A Peaceful Transition Of Power And No Open Flames
QIC: Wobegon
Date: 2-21-2023
PAX: @ziggy stardust
@Adobe
@Madoff
@Sour Mash
@dramaqueen
@Rubber Ducky
@cruiser
@Rustbucket
@Giles (Joshua Ziesel)
@Subfloor
@f3schneider
@wobegon
It was Shrove Tuesday/Fat Tuesday at the premier Tuesday No-Running Workout.
After a Mash Mile pre-run with The Schneid and The Duck, we heard the mission and the core principles and warmed up then…the thang.
- One pax at the “griddle.” Rest lined up behind him, spaced at the paper plates on the ground.
- Pax at the griddle works on their flipping arm with the block; those in line work up an appetite.
- When Griddle Pax is done, yell “flapjack” and go the end of the line.
(Insert Zach Morris “time out” here)
The original plan was to bring the outdoor burner and the cast iron skillet and actually have the Griddle Pax pour a pancake, wait to flip it, take it off, then go to the end of the line when their pancake was done. As I thought about this, I felt confident the value proposition of novelty/deliciousness would be outweighed by the certainty that something would go wrong or catch on fire, so I ditched it. Sorry to those who were looking forward to an early breakfast. Coffee on me next time we are around a table together if you were there this morning.
(Time back-in)
Early Omaha to do two pax at each plate to keep the Waiting To Be Seated Section a little less full.
Griddle Pax: 10 reps of each, the Apollo Creed to curb and back.
- Curls
- OHP
- Skulls
- Thrusters
- Squats
Line Pax: 5 reps each; keep cycling.
- Plate 1:
- OHC
- Seal Claps
- Phelps
- Jack Reachers
- Arm Swirly
- Plate 2:
- High Knees
- Alt Lunges
- Hillbillies
- Toy Soldiers
- Side Lunges
- Plate 3
- LBC
- American Hammer
- Heels To Heaven
- Low Dolly
- Freddy
- Plate 4:
- Bear Crawl to the cone, 5 burpees, Repeat-O.
Waiting to be seated:
Side Straddle Hop or Al Gore.
Brief Mary that ended with 10 Big Boys and 5 merskin OYO.
Notes:
- Everyone loved plate 4.
- Sour Mash did not know what Thumpers were. YHC has poor penmanship. We need an exercise called a Thumper now.
- Thrusters are a good exercise, tho.
- We continue to hope Ziggy Stardust does not cause an international incident by throwing a tennis ball at a Wake student.
- Rubber (The) Duck(y) is a part-time farmer who don’t need no post hole digger.
- Schneider has some fancy griddle recipes, which I intend to try.
- Is Airplane! a modern classic, a classic, or a RESPECT-only movie? Subfloor, Madoff, and Drama Queen tackled the issue with intellect and reasoned discourse.
- Adobe and Cruiser needed a challenge, and so they bear crawl raced each other. The winner had to do burpees. As did the loser. But we all win here, amiright?
- As always, Giles just methodically took on the workout with determination and good nature. He even went to get his own block. Sidenote, stay tuned for some inspiring work this guy has been doing in the background for F3 Nation. Hash-tag-teaser.
- Holy crap, a Rust Bucket post! So good to see him again, and he even showed up in the truck, not his modern-day auto. Still the toughest guy out there, too.
and finally….I think only two guys knew that a change of the guard was happening this morning. Ziggy handed the shovel flag and hypothetical keys to Adobe. To quote DQ:
When we started this AO 8 years ago this week YHC asked then nantan @Cobra what he thought. He said something to the effect of “Someone’s got to be the first on the dance floor. Get out there and see if anybody shows up.” I think we’re now on site Q #5 and solid double digit attendance almost every week
Thank you to all who have kept this excellent AO going, and congrats on your retirement, Ziggy. Your pension should kick in within 6 months.
YHC took us out with gratitude. Very legitimate gratitude; it was a fine morning.
Adobe, make sure to finish your new-hire paperwork and let us know if you have questions about the dental plan benefits. Keys are under the blocks.
