6 brave souls rose in the dewy gloom to meet at the #shovelflag in the Birdcage of Audubon Park for the debut of Chard’s (YHC) Q. It was bound to be a good one.
The Thang:
Mosey along the paved path from the flag toward the lighted house in the southwest corner of the park.
Bear crawls from one white bike path marker on the path to the next.
Butt kicks for the next stretch between markers
Karaoke right for the next length
Karaoke left for the last length
Continue to mosey until we reach the Southwest corner for a circle of warmup.
COP
SSH x 32
Mountain Climbers x 22
‘Merkin x 21 (YHC asks: “what do we call pushups?”. Everyone gives YHC the business for not remembering ‘”Merkin”. YHC has no excuses)
Mosey across magazine to the field with the soccer goal post (sans net). Line up by the goal post facing toward magazine, notice the five illuminated oak trees on the right.
Burpee Broad Jump OYO – across the field to the last illuminated oak tree. (this turned out to be more difficult, and more wet, than anticipated)
Mosey over to the John James Audubon statue near the zoo for a circle of pain.
Step-Ups x 20
Dips x 16
Inclined ‘Merkins x 16
Declined ‘Merkins x 9 (Hold for 10 seconds at the end)
Regroup and mosey to the levee for six minutes with Mary
LBCs x 32
Low Dolly x 21
High Dolly (Rosalita) x 16
Wife Pleasers x 20
WW2 Pushups x 10
Russian Twists x 16
Mosey further down the levee to where magazine turns into River Road for a little F3 History: this is the spot where YHC earned the name Chard, splashing merlot on his FNG workout.
(Trivia: Many believe that YHC was hungover on this day. Not the case, just a victim of the pain and a significant lack of F3).
COP
SSH x 16
Low Slow Squats x 16
‘Merkins x 10 (hold for a few seconds)
*YHC tries to hand off the Q over to Blue Dog. The PAX refuse to let YHC give up the rest of his VQ. Onward with the pain!!
Indian Run south down the paved path toward the zoo parking lot, introduce Sudden Change (10 Burpees that could happen at any time, and are likely to happen when you least want them to happen).
Indian Run to the field in front of the zoo.
Sudden Change.
Mosey back to the field near the flag for some Modified Sprints
Modified Sprints x 4 – lay on your belly in a line, when YHC says “GO!” sprint as fast as possible for about 20 yards.
Sudden Change
Mosey back to the flag.
Plank-o-Rama
Plank – slow 20 count from Yankee
Southern Gentleman – 10 count from Rev
Northern Aggressor – 10 count from Blue Dog
COT – Chard gives a shout out, Rev leads the prayer.
Moleskin:
“Of course we look creepy, we’re staring at her by the pull-up bars!”
“Wait! Which tree are we going to?!?”
“Bluedog, you’ve been usurped!”
“I’ll tell you who it was, it was that damned Sasquatch!”
TClaps to the PAX for covering 2.1 miles – not bad for a January Wednesday morning.
TClaps to Chard for finishing out the entirety of his VQ.
TClaps to Rev for an awesome prayer to finish us out.
Announcements:
WolfPack Mountain Friday @ 5:30a on the Magazine side of the park – Roots as Q (Will we see the sunrise?)
Storyland Saturday @7:00a with ? RY maybe?? as Q
Rock City (Pontiff) Monday @ 05:30a with Hawgcycle as Q
Birdcage Wednesday @05:30a with Blue Dog as Q
Note about Carnival season:
It’s Mardi Gras, people. While most of the rest of the country looks to Christmas and the holidays for the ripe time to EH some FNGs, we all know that in New Orleans, the real holiday doesn’t start until late January when things start to heat up for Mardi Gras.
As we all stuff our faces with King Cake, and revel with old friends over bourbon and beer, bring it upon yourself to grab some good guys and get them out in the gloom for some pain and brotherhood.
We will all be having enough fun (YHC will be having too much fun) to feel like we need a good Lenten resolution. Enter F3 and your EH.
Go get ’em!
– Chard
Sounds like fun! Sorry I missed it. See y’all Friday…
Great job Chard! I loved visiting the spot where you earned your F3 name.