‘Twas the night before my virgin Kenan Q, and all through the house …
YHC slept in the guest room, no warmth from his spouse.
Aye! It was an honor to lead 10 strong in an unseasonably balmy December at Kenan. Props to Right-Swipe for a perfectly timed 5K EC that brought four EC johnny high speeds to the AO right on time. Disclaimers were disclaimed, modifications were permitted, and no FNGs were within earshot. We got into it.
Warmup at the AO
- SSH
- Harvesters
- Imperial Walkers
- Michael Phelps
- Arm Circles (with a twist … we did not Make Them Bigger (gotta keep PAX on their toes))
- Willie Mays Hays
- OYO (neck stretches encouraged)
PAX counted off and were requested to remember if their number was even or odd. Sharpen those swords.
Main Event
We moseyed from the AO to the far end of our Arena for the morning, Dorrance Field, capacity 4,200, opened in 1927, construction cost $303K ($4.5M in 2021 dollars). None of those details mattered for our workout, we stayed focused.
- First up was a speed run touching every stair in the 11 sections on the north side of the field. Average time was 4:30 to cover all steps. Early finishers held plank in the west “end zone” of the stadium.
- PAX divided up evens and odds for a 45 second AMRAP alternating between dips and inclined merkins (stations 1 and 2), using the installed podiums.
- PAX kept the same groupings and moved over to the next two AMRAP stations: (3) = down under pullups on the railing; (4) = side shuffle between the bike racks with backwards run.
- PAX moseyed back over to the northwest corner of the stadium for a second round of the north side stairs. This time instead of touching all stairs, we alternated three exercises switching in each section: (1) lunges; (2) bunny hops; (3) run. Early finishers held plank.
- We repeated #2 and #3 above, subbing out AMRAP for a cadence count for each exercise.
- PAX moseyed back to the starting point of the stadium stairs for the final stair rep. Big Kat wisely advised splitting PAX into two groups to avoid pileup. PAX bear crawled up the steps and crawl beared down the steps, weaving through half of the stadium thusly.
- Final round of dips, inclined merkins, down unders, and shuffles with a bonus solidarity round of derkins following Big Kat and Slug’s inspiration.
Mosey back to the AO
Mary
We had time for a round of snow (leaf) angels and a round of angels of death (snow angels on your stomach vs. on your back). Mumble chatter chattered re: Dogwood’s impressive wingspan.
COT / Final thoughts
Keep Boucher’s 2.0’s and family overall in thoughts and prayers with illness / injuries / recoveries.
Some strategies for Dean Dome mask compliance were discussed (Dean Domicron? Too soon Lightweight, show some discipline).
YHC shared some of Teddy’s greatest words from the Man in Arena (1910 speech in France, not the nonsense Tom Brady documentary). May we all have the courage to get our faces bloody and dirty for worthy causes; and when we err, which we will, the wisdom to recognize that failure is vastly superior to knowing neither victory nor defeat.
Thank you for the opportunity to lead, Aye!