Tools and Nature

Tools and Nature

QIC: Turnover

Date: 5.20.24

PAX: @Drip (WD) ; @Huckleberry ; @$5 Footlong ; @Rollback ; @Lambchop (WB) ; @Turnover (Q)

An absolutely beautiful Winston Salem morning saw 7 knuckleheads try their darndest to get 1% better in the greater Sherwood Elementary area. Are you curious what that might have looked and sounded like? Would you be interested in a play-by-play write up of the time that was had? Well look no further, fella, cuz here it is:

YHC gives the intro, recites Mission Statement and CP’s flawlessly. No legal disclaimer tho. Typically not a huge deal….but this would resurface later.

Warm o Rama

SSH x10 IC

Abe Vigoda x6 IC

Whirly x10 IC

Mosey down the sidewalk, through the tunnel/under Silas Creek, over to the Shaffner Park parking lot for:

The THANG

In the Parking Lot, PAX would complete the following exercises:

Burpees x10

Merkins x20

Squats x30

LBCs x40

After completing, PAX were to mosey out of the parking lot and to the top of the hill (intersection of Yorkshire and Pine Valley)

Mosey back to the Parking Lot and Repeato until YHC says so.

Everyone completes 4 rounds of exercises + hill ascents

Mosey back to Launch for:

MARY

Flight Attendants x15 IC

Mutton Crunch x10 IC (DC)

Penguin Crunch x15 IC

H2H x15 IC

American Hammers x15 IC

Low Flutter x15 IC

1 min Low-Plank Hold

Fin.

CoT

Announcements were plentiful.

• @Drip has the Q at #HighLife on Tuesday night. If you haven’t made it out there yet, I’d highly (see what I did there?) suggest you consider it. It’s an awesome AO and an awesome opportunity for us to get guys out to F3 that might not otherwise be able to make the early mornings work. EH an FNG and get your John Brown Hindparts out to Miller Park for a beatdown from the #Dripper.
• @Rollback has the Q for #WIB on Thursday, which is sure to be a crowd pleaser for the #sickos out there.
• @Van Gogh has his Birthday/”22″ Q at @Conspiracy on Wednesday, which honestly just sounds horrifying. Can’t wait.
• Samaritan’s Ministry for tonight. Roster is full. Good job getting out there and giving back, boys!

Prayer Requests

• @$5’s neighbor, Grace, is due with a human baby any day now.
• YHC lifted up those of us in need of some extra mental and emotional stamina.

YHC took us out trying to focus on gratitude and thanking Him for His faithfulness and all the ways He has blessed us.

NMM

Whew. Where to begin??

YHC got in a #SadClown 2.8mi EC run. A recap:

• There was a VERY vocal owl hanging around in the Archer Rd area. At first I thought it was cool, then I thought about how @Green Acres once told me about how an owl attacked him in the same area whilst he was out for a jog. Remembering this, I became concerned. I thought to myself “why would an owl attack @GA?”. I arrived at the conclusion that the owl likely attacked @Green Acres because he (the owl) felt threatened by our white-bearded friend because he’s an absolute Alpha-beast. YHC is 1000%, confirmed not one of those, so my concerns quickly dissolved, confident that the majestic bird of prey would absolutely not feel threatened by the presence of a this reflective-vest wearing, small-calved runner.
• 2 separate squirrels had recently met their demise on Kirklees. #RIP
• YHC may or may not have lingered a bit as I passed @Bevo’s abode on Will Scarlett when I noticed a light on in their kitchen/home office/construction zone. No @Bevo sighting though, unfortunately.
• Dog-walkers disturbed by my huffing and puffing as I passed them: 1.
• EV’s encountered/narrowly-dodged: 1.
• As I neared the end of the run up Archer, I passed by the same German Shepherd that nearly devoured @Workbench several months ago. Thank goodness he (the dog) was actually on a leash this time. #NeverForget

Upon my return to the parking lot, many of the PAX in attendance had already assembled.

YHC and @Drip discussed the idea of grabbing lunch soon and lamented the fact that our once-consistent and vibrant Gas Group mysteriously died a slow death only once @Huckleberry had been granted membership.

*Enter @Huckleberry*

@$5 was curious what the plan for the day was. YHC gave a brief preview that effectively amounted to a practice round of the mission statement and CP’s.

During Warm o Rama, the PAX were curious why YHC had a running light/belt still on his person. I assured them that it would be used in short order for our benefit.

Some PAX wondered if the belt was of the tool variety. I confirmed it was not, and made a feeble attempt at a self-deprecating joke. Note: if you have to explain a joke after you’ve made it, it probably wasn’t a good joke.

After the warm up, YHC attempted to turn on the running light again to aid in our travels to the Shaffner park lot. Right on cue, the light died and provided zero value to the PAX, as intended.

Luckily, the tunnel under Silas Creek had recently (?) been up-fitted with some excellent lighting, so the belt really wasn’t necessary anyway.

The circuits of exercises and ascents up Yorkshire were highlighted by the following:

• A recently-deceased snake. @Lambchop confirmed that it was a “Copperheaded Mamba”. Yikes.
• A revisiting of @$5’s story around a deer meeting her demise on Shattalon Rd last Wednesday before BnW.
• A literal million cars travelling up and down Yorkshire in the pre-dawn hours
• One of said cars nearly taking YHC out. #EasyTarget
• @Huckleberry being out front the entire time
• Remember how YHC didn’t give the legal disclaimer? Yeah, upon our final descent down Yorkshire, YHC arrived back at the parking lot to find @Frank&Beans lying apparently lifeless in the grass while @Drip checked his pulse…………….*feelings of dread over the impending legal action against YHC flood in*. Luckily, @F&B was fine. @Drip was just exercising his hippocratic oath. Good on you, sir.
• @Rollback confirmed that his 7 year old daughter is more fit than he is. Which is impressive/terrifying.
• @Lambchop took issue with all of the running. YHC responded by reminding him that the preblast indicated that running shoes were recommended. This reminder was ignored and @LC’s belly-aching persisted.
• Everyone loved the beatdown and only had positive things to say about it.

During CoT, we discussed the beautiful sunrise we were treated to and from what direction, by season, the sun rises.

I am sincerely thankful to all the guys who showed up. Can’t thank everyone enough for the encouragement and the push.

Thanks for the keys, @RubberDucky. They’re probably laying on the ground on Yorkshire where the snake was. #TreadLightly