Today started with a mystery. Who will be the Q? Eight regulars show up to the Thicket (3 for EC block work) and one guy that usually only shows up at Running AOs. Turns out the mystery Q was the runner guy (and Your Humble Correspondent).
YHC set the alarm for 5:30AM, which is the exact time the workout begins at hashtag The Thicket. Baffling! This was done in error but YHC was wide awake at 4:17 Never The Less.
The thicket was anything but thick with gentle wafts of chilly morning air. The mystery Q moved to the center, casting to the pavement the shroud of secret.
Warmup
- SSH x25 IC
- WMH x 10 IC
- Slow Merkin x 10 IC
- Slow Squat x 15 IC
- Two laps of the parking lot
ME
We moseyed over behind the school to find a nice piece of wall and a nice piece of fence.
Those PAX at the wall performed The People’s Chair whilst those PAX at the fence performed One-legged Johnnies IC x 20! Or maybe The Calf Crucible. At any rate, we only flapped the jack once and moved on to the next thing.
We moseyed back to the parking lot for The Vicious Circle.
We performed a variety of movements: running, bear crawling, lunge walking, crab walking, fartleking(!), and wrestler walking (!?) around the parking lot while one PAX at a time made their way to the center lane to perform:
- 5 Burpees
- 10 Overhead Claps (IC)
- 15 Merkins
- 20 Squats
Whereupon this PAX, having thus completed these exercises, would rejoin the group of movers, sending another to the middle lane. This we did until all PAX had a turn in the middle. YHC’s turn COINCIDENTALLY coincided with crab-walk time. It was decided that YHC should not miss out on crab walk but no one seemed to want to continue with this particular movement, so all PAX but YHC headed to the middle lane for one more round of the above exercises together whilst YHC crab walked.
But this is not what really happened.
One PAX, rather than heading to the middle, declaimed “No man should crab walk alone” and joined YHC for a backward and belly-up, four-legged stroll. This PAX was Mothman and we discussed the versatility of routers.
All moseyed back to the very beginning place for Mary.
Mary
- World War IIs x 20 OMU
- Little Baby Crunches x 20 IC
- American Hammers x 20 IC
- Merkin ring of fire holding Reg U Lar plank
COT
Announcements
Catskill mentioned the need for volunteers for F3 Chatham Habitat for Humanity volunteer build day Saturday November 20th. Must be 16 or older – all skill levels welcome. See #thejag for more info.
Marky Mark mentioned the impressive achievement of Sherwin and Yanni, running for miles and miles and swimming for them, too, on a cold November day. More details on Churham News.
Name-o-rama
This ritual was performed by all PAX and recorded for posterity by Bump Draft
BOM/not BOM
During the Merkin ring of fire, YHC asked the PAX before they begin their 5 Merkins, to name something that they have created. Two PAX created companies, one created a papier mache balloon, one created an omelet while another a pharmacological molecule of some befuddling impressiveness, yet another created book shelves, another a macros-enabled spreadsheet.
YHC took us out by encouraging the PAX to reflect on the things that they have created in this world and to go out into the day and create some more. There is something magical about bringing an idea into existence. Humans are cool in this way.
Aye