It was a rainy morning at the marsh and one of the nice things about that particular AO is that the large covered basketball court provides ample shelter for a beatdown with no need to get wet. But where’s the fun in that? Any man willing to show up at 5am in the rain is prepared for pretty much anything, and getting wet is likely the least of his concern. But before venturing out, we’d start off with a warmorama under the cozy confines of the court: Good Mornings, IW’s, Windmills, Seal Jacks, SSH’s, Butt Kicks, High Knees, all IC, at or around 20x.
The Thang:
What better way to start the morning than with a 6 pack? Similar in count to a set of 11’s, but starting with 5 merkins and 1 pull-up, and finishing at 1 merkin and 5 pull-ups. Then a mosey in the rain to…
Old Rail Brewery for a Pub Crawl: The Pax lines up along the parking curb, bear crawls through a small, refreshing reservoir in the middle of the lot to reach the opposing curb and perform 1 derkin, with feet propped up along curb. Bear crawl back, 2 derkins. Repeat, all the way to 13 derkins.
Slow mosey over to the trailhead stairs and partner up: P1 runs half the corridor, up the stairs and back, while P2 does squats. Again, with merkins, monkey jumpers, squat jumps. Repeat, adding calf raises to the mix.
Mosey back to the marsh for one last 6 pack before shutting this crawl down with a mary of 50 LBC’s, IC. As The Manny noted, this was definitely the worst pub crawl any of us had been to. But no one splashed merlot, and we hobbled away a bit stronger and with our dignity in tact.
On a side note, this run in the rain reminded YHC that I neglected my backblast duties after our 10k in the sleet two Friday’s ago at the Cove (12/8/17). It’s was borderline freezing, with a mix of rain, sleet, and hail – just another instance of the indomitable spirit of the Northshore Pax (Bushwacker and Pelican, I’m looking at you) that should be noted for posterity.
