The Return of Spamalot

The Return of Spamalot

Date: 8.25.25

PAX: Wobegon, Tammy (RIRO), $5 Footlong (RIRO), Green Acres (RIRO), Frostbite, Drip, Lamb Chop, Rubber Ducky, The Pony Express, Starfish, Ziggy Stardust, Woodpecker, Van Gogh, Tonka, Spamalot (KOTTERS!), Greenspan

Pax were promised constant movement for 40 minutes in the pre-blast.  Check that box.

Warmarama:

• SSHs, Abe Vigodas, Whirlies, Up/Down Dawgs, Cherry Pies

The Thang:

Short mosey to the bus lot where pax were instructed to grab a coupon.  Instructions were:

• Every minute on the minute, run down the parking lot ~20 yards and back. For the remainder of the minute, accumulate reps x 40 of each exercise on the weinke.  All exercises were single-count today.
• If you finish the weinke, work your way back up from the bottom.
• Exercises were:
  • Divebombers
  • Dying Cockroaches
  • Squats
  • Hand-release merkins
  • Heels to Heaven
  • Lunges
  • Thrusters
  • Block swings
  • LBCs
  • Curls
  • Windshield Washers
  • Russian Deadlifts
  • OH Press
  • Plank Jacks
  • Monkey Humpers

0611 – Finish your minute and put blocks back.  Mosey home for Mary…but not time left so we were finished.

Announcements:

• F3WS is a platinum sponsor of the Ardmore RAH, October 18^th. There is an F3 team you can associate yourself with when you register.  There are 5K and 10K options. https://runsignup.com/Race/NC/WinstonSalem/ArdmoreRAH10K5KFunRunandFoodDrive

Prayer Requests:

• Aging parents.
• Lamb Chop’s M and baby.
• Spamalot’s house hunt.

NMM:

• Bagpipe voluntold YHC last week that I would have the Q this week. Glad that worked out.  Sad to miss the site-Q this morning.
• Rumors of Spamalot’s return had been brewing for weeks. When YHC pulled into the parking lot at 0515, there were an awful lot of pax already gathered.  YHC panicked that my clock was off or some mental disruption had occurred.  Fortunately, several pax had arrived early to greet the returning Spamalot, Nantan emeritus, from his sojourns in Florida.  Spam was as excited as any of us at the weather we had this morning — apparently it’s hot in Florida.  Great to have the man back.
• Green Acres had asked YHC yesterday what the plan for today was as that would likely inform his decision of whether or not to RIRO. YHC had responded, “constant movement.”  Apparently, that was code for Green Acres to RIRO.  Green Acres then mistook the WOD app’s “Round 4” for “Run, fool!” and sprinted down the parking lot.  Unbelievable, that man.
• Speaking of sprinting: Frostbite at the far end of the parking lot said to YHC, “Let’s race back.”  Yeah, that was a great idea.  YHC lost most of the next minute catching my breath after getting smoked by the Ice Man.
• Lamb Chop, Van Gogh, and Rubber Ducky were out front all morning, making it all the way down the weinke and halfway back up. Strong work, men.
• Tonka was at the opposite end of the line from the front-runners, but was matching them rep for rep. Dude is scary strong and fast when he has two whole feet.
• Great to see The Pony Express this morning, as it had been a minute. He was cruising along as per usual.  He, Wobegon, and Starfish were leading the coffeeteria charge after COT.
  • Wobie’s foot has healed enough for him to run again.  No quit in that man.
• Tammy has become a beast in a short time and has made the RIRO a regular Monday occurrence. Someone sign that man up for a relay race next year!
• Ziggy Stardust and $5 Footlong were the silent assassins this morning, quietly taking care of business.
• Woodpecker was seen handing off a piece of custom woodwork to Van Gogh following COT. That man’s talent is phenomenal.  He also remarked to YHC that he “ran 15 miles last week without trying.”

We missed you Bagpipe.  Spamalot took the keys with him to coffeeteria.  He’ll be back permanently in November.