Three veteran PAX gathered on a beautiful morning on the Mandeville Lakefront for a pre-Thang run. We’ve all been following the Southshore’s backlists and have been putting in some extra miles on Saturday mornings so that when we join forces for NOLA Tough Mudder this upcoming weekend, we will be in shape to do our part. Back at the flag, the three of us realized that we were it for the day so we got down to business.
The Thang:
Chewy started us off with the warmup, determined to loosen up our hips for the Modified Murph workout to come. Jane Fondas, scorpions, plank walks and some additional exercises expertly coached by our resident PT were all on the appetizer menu. Then it was time for the main course.
For time: One mile run down the lakefront to the grassy knoll, 100 Merkins, 200 good mornings, and 300 squats. We divided them up into 10 sets of 10/20/20 with each of us counting off a set with a group count on the last one. Then back to the shovel flag for the final mile run. Took us about 29:30 and I know it doesn’t sound like much, but it was plenty challenging.
Recovery walk over to the swing set. Sets of man makers (burpee to a pull up), toes to bar, leg lift hanging from the bar, and hip twists hanging from the bar using back planks to rest between sets.
Mosey back to the flag for a round robin Mary of Putins, heels to heaven, jackknives, flutters, Freddy Mercuries, and Supermans.
Great way to start off the weekend.
