Area 51 ain’t got nothing on Impossible Situation
QIC: Spicoli
Date: 1/20/2024
PAX: Drip (WD), Lambchop (WB), Palin, Yukon Cornelius, Spicoli (QiC)
YHC was looking ahead in December and saw that Impossible Situation fell on my birthday so Happy B-day to Me! And You if you showed to but instead of cake and presents, you got Merkins.
It was a cold clear morning at 21 degrees but felt like 13. Hawt!
YHC showed up a few minutes before launch and only 2 cars we’re in the parking lot. One of those was Palin and then I saw him get his 3-year-old son out. I knew it was on! Lambchop and eventually Drip joined the fun. So we got at it.
Warmarama
SSH x10
Imperial Walkers x10
SSH x10
Hillbillies
SSH x10
Squats
SSH x10
Alternating lunges
SSH x11
Merkins x5 IC
Peter Parker’s x10
Merkins x5 IC
Peter Parker’s x10
So the merkin count started at 20 after warmarama. We made our way over to the bottom of the intimidator and were about to start blimps when it was apparent that Yukon wasn’t going to make it. So rather than break up the whole band without taking the birthday picture, we all moseyed back to the start, took a picture together, and Palin took his 2.0 home. We love you Iron Hamster!
Our number down to three, we went back to the Intimidator:
BLIMPS up and down intimidator. Pretty simple: 5-10-15-20-25-30, the key was each set equaled 20 Merkins. We started at the bottom with the first set and hit Carolina, Private Drive, Jersey, Glade on the was up. Then Jersey, Private Drive, Carolina, and the bottom to finish off 9 sets putting us at 200 (180+20)
Mosey to Playground
The Plan: Bear crawl three sidewalk spaces and do 10 Merkins, all the way around the playground. After the 3rd time of doing 3 spaces, Q called an OMAHA and moved it to 5 spaces. Then we transitioned to Lunge Walk. After getting through our first loop Lambchop suggested that we “pad our stats” by getting 500 merkins before the end of the workout. Challenge accepted.
So us three morons were shoulder to shoulder and going around the playground, for 25 minutes getting in an extra couple hundred pushups.
Lat pulls on swings: 20 then stretch, 15 then stretch, 10 then stretch
Mosey back to start for 10 more Merkins for a total of 510!
COT:
YHC gave praise for F3 and the accountability and friendships it has brought into my life. No real words of wisdom on my birthday but so grateful for time getting out of my comfort zone with friends.
Moleskin
- It was cold. 23 feels like 12. When YHC pulled up, Palin was out of his car and then Yukon appeared looking like the Michelin man, but with ankle socks… Needless to say I was concerned that “I’m not a professional.” wasn’t going to be enough to cover us once the Negotiator found out…
- Yukon valiantly stayed with us for the first 10 minutes even though Palin didn’t have suitable socks for his son. Toughen up, kiddo!
- Lambchop and Drip soldiered through. What a great opportunity to have all three F’s as we discussed the 2024 Challenge and its silly competition; life events and the challenges they present; and the importance of having friends and community to lean on.
- Thank you for the opportunity to lead
