The Golden Whistle

The Golden Whistle

QIC: Whirly

Date: 07/09/19

PAX: BALCO, Peacemaker, The Vig, 60 Minutes, Harden, Drama Queen, Plunger, Manscape, Van Pelt, Valdez, Wiggles, Walter White, 7 layer

14 pax gathered at Hanes Park this morning to watch YHC and Walter White blow. I don’t think they were disappointed. It went something like this:

One lap warmup

High knees x 50 meters

Butt kickers x 50 meters

Toy soldier x 50 meters (actually we Omaha’d because 50 meters is a long way to toy soldier)

Zuckerberg/power skip back

Run 8 minutes

1 minute recovery

Run 7 minutes

1 minute recovery

Run 6 minutes

1 minute recovery

Run 5 minutes

1 minute recovery

Run 4 minutes

1 minute recovery

TIME!

NMM
YHC kept the time and blew a whistle when the interval and rest times were up, so all the pax had to do was run, rest and listen for the whistle.

YHC’s plan was to start out with eight minutes running, one minute rest, and working down to one. We didn’t get to the 3 minute, 2 minute and 1 minute intervals. The math works out on paper, but like all of YHC’s workouts, it was better on paper than practice. #qfail Upon further review, this morning’s workout would have been much more Redlinish if we had started at the 4 minute interval, worked down and then back up. #nexttime

It was great to have 7 layer out this morning; it was his second workout (TRQ was the first) and first running workout. [Gratuitous brag about my friend: he was an outside linebacker/defensive end for Wake Forest, and is a great lawyer. He recently referred a civil case to me, then settled it for me- I need more friends like that.]

Likewise, it was great to have 3 WeFoCo MoFos out there this morning- Harden, DQ, 60 minutes. I don’t think any of them played football at Wake Forest, and none of them have referred cases to me and then settled them for me. Their inadequacies notwithstanding, it was good to have them out.

Van Pelt makes some damn good barbecue. It’s not really related to this morning’s workout, but still very important.

Van Pelt’s weather forecasts aren’t anywhere near as good as his barbecue, but he puts in an admirable effort at that, too. DQ and I both admitted that we were both impressed by VP’s recent modest display of his six pack (he had his shirt pulled up just enough to see, but you couldn’t miss it). DQ even threw out “Britney Spears.” So, at some point we might need to vote on a name change for VP: Cantore or Britney Spears. #heaskedforit Again, this wasn’t really related to the workout, but also very important.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
SHMEDFEST is August 24th at the Winston Salem fairgrounds. For those who don’t know, Plunger and his wife have a big party every year to raise money for Crisis Control Ministry. It’s a great ministry and a good time- food, music, etc.

Burlap has requested that all pax read his backblast from Run ‘N Gun yesterday, in which he shares a part of his family’s story concerning his daughter Elizabeth, who was born with Down Syndrome. Here’s the link:

Weatherman, SVP, Was Right — It is HOT

Prayer requests
Plunger’s dad recently had open heart surgery. He’s recovering well, prayers for continued recovery. ‘

COT
YHC took us out with gratitude for what we have, and guys like Burlap that share their stories, and organizations like Crisis Control Ministries and Ruby’s Rainbow that put the rubber to the road in the “love your neighbor” category. YHC asked for assistance in helping us all to be aware of the little things we can all do to love our neighbors. I’m going to give a special shoutout to Cheesesteak in this department. Since he has joined us, he has given me some great ideas of little things we can do that make a difference like eating at Providence kitchen, giving blood, etc.