244 years ago this week the “most powerful fighting force on the planet” was established: the United States Marine Corps. YHC’s father was a Marine officer in Korea and landed in Incheon on 10 November, 1952. Happy Birthday Marines!
QIC: Silver Medal
PAX: En Fuego, Moneyshot, Bicentennial Man, High Flyer
CONDITIONS: Wind chill of 11…what do you think it was like?
MOSEY (“slow calculated ice dance”)
Started with a long mosey trot around the church parking lot then back up around the back of the retirement center g-i-n-g-e-r-l-y placing every step. Heading back to the main parking lot a skidding/sliding noise was heard by all, but alas, it was just bicentennial who had discovered that sliding on the ice [on his feet] was easier than running on it. Pretty impressive. Skipped typical WOR because who really needs to warm up anyway in these temps?
THANG (modified heavily)
Audible 1- The impending ice looming, YHC decided the night before to pivot and not go off-campus…some “field” training would be perfect. So three on-campus main events were planned. (Audible 2- we only really got to one of them).
- MARSOC Short Card. Straight from the USMC Special Operations Command website. If you haven’t done this, try it. Simple 15-20 minute routine but a good one that will get the heart pumping without moving out of a 3’ radius.
- 30 Merkins
- 30 Squats
- 30 LBCs
- 10 Burpees
- 10 Windmills
- 30 Merkins
- 30 Mountain climbers
- 30 Flutter kicks
- 10 Burpees
- 10 Cherry pickers (4-count)
- 30 Merkins
- 30 SSHs
- 30 Supermans
- 10 Burpees
- 10 Chain breakers
- 30 Merkins
- 30 Lunges
- 30 Hello dollies
- 10 Burpees
- 30 American Hammers (modified count)
- 50 dips (modified from AMRAP pull ups as bar was inaccessible)
- In preparation for his Korea deployment in 1952, my father attended the USMC’s Mountain Warfare Training Center in Pickel Meadow CA (in the Sierras). So to remember that we headed up to field for second and third acts that would include plenty of mountain “crawling” training. Gate is frozen shut. The locking device was plastic so we decided not to break it. Ice was everywhere so jumping it posed risks. Mosey around to Bernie Hill gate (which was also in the same frozen condition). But who would have thought, Bernie Hill was [almost] completely dry. So….
- 3 rounds of El-Capitans/Everest combo (Lt Dans uphill);
- 4 rounds (I think) of uphill Bearcrawl.
- Long mosey back to main parking lot for some Mary that included ample J-Los, Freddie Mercurys, WWIs, Flutters, WMHs, and extra stretching that didn’t occur during WOR.
Lots of time was wasted with slow mosey and botched plans. The lack of continuity was frustrating but on a day like today, you just keep moving.
BULLHORN:
- Prayers for Hipster’s recovery
- Prayers for High Flyer’s “you know, um, procedure” this Friday. Moneyshot’s prep advice was duly noted by all.
I appreciate you guys making it out there this morning. Had some curveballs thrown but we kept moving and made it through.
Silver Medal