3+ Miles to Nowhere

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3+ Miles to Nowhere

Date: 7.23.25

PAX: Workbench, Huckleberry (on a Wednesday!), Rollback (ECBurpees), Van Gogh, Blind Date, Tweety Bird, Ziffel (RIRO), Wahoo, Cruiser, Greenspan

Mayhem is a long ways (~12 minutes) from YHC’s house, exceeded in travel time only by the DelMarVa workouts at Launch Pad and Rural Assault.  YHC was feeling behind when pulling out of the driveway at 0505, knowing that some setup was required upon arrival.

Fortunately, the Statesville Road Construction project on Meadowlark Drive is much calmer during the summertime, less traffic delays and whatnot.  YHC wheeled into the driveway, sped past a burpeeing Rollback, and headed to the bus lot in the back.  After prop setup was complete, YHC headed back to launch and struck up a conversation with the site-Q.  Whilst we were chatting, Workbench and Huckleberry(!) snuck in, followed by several others.  Last of all, just as we were starting SSHs, Ziffel, initially mistaken for Zima, ran in.  The pax lineup complete, here’s what happened.

Warmarama:

  • SSHs, Standing Hammies, Abe Vigodas (much EC erupted here, extremities of the Vigoda-pace divide were represented), Whirlies, Cherry Pies

The Thang:

  • Mosey to the bus lot where pax found parking laid out with six cones; YHC flipped the hand-carried weinke to reveal…The BeastTM. Six rounds of six exerecises with six reps each.  216 reps total.  Stations were:
    • Divebombers
    • Blairs (Squat + Bonnie Blair)
    • Alabama Prom Dates
    • SSHs
    • Hillbillies
    • Burpees
  • Upon completion, mosey back towards launch but take a right up the Hill to NowhereTM for Sevens:
    • Hand-Release Merkins x 1 at the bottom. Increase by one each round.
    • (Super) Star Jumps x 6 at the top. Decrease by one each round.

We arrived back at launch with 20 seconds to spare, so we did SSHs AMRAP until time was called.

Announcements:

  • MayHIM, a once-monthly half-workout (30 minutes), half-conversation (30 minutes), begins Wednesday, August 27th at 0515 with site-Q Rollback taking the reins. RB will post a discussion on Slack a couple of days ahead of time, “simple, straight-forward, non-argumentative, non-controversial, no specific faith required”.  Bringing a beer is optional.
  • F3/FiA Splash & Dash Day in Yadkinville, August 23rd, 8:30 am – 1:00 pm. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Fs all available, including family friendly workout.
  • The Turnberry is returning!  Look for announcements on the CSAUP channel for sometime in early October (before deer season).

Prayer Requests:

  • Lamb Chop’s M as they near the arrival of their baby.
  • Van Gogh’s FiL, Harold, experiencing panic attacks.
  • Those struggling with addiction.

YHC prayed us out.

NMM:

  • Quiet crowd this morning that was there for business.
  • YHC told Rollback he could reduce his daily burpee target by 36 in anticipation of the Beast. Rollback didn’t miss a beat and responded, “I’ll bank them for another day”, and continued flopping to the ground.  It was good to catch up with him.
  • YHC had a happy surprise to look up and see Huck standing there in the parking lot due to his usual scheduling conflicts on Wednesdays; reminded me of the News Crew in the original Anchorman: “We’ve been here the whole time.”
  • YHC was so taken aback by Huck’s appearance that Workbench was then confused by YHC for Rollback. Not sure the product of Coral Gables took that well, but he seemed to get over it quickly enough.
  • Not that he had much choice. The Beast, usually a primetime routine, was merely the warm-up this morning.  The old ticker went from the low-130s during that portion to the mid-150s during the hill runs.  Huck demanded higher-rep quotas on Alabama Prom Dates, stating, “Six is not worth laying down and getting back up for.”  So, we did 18 the last round.
  • Workbench has some flow going on top of his head. He must be using Pert Plus.
  • We were just getting started with warmarama when Ziffel cruised in. As mentioned, YHC initially thought Zima had left his boys at home alone while sleeping but didn’t hear any wheezing coming from the runner.  YHC can’t remember the last time paths were crossed with Ziffel, possibly 2 years (!?).  Aside from manly grunts, mainly in Van Gogh’s direction (mating calls?), Ziffel was a silent assassin who ran out post-workout as effortlessly as he arrived.
  • YHC didn’t get the chance to inquire with Cruiser on whether Schlitz’s claims of being ignored by his fellow pax last Thursday had any basis in truth. Missed opportunity.  Cruiser seems like he’s in Ragnar form even though he’s not going this year.  We’ll put him on the substitute roster.
  • Blind Date (BD) and Tweety Bird hung together and got faster on their hill runs as time went by. BD said that the workout put 4 extra years on his life during COT.
  • Wahoo said nothing except his name during CoT. I have no content to work with, but just glad he came this morning.
  • Van Gogh has run OGs before. That seemed to be a revelation for Rollback.  Possible new super-team in the making there for Black Loop?  VG’s and YHC’s smart watches concurred that we got 3+ miles in this morning.
  • There was a herd of deer (does and fawns) in the grassy area south of Jamison Park. Which triggered VG to relate how he had seen a 12-point buck in his back yard yesterday!
  • Major friend-fail on YHC’s part. YHC has hoodies for both Huck and VG and forgot them at the house.  As soon as YHC returned home, the hoodies were thrown into the car and will be with me wherever YHC is until the handoff occurs.

Thanks, Rollback for the keys.  Excited what you’re doing with MayHIM.