Bear Sighting in Downtown Durham

May 17, 2018

WHEN: 05/17/2018
QIC: SalPal
PAX: Dialup, Cool J, Pebbles, Funny Money, Soda, Lowtide, Justice, Baggins

Intro:

Coming off a bit a cold, YHC was ready to get back into the mix in the urban jungle of downtown Durham. However, YHC had heard that recent building activity in the area had stirred up the local wildlife, and there were wild bears wandering in and out of downtown Durham. In an effort to preserve the lives of the PAX, we decided to blend in with the displaced fauna as best we could.

Warmup:

20x SSH
10x Imperial Walkers
11x LBACs and reverse
10x WMH
10x Slow-count merkins

The Thang:

  1. Quick mosey to the path on the hill by the skatepark and apartments. YHC spotted a particularly nasty-looking bear, and took immediate action: PAX assumed the plank position and held it, while the PAX in back would bearcrawl downhill to the front of the line along the path. Once the PAX had reached the front, they would get into plank position, the new PAX in back would do the same; essentially, a stationary bearcrawl indian run (stationary indian bearcrawl?). The PAX were immensely grateful for YHC’s quick thinking and voiced their thanks for keeping them all safe from the bears.
  2. At the bottom of the hill and out of sight, YHC foolishly thought that we were out of trouble. We took a short mosey to the farmer’s market park, and we set up four corners, 1 – burpees, 2-lungejumps, 3-merkins, 4-squats. We rotated stations OYO, adding 1-2-3-4 correspondingly until we got to 5-10-15-20, with low squat hold if you finished early. PAX discussed Canadian etiquette at restaurants and Laurel vs. Yanny. It’s Yanny you guys.
  3. More bears were sighted, and I realized we stood out like sore thumbs. In an effort to preserve our numbers, we did a single burpee OYO as a show of force, then a four count bearcrawl to blend back in. We increased the OYO burpees by 1 and bearcrawl count by 4 (the “bearpee” as I came to discover) as we marched across the farmers market park and back to mark our turf.
  4. With time running short and bear sightings increasing, YHC and the PAX moseyed back to ReCity for two sets of 10-count ring of fire People’s Chair and 10 cadence count Aussie Mountain climbers (in an effort to get to Australia, where there are only koala bears, which are in fact not bears).

Mary:

20x Freddie Mercury
20x LBC
20x Flutter Kick (hold six inches)
20x Heels to Heaven

COT:

Prayed today for Cool J, family member returning home from rehab. No announcements, no FNGs.