Waterpik reminded us that Chewy had Q today at gloom-o-clock, but he was yet to be seen. Knowing of his penchant to come rolling up as the scramblers begin to scramble, we gave him an extra couple of minutes before beginning a round robin warm up.
Bushwacker – SSH
Garfield – Windmills
Coconuts – Good Mornings
Waterpik – Hi Knees
Captain Sparkles – Mercilessly robbed of his opportunity by an overzealous-to-get-running Waterpik!
YHC had offered yesterday to run with Captain Sparkles in an effort to coerce his post. A triumphant mental note was made of his presence upon arrival, and when the PAX began to roll, we adopted a comfortable 10:00m/m pace while the rest of the wild stallions were loosed from the corral. Shortly before reaching Monroe, Captain Sparkles informed YHC of his intent to skip the loop and head straight for sunset point, where there were a couple of conveniently located port-o-lets. With the remaining PAX a good 50 yards ahead, I dug deep, pushed myself, and gave it all I had (and any number of other motivational effort-based cliches one can summon). Starting to sputter at 10 yards back around the half-way mark of the loop, my presence was made known through various huffs, puffs, grunts, and other noises that substituted for my ability to form words at that moment. We passed Captain Sparkles headed in the opposite direction on sunset point, having, I later learned, skipped doing his duty. We also learned that Garfield’s long-running passion for…er, running has faded as of late. Some may say it was his age, being in his 7th decade, but I know better. He has spread his fitness wings here in F3, and added so much to his repetoire that running is not so much a priority among his exercise outlets. Being fairly regular on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, he’s a beast! A mighty effort was indeed put forth by each and every member of the PAX this A.M. , and that continued through the decadent Mary that proceeded the run.
25 Merkins
15 Rosalitas
15 Hello Dollys
15 Flutter Kicks
15 Freddy Mercurys
15 J Los
30 second plank
15s left plant
15s right plank
15s mission impossible planks
15s forearm plank
100 oyoLBCs
15 Putins
Prayed out by the fresh-from-Wednesday-night-worship Captain Sparkles
Have an incredible day guys!
…you too Chewy, where ever you are…
