In the middle of divebombers…
Date: 6.30.25
PAX: Brittani, Transcript, Burns (EC), Frostbite (EC), Greenspan
YHC was looking forward to cooler temps and humidity in the northern latitudes where the Launchpad lay. Burns had given YHC the heads up that the field had gotten soaked on Sunday, so YHC scoped out the track pre-EC run. It too was in no condition for use. So, Burns, Frostbite, and YHC took off on a 5K EC run with the location for the beatdown fixed. PS: the temps and humidity were terrible.
Warmarama:
- Under the Shelter
- SSHs, Abe Vigodas, Whirlies, Cherry Pies.
The Thang:
- Mosey to Pickleball Courts. Flip the weinke to find 18 exercises listed. Perform first exercise x 1 rep; run a lap. Perform second exercise x 2, first exercise x 2, run a lap. Perform third exercise x 3, second exercise x 3, first exercise x 3, run a lap. Continue down the weinke until time is called.
- Squats
- Lunges (DC)
- Monkey Humpers
- Hand-Release Merkins
- Dive Bombers
- Carolina Dry Docks
- Heels to Heaven
- Glute Bridges, aka Alabama Prom Dates
- Dying Cockroach (DC)
- Star Jumps
- Bonnie Blairs
- Apollo Onos
- Diamond Merkins
- Plank Jack + Shoulder Taps (DC)
- Jack Reachers
- V-Ups
- Windshield Washers
- LBCs
Five minutes of Mary:
Burns: American Hammers
Frostbite: Mutton Crunch
Brittani: World War IIs
Transcript: Penguin Crunch
Greenspan: Protractor + High Dolly
Finished.
Announcements:
- Convergences on Friday (with FiA!) at Urban Assault at 0800 and Saturday at Impossible Situation (0700). No other bootcamps will be held on those days.
- Rural Assault needs a handful of Qs to close out the summer openings. Reach out to Transcript.
- Check out Mater’s theological lectures at New Church on Reynolda Road if you get a chance.
- Zima is holding another Brews & AI at Brewery Dubois. See Slack for details. Also, YHC recommends checking out the AI podcast Zima has been hosting. Deacs.AI. It’s available on iTunes and Spotify (probably other platforms too).
Prayer Requests:
- Frostbite’s M’s grad school applications and associated anxiety.
- Transcript is handing off 3rd F! Thanks for his service in that arena, especially during the Covid years.
- Van Gogh’s M’s mother and family.
YHC prayed us out.
NMM:
- Burns took Frostbite and YHC on a tour of the suburban housing encroaching on his farm for the EC run where we shared in our disdain for MapMyRun’s elevation estimates. They are just so bad.
- First time working out with Brittani, and it was YHC’s pleasure. Dude didn’t complain a bit and got after it this morning. Burns and Brittani went sans shirt. This was a wise course of action.
- It was interesting to see each pax’s approach to the exercises that required laying down. Some chose to reuse the same flooded spot while others moved around.
- Transcript laid the wood this morning, leaving the rest of us in the dust on multiple rounds. Faithful pax that he is, he always picked up the six.
- Mid-round 6, while YHC was working on the beloved divebombers, Frostbite’s body, while performing Heels to Heaven, made a moist noise that led to a couple of minutes of hilarious conversation, NSFW nor backblasts. But it inspired the title of the backblast!
- Schlitz had hard committed early on Sunday but backtracked. He texted YHC that his stomach was upset, but those weren’t the words that he used, as you might imagine.
- This was a sweatfest. But it could have been worse. Two other variations of the plan had been toyed with. One would have had us on the track (which was flooded and muddy), so the runs would have been much longer. The other would have had us running the same number of laps as the reps of the round we were on. Burns said we wouldn’t have gotten past round 5. PSA: the pickleball courts are unusable for the remainder of the day at Oak Summit due to the profusion of perspiration we left on the surface.
Thanks, Burns for the keys. We’ll try one of the other variations next time!
