23 pax including EC ruckers, EC runners and other overachievers met in the Good Shepherd gloom for YHC’s first post to HOP in quite some time. It was good to see old friends, make news ones and attempt to destroy them all.

The Thang:

To that end, most of the pax took a warm up lap as others retrieved a sufficient number of iron ties from the woods to add to the pile of KBs, sandbags, rucks and dumbbells, such that all pax save one had a piece of gear to stand in front of. Once back, all pax circled up to get warm. After introductions,

– SSH

– Imperial Walker

– Arm Circles Both Ways

– Windmill

– WMH

– Tenzig Norgay

– Slow Merkin

And we’re warm.

ME: Pax stood in front of a piece of gear for a beatdown as unrelenting as it was simple: lift, push or pull the gear as each pax sees fit (we’re all grown ups here) with a focus on pulling exercised as one pax sprints the length of the parking lot and back, then knocks out 10 burpees (proper form gentlemen, the F3 Police are watching) in the center of the circle. Pax then rotate to the next piece of gear, and repeato until all pax have run and burpeed. Fellowship pace lap around the parking lot midway, and switch to core exercises (with weight) for the last 5 runners. Call that Mary.

Moleskin: Prayers for Pep’s friend Chris who is battling cancer, and his family.

COT

TClaps to the pax for having YHC, and for pushing it all the way through. See y’all again, hopefully before another 2 years pass.