Lima Whiskey at Charlie Foxtrot

Lima Whiskey at Charlie Foxtrot

QIC: Starfish

Date: 2/2/2019

PAX: Butter, Sour Mash, Schneider, Palin, Bluto, Cousin Roy (WD), Touch Me Not, Huckleberry, Offsides, Fingers, Harden, Sgt Schultz, Spicoli (LIFO), Chitchat (WB), Starfish (Q)

So @Fingers turned in his 30 day notice about 35 days ago that he was leaving his post as the venerable Site Q of F3WinstonSalem’s westernmost Saturday workout.  Since no one stepped up to fill his tough-to-fill shoes, the powers that be entered into a strategic planning session that now might be a good time to euthanize our favorite running with pain stations workout (#Who’sAGoodDawg?) and shake things up a bit in Western Forsyth County.  After significant debate and the casting of lots, it was decided that we would:

1. Relocate the AO from Tanglewood to Morgan Elementary.
2. Move the launch time from 0630 to 0700.
3. Launch a separate #Coffeeteria at Biscuitville Clemmons
4. Rename the workout (#DawgPoundIsDead #LongLiveDawgPound)
5. Be more welcoming and attractive to FNGs.

We accomplished 4 of our 5 goals this morning and it went something like this…

Warm-O-Rama

In the overflow Novant lot, dodge the copious cigarette butts and circle up.

• SSH x25 IC
• IW x15 IC

Mosey up Village Point Drive to Morgan Elementary parking lot.  Plank for the six and then recircle up.

• Windmill x10 IC
• Whirly Has The Clap x10 IC
• Arm Swirly Things, Forward x15 IC, hold it
• Arm Swirly Things, Backward x15 IC, hold it
• Moroccan Night Clubs x15 IC, hold it
• Overhead Clap x15 IC, hold it
• Seal Clap x15 IC

Mosey over to Village Point Drive roundabout.  Plank for the six and then recircle up.

The Thang – Part 1 – Turkish Prison (#CrowdPleaser)

• 10 Turkish Getups/1 Prisoner Getup OYO
• 9 Turkish Getups/2 Prisoner Getups OYO
• 8 Turkish Getups/3 Prisoner Getups OYO
• 7 Turkish Getups/4 Prisoner Getups OYO
• 6 Turkish Getups/5 Prisoner Getups OYO
• 5 Turkish Getups/6 Prisoner Getups OYO
• 4 Turkish Getups/7 Prisoner Getups OYO
• 3 Turkish Getups/8 Prisoner Getups OYO
• 2 Turkish Getups/9 Prisoner Getups OYO
• 1 Turkish Getups/10 Prisoner Getups OYO

Mosey over to traffic island on Village Point Lake Drive.

The Thang – Part 2 – Triple Nickel

Run up the hill to traffic island at Harper Road roundabout.  5 Burpees OYO.  Run down the hill back to traffic island at Village Point Lake Drive roundabout.  5 WWII Situps OYO.  Rinse and repeato for a total of 5 times.

Mosey through the gutter over to the logs.

The Thang – Part 3 – He’s A Lumberjack and He’s OK

He’s a lumberjack and he’s ok, he sleeps all night and he works all day….

Each pax grabs a #BigAssLog

• Overhead Press x8 IC
• Curls for the Girls x8 IC
• Deadlifts x10 OYO

Mosey over to basketball court.

The Thang – Part 4 – Three Man Grinders

Pair off in threes.  Partner A stays and performs AMRAP of called upper body exercise.  Partners B and C run to other end of basketball court. Partner B stays and performs AMRAP of called lower body exercise.  Partner C runs back to Partner A and relieves him while Partner B runs to relieve Partner C.  And so forth and so on until time is called.

Round 1:  Hand Release Merkins and Sumo Squats

Round 2:  Carolina Dry Docks and Alternating Lunges

Mosey over to retaining wall on west end of campus.

The Thang – Part 5 – People’s Donkey Balls

People’s Chair with 20 Jack Reachers IC

Donkey Kicks x10 OYO

Balls To The Wall

People’s Chair with 20 Jack Reachers IC

Donkey Kicks x10 OYO

Balls To The Wall

Mosey back down driveway to trailhead at Village Point Drive.

The Thang – Part 6 – Trailblazing

Lunge Walk approximately 50m.

Bear Crawl approximately 50m.

Elephant Walk approximately 50m.

Frankenstein Walk approximately 50m.

Mosey to trail end and circle back all the way to Village Point Drive and back to #VSF at Novant Overflow lot.

2 MOM Courtesy of @TouchMeNot

Heels to Heaven x20 IC

Penguin Crunch x20 IC

COT/BOM:  YHC took us out.

FIN.

NMM

2.34 miles.  #Cobains @Burlap but YHC wanted to make sure we got a grand tour of our newest #AO.  It’s good and there are more features which we didn’t have time to explore today such as the playground, the track, the Village Point Greenway around the lake.

Driving into the AO this morning down Harper Road, YHC reminisced about the time that @Cobra and the gang were doing a pre-#VillageIdiocy #TeachersPet run.  The #NantanEmeritus was so started by a deer that he shrieked like a 12 year old girl.  Ask him about it sometime.  #IDareYa #OffBrand

This workout was probably too intense for #TheSurlyOne.

So about the #LimaWhiskey portion of the title of this backblast.  Apparently some of the pax found YHC’s form during Arm Swirly Things a bit weird and/or funny/strange.  Since you asked, the “Limp-Wristed” form on Reverse Arm Swirly Things is a habit picked up from YHC’s pre-F3 days as a devotee of Tony Horton’s P90X.  Tony encouraged wrists cocked upward on Forward Arm Swirly Things and cocked downward on Reverse Arm Swirly Things.  And yes, @Butter and @Offsides are probably snickering at YHC’s use of the word “cocked”.  #WhichOneIsBeavisAndWhichOneIsButthead?

Don’t ever come close to breaking the law in Istanbul.  #TurkishPrison is not a fun place.  @Harden’s quote at #Coffeeteria was something to the effect of “WTF”?  YHC may have misspoken when he suggested that the pax blame @SourMash or @Schneider for the suggestion of seeing a Starfish do a Turkish Getup but it was the wizard behind the curtain of the @F3WeFoCo twitter account.  Who may have fartsacked this morning himself…

@CousinRoy is #OMS.  Bada$$.

As we were pulling up to start the #Trailblazing portion of the workout, @Spicoli and @ChitChat arrived late for even #SpicoliTime.  Come to find out @Spicoli had an urgent work call at 0645 so was delayed but #Tclaps for coming out anyway and getting the last 8 minutes of the workout in.

@Fingers is still celebrating #Festivus as he’s “got a lot of problems with you people” and was #Airing Grievances this morning.  And he is especially tired of Tanglewood.

The downhill/decline DonkeyKicks were special during #People’sDonkeyBalls.

Regarding the fourth goal, we were successful at renaming the workout which will henceforth be known far and wide as #CharlieFoxtrot.  We thought #ClusterF*** might be a bit too abrasive and/or strident to ever have a chance at accomplishing our fifth goal.

About the fifth goal that we did not achieve this morning.  Our EH efforts have not yet yielded fruit in the posting of FNGs.  But we will not give up and we will continue headlocking and building and growing this thing.

And we saw an example of the power of F3 this morning as @Palin posted and shared during #COT.  He lost his mom last night as she passed peacefully in her sleep.  We prayed for her and for Palin and the family in one of the more powerful COT’s we’ve seen/felt in a while.  Next time you’re on the fence about posting or wondering whether this group really makes a difference, remember that special time where we were able to love on one of our brothers as he was going through a tough time.  #Pray4Palin.

I love you guys.

Your friend,

Starfish