Saturday, September 16th, 2023 marked the third week of IPC – The BDE Mile.
Today, for no particular reason, we decided to go for a little run.
So, after warmarama, we ran to the end of The Peltch, and when we got there, we thought maybe we’d run to the gate of the EDW football field.
And when we got there, we thought maybe we’d just run around the track.
Now, thinking since we’d run this far, we would add in five BDE burpees after each lap. And since we’d done that, maybe we’d just run another lap. And since we’d done this already, we thought, “Why not add in five BDE Merkins?”
Now, looking at the routine we’d created, maybe we would just repeat that routine for 45 minutes…nonstop.
And that’s what we did. We ran clear around the track for 45 minutes, alternating between BDE burpees and BDE merkins.
No particular reason. We just kept on going.
We ran clear around the track. And when we got there, we figured since we’d gone this far, we might as well turn the corner and just keep on going.
And when we finished another lap and completed our BDE exercise, we figured since we’d gone this far, we might as well just keep right on going.
When we got tired, YHC complained…a lot.
When we got slow, we were lapped by Paradiddle, Goose, Pope, and Enron. Several times.
When we started crumbling, Popeye found four extra running gears, smiling the whole way.
When we needed a boost, Jack B Nimble offered high fives and Tractor danced us into Elysium.
When we needed to know how much time was left, Duke asked on our behalf.
When we were struggling to put one foot in front of the other, Safety Valve talked us through the pain with his calming, cool side of the pillow, voice.
When we got into our own heads, Lil’ Cuz recounted scenes from Malcolm in the Middle.
When he had to drop a deuce, Smooth…you know…dropped one.
We just felt like runnin’.
For some reason, what we were doing seemed to make sense to us.
Papa Goose always said, “Put your ass behind you before you can move on.” And I think that’s what our running was all about.
We had run for forty-five minutes and zero seconds.
Then we said, “We’re pretty tired. We think we’ll go home now.”
And just like that, our runnin’ days was over…well until Honeysuckle’s VQ.
COT and Lil’ Cuz in The Middle prayed us out.
Gentlemen, today was a whole different brand of suck. It never gets old how when this group gathers together, we achieve something that would be dang near impossible on our own. I can’t count how many times I wanted to quit this morning in a fit of childish tantrums. In those stupid moments, Smooth Operator would, with ear to ear smirk, tell you to stop making excuses. Then he would gleefully point out that wearing his Hawaiian shorts was perfect since he was living the dream in paradise every day. The ROI on this free men’s workout is off the charts.
SYITG,
Yankee Jeaux
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IPC Week #3 – The BDE Mile
Format
– 45min AMRAP
– 400-meter track with 100-meter increments clearly visible
The Thang
– The workout begins when the timer starts
– 400-meter lap
– 5 BDE burpees
– 400-meter lap
– 5 BDE merkins (AKA – hand-release prisoner merkins)
Hand release merkin to Peter Parker to the right elbow to hand release merkin to Peter Parker to the left elbow to hand release merkin
Repeat until time is called.
Scoring
– Total number of meters rounded down to the closest 100 when time is called
– For example, if time is called and you are between 880 and 890 meters, your score is 800 meters
Top Scores:
– Paradiddle – 17 laps (6,800 meters)
– Goose and Pope – 16 laps (6,400 meters)
– Enron – 15 laps (6,000 meters)
