Monday, March 11, 2019
Conditions: – breezy, 48 degrees, dark, and gloomy – quentissential Irish weather
PAX: Bagger Vance, Venus, En Fuego, Money Shot, Cowboy, Fox Trot Talks Alot
QIC: Tiny Dancer
Warmarama:
Lap around the park back to the parking lot
Soundtrack: Blood of Cu Chulainn, Jeff Danna and Mychael Danna (remember the Boondock Saints?)
17 SSH
10 Good mornings
17 LBAC (forward and reverse)
17 Slow and low squats (little quick for BV’s taste)
40 Merkins on your own
The Thang
(Mosey to the soccer field)
Sevens – (had to pick lucky / holy number seven on St. Patrick’s Day week) pull ups on goal post, run the length of the soccer field, burpees at the opposite goal post.
Soundtrack – slightly Pogues-heavy:
- If I Should Fall from Grace with God – The Pogues
- Irish Rover – The Pogues
- Whiskey in the Jar – The Pogues
- Streams of Whiskey – The Pogues
- The Body of an American – The Pogues
(Mosey back to the parking lot to retrieve the 30lb ruck sack) (Shout out to Pop-a-lock for the loaner!)
One HIM would don the ruck sack and run solo counter-clockwise around the track, while the rest of us ran an indian run in the opposite direction, using my bluetooth speaker as the baton. Each time the lone runner would meet the remaining six, we’d share a five- burpee handoff, and the ruck sack would be passed on to the next HIM. We rinsed and repeated until all got a turn with the ruck. We then did 20 merkins and moseyed back to the parking lot. At some point during this evolution, Foxtrot finally arrived, allegedly after already working out at his house.
Mary
40 flutter kicks
10 Hello Dollys
Surprise end of Mary for meditative burpees and atomics, much to Bagger’s dismay. For meditation, we digested select quotes from St. Patrick himself in between burpees and atomics
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- Check them out! This guy was a stud… https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/688258.St_Patrick
Quote 1: 20 burpees
Quote 2: 15 Atomics
Quote 3: 25 WWI’s
Quote 4: 15 Burpees
TIME
All told, we ran 9 laps around the track (3 laps = 1 mile). With the running during the sevens,, we managed between 3 and 4 miles. Extra respect to Cowboy for all the one-armed merkins he cranked out in order to compensate for his injured shoulder.
Prayers were sent up for Bad Boy, his wife, and his soon-to-be-born 2.0!!! Also, we prayed that we follow in St. Patrick’s example by answering God’s call in our lives. He is a timeless example that one God and one man can change entire nations.
It was an honor to lead you and to get better with each of you. The Skunk lives on!