Just Moseying Around the Parking Lot at Our Own Pace

Date: 1/10/19

Q: Zima

PAX: Don Quixote, Pita, Turnover (baby), FlyBy, Fingers (mucho respecto), Greenspan, Offsides, Huckleberry, Zima (Q for the day)

Where was Cherry Pie? Did he scare himself away with his own tweet?

Introduction.

Mongoose. Mongoose. Mongoose. Mongoose. Mongoose. Have I included the requisite number of Mongoose references in the backblast to make it an official F3 Winston-Salem backblast? No, I haven’t? Ok then. I’ll add a few more as we go. And no, it doesn’t matter that our resident surly one was not in attendance this morning – he still deserves his proper acknowledgement. Mongoose.

Yes, the Q is selfish. Yes, the workout will be in walking distance of his homestead. Yes, those are the perks of single-day dictatorial powers.

Warm-o-rama.

In perfect cadence … nailed it!!!!!!!

SSH x 10

Is Whirly still eligible for the Affordable Care Act so we can finally get him to the doctor? x 10

Beatdown.

Simple beatdown. 3 stations. 3 exercises each. Increase reps by a simple base-5 number. And let’s say we start at … I don’t know … how about 15?

Start from the main parking lot.

Mosey (because that’s all we do) up the “hill to nowhere” (watch out for strategically placed patches of ice). At the top: Burpees (during which we invoked Mongoose’s name as loudly as possible for each rep), Hands on Knees While Gasping for Breath and Cursing the Q, Low Dollies, Mountain Climbers.

Run to the picnic tables in front of the playground. Box Jumps, Full Extension Crunches, Alternating Lunges.

Continue clockwise on the path to the entrance of the dog park, ignoring Greenspan’s suggestion to take a shortcut down the stairs (but I think that’s only because it would have diverted us away from the playground, which he isn’t technically allowed to be within 500 feet of). Shoulder Tap Merkins, Low Flutters, Mike Tysons (he’s intense, right?), Lie on the Ground and Hope Dizziness Subsides.

Everyone got in a full 3 laps (about 2.5 miles). Some even did an extra hill run. Offsides, Pita, and Fingers had to be overachievers and do extra credit Burpees to fill the waning seconds of the beatdown. Note to self: 60 Burpees is not enough for them.

Out of Time.

Deep Thoughts from the Q:

It’s pretty obvious when you’re talking about a bunch of guys who willingly wake up at ungodly hours to post for a below freezing workout at 5:30 in the morning that they are some strong dudes. But I want to make sure that’s in writing. Today’s group was strong and elite. Every single one of them.
Huckleberry’s beard is coming in nicely. Is the extra growth because he can’t lift his shoulder to shave?
Turnover very helpfully pointed out to the rest of the PAX that 20 Box Jumps are harder than 15. Thanks for the newsflash.
YHC thought that mild-mannered Turnover was going to dismember the Q when he figured out that not only were we going from 15 to 20 reps, but then from 20 to 25. Oh boy, I need to run away faster.
All mumble chatter (and there was a lot) was immediately and blatantly ignored by the Q. Especially from Don Quixote because I think he was just swearing at me en Espanol. But since there are small North Korean children reading this trying to learn English, I’ll refrain from repeating some of the not-so-kind words I heard from the mouths of grown men. Shame on you!
During our first lap which we completed as a group, I mentioned a phrase that is often repeated in F3, “We don’t get up for easy.” To my surprise, that was not met with the expected approbation that I had hoped. In fact, it was much the opposite. It seems the PAX were expecting a different workout this morning. Not sure what would have given them that idea. I was just trying to make Mongoose proud. Sorry, not sorry. #Cobains.
Offsides is like a fine wine. The dude just gets better with age.
FlyBy missed Mayhem yesterday and sent a text in the afternoon lamenting that fact, to which I replied that he was in luck because I had miraculously picked up the WIB Q only a few short minutes before, so he could make amends. I think that’s the last time he’s going to make that mistake.
You need to watch out for Greenspan. He’s sneaky good at boot camps. Every time I think he’s fallen behind, I look around and he has silently snuck right back up. Do you ever think he’s messing with the rest of us and yo-yo’ing back and forth to build up our esteem?
Did anyone else notice the people inside of the pitch black dog park? Did they even have any dogs with them? Who goes to an unlit dog park in 20 degree weather at 5:30 in the morning? Was I just hearing voices? Please someone tell me they heard them too. Was I hallucinating?
Pita was hoping to take it easy this morning so he chose to come to WIB. Yup, I’m pretty sure that’s exactly how the conversation went. I hope I didn’t disappoint the big man. He looked like he was thoroughly enjoying himself. Don’t poke the bear. Don’t poke the bear. Don’t … oh shit.
Gotta love Fingers. That man just grinds through each and every workout without ever uttering a negative word. Maybe some of you other jabronis should take note! I mean, he just puts his head down and goes. Easy or hard. It doesn’t matter to him. He goes at his own pace, but he goes. And he always finishes; never quits. RESPECT.
There was much debate over which Jamison Park WIB was more difficult – today’s edition or Huckleberry’s from last month. They both increased the reps by 5 each time. And just because you start at a lower number of reps doesn’t make it any easier. It only means that you’re going to have to do more laps … duh! I think we can all agree to disagree. Or submit to the fact that I’m right.
Question from an unnamed PAX (to protect the innocent): “Why does everyone give Mongoose such a hard time? He seems like such a nice guy.”
T-Claps to FlyBy on the RIRO. Oh, and since he doesn’t follow F3Winston-Salem on Twitter or even know what a backblast is (hence he won’t see this), I’ll sell him out and tell you to ask him about his stupidly insanely ludicrous idea of running a marathon two weeks ago without training.
Is the Brookberry Shuttle driver a federal employee? Is he furloughed? No Prospector. No Red Eye. No Bathhouse. No Mongoose (must be too fatigued from his intense beatdown yesterday). Too bad none of them are actual runners because that 1 mile run from front door to launch spot would have been a killer.
Huckleberry’s one-armed Burpee form is still better than 98% of the PAX (YHC definitely included). I think he’s just toying with us now.
You know Root Canal, you are still allowed to post if Thistle doesn’t show up. It’s OK. And speaking of Thistle … nah, nevermind. Let’s just say, the Site Q wasn’t there. Booooo.
Hey Van Pelt, Offsides missed you. He had fond memories of doing Burpees together on the “road to nowhere” from a previous WIB.

Announcements:

The service for Burlap’s father is today at Bethel United Methodist Church.

Prayers:

Keep the Burlap family in our prayers.
Wisdom and guidance for Turnover.

Zima out.

Just Moseying Around the Parking Lot at Our Own Pace