9 PAX including 2 Willy Lomans showed up to celebrate the life of Kobe Bean Bryant, employee #8, AKA Black Mamba, and the 9 total passengers aboard this weekend’s helicopter flight
QIC: En Fuego
PAX: Pumpkin Spice, Cowboy (Respect), Rock Drop (WL, Respect), Reveille, Burrito (WL), DFrost, Trapper Keeper, Money Shot
Conditions: Per Pumpkin, a degree outside of IC credit
Following welcomes and introductions to our WLs, a disclaimer, and assurances to Rock Drop that III Pillars was in fact not a running AO, we mosey’d over to the base of Mt. Covenant to set up WOR shop, in preparation for a workout that could be mistaken as a running AO workout.
- SSH x 20
- WMH x 15
- LBAC x 15
- Scorpion Stretch x 12 (PAX knew it was coming and delighted in it)
- GMs x 10 OYO
The Thang:
Head over to Mt. Covenant where YHC tees up that we will be honoring the legacy of Kobe by tapping into our Mamba Mentality (per Kobe: “The mindset isn’t about seeking a result – it’s more about the process of getting to that result. It’s about the journey and the approach. It’s a way of life…And you have to work hard in the dark to shine in the light.”). With that, we recognize his 20 seasons, two jersey numbers (8 & 24), 5 rings and commence with the following:
Round 1
- Perform 8 Merkins; Bernie to first light pole up Mt. Covenant, run back for:
- 8 Merkins, 8 Air Squats; Bernie to second light pole and run back for:
- 8 Merkins, 8 Air Squats, 8 Mike Tyson’s; Bernie to third light pole and run back for:
- 8 Merkins, 8 Air Squats, 8 Mike Tyson’s, 8 Bonnie Blairs; Bernie to fourth light pole and run back for:
- 8 Merkins, 8 Air Squats, 8 Mike Tyson’s, 8 Bonnie Blairs, and 8 Alternating Leg Raises (aka flutter kicks, 4-count); Bernie to top of Covenant and hold plank / SSH for the six. All in, Mamba mentality fully engaged, we proceed to base of southern entrance of Covenant for…
Round 2
- Perform:
- 24 Merkins at base;
- Run to the top of hill for 24 Merkins & 24 Air Squats;
- Run back to bottom for 24 Merkins, 24 Air Squats and 24 total reps of Mike Tyson’s & Monkey Humpers (12 each);
- Run back to top and in interest of time straight into 24 Alternating Leg Raises
All in, head back to shovel flag and time called upon arrival. COT / BOM, with T&Ps for healings amongst the PAX, CCR and his family, TK adoption process this Friday, and Pumpkin and Crablegs for their Ms and upcoming 2.0 arrivals.
Moleskin
Excellent effort by the PAX – Mamba leading to 3.05 miles traversed with 51 stories climbed. As previously coined by PA, those Driveway to Heaven suicides are brutal, especially when Bernied. Great having Burrito & Rock Drop join representing Chattanooga and Lexington, SC.
Always appreciative of the opportunity to lead. YHC will leave you with a quote Louisville basketball coach Chris Mack told his team when breaking the Kobe news:
“I told my team today how lucky we are to breathe, how lucky we are to have problems, how lucky we are to have one another. Sometimes in the midst of all our problems we need to realize we’re having the time of our lives even if we don’t know it. Find it in the little things man. In things like driving your kids to school. Like telling your son a bedtime story…”
En Fuego