Veterans Day Purgatory
QIC: Green Acres
Date: 11-11-2023
PAX: Welcome former FNG Crawdad! Aka Andrew! @bam @PonyExpress @D-Day @wobegon @Burlap @parkay @boomerang @Undertow @Bloodsport @Bluto @F3 Singing Cowboy @High Cotton @Linus
A nice crowd of 15 of us rolled up at Speas on a beautiful morning for a Veterans Day commemoration workout. Not a vet myself, but my Dad was in the Army from 1943-47. We used the Exicon to spell his name, ED O BREWER. But we had an FNG, so recitation of MS and CP’s led into Warmarama: SSH, Imp Walkers, Abe V, Whirlies, arm swirls, Y-flies, Mike Phelps, CH squats, then one last deep squat. Ready for spelling!
Moved to the brick planter for Erkin Derkin ladder. 10 of ea, counted down to 1 of each, with 5 WWII’s after each pair. Q was 🥵
Overhead clap while walking to first island in parking lot.
Bear crawl to next island.
Run to side gate
E2K = Elbow to knee, better known to DashPax as Mutton Crunch, 15 IC ea side
Wall ball crawl for 20 feet (crowd favorite 🤩)
Erkins at playground x 15 IC
Took a breather for a quick story about my Dad’s death at 91. Was New Year’s Eve 2014-15. With his wife of 62 years, champagne on his lips, after a good day of chores, woodworking, riding his stationary bike, his last words were “Champagne’s not really my favorite thing to drink.” Massive heart attack. Gone instantly. No cancer, no dementia, no nursing home, no chronic illnesses…in short, the way anyone would choose to go. A life well lived and a lovely death. RIP Dad ❤️
Ranger merkins x 15 IC
43 Pull-ups alt w Al Gore while resting
Baseball F3 style since Dad coached Little League for 12 years:
Divided into 4 mostly equal teams for
100 burpees at home plate
100 merkins at 1st base
200 squats at 2nd
300 LBC’s at 3rd
All did all the bases.
Then to the school wall for 2 minutes of wall sit and 1 minute BTW.
Mary was some lo-flutter, penguin crunch, Freddy merc, lo Dollies, Heels to Heaven, plank for 2 minutes with 5 merkins ea min, and Done, Q’s arms shaking.
Our FNG Andrew (shoot! We forgot to get him on Slack!) is a oncology Fellow at Wake, from Louisiana, henceforth known at Crawdad! Welcome!
Boomerang took us out with a nice prayer for aging parents, gratitude for our blessings, and help with being the best men we can be.
NMM
Bam and D-Day ran a 5K before 7a with a Wake senior who was in the process of drinking a fifth of alcohol. No one was sure why he would do that but apparently it’s a tradition of some recent vintage. 🤷♂️
Crawdad is already in great shape. He smashed his first F3 workout.
Bam schooled YHC that what I thought was Erkins while spelling “Ed Brewer” and needing 3 E’s is really Irkins for Incline Merkins. He allowed that a made-up word could be spelled any way the Q wanted, to my relief! 😁
Linus loved all the merkins and derkins and erkins/irkins, even did some extra for fun. 😅
Baseball math is hard. Burlap and Bloodsport kept us honest.
Solid work by a great group of HIM’s. WAs mentioned before COT to touch a “swole” guy. All got stronger and was a pleasure to lead. Thanks for the keys Undertow!
