YHC owed the House of Pain Pax a Q after failing to fulfill the Q duties the previous commitment a few weeks back.  YHC had returned from 10 days on the west coast and the family had all been having a tougher time adjusting to the time change back east than usual….The 2.0s were all up much of the night increasingly frustrated they couldn’t go to sleep.  YHC also got a late invite to play in a soccer game late Tuesday night and couldn’t resist….perhaps the anxiety of potentially having another issue with fulfilling the commitment was a factor of not sleeping…and perhaps the fogginess led to some of the confusion that ensued…and some serious soreness!

1 penalty burpee in honor of Nails…

The PAX were instructed to count off and remember their number and mosey around the Church to the steel pile to grab their piece of steal.

YHC was trying to reprise the Baseball theme that had been used in the past…and conveyed the concept in an unnecessarily, complicated and confusing manner….fortunately the PAX hung in there.

The concept was to have each PAX rotate through the various baseball positions and do themed exercises with the coupon using the large parking lot at the end of the lot furthest from the road as the baseball diamond.

The PAX were instructed to go the position that corresponded to their count-off number.

The PAX who was the batter would pick from the playing cards and the card would indicate the mode of travel

A, 5, 9, K = bear crawl dragging coupon
2, 6, 10 = lunge walk carrying the coupon
3, 7, J = Crawl Bear dragging coupon

4, 8, Q = Gorilla Walk dragging the coupon

With 13 PAX, this was the rotation:

Batter draws the card then travels to first base
1st Base runner travels to second base
2nd Base runner travels to third base

3rd Base runner travels home, then to
1st position – pitcher (AMRAP Lateral Twists, with weight outstretched)
2nd position – catcher (AMRAP Kettle Bell swings)
3rd position – 1st base (AMRAP Curls)
4th position – 2nd base (AMRAP bent over rows)
5th position – 3rd base (AMRAP triceps extensions)
6th position – Short Stop (AMRAP Squats)
7th position – Left Field (AMRAP Lungs)
8th position – Center Field (AMRAP Lateral/Side squats)
9th position – Right Field (AMRAP shoulder press)
then back to batter

We were able to complete two cycles and after the first cycle, the PAX seemed to get into a flow…there was some good grunting and sweating…so a success after-all.

The PAX returned the steel and circled up for:

Bushwood Flutter kicks IC x 50

Heels to Heaven IC x 20

COT
YHC took us out and conveyed gratitude for the grace and support to have a chance of redemption and the patience to hang in there with the convoluted explanation of the above…just like life, confusing, ambiguous and uncertain…but keep moving forward and supporting each other.

Prayers – Stretcher asked for prayers for his upcoming wedding, that all would stay healthy…if you want to bless him and his bride, here’s his wedding registry – https://www.macys.com/wgl/registry/guest/CHRISTINA-MURRAY-CHAD-HASSEBROOK/7277714

Yunus indicated he had an interview and was looking for prayers for wisdom and insights.

Aye!

Boucher!