Awkward and Uncomfortable at Purgatory

Awkward and Uncomfortable at Purgatory

QIC: Burlap

Date: 13 Jan 2024

PAX: Woodpecker (now an aye), Bloodsport (WB), Wobegon, Bluto, Lemming, Transcript, Chowdah, Green Acres (WD), D-Day, Boomerang, Argyle, Starfish, Pony Express, The Singing Cowboy, Splash, Undertow (site Q), and Burlap (QIC)

Undertow needed a Q this weekend, and YHC was available — we don’t know how many “nos” he received before he asked me.  YHC was about to come up with some original twists on some old routines when I found an interesting workout from Feb 2023.  So I recycled it:

Warmorama

SSH 20, Merkins 10, Squats 10, Running with Scissors 15(?), Nolan Ryans 10 each side, Windmills (fast Abe Vigodas) 10, Peter Parkers 10, and Toy Soldiers 10

Line up in Alpha order of F3 name and let Q pair you up.  Travel with partner to the portion of the AO which has its name derived from a Princess cruise ship.

Partner dips 1 to 10, then 10 to 1.

ROADBLOCK — choose one partner to crawl and one to bike — Biker stays and does Freddie Mercuries while crawler runs downstairs to left and bear crawls up the hill and returns.  Celebrate with 12 partner handslap merkins.

Line up by age and let Q pair you up.  Travel with partner to the portion of the AO from which a Thursday workout gets its name.

Choose one medium-to-large rock per pair.  A bearcrawl pushes rock counterclockwise around circle while B runs around.  When B gets to A, switch.  Continue until rock makes one circuit.

A continuous curls while B backward runs around circle and flapjack.

A continuous skull crushers while B runs forward and flapjack.

A continuous back bench crushers while B skips and flapjack.

A continuous rock swings while B runs and flapjack.

Celebrate with 14 partner handslap merkins.

Line up alpha by real last name and let Q pair you up.

Travel with partner to southwesternmost playground.

DETOUR — choose “Change of Latitude” or “Top Gun” as a pair.  Former is 100 pullups as a team.  Latter is 200 merkins as a pair.

Partner Wheelbarrow about 20 yards and flapjack back.  Partner push and flapjack back.  Partner pull and flapjack back.

Celebrate with 16 partner handslap merkins.

Line up by birthdate (Jan 1 to Dec 31) and let Q pair you up.

Travel with partner to start of workout.

Mary — I think we did LBS, Freddie Mercs, Low Flutters, Penguin Crunches, Mutton Crunches, Big Os.

Finish with 18 partner handslap merkins.

FIN

COT

Greenest next Sat Jan 20.   Beverly running 46 miles for HOPE next Saturday.  Monday’s MLK Run-N-Gun is at 7 am, while others are at usual 0530.  See Transcript for GAS group and Shield Lock opportunities.

Prayers for recent losses, one of Splash’s patients, Bueller’s family, students traveling back to school and taking exams in high school.

YHC took us out.

NMM

• The title of this BB refers to the portion of the workout in which partners had to touch each others legs, chests, and hands.  The PAX seemed to think the Q called this because F3 is the only place in his life in which he gets touched.  YHC is not sure how they leaped to this conclusion.
• Woodpecker joined the last 15-20 minutes of the workout after finishing double digit miles on a run.  Today is his birthday!
• Starfish miraculously made it to the workout after American Airlines flew him around a storm.
• Parkay is still in town but passed on the workout.  He said it was because he wanted to sleep in, but he didn’t tell me until I told him that I was the Q.
• Tim the Greater was in fine form and echoed “skullcrusher” and “low flutter” superbly.
• YHC was glad to partner with Chowdah and we talked Pats head coaches.
• Transcript quietly worked his butt off.
• Bluto was nearly the WB but was beaten by about 25 years by Bloodsport.
• Green Acres did merkins during the Running with Scissors to protect his kness.  He happily shared his NC rock with Boomerang, who was runner-up in the WD contest.
• Wobegon did great even with his foot in a boot.  The Pax found the chalk outline of his body on the Lido deck.
• D-Day wasn’t very helpful at blocking the wind in the warm-up circle since he has lost some weight.  He didn’t seem to mind.
• Lemming smoked YHC multiple times while running around the circle.
• Boomerang attended the Feb 2023 workout and made the same joke about “skipping” the skipping.  #consistency
• Argyle enjoys the fact that he is a half-year older than me.  Or he dislikes it.  YHC is not sure due to his lack of understanding non-verbal cues.
• The Singing Cowboy was fortunate enough to not to spend much time near YHC as we seem to distant on F3 names, age (somewhat close), real last names, and birthdays.
• Undertow is looking for February Qs for Purgatory — he hasn’t asked YHC, somehow!
• And this is the weekend of THE Pony Express, as his M is out of town at a baby shower.  In addition to watching TV and eating a block of cheese, Pony plans to wire an electrical outlet by his deck against the advice of the absent M.  What could go wrong?
• YHC called the last Mary exercise (the big O) “in honor of the great state of Oklahoma” to butter Starfish up and irritate Pony.  It had the desired effect as Pony began singing a Texas fight song, and Starfish tried to sing over him throughout the exercise.  Fun times.
• At Coffeeteria, Starfish, Boomerang, and Splash tried to corrupt Bloodsport and convince him to drink alcohol in Europe.
• I think some other funny things happened but it’s late and I am old.  Use comments to add.

Honor to lead you all,

Burlap