16 PAX arrived for a track and field based Hillympics. A cool drizzle added to the gloom factor and would play a nice roll in adding some weight to the burpees and merkins for the day.
QICs: Black Lung and Boy Band
PAX: Venus, Life champ, Prevac, Tampa libra, Razorback, Ludwig, Bad Boy, Toga, Red Skull, Frugal McDoogal, White Russian, Too tall, Moneyshot, Hot n’ Ready
We started with a mosey to the track followed by 1 lap around the track and then circled up for WOR. Wanted to get a little loose before the running that was coming.
WOR: Good mornings, Willie Mays, Toe Touches, Low and Slow Squats, Baby Arm circles forwards and back, and overhead claps.
Thang: Track and Field day
The workout was designed to highlight speed and strength in a mix of alternating skill team events.
Event 1: 800m race: All PAX together, scored by sum of position at the finish 1)White 2)Red 3)Blue. White team with a dominant performance, though they later would find that they had started too strong.
Event 2: Hand-stand-off: All pax perform a handstand, longest time wins 1)Red 2)Blue 3)White. Props to TooTall for going into trance mode and defeating White Russian for the final spot. Moneyshot gave them a good fight for the white team.
Event 3: 8x100m relay (with hand release merkins while waiting for your teamate, scored x2 once for team placement and once for average number merkins per PAX). Race: 1)White 2)Red 3)Blue Merkins: 1)Blue 2)Red 3)White.
Event 4: Burpees x 2 min: Avg. per pax. 1)Blue 2)White 3)Red. Good form with chest to ground was the expectation. On a wet and cold day, this added about 5lbs per PAX and after 2 min of Merkins these became quite difficulty. I was impressed by the good form by all PAX involved.
Event 5: 400m Team Partner carry (at least 1 pax must be carried the whole 400m). 1) White 2)Blue 3)Red. White and Blue team set a blistering pace early and left YHC in the dust.
Event 6: Team WWIIs first to team total of 50 x #PAX. 1)Blue 2)Red 3)White
Event 7: 400m Run: All pax running scored by sum of placements 1)Blue 2)Red 3)White And after a great running start, the white team just gave out at the end. Winning the 800m and the 400m Partner carry lead to near last place finish for every PAX on the team….
Following this it was a very slow mosey back to the parking lot for COT. The site of PAX struggling to make the 200m journey back brings the satisfaction of a workout well planned.
COT
Announcement: Trident on hold until 2019
Additional points: All teams were present at >75% participation 1 point each, all teams had a flag (if Tampa Libra can be believed, apparently he Hulked out on his and broke it in half….) 1 point each.
Total Points for the week:
Blue:12 White:9 Red:9
3 week total: Blue: 30, White: 29, Red: 22