Twas the early morning prior to UNC’s football season opener against Cal.  What a great day for football!  The game started at noon, so it was important to arrive, put in work, and then zip home to prepare cheering on the Heels.  Here is what happened.

WARM-UP – SSH, Good Mornings, Squats, Merkins, Arm Circles

THE THANG – String of Pearls Run on Campus and Through Downtown Chapel Hill.

The group took off running towards Franklin Street, and we stopped at three strategic locations along the way to complete the following:

• Playmakers Theatre Stone Wall – Tricep Presses and Step Ups
• Arboretum Stone Wall – Tricep Presses and Squats
• Morehead Planetarium – Derkins and Plank Traverse Around Sun Dial

We then ran to the main parking deck between Franklin and Rosemary.  We ran to lowest level where began to backwards run all levels and bear crawl the inclines between each all the way to the top.  Upon completion, the PAX took the stairs to the brick courtyard on the top of the parking deck.  Once there, the group completed Explosion Irkins and Air Squats.

The group left, circled around Rosemary St., ran back up to Franklin St., and continued running down Martin Luther Blvd. until reaching the brick wall outside of the Art Museum.  There we completed more Step Ups and Derkins.  The PAX finished out the run by zipping past the Carolina Inn, taking a left at the ROTC Building, and running all the way back to Hooker Fields.

With the final 15 minutes prior to Mary, we rotated through AMRAP – Kettle Bell Swings, Shoulder Presses, and 100-yd Fire Hose Sprints.

MARY – LBCs (squeeze at the top) and Peter Parkers

TCLAPs to:

• Champ for leaving and heading straight to work (Radio Channel 97.9 FM)
• Buffay for making the trip from Hillsborough, then back to Hillsborough to get family for game, THEN back to Kenan Stadium for the game
• Rebar for showing up to join the festivities and for heading to support the Heels afterwards
• Oozie for starting off his weekend with a bang with the rest of us.  It was great to get to talk and get to know you little better post-workout

Aye!