Two men arrived to the aquatic gloom in search of self-improvement. Full moon looks great and the sunrise will be nice. Let’s go outside. Quick disclaimer and get to work
The Thang
Announcements: Lakeview Running Club at the Basin; BFF ride Sunday May 21.
Intentions: Mama’s
Thank you for the opportunity to lead,
Da Parish
Where are the Qs for The Foundry? Why is a world traveler from Uptown having to bring out his passport to Q for The Foundry? Does The Foundry fall to neglect just because Buttercup (YHC meant Amnesty) is sunning himself in The Philippines? Where are the Red Pills, gentlemen? Then Shorty appears (and re-appeared Thursday and for a ruck-o-rama today, Sunday), so YHC is just all confused. Oh well. YHC can’t solve these conundrums alone, but will do what he can. So with a Disclaimer, the PAX is off.
After a mosey past the tract, COP1:
Mosey to the shaded foundry for COP2 for a round robin: 1st PAX, Box Jumps 12 for the count; 2nd PAX, Dips AMRAP; 3rd PAX, Squats AMRAP; 4th PAX, Inverted Rows AMRAP; 5th PAX, Orangutan Leg Lifts AMRAP; 6th PAX, Pull Ups AMRAP. Rinse and repeat, but substituting 12 burpees for the count in place of squats. Rinse and repeat again, but substituting 18 slerkins (slow merkins) for the count in place of burpees. Enough mumble-chatter about pinched nerves and sore shoulders persuaded YHC not to rinse and repeat yet again.
So instead the PAX moseyed to one of YHC’s favorite spots, Tool’s Wall, for COP3:
QHC would have preferred to do this about three or four times longer, but the clock was ticking as it has a wont to do. So instead the PAX moseyed around Tad Gormley for a green, moist open space for six minutes (plus or minus) of Mary. Each PAX picked his favorite DownPainment for 20xIC. YHC knows Shortly with a demonic grin selected Crunchy Frogs, and YHC ended with Dying Cockroaches; YHC remembers someone chose Real Freddy Mercuries and someone else Putins. Unfortunately, YHC can’t now remember what two PAX chose for a final beatdown, but it was good and sweaty.
The PAX then moseyed back to the flag for a quick countoff, name-o-rama, and COP in thanks for the morning and all our blessings. Peace, Jingle Vader
Five NOLA Ruckers showed up at the Mothership on this fine Mother’s Day morning for a march through history. At 06:00 we hit the streets and wound through the park, passing the museum and onward to the still standing statue of Gen. Beauregard. From there we took Esplanade Ave to Royal street and made our way through the FQ crossing Canal and on to St. Charles. From there we made our way to Lee Circle for a quick visit w General Lee, who still stands today. Next we rucked over to Loyola Ave and then to Canal. We moved toward mid-city and the intersection of Jefferson Davis Pkwy. As we know, the Davis statue ain’t dere no more… We moved on toward the bayou and took the Lafitte Greenway back to Carrollton and made our way back to the Mothership to disburse. In 2:24 we covered between 8.2 and 8.9 miles depending on who’s device you believe. If YHC were more tech savvy, the photos would accompany this post…
Good Times!
Roots
Two Nola pax met up at the birdcage for another evening of Go Ruck prep. YHC initially thought Thursday evenings might bring a good crowd… You’re missing a chance at some great 2nd F if you’re not showing up. We took off at 18:10 and made our way through the park to Loyola, where we made the obligatory ascent up WPM ramps. After quick scan of our city we descended the ramps and made our way through the Tulane campus and over to The Boot. There were many more students around than YHC expected, so we moseyed on to Maple street and stopped at Phillip’s for refreshments. From there we headed back to the park and around to the starting point. 4.95 miles were covered along w many important topics.
Good Times!
Roots
Glorious morning on the lakefront, summer humidity is starting to make its presence known. Pulled in alongside the parked and running cars holding other PAX just waiting to get started. Yup, that’s Shorty’s car. And Cowbell. And ….. Um, no driver in that one. No PAX either. Just a ghost car, idling and waiting for godot, I guess. YHC happy to return to the site of his last real F3 workout 7 weeks ago. But then who appears next in the gloom but The Culprit. YHC stared (perhaps glared) at Triple Shift, and covered up his pinky in instinctive defense mode.
Quick disclaimer as JV told us time was a-wastin’. And then we were off.
Jacks COP: Mosey towards the levee to start off with some Jacks
40: 40 times over the levee. 10 exercises, each done in 4 sets of 10 reps. Over the levee for set 1. Back over for set 2. Back over for set 3. Back over for set 4. After set 4, continue the exercise until the 6 finishes.
Half way. Break for 30 count from Cowbell, then a 1:00 Elbow Plank. Then continue…
6:15 on the nose, so back to the VSF for count-off, name-o-rama, and close with a prayer.
Great to be back out at it with the group. I thought 6 weeks of running would have kept me in good shape, but there’s a big difference between the running and Levee Running. Looking forward to being back in the saddle again!
The Birdcage is getting crowded for a cool morning and an earlier rising sun.
A euphoric feeling of exhaustion, coffee, and determination to drive the masses to exercise.
We began with the obligatory mosey and warm up circle
SSH x20
Imperial Walker Squats X20
Forward Arm Circle X20
Reverse Arm Cricles X20 (thank you Quick Draw for counting correctly!)
We then moseyed to Oak Alley for alternating lunges and butt kicks.
At the track we run Burpee Me If You Can out and back total 10 Burpees
Back up Oak Ally alternating lunges and high knees.
At the bandstand we partnered up for Dora 100 Mericans, 200 Dips, and 300 Declined Parker Peters, while partner rant to track and back.
Lastly we moseyed to Oak Alley for alternating lunges and wind sprints to the flag!
Beautiful moring in the gloom. Low Humidity, Low 60s. Best time of the year, in YHC’s humble opinion. Enjoy now, the summer humidity will be here soon enough. The Ruckers made an early morning appearance, followed by the Runners at the normal 530 start time.
The Ruckers: 3.5 miles along the usual bayou route covered in 1 hour.
The Runners: 5 miles along the usual bayou route covered in 45 minutes. YHC cannot answer questions about what the Ruckers discussed during their stroll, but YHC can say he greatly enjoyed the company of, and conversation with, Tool.
All gathered again at the VSF for count off, name-o-rama, and ball of man for closing prayer.
As Tool and I ran past the 2 confederate monuments on our morning run, I could not help but reflect on the atmosphere of discord and animosity that seems to be permeating our interactions. Too often, we begin to see the world as “us” and “them”, and ascribe the worst of intentions to people with whom we disagree (“those guys are racists”. “he’s just grandstanding”). Jogging along Jefferson Davis and seeing the barricades intended to separate the two sides in the current dispute with a 10 foot gap between them (a Neutral Ground on the Neutral Ground) emphasized to YHC how awful we can become in our treatment of each other. Whichever side of this issue, or any issue, you find yourself on – always remember that the person you are interacting with is a human being, made in the image of the same Creator as the one I believe made me. How can that person be treated any less respectfully than I would treat my M, my 2.0, my parents, my friends. How can I presume to understand the intentions of that person, or treat his words with less respect than I expect him to treat mine? I must be prepared to disagree and hold firm on my convictions, while finding the patience to be respectful and the openness to hear. And learn. And retain respect for all others and treat with dignity, even when, ESPECIALLY when, I do not receive that dignity and respect in return. And I must encourage that behavior in those around me.
Thanks again for the chance to be a brother of you all.
Conditions cool and breezy – 59 degrees
What is up with the cool temps? I was wearing a long sleeve t-shirt to a May workout. Nice to see a couple of Uptowner Kotters this morning, Bogey recovering from a torn rotator cuff and Bubba getting back into it after his M’s boot camp. They were looking for rocks, but I’m sorry…there are two weeks left in the Yoga Challenge.
The Thang
Thanks,
Hawg
Shorty requested the prescribed GRT training today at the Stomp and YHC was happy to oblige. The training for today involved sprints with some rest built in between. We had 4 rucks among us so we modified some of the rest time.
The Thang
Ruck to the track and warm-up with SSH IC x 30; Imperial Walkers IC x 30; Windmills IC x 15; Squats IC x 20; Flutter Kicks IC x 20; and 8-count Body Builders IC x 10
4 x 400m run with a 2 minute “rest” period between each 400. When you finished the run you were to grab a ruck and do 15-25 reps of the given exercise. Put the ruck down while the next man does his. Keep alternating until the 2 minutes is up. On average everyone did 2 sets of 20ish for each rest period. Exercises were:
Next we ran 8 x 200m runs with a 1 minute rest between each 200. This was a true rest with no exercises included. When we finished we rucked back to the flag and sealed the deal with 15 burpees.
Moleskin
So we ran 2 miles in 31 minutes and it sucked. You can walk two miles faster than that, but running intervals for two miles is complete suck. There is no way I would have completed that workout on my own. We were all pushing each other and 4 different guys finished first at one time or another. Running intervals hard is so much different than jogging at a steady pace. Good lesson about running 10ks and half-marathon events – don’t start too fast. It wears the body out quick.
The Thang
Moleskin
Thanks,
Hawg
