Good Luck Merkins for 2019

January 1, 2019

WHEN: 01/01/2019
QIC: Banana Split
PAX: Green Egg, Juco, Soybean, Bitcoin, Toast McQueen, Sal Pal, Bells

8 PAX showed up on time and in good spirits for a 7am kick off 2019.

Warm Up

  • SSH x15 IC
  • WMH X10 IC
  • Windmill X10 IC
  • BWS X15 IC
  • Merkin X20 IC

Main Event

  • Brisk mosey through Forest Hills to Orchard Park, ~3/4 mile.
  • Stop at the loop on the south end of the park for a 365 merkin dora.
  • Run a lap around the loop while your partner cranks out the merkins.
  • Lots of modifying as necessary towards the end, but amazing effort by all.
  • Brisk mosey back down University to home base, another ~3/4 mile route.
  • Probably ~2 miles total counting the Dora loops.
  • Probably 200ish merkins per PAX counting the Dora and the warmup.

More + Mary

  • The crew wrapped up the ME in ~30 minutes, faster than expected.
  • This meant more time for legwork.
  • BWS X 20
  • Lunge X 15
  • Lunge X 15
  • BWS X 20
  • LBC X 30 IC
  • Heels to Heaven X 30 IC
  • American Hammers X 30 IC
  • Sloooow Chattaranga Dandasana plank flow X 2

COT

  • Props to Toast for posting at 5:30am…and then again at 7am.
  • Also props to Toast for outstanding achievement in merkin form despite the double post.
  • The Wolf is Saturday — details in Slack.
  • Prayers for Bells’ family — his grandmother passed away at 99.
  • Prayers for Soybean’s family — his grandmother passed away at 94.
  • Celebration for Juco’s family — he has a new niece born on NYE.
  • Brief discussion of death, new life, and how this whole thing keeps perpetuating itself.
  • YHC closed the morning in prayer.
  • Happy 2019!