A balmy 45 degrees with some light rain greeted the PAX as they arrived this morning. In a true first, Black Lung arrived early and had already run a few miles before the workout began (good luck with the marathon). Hambone had just finished a pre-ruck.
QIC: Boy Band
PAX: Black Lung, Hambone, Harvey Updike, Care Bear, Brother-at-Law
Disclosure was given and we started with a short mosey lap around the inner park loop and a quick WOR.
WOR: SSH, Baby Arm Circles, Squats, Willie Mays, Hill Billies
Thang:
A few of us are getting started with marathon/half-marathon training, and previous discussions with the Jeweler after the New Years convergence left me wondering how many miles we could put in for a single workout. So YHC planned a workout in which we would try to optimize mileage while still maintaining a good whole body workout. Goal >4mi in 1 hr workout.
Tunes: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Greatest Hits
Instructions: We will be running through the 12 South area. At random, we will stop and a single PAX will be chosen to lead the group in 10 reps of an exercise of their choice. Additionally, the pace was altered intermittently to increase the difficulty.
The Route: We ran up 12 South towards Portland Brew. As we headed north on 12 South, an odor of vomit and manure greeted us at the edge of the park and lingered until we reached Hambone Hill. At Hambone hill, we headed upwards, then hung a right and headed to Belmont. From Belmont we mosey’d back to 12 South and again to Hambone Hill. A second trip up Hambone hill and we worked our way to Blemont Blvd to avoid the smell of 12S hippies, or whatever it was. Around this time, a very refreshing light rain moistened the remainder of the run. We passed Martin’s barbecue and made a turn back towards Sevier park at Gale Ln. We passed the running circle and turned back towards the park at Leland. As we reached the park, we started a backwards mosey to parking lot. Total Distance 4.1 miles.
The Exercises: 6 PAX x 4 rounds/PAX x 10 Exercises/Round = 240 exercises (+/- as some were not countable, i.e. bear crawls)
My Imperfect Recollection is as follows: Squats, Merkins, LBCs, Mt. Climber Merkins, WWIs, Burpees, Lt. Dans, Bear crawl up and down a staircase, J-Los, Ranger Merkins, Freddy Mercuries, Jump Tucks, Lunges, Merkins, Squats, WWIs, Imperial Walkers, Carolina Dry Docks, ~50yrds Bear Crawl.
Mary Mode: Burpees, LBCs, Flutter Kicks, Hello-Dolly, Plank/Nolan Ryans.
We finished with 10 Burpees OYO.
COT
Thanks to everyone for allowing me to lead. I enjoyed the miles with you men. Major kudos to Hambone who dug deep and finished the running despite his pre-ruck, as always with a smile on his face. Unfortunately, Brother-at-law didn’t get to tell his story about the “Outdoor Voices” store as we passed it due to our brisk pace. Ask him about it.
My calorie count for the workout was 973 which also helped with my other goal of cutting weight. Next time we’ll try for the even 1000.
Coffeeteria was well attended by all but B-a-L.
SYITG