Pax: T-Cell, Princess Aurora, Vector, Bicentennial Man, Third Person, High Viz, Porcelain, Hambone, Firefox, Blue Mule
QIC: En Fuego
A near full moon and 37 degree temperatures greeted the fine Pax of Bomber this morning – near ideal settings for YHC to bust out the winter gear again despite multiple showings of t-shirt / shorts pairings from his fellow Pax. 5:30 alarm goes off, YHC asks the 10 Pax to line up in alphabetical order, form two lines. Teams are set, we’re ready to mosey. Wait, up pulls Porcelain. Ten becomes 11, teams are reset, mosey begins toward the Pro Shop. Disclaimer, followed by COP mix of SSH, LBAC, RLBAC, WMH and GMs – 51 reps in total to celebrate tomorrow’s 51st running of the Iditarod – which leads us to…
The Thang:
We mosey to the driving range where YHC enlightens the Pax on the history of the Iditarod – something admitably YHC knew nothing about until the oldest came home this week with her 2nd grade class project. Cliff notes – diptheria outbreak in the town of Nome, Alaska in 1925. Nome is running on short supply of medical supplies to contain outbreak – in come a sled of dogs with antibiotics in tow, with none other than lead dog Balto leading the way. Tomorrow, over 60 Mushers will lead their dogs through the 1,000 mile journey to commemorate this 1925 event. Today, two Bomber Mushers got our Friday started right.
5 races, two teams, 1,000 total miles, er reps, (before adjustment to 1,200 to account for extra Pax on pack 2) with Musher Hi Viz in command of pack 1 and Musher Vector of pack 2, thanks to their respective HC first responder slack status.
B – Burpees; 200 total as a team (240 for Team 2). Musher is responsible for ensuring accurate collective count, and upon completion / Musher command we race down the length of driving range (just over .2 miles). Instructions to stay in close pack, with Musher ensuring no Pax left behind. Team 1, aka, Good Guys, take race #1, despite some ensuing Mumble Chatter regarding some rules violations of a separated pack. Winning team Musher picks exercise of 5 reps for losing team – goes with SSH.
A – Atomic Merkins; 200 / 240, upon completion teams perform Fireman Carry across width of driving range (approx. 100 yards). YHC made his most strategic move of the day – deciding to quickly hop on the back of Mule vs the opposite. Despite such winning strategy, Bad Guys take Round 2 – squats our penalty.
L – Lieutenant Dans; 200 / 240, upon completion wheelbarrow race back the 100 yards we just came from. Bad Guys now on a winning streak, clerkins the punishment.
T – Turkish Sit-ups; 200 / 240, upon completion, team backward mosey back the .2m to start of driving range. Folks, we now have a tie ball game with one race to go, with a punishment of Groiners dished out.
O – One-legged Deadlift, whereby upon completion, each team’s Musher has pre-selected two from the pack to race down the .2m stretch and back while teams holds plank. A confident PA and T-Cell raise their paw in call for duty for Team 2, with Firefox and YHC being tasked to stage the upset for Team 1. Despite what YHC would deem a strong to quite strong drafting strategy on the way down, team T-Cell and PA were too much to overcome down the stretch, winning by a dog’s nose length. Perhaps it was more like three body lengths – I can’t recall.
Officially dazed and slightly confused, YHC and Pax head back for final 5 minutes of Mary. YHC starts off with flutter kicks and quickly passes the baton to Around the Horn format, still gassed, with proper Mary form and count in high debate at this point.
Close out in prayer – off to coffeeteria for those that could partake. Great work by the crew. Appreciate the opportunity to be a part of all things F3 with you.
Winning Team – Vector, T-Cell, PA, Hambone, Third Person, Porcelain
Close Runner Ups – Hi Viz, Bicentennial Man, Firefox, Blue Mule, YHC
En Fuego