Fourteen PAX gathered in the gloom on the First of October, seven of them having done 45 minutes of Adolphus’s Monday Murph (two miles of running and as many merkins, squats and pull-ups as you can cram into the Outdoor Education Center in the time allotted).

Warm-up SSH x 25, Willie Mays Hays x 10, Windmill x 10, Diamond Merkins x 10, Carolina Dry Docks x 10.

There’s nothing quite like Kenan Stadium on a football Saturday afternoon—unless it’s with a dozen or pax in the very early morning hours without another person in sight.

Which is why YHC likes to take advantage of the venue more often than not. We began on the field,  spread out at the base of the 12 aisles on the north side of the stadium. For the next 20 minutes, we ran the steps at our own pace, did 10 merkins at the top and then came down the next aisle. Ten squats at the bottom and then back up the next aisle. And so on. This was the first good, clean stair run in some time as now that the first home football game has been played, all the construction and off-season maintenance work has been cleared out.

Then we reconvened in one corner of the playing field for two laps of Four-Corners: run to one corner, knock out an exercise, move on to the next corner and so around the field. Beano took the mini-Q on the first lap, Bushwood the second.

From there we did three sets of the People’s Chair on the concourse and two sets of 15x dips on the nearby benches, followed by a quick session of Mary: LBC x 15, Long Slow Flutters x 15, Freddie Mercury x 15 and Low Plank Hold x 45 seconds.

The Monday Murph will continue under Alolphus’s supervision; PAX are asked to show up a few minutes before 0500 and bring headlamps if possible.

And YHC is looking for Qs to step up for October. Here’s your chance to lead a group of a dozen or so guys around Kenan Stadium, Hooker Fields, Polk Place or a variety of nearby parking garages.