 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10 (aka “the point”), all pax perform corresponding number of reps of exercise called by the roller. Roller then keeps rolling until he craps out (2, 3 or 12), in which case the Don’t Pass Bettors “win” and hold plank while Pass bettors perform corresponding number of burpees. If roller rolls a 7 before rolling the point, Pass bettors win. If roller rolls the point before a 7, Don’t Pass bettors win. It was a confusing good time. And everyone won some and lost some.
6 MOM
LBC x15 IC
Low Dolly x15 IC
Penguin Crunch x15 IC
Mutton Crunch, Right x10 IC
Mutton Crunch, Left x10 IC
Two burpees, OYO
COT/BOM
FIN
NMM
Truly a pleasure to be back downtown at Urban Assault, which YHC helped found sometime back in 2015 or 2016. And no one melted. But almost everyone moaned a lot.
Great to see @PostHole and @Chomper particularly as YHC hadn’t seen either of them in quite a while.
Suttons and Dixons were well represented multi-generationally with Uncle @Mutton and Nephew @LambChop and Father YHC and Son @Frostbite.
@Burlap can probably remember who called what and what we did during Streetlights, People.
@Greenspan kept trying to get people to call Dive Bomber Merkins but then didn’t call them himself. He also panicked a bit when first given the dice and passed his turn under all of the pressure.
Thanks again for the honor and privilege of leading this morning. See you soon.
Your friend,
Starfish
