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Prologue<\/p>\n

YHC arrived at the Peltch at 5:30 am on Saturday morning. We often say it was in \u201cThe Gloom,\u201d but this morning took it to a new place. As he rolled out the tractor trailer truck tire onto the little league infield, he couldn\u2019t help but notice how dark\u2026and still it was. No sound of birds, no cars, no breeze in the pines. Now, YHC isn\u2019t one to get all spooked out, but it was still a bit eerie. <\/p>\n

As he started hammering in the staked signs with various exercises, a heavy fog started to roll in. Not a light misting, but legit fog\u2026and it was legit rolling, he looked around and realized that the signs I had just put in all looked like graveyard markers. Now, YHC isn\u2019t one to get all skittish, but man it was getting weird. <\/p>\n

After one last trip to the awesome, cool, masculine minivan to get BAPS, YHC started walking back to the field. It was then that he looked up and through the haze, saw a hearse sitting in the thunder dome. How had he not noticed it before? Now YHC isn\u2019t one to get all freaked out, but damn this was all starting to get\u2026well\u2026something. <\/p>\n

YHC shook it off and with 20 minutes left before the beatdown, decided to hit the men\u2019s room. As YHC entered the bathroom to see about a fudge pop, the lights flickered. C\u2019mon Yankee\u2026stop being so dramatic. While sitting on the silver torpedo shell, and coming to the realization that this would be an underwhelming dumpelstiltskin, the lights turned off\u2026completely. No sound of the door which had squealing hinges. The lights were off, YHC in the dark, quarter loaf barely pinched. <\/p>\n

And then, out of the darkness, as if radiating inward from the walls, the still air cold as ice, I heard the breathy, chilling voice\u2026it said\u2026\u201cBEWAREEEEEEE\u2026.He\u2019s a cheater\u2026doing three merkins at the bottom of a buuuurpeeeeeee doesn\u2019t count as a burpee aaaaand threeeeeee merkinssssss.\u201d <\/p>\n

Now YHC isn\u2019t one to hammer a prairie dog back in the hole, but at this, I screamed like a pickleballer and ran out into the darkness to find the PAX.<\/p>\n

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\nYHC was both thrilled and concerned to see what would eventually make up 19 PAX at the Peltch. The beatdown had been designed for 8 to 10 PAX based on recent attendance rates. Considering all of the whining, wailing, and gnashing of teeth about doing hard things, YHC just assumed Houma-Thibodaux would be flush in dutch ovens that morning. YHC was wrong. Real wrong. 14 of 20 BYITG participants showed with the Hunt for Red Jurptober repping 100% attendance. However, I\u2019m sure if you look back at the records for Arthur Anderson, those folks showed up to work on a regular basis too. Apparently, immorality requires solidarity.<\/p>\n

With six 2.0\u2019s including a Honeysuckle duo – WELCOME Yelnats and Ewok, YHC started getting excited about how the chaos would play out over the next hour.<\/p>\n

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Warmarama
\nSide straddle hops
\nWindmills 15 ct
\nArm circles forward 15 ct
\nArm circles backward 15 ct
\nCherry pickers 15 ct
\nSelf love
\nHigh knees 15 ct
\nWilly Mays Hayes
\nHigh Knees
\nButt Kicks<\/p>\n

The men headed to the first field by the Apparatus to knock out the three required Jurps. The crowd was so big that the grumbling sounded like if you packed 50 constipated walruses in a locker room shower playing Adele in the background. But we got through it. During the jump squat portion, I saw some very interesting form emerge. Also during that time, it came to light that Tana had betrayed YHC to Paradox during an ongoing investigation. Did you ever see What Lies Beneath? Well, it has nothing to do with this scenario.<\/p>\n

We moseyed over to the baseball field and for the remaining 30 minutes, jumped into the fray.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Setup<\/p>\n

*Field set up with six stations around center point.
\n*Two stations set 15 yards from center.
\n*Two stations set 20 yards from center.
\n*Two stations set 30 yards from center.
\n*Each station represents a different BYITG exercise.<\/p>\n

All PAX start in center, do 5 burpees then tire flip (tractor trailer size) or zombie crawl to 15 yard station, 5 burpees then bear crawl to 20 yard station, or 5 burpees and bear crawl to 30 yard station. For any station, do 20 reps of exercise associated with that station. Run back, do 5 burpees, then head to the next station of your choice. AMRAP until time.<\/p>\n

Rules:
\n1) there cannot be more than TWO Pax at any given station at one time. If there are already two pax at your desired station after you finish your 5 burpees, you MUST immediately choose another station and bear crawl to it. NO loitering.<\/p>\n

2) You cannot do the same station twice in a row unless you are forced to go there for lack of options…see Rule 1.<\/p>\n

Stations (20 reps each):
\nBBS (12 yards)
\nV-up (12 yds)
\nMerkins (20 yards)
\nBonnie’s (20 yds)
\nCoupon curls (30 yds)
\nMan makers (30 yds)
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\nStrategy (if you can call it that):<\/p>\n

The 12-yard stations were tempting because you could get to them quickly, knock out the relatively quick rep exercise and get back. That said, the tire flip or zombie crawl transport was hard and time consuming. The 20 yard stations were the money makers. Merkins, each worth a point, were quick reps and not excruciatingly far for a bear crawl. Bonnie\u2019s on the other hand were far more time consuming IF you had good form. At 30 yards, the coupon curl was a trap. First, a 30 yard bear crawl straight up sucks, but to reward yourself with half-point curls for a station total of 10 points didn\u2019t justify the time. The biggest ROI was from the man maker station at three points per rep. <\/p>\n

It was here that Montana outdid himself. WIth three men at the man maker station, Tana should have chosen another station. He didn\u2019t, he began lunge walking slowly toward the man maker station with YHC loudly chastising him to turn around. Instead, he lunge walked all the way to the man-makers then headed to the coupon curl station and proceeded to do\u2026MAN MAKERS. By this time, YHC was losing his mind. Like Bob Knight, YHC tossed his man making coupon, yelling in a high pitched voice that Tana wasn\u2019t playing fair and calling him a doo doo head.<\/p>\n

COT and Goose prayed us out. We welcomed Yelnats and Ewok. The PAX got a real treat in seeing Dumbledore and family walk up. He got damn near a standing ovation. It was cool. Dumbledore, you are missed.<\/p>\n

All in all, the PAX earned a total of 10,000+ points. It was a wonky set up, but due to being in close proximity, the chatter was epic. I had a lot of fun. Thank you for the opportunity to lead.<\/p>\n

BYITG,<\/p>\n

Yankee Jerk<\/p>\n

And\u2026stay from that Peltch bathroom. Here, there be monsters.<\/p>\n