What these men have in in common with each other, they most assuredly do not have in common with the Northshore Pax. More on that later.
Pre-Pre-Thang. 0600
Ei’s personal goal of running 20 miles this week crept its way into the F3 workout this Saturday. Our normal Pre-Thang 2 miler would have put your humble narrator 1 mile short of previously mentioned goal. Consequently, a GroupMe pre-blast was, well, blasted…inviting one and all to get 1.1 miles in before the 0610 Pre-Thang. Takers were Shooter, Turbo, and Splice. Out to the yacht club and back.
Pre-Thang. 0610
Back to the flag after Pre-Pre-Thang to pick up the rest of the Pre-Thangers (can’t remember who all we picked up, so just imagine whoever you want here; it will not affect your experience as a reader of this backblast). Two mile mosey to the West Side (till I die) of the lakefront. During Pre-Thang, Grundy timed him self for 1.5 miles and came in at 26 minutes 42 seconds. Not bad Grundy. Keep it up.
Thang. 0630
Started out with a sarcastic disclaimer (would that make it a “claimer”???), wherein YHC declared himself a professional trainer, expert in all areas of medicine, and recited the Hippocratic Oath (that part is a lie). Next, brief disclaimer and straight into:
- SSH X 20 IC
- IW X 20 IC
- Mountain Climbers x 20 IC
- Arm Circles x 20 IC
- Seal Jacks x 20 IC
- Windmills x 10 IC
- Toe Touchers x 10 IC
Mosey to the wall for:
- Bulgarian Split Squat, each leg x 12 – Blackbird claimed he did not know what a “Bulgarian” SS was. Suspecting jest and that no human could possibly be unaware of the BSS, YHC replied in similar jest that it was the same as a Regular Split Squat, but Bulgarian. This jest volley was returned with confusion; therefore a description of the exercise in question was given, and Pax proceeded.
- Freak Nasty’s (actually, Nasties) x 15 IC
- Baby Box Jumps x 12 OYO – Splice assisted YHC in exercise name modification. We came up with “Baby BJ’s”
- Irks x 15 IC
Mosey west for:
Improperly described Route 66. Shoulda been Route 55, however, please refer to preamble. Route 66/55 consisted of:
- 30 yard run to headless penis (you had to be there) for 1 burpee
- 40 yard run to base of bridge for 11 Mountain Climbers
- Back to you-know-what for 2 burpees
- Back to start for 9 MC’s
- ad infinitum (Another lie. We didn’t really go on forever. I mean, I have a job and a family. We just descended to zero. Just wanted to use a little italicized Latin lingo)
Mosey across bridge for:
- Bizz Buzz – Without going into details, this was a total joke. Penalty for an error in arithmetic by any one member of the Pax was declared to be 5 burpees for the entire Pax. We never made it to 50, but we made it close with the aid of some assistance (read: cheating). Cumulative penalty assessed on the Pax equaled 15 burpees. The Pax was simply unable to muster much morning mathematical manpower.
- Hip Slappers x 20 IC
- Jack Webbs. 1:3 Ratio from 10 to 1
Back to flag for ninety seconds of Mary:
- Flutter Kicks IC. At count 3 we had a request for Fondas. Count halted immediately at 4.
- Fondas x 10 IC
Countorama, Nameorama, Announcementorama, Prayerorama, Coffeteriaorama.
Ei
Jack Webb at 3-to-1. Again, the Northshore showed up the Southshor. Keep up the challenge.
Headless Penis?
Yea. It used to have a head but the city removed it (or at least, I *assume* it was the city). Not sure what it is; seems like a cross between a robot and a bird’s nest. Again, you had to be there!