Pre-Blast
- 21 HIM joined YHC for a Murph at Wolverine.
The Warmup
- Pledge of Allegiance at the flag
- Run like 10 yards, circle up for: GM, Windmills, SSH.
The Thang
- Do a Murph.
- Run back to the flag.
- Stretch.
COT
- Welcome FNG, Krusty!
High Tempo Hangover
I wasn’t sure what kind of attendance to expect at a high tempo 0530 workout the morning after our Carpex Christmas party. With three Gran Torino site Qs, I figured that means there should be at least four of us. Turns out an impressive group of 15 only slightly subdued PAX showed up for their post-party beat down and my first GT Q. Here’s what we did:
Warm-Up
Jog to back entrance of school and circle up 20 SSH, IC 20 Imperial Walkers, IC 25 Merkins 20 Mountain Climbers, IC 15 Windmills, IC Resume jog to Preston Village circle Thang 1
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Double 11’s and a Distance Record Taboot
Pre-Blast
7 HIM joined YHC to set a distance record at BIB: 3.51 miles. Repeato was the lone site Q, but he was not alone. The Warmup
Pledge of Allegiance at the…no shovel flag to be found. Run to the parking lot next door, find a hill, circle up for: GM, Windmills, SSH. ****The Thangs
11s on the hill with burpees at the top and bottom.
11s on the hill with dying cockroaches at the top and crab cakes at the bottom.
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Miles for Merkins
YHC was excited about Gran Torino since it was announced. Not being a hi-tempo kinda guy, posting at this new hi-tempo workout presents a challenge, the kind of challenge YHC seeks. But leading the workout? That’s enough to make even a grizzled veteran a little anxious. The PAX are expecting a proper and thorough beatdown, so at 05:30 (by the QIC’s watch) we’re off.
Warm-Up A quick pledge at the flag, and mosey safely across the street to the tennis park parking lot and circle up for side straddle hops, hillbillies, and the Disco Special, 10 burpees OYO.
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The Daytora 500
Pre-Blast
11 calorie-heavy HIM’s joined YHC for 3.32 miles of the Daytora 500 at Phoenix. The Warmup
Pledge of Allegiance at the flag Run the long way out of the east park exit down to the Jersey Mike’s parking lot (1.05 miles) - stop for Good Mornings, Windmills, SFAC, and 100 Standard Merkins on the way. Partner up. The Thang
Daytora 500: with your partner, perform 500 St. Merkins, Sumo Squats, LBC.
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Thankful (especially for FNGs on Thanksgiving)
YHC is thankful for many things; my loving family, a full table this Thanksgiving, and a purpose-driven career. But, above all things, I’m thankful for the blessings of FNGs on Thanksgiving Day. More to come, but first:
The annual Thanksgiving Convergence means the men of Carpex descend upon the finest AO in all the land, Bradford’s Ordinary, and this year the weather right-perfect for a proper beatdown.
EC run waves launched at 0600 and 0630 (psst, Frisco showed up at 0538 texting YHC, “um when are we starting?
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Fired up for some Turkey!
Wednesday morning’s are always a high energy affair with Insomnia runners coming in and the Vesper and SNS crowd ready to kill it. Add to that the pre-holiday excitement, temps near freezing and anticipation of Kitty’s upcoming Thanksgiving extravaganza, New Year’s Eve in Times Square had nothing on the 34 gathered at the Senior Center this morning!
At the crack of 5:45, the Vesper’s headed out to explore new trails and the SNS crowd got after it.
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Liverpool Loves Dips
Feeling like the ankle is getting back to full speed, and with the Thanksgiving convergence coming up, YHC knew he needed to shake a little bootcamp beatdown rust off. There is no finer AO on a Monday morning at 0530 on Davis Drive than Wolverine, for said beatdown.
Oh, but first HIM of all HIMs Build-a-Bear called a 0455 EC run and YHC felt obliged to join. Grizzly Bear Ollie was there to boot and it was a wonderful 3 mile loop.
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Carpex Triple down
‘Twas a chilly morning for the first annual Carpex Triple Down featuring a Ruck, F3 Phoenix, and FiA Moneypenny. Then there was also F3 Dads to boot (yes, that’s how you spell it; it’s not ’ta boot’ or ’taboot’ or any other of the bastardized versions I’ve seen afloatin’ around the interwebs). But I digress.
YHC rolled in at t0 with some B-52s rocking the ol pickup. A few minutes later (we’ll call it t1) 12ish of us embarked on a cluster ruck (Triple Down Part 1) while a few others embarked on some runs.
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Breaking news, Franklin Q sets the mileage record at Gran Torino
Rumor went out early on slack that YHC was going to break a mileage record at an AO, a sentence few people would ever expect to see in writing. Some showed up this morning to see if it was true, others showed up expecting it to be a record low mileage, but oh no- YHC meant serious business. He was going to attack the 3.8 mile GT distance record.
0530 - one burpee OYO, circle up for count off (18) GM and IW - and then we were off.
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