8 timely men, and 2 rollin’ in hot, made for 10 PAX eagerly waiting today’s Notre Dame history lesson. But first, thank you for the reminder JV – My Disclaimer, and then we are off
The Warmup
SSH x25, IW x25, DQ x25, PP x25 (and no mention of Notre Dame yet).
Then get your rock. Feel free to go big.
The History Lesson
Heading over to the lawn, looks to be about 50 yards from the fence. Line up and learn about the famed fathers who founded and shaped Notre Dame with a String of Fire. With each priest, repeat all exercises from the prior priests then add the new one. Then sprint to the fence and back, then plank and wait for the 6 (which seemed to be your humble Q most of the time). Then add the next priest.
- Blessed Basil Moreau: Founder of the Congregation of the Holy Cross. 5 Burpees for Basil
- Father Edward Sorin: Founded Notre Dame in 1842. 10 Rock Squats for Sorin
- Father Andrew Morrissey: An early president who tended the mission of educating catholic young men. 15 Military Presses for Morrissey
- Father William Corby: Chaplain for the Irish Brigade in the Civil War, then became president at ND. 20 Curls for Corby
- Father Thomas Walsh: Rebuilt the University after the fire. 25 Bench Presses for Walsh (try as I might, I couldn’t get the name/exercise to match on this one…)
- Father Patrick Dillon: Entered the priesthood at 12, the first Irish president of ND, died of illness at 28. 30 Hello Dolly for Dillon
- Father John Zahm: A VP for 10 years, a strong proponent of science and knowledge. Repeat all exercises – but replace the sprint with a Rock Zahmbie Walk to the Fence. OK, that was longer than it looked.
The Great Fire
In 1879, the University burned to the ground.
“The fire was my fault. I came here as a young man and founded a university which I named after the Mother of God. Now she had to burn it to the ground to show me that I dreamed too small a dream. Tomorrow we will begin again and build it bigger
— Father Sorin
We commemorate the great fire with the Bear Crawl Ring of Fire.
- Bear crawl in the circle till Q says Stop. Plank and wait
- Q starts with 5 Murkins. PAX to the right goes next. And round the circle it goes, plank when not your turn.
- Repeat x3
Alas, we were running out of time for the “Lets Rebuild it” round of exercises. Save that for the next history lesson.
Mary
In honor of Notre Dame (“Our Mother”), we proceeded for several rounds of Mary. With each round, 2 pax ran off to the gym for 10 Pull Ups. Repeat until everyone had their chance at the pull up bars
- LBC x30
- Russian Twist x20
- Flutter Kick x30
- Freddie Mercury x30
- Dr. W x15
Return our rocks, sprint back to the flag
Closing
Count-off, Name-o-rama, callouts for health for colleagues of Marlin and Amnesty. Close prayer of thanks for the day, statement of hope that we use the gift of the day such that our God will be proud of us, and close with St. Ignatius prayer for Generosity (Lord, teach me to be generous)
Thank you all for letting me be your humble Q for today.
