5 PAX arrived at 5 am for an Uzi led Ruck, took off, went back and got Champ who arrived at 5:05, continued to do Ruck things.

When YHC returned he was overcome with a renewed Christmas spirit as 7 more PAX waited patiently in the lot to make it 13, a site record for 2018 on the final OCL of the year – truly a Christmakwanzakuh miracle.

The 13 circled up and after introductions from Radar (71 y/o from South Carolina – hella respect) – the festivities began:

Warmups were done by the vehicles with care

• 20 SSH
• 10 Willie Mays Hayes
• 20 SSH
• 10 good mornings
• 20 SSH
• 10 arm circles
• 20 SSH

What to our wandering PAX did appear – but 2 miniature cinder blocks, and a sprinkle of fear

PAX paired into two teams and circled up at one end of the lot. In two lines the PAX would

• 5 burpees
• 10 squat jumps
• 20 box cutters
• Repeat

In between each exercise, the person at the end of the line ran to the cinder blocks and bear crawl flipped the blocks towards the end of the lot, one turn at a time. This was a wonderful, awful, idea until it wasn’t, as about 20 feet in the blocks both broke… A Rudolph-esque audible was called and the day was saved – PAX took two pieces of cement and pushed them while bear crawling instead. Two full cycles through and the PAX was still looking strong.

To the playground, to the wall – dash away dash away dash away all!

PAX found some rail road tie and placed hands on it for

• 10 pushups
• 10 second low plank hold
• 10 peter parks IC

Afterwards, PAX hit 50% of max pull ups, then returned to railroad ties,

• rotate 45 degrees on railroad ties, straight right arm – 10, 10, 10 and 66% of max pullups
• rotate 45, feet on tie – 10, 10, 10 and 80% of max pullups
• rotate 45, straight left arm – 10, 10, 10 and max pulls

Moon on the breast of the pond without snow, plus luster of sweat on all PAX below

Mosied to Rashkis park for dips and derkins whilst enjoying the stillness of the pond

• dips IC x 20
• derkins x 10
• derkin position low plank hold x 10
• derkin position peter parker x 10

ZERO little round bellys, no bowls full of jelly here

• flutters x 30
• v-up roll ups x 10
• ring of fire

The workout was done, the PAX put up a good fight, as we rose to our feet we heard Sidecar recite: “none of you fuckers are going to work on time so let’s go get coffee.” And to all a goodnight

Always an honor to lead.

The quote I referred to this morning as an inspiration for 2019 was actually falsely attirbuted to Emerson, and is actually unknown in origin, but expected to be from Etienne de grellet (who tf is that?). Anyways – here it is.

Like every morning and F3 each moment is a choice. You can choose to do the maximum amount of good, or you can farsack kindness just like you fartsack your mornings away. The choice is yours. But you only get the choice once. For you shall not pass this way again.

I shall pass this way but once; any good that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being; let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.

ETIENNE DE GRELLET