Location: Bomber
Conditions: low 50’s and misty
PAX: Princess Aurora, Porcelain, Bareback, Toothless, Hambone, Pumpkin Spice, Harvey Updike, Hi Viz, Right Said, Gus, and Bookworm. (I know i forgot one of you – sorry!!!)
QIC: Tiny Dancer
Part 1: Modification of Zachary Tellier Hero WOD
Mosey up to the parking deck where we completed the following:
10 burpees
10 burpees, 25 merkins
10 burpees, 25 merkins, 25 WW1’s
Mosey down to playground for the Rosary
Part 2 – Rosary – The Sorrowful Mysteries
(QIC would announce the Sorrowful Mystery then PAX would complete a series of workouts while contemplating said Mystery as follows:
- Agony in the Garden – 40 merkins, 10 pull-ups, 15 squats, 20 burpees, mosey around the gym
- Scourging at the Pillar – (we scaled back the reps due to apparent time constraints) 5 pull-ups, 10 merkins, 15 squats, 10 burpees
- Crowning with Thorns – rinse and repeat,
- Jesus Carries the Cross – rinse and repeat
- The Crucifixion – rinse and repeat
Every Rosary is finished with a prayer entitled “Hail Holy Queen” wherein we ask our Blessed Mother to pray for us to her Son. Accordingly, for our Rosary, I found a rendition of the prayer by the University of Notre Dame’s folk choir performed on Monday after news of the Notre Dame fire broke. Though I had some technical difficulties with the blue tooth connection between my new iPhone and my old speaker, we completed the following while the beautiful and haunting song played:
- each Pax began with a dead hang with chin above the bar until muscle failure and then planked. Once all PAX were planked, QIC led a series of calls for low plank, high plank, and 10 merkins until the song finished.
Mary – dealer’s choice
Hambone – LBC’s
Porcelain – V ups
Due to time constraints, QIC had to cut Mary short to remind PAX of Peter learning from Mary Magdalene that Christ’s tomb was empty on Easter Sunday. Though none of the other disciples believed her, Peter got up and ran to the empty tomb, where he found Christ’s burial cloths rolled up in a separate place. See John 20:1-9. In honor of Peter’s faithful response, PAX sprinted back from the playground to the parking lot.
PAX were reminded during COT that, whatever you believe regarding Good Friday, Christ’s actions on that day are the ultimate acts of sacrifice and selflessness; true men are givers, not takers. Be a faucet, not a drain!
Welcome Gus and Bookworm from Memphis!!!
It was an honor to sweat with and to share my faith with you this morning. You are all inspirations to me. Have a blessed Good Friday and Easter Sunday!