Madness has officially descended upon the Northshore PAX. At first, it was easy to blame Captain Sparkles and Bushwacker, who, like tyrannical taskmasters, drove the PAX to run ever-increasing distances. But eventually we must all shoulder the blame for the insanity, with Shooter, EiEi, and YHC taking things a step too far ourselves, going as far as to suggest (and then carry out) a 5 mile run ahead of today’s usual beatdown. When the foreplay becomes a thang in and of itself (and it certainly felt like we went far beyond 2nd and 3rd base on this Valentine’s day), then perhaps the F3 lexicon needs to be expanded – ‘foreplay’ and ‘pre-thang’ just don’t seem to cover it anymore.
So when Grundy rolled in to the Gipper this morning to find Shooter and YHC already sweating profusely, he wondered aloud what was going on but privately, I suspect he wondered when and where he could get in on the action. And that’s what I’m taking about when I say we must all shoulder the blame: this is our group’s mentality and I can pretty much promise you, it will only get worse… (which in our F3 world is, of course, always better). Don’t say I didn’t warn you PAX!
Warm-Up:
SSH x25, IW’s x25, Good Morning’s x15, Windmills x15, MC’s x25, all IC.
The Thang:
On to the Taj Mahal for a COP: Plank – 10 Merkins – 10 Peter Parker’s (left leg only) – 10 Mountain Climbers – 10 Parker Peter’s (left leg only) – Chillcut Plank… hold and recover. Next up, hold Al Gore, while PAX rotates performing 10 Sister Mary K’s. Then the same plank routine, but right leg for the Peters and the Parkers. And finally, Al Gore routine with jump squats in place of the SMK’s.
Short mosey to the Justice Center for a partner routine: P1 sprints to first set of benches, 10 merkins and jogs back, sprint to second set of benches, 10 merkins and jog back, and finally all the way up the stairs, 10 merkins and jog back. P2 performs that lovely 8-count exercise that YHC has been driving into the ground lately: plank, groiner and back, chillcut, plank jack, and back up to regular plank.
Second routine using the same path: P1 lunge walks and performs squats at each set of benches, while P2 does flutter kicks.
Mosey back to the flag for the finale, an AMRAP of Turbo’s raccoon crawl up the wall along the small hill, forward rolls or crab walks back down, hop up to the stage for 10 merkins, and back around to rinse and repeat for 6 mins.
Mary: Freddie Flutters x22, Leg Raises x20, Putins x20.
Countdown (we missed you Einstein, sorry to see your streak come to an end!), nameorama, and Shooter prayed us out. Even though, comparatively, this was a fairly tame beatdown, it felt like a massacre to YHC by the end. Thanks guys for always pushing, I can’t say enough about all the motivation/inspiration this group provides.
