“I wouldn’t let my kids do this…”

Ten fearless, yet unsuspecting PAX arrived in the rainy gloom ready to roll. Little did they know they’d soon be rolling around in the puddles of a muddy meadow. Mother Nature most certainly has a sense of humor and enjoyed watching her boys, now grown, act like little kids this morning (even if we wouldn’t let our own children engage in such silliness!).

WARM-UP
Quick retreat from the parking lot to the shelter:

• SSH x 20
• Imperial Walkers x 10
• WMH x 10
• Chinooks x 10 x reverse
• Who Let the Dogs Out? (Plank w/Shoulder Taps, Merkins on “Dogs” and “Yippee Ah Oh”)

YHC said the original plan was to play a game of fetch (i.e. chase a disc around the park like dogs), but maybe we should move to Plan B and work out in the park shelter. Justice wouldn’t have it: “I think we need to get wet.” Knope kindly suggested that “it’s drier across the street.” The Q was easily persuaded and all ten men moseyed.

THE THANG
Each man gets a turn at tossing the disc as far as he can, picking another PAX and giving a mode of travel to retrieve it. The Fetching Man picks an AMRAP exercise for the PAX to complete while they await his return. YHC imagined this activity devolving into Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)ness…and indeed it did.

Noteworthy moments:

• “On your 6 for some WW1s!” <<PAX groan as the first of many mud applications cake their backs>>
• “Everyone gorilla crawl to the big puddle over there, do 10 burpees, then bear crawl back.” – Unknown, but despised
• Sweatervest adding special emphasis to his sumo squats to splash fellow PAX
• “Do a merkin, roll over, do a v-up…repeat until I get back.” – Justice, proceeding to jog like he got jokes
• Watching Low Tide invent the bear crawl-ski (imagine a cross between a polar bear running and a hydroplane landing on a semi-placid Alaskan lake)
• “How about some supermen?” – Weenie Roast declares before running uncharacteristically sloooow to the disc, picking up the disc and throwing it further away.
• “Time for a tunnel of love!” – Sweatervest
• “I think we should all do some more burpees in this massive puddle right here.” – Also Sweatervest
• “Actually, this is great. I’m getting cleaned off.” – Toolbox

MARY
Ring of Fire

• American Hammers x 5 per PAX with disc in hand
• V-Ups x 3 per PAX disc to toes
• Superman x 3 per PAX disc in front

PRAYER

• Toolbox announced that he and his M are expecting a baby. “We’ve been busy,” he said. Indeed.
• Justice asked us to pray for the patience required to live in the ordinariness of the day-to-day.
• Cool J took us out.

COTS
Honestly, YHC can’t remember the last time I laughed so hard doing anything…much less a workout. I’d say what many of us experienced this morning was some of that pure, unbridled joy that most of us haven’t experienced since we were kids. In fact, one PAX mentioned that he felt like a kid again. Thank you, F3.