Father Christmas, give us your money…we’ll beat you up if you make us annoyed.
QIC: Wobegon
Date: 12-20-2024
PAX:
Spicoli
Lamb Chop
Post Hole
Rollback
Tami
Tarheel
FrankandBeans
Lucky Charms
Zesty
woodpecker
wobegon
YHC loves a good non-traditional Christmas carol. I think it all goes back to being raised on the John Denver and The Muppet’s “A Christmas Together” album, which is the only recorded work I know I have owned on 8-track, tape, vinyl, CD, and streaming platforms. It’s my ‘Nevermind’, my ‘OK Computer’, my ‘Sgt. Peppers.’, my ‘Dark Side of the Moon’. Formative stuff.
But anyway, no jams from that album showed up today at UA. You can find that playlist here.
The workout went like this.
Warm-O-Rama was as traditional and expected as milk and cookies for Santa. When done, we headed over to the big area behind the building.
As the sweet sounds of distorted power chords and galloping high hats poured out of YHC’s workhorse Bluetooth speaker, the Pax received instruction. We’ll do a routine, but when the music breaks with the sound of Santa’s distinct laughter, we all stop to do….
1 Santa
10 each, except the burpee
- Side Straddle Hops
- A burpee!
- Nordic Skaters
- Tie Fighters (maybe a deep cut, this is Arm Swirly Things while holding a lunge position)
- Abs (pax choice)
The Thang:
Squat-Fluts
10 squats…sprint down to the other end…10 low flutters
Repeat-O, decrease by 1 till 0.
Mosey Long Way to stage
Pass the exercise:
All pax hold, one does exercise, pass it around the circle. Santa interrupted.
- Plank up, 0 double count shoulder taps
- Hold Al Gore, 10 alternating lunges
- Hold Plank, 5 merkins
To the bench for rotating 10 Irkins, 10 Dips till the Q called it. Long mosey back to start for Mary.
Santa interruption total was 5,
NMM:
- Everyone agreed that the Santa laugh was more disturbing than one would like this time of year.
- Today’s crew had some OGs (not the running people, the long-timers) and some newer Pax, which is what you want.
- Tami, Lucky Charms, Zesty: keep coming out, y’all make us better. None of them seemed to have any trouble; maybe Santa-Q needs to up his game for the new blood.
- Spicoli was on Spicoli Time, but only barely. The UA Site Q keeps his AO in tip-top shape and supplies his always-appreciated MC throughout.
- So it’s been a year for Rollback. He ended his rookie season, and the guy is still tougher than most of us.
- You will be shocked, but Lambchop wanted more burpees and asked to burpee for the 6 to up his number. Of course he did.
- Post Hole was clad all in black and made the routines the shortest of work, pretty sure he did an EC run as well.
- Tar Heel always makes it look easy, no matter what the Q calls. Not a Wolf Pack of One, but a stand-out dude.
- Frank and Beans kept his texted HC and said he was partial to the Voodoo Glow Skulls’ rendition of Felice Navidad. Banger. The 90s were a different time.
- Woodpecker will be running up a big old mountain, possibly while chasing a goat (it was unclear in the Coffeeteria) tomorrow, and still came out to keep things loose. Go get it, Woody.
COT:
- Qs for UA and Conspiracy are needed
- GreeNest Saturday. Come move a couch (or 3)
- Next week normal schedule on Christmas Eve, nothing on the big day, back to normal on Boxing Day. Nothing New Year’s Day, unless someone calls an early morning run (looks around…anyone?)
- 11 Year Anniversary coming up, first Saturday in January. Don’t miss it.
- Bev’s Birthday Run January 25th. Run anything from 1 to 47 miles with him.
Prayers:
Tar Heel’s 2.0 got his tonsils out.
Emotions that come with the holiday, highs and lows.YHC took us out with gratitude and a call to show as much kindness as possible to those we interact with, even the ones that piss us the @#!?$ off.
Spicoli, keys are in Santa’s bag next to the Squier Classic Vibe ’60s Custom Telecaster in olive green with the cream-colored binding and pick-guard that YHC hopes is on its way.)
Thanks for the opportunity, and thanks for being there this morning.
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