{"id":25435,"date":"2025-07-15T12:52:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T16:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/?p=25435"},"modified":"2025-07-15T12:52:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T16:52:02","slug":"held-in-a-sauna-rain-or-shine-heat-or-cold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/2025\/07\/held-in-a-sauna-rain-or-shine-heat-or-cold\/","title":{"rendered":"Held in a Sauna, Rain or Shine, Heat or Cold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment --><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">When Flatline calls, you answer. Boot or no boot. No excuses. YHC had this one on the calendar for a while, somewhat using it as a goal for recovery to be full strength and bring the fury of a bootless Tonka down on the unsuspecting PAX. My foot and I weren&#8217;t on the same page with that timetable, but he met me in the middle. No boot, but not quite cleared for running. We&#8217;ll need to temper the fury for a non-running Flatline, instead. Sounds easy in theory. Once the plan came together, I realized there was no ease in store. No doubt, the PAX would be crying uncle and <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">wishing longingly for the miraculous recovery of the Q and a merciful audible to wind sprints.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">Despite the months of anticipation for this Q, YHC nearly missed it entirely. I snapped awake in an anxious terror and immediately check my phone. 0505 with my alarm uselessly flashing on my phone screen in complete silence. That was close.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">Jump up, grab the <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">weinke<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">, and out the door. I make it for the 0525 warmup and a solid posse of PAX assembles. FNG, Elijah came along bright eyed and bushy tailed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">0530. Mission statement. Core Principles. Disclaimer. Off we go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\">\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">WRM<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">Lunge walk the length of the parking lot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">At the far end, speed walk while arm swirly <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">thinging<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> toward the parking garage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">Set up shop on the first level. Mountain climbers while the Q set out the <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">weinkes<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">. It is noticeably stuffy. PAX complain. Q grins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\">\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">THANG<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">T-claps to Burns for the Q-spiration. Check out his OG version <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/2025\/06\/oh-when-the-bears-come-crawlin-in\/\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">Each <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">weinke<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> is placed beneath an I-beam for even spacing (10yd roughly) in a straight line. PAX are to perform 20 Squats at start, bear crawl to the first <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">weinke<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> in line, perform the listed exercise and bear crawl back to start. Repeat the 20 squats, bear crawl to the second <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">weinke<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">, perform exercises <\/span><span class=\"cf1\">1 &amp; 2<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">, bear crawl back. REPEATO ascending the ladder and then descending as far as time allowed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">Exercises were as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">20 Squats<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf3\">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf3\">20 <\/span><span class=\"cf3\">Merkins<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf3\">20 Reverse Lunges*<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf3\">20 Alternating Box Cutters<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf3\">10 Pullups<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf3\">20 <\/span><span class=\"cf3\">Supermans<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf3\">*As with Burns&#8217; first rendition: If you have to ask, yes, it&#8217;s double count.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">0608. Speed walk back to start for Mary<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\">\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">MARY<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">Huck&#8217;s 3 <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">SuperMerkins<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> (credit: Pretty sure I got this from a VG backblast.)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"pf1\"><span class=\"cf0\">10 count down<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"pf1\"><span class=\"cf0\">10 count superman<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"pf1\"><span class=\"cf0\">10 count up<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">15X IC Penguin Crunch<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">15X IC Low Flutters<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">15X IC Gas Pumps<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">-Round Robin to time-<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">VG &#8211; 15X IC Am Ham<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">Crash &#8211; 15X IC Box Cutters<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">Cruiser &#8211; 15X IC Freddie Merks<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\">\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">TIME<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\">\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">COT<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">Name-o-R<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">ama<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">FNG Elijah is YHC&#8217;s colleague. He hails from Nebraska and is a loyal Cornhusker alum. He recently moved to NC by way of Missouri and is getting married in the next couple of months. The Q stated, &#8220;He is our team <\/span><span class=\"cf2\">dielectric<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> expert.&#8221; Which the attending PAX understand as, &#8220;<em>diuretic<\/em> expert&#8221;. The possibilities for names takes a dark turn from which we only narrowly escape. Ultimately, his history of fending off yard pests, such as moles and snakes among others rise to the surface. Welcome, <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">Whac<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">-A-Mole!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\">\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">Announcements<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"pf1\"><span class=\"cf0\">Rachel Ray VQ at VI, which is also his VI VQ. Rachel Ray&#8217;s VQVIVIVQ <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">&#8211; Monday 7\/21. Come on out and support this man!<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"pf1\"><span class=\"cf0\">Tonka Alcatraz Q &#8211; Saturday 7\/18<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"pf0\">\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">Prayer Requests<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"pf1\"><span class=\"cf0\">VG&#8217;s family as they mourn the loss of his mother in law<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"pf1\"><span class=\"cf0\">Injured and healing PAX<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"pf0\">\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">NMM<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">The resounding sentiment this morning was the parking garage is a sauna in the summer. Gracious compliments directed to the Q for his multiplication of the suffering were warmly accepted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">Van Gogh was out front all morning. He actually complained when the Q called for the return to start for MARY. He seemed to just be hitting his stride. He suspiciously lingered in the parking lot after the workout presumably to sneak back over and finish what he started once the other PAX were long gone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">Drip puts a bold smile on every workout, no matter the pain. This morning was no exception.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">Ziggy Stardust said he would need to speak with YHC afterward. He mentioned &#8220;time out&#8221; in the ground hog burrow or possibly (from VG&#8217;s suggestion) some time at the blackboard repeatedly writing, &#8220;I will never work out in the parking garage in the summer again&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">Cruiser complained there were not enough pullups. He also is signing up for another adventure race. He also allegedly is skipping Ragnar because it was going to be too easy for him (I think I got that right).\u00a0 He&#8217;s a friggin beast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">Bootie and I became acquainted for the first time this morning. The man put in hard work all morning and rides a motorcycle &#8220;to boot&#8221;. Respect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">Root Canal had the PAX captivated with a story mid-beatdown that sounded riveting. Something about him getting passed by infants in a tough <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">mudder race<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">. It&#8217;s possible I confused a couple details.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">Whac<\/span><span class=\"cf0\">-A-Mole will fit right in. Shot out of the cannon at the start like he&#8217;d done this 100 times. Add in some stamina and he&#8217;ll live out front.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">Lamb Chop is nursing a shoulder injury and protested the parking garage venue when he would not be able to partake in the pullups. The poor guy suffered without the joys. He was a real trooper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">Crash and YHC have bonded over our &#8220;foot bone&#8221; challenges. We&#8217;ve gone from busted bone buddies to boot brothers and now on to tennis shoe teammates. It&#8217;s been a pleasure journeying with you. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">YHC chose this workout selfishly to cater to my non-running abilities, but the PAX quickly humbled me with their feats of strength and speed. Thanks for the push, gents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\">\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">Van Gogh, the keys melted down in the parking garage. Thanks for letting me lead this morning, fellas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">Tonka<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Flatline calls, you answer. Boot or no boot. No excuses. YHC had this one on the calendar for a while, somewhat using it as a goal for recovery to be full strength and bring the fury of a bootless Tonka down on the unsuspecting PAX. My foot and I weren&#8217;t on the same page [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":464,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[112,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bootcamp","category-flatline"],"acf":{"q":"Tonka","date":"07.15.2025","pax":"Bootie, Ziggy Stardust, Van Gogh, Cruiser, Crash, Drip, Lamb Chop, Root Canal, Whac-A-Mole"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/464"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25435"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25438,"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25435\/revisions\/25438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}