Who’s quack? Tater’s Quack at #duck-and-weave! It’s so great to get back out to the downtown Hillsborough site and get after it with these guys! YHC has not been to a D&W since September 29th, yikes (a downrange post in ATL, Durham 5-year birthday AO and two fart-sacks will do that to you!). Regardless – it’s so great to see the Hillsborough crew. While YHC has a Hillsborough zip code and pays plenty of Orange County taxes, the Tatertot-clan is emotionally and geographically more akin to the North Durham region, but YHC loves that double-status that you can only get in Churham NC, where things blend together.

After a week of late-night baseball games, trick-or-treating, some kind of cold crud from the weather, a Site-Q meeting last night, and 7 episodes of Stranger Things, YHC is worn, the h*ck out. And YHC definitely felt all that this morning while Q’ing. :smiley-face-emoji: 

Mary
Good Mornings, Willie Mays Hayes, Harvester, Mountain Climbers, Peter Parkers and Parker-Peters to get the PAX going in the Weaver Street Parking lot.
Special recognition of the street light that was selectively providing the PAX light for some exercises and sometimes not for others.

Of record: Nickelback may have pulled a muscle recently in a very serious game of pick-up basketball, so he chose to take it slow, modify, and wear his ruck for the entire workout. tClaps for gritting it out NB!!

The Thang
Mosey to “los bollos negros” and get ready for some escalation of sorts. 

Running Bear Crawl Sandwiches – Start at the balls, travel to stick-works, exercise as a PAX, travel back to balls, exercise. Simple enough? Twist is this: bear crawl going over the bridge out, crawl-bear coming back. A little run, a little bear-crawl, a little more run and ta-da!, you got yourself a challenge.

• Round 1: 20 merkins in cadence at SW, 20 merkins in cadence at LBN’s
• Round 2: 20 single-count merkins, 20 Russian Hammers in cadence at SW; 20 single-count merkins and 20 Russian Hammers in cadence at LBN’s
• Round 3: 20 single-count merkins, 20 single-count Russian Hammers, 20 single-count Bodyweight Squats at SW; and 20 single-count merkins, 20 single-count Russian Hammers, 20 single-count Bodyweight Squats at LBNs

The twist of bear crawling and crawl-bearing over the bridge was really the key; it made the trip back longer. This could easily become the entire workout if you want it. Might be a fun challenge to see how many rounds the PAX can get in. YHC bets the PAX could get 6-8 rounds in 30 min if they keep adding exercises or reps.

Of record: If there is one thing this group does, it’s call each other out with encouragement while exercising, the guys push each other.

BTTW Fun! – Mosey to the basement of the parking deck for two rounds of BTTW escalation!
Round 1: BTTW – approx 30 sec, 10 burpees OYO, 10 donkey kicks OYO, people’s chair as you wait for the 6
Round 2: BTTW – approx 1 min, 20 burpees OYO, 20 donkey kicks OYO, people’s chair as you wait for the 6

Run to the top of the Parking Deck for moon-lit Mary!

At this point on the run – YHC wanted to make sure, as Q, he picked up the six since Nickelback was wearing his ruck for the workout. NB – didn’t want to hold the group up and took the stairs to meet the PAX at the top to honor time. YHC went to look for him, and realized he must have cut up the stairs early, pretty silly to end up being the six with an excuse that YHC was legit trying to make sure PAX were good! YHC swears!! :sweating-smiley-face-emoji:

Mary
Flutters, LBCs, Plank holds (high, low, left-arm, right-arm), Heels to heaven.
Under the stars and with an almost full moon, it was great!

CoT
The PAX had a bit of a long CoT, YHC apologizes, but it was good conversation. Buffay and Tater recapped some of the Q talk from last night and encouraged the PAX to support each other with taking initiative. YHC wanted to compliment the group on their consistency and how a “little pocket area”  of Churham is going to continue to grow and really take off if there is consistency and a real practice of 2nd and 3rd F.

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Prayer Requests:

• Lo Pair’s continuing recovery.
• Any PAX (like YHC) feeling sick from the weather.
• YHC’s wife due just around New Years, getting to crunch time for Tater 2.2!
• Continued prayers for Hightower’s father’s health.
• Fish and Chips nagging calf issue.
• Nickelback’s pulled groin. As YHC put it “Lord, we lift up Nickelback’s groin, Amen.”