We heard the Penguins were flying to the North Pole and decided to lay down on the banks of the Audubon Lagoons.
The PAX were motivated to perform some Nickles and Dimes. 50 Penguins or Core exercise and 10 merkins, shoulder taps, or squats at each 3rd running man. We finished with Penguin Ring of Fire!!
Subprime, Strings, Voila, Couch, Big Willie, Blowout, SOGO, and Almonaster
Running Man Re-dux!
PAX:
– Subprime
– Big Willie
– Blowout
– Almonaster
Mosey to grassy area near WWI Memorial.
Warmup:
Stretch
SSH – 20 IC
Arm Circles – 10 IC
Reverse Arm Circles – 10 IC
Imperial Walkers – 10 IC
Grass Grabbers – 10 IC
Windmills – 10 IC
Mountain Climbers – 10 IC
The Thang:
Mosey around the track to stop at the 2nd running man first then back to the start, repeat until heading back to the flag. Starting with 5 burpees first and every stop back at the starting point.
List of exercises at each running man listed below:
2 – Squats – 20 IC
4 – Merkins – 20 IC
6 – LBC’s – 20 IC
8 – Lunges – 20 IC
10 – Incline Merkins – 20 IC
12 – Vladimir Douille’s – 20 IC
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Running Man Re-dux!
PAX:
– Subprime
– Big Willie
– Blowout
– Almonaster
Mosey to grassy area near WWI Memorial.
Warmup:
Stretch
SSH – 20 IC
Arm Circles – 10 IC
Reverse Arm Circles – 10 IC
Imperial Walkers – 10 IC
Grass Grabbers – 10 IC
Windmills – 10 IC
Mountain Climbers – 10 IC
The Thang:
Mosey around the track to stop at the 2nd running man first then back to the start, repeat until heading back to the flag. Starting with 5 burpees first and every stop back at the starting point.
List of exercises at each running man listed below:
2 – Squats – 20 IC
4 – Merkins – 20 IC
6 – LBC’s – 20 IC
8 – Lunges – 20 IC
10 – Incline Merkins – 20 IC
12 – Vladimir Douille’s – 20 IC
Back to Flag
Birthdays
Anniversaries
Announcements,
Intentions
Prayer
Thanks for the Opportunity to Lead!
12 pax posted in the gloom looking for and providing accountability; some ran, some KnOTted, some rucked. YHC wanted to test if there was an impact on speed if one is chased vs being chased so Lions and Gazelles was born.
The disclaimer was given and off we went while the ruckers were informed they’d have a one minute head start to account for the estimated difference in pace between the lion (YHC) and gazelles (them) so I did burpees (it IS MABA month after all). Would it take more or less than a mile to catch them?
I could feel parts of my legs I didn’t know existed right away so clearly being the lion impacted my pace but what about the gazelles? I expected to find out in about 15 minutes. Unbeknownst to me, the gazelles did an un-gazelle thing and hid in the bush until the lion passed (instead of “running” as they’re built to do).
YHC hit the first lengthy straight away and presumed the figures in the distance were the gazelles (“ignore the new leg sensations or starve, lion” was my mantra) and then I lost sight of them. As the turn near Metaire Rd came I realized, so I thought, they’d altered from the agreed upon course; none the matter, mile one was coming and Siri shared the pace was 14’05”–keep pushing. The next turn came and the straight away betrayed the gazelles’ course altering—vindication…and time to eat!
It was close to mile two before I’d catch them and just before the feast, the gazelle known as Charmin confessed their TWO dastardly deeds. Another ruck will be required to know how YHC’s pace is impacted as a gazelle.
Thanks for the new pace, gazelles. COT.
Iceketball!
PAX:
– Couch
– Shamu
– Big Willie
– Stork
– FCOJ
– Subprime
– Wild Turkey
– Manchovy
– Almonaster
Warmup:
Mosey to the parking lot on River Road.
Side Straddle Hops – 20
Arm Circles -10 IC
Reverse Arm Circles
Imperial Walkers – 10 IC
The Morpheus – 10
Balance on 1 foot for 10 seconds – Each Foot
Grass Grabbers – 10
Wind Mills – 10 IC
Mountain Climbers – 10 IC
The Thang:
Mosey’d to Carver Basketball court. We played a pickup game of basketball to get us in the right mindset to cheer on the Green Wave as they took on Rice!
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“Coffee” to be held at the Tulane Basketball game. Tipoff at 8pm!
At 5:29, jokes were made about YHC’s shirt since it was part of my Halloween Costume, but now it is just a part of my rotation. After the jesting, YCH lead the count off since Triple Shift was already there thus we figured more coming wasn’t as likely.
Starting at 5:30 Knotters walked away backwards, stretchers walked away backwards, and the runners ran away forward sine they apparently still haven’t received the memo.
That being said, YHC mentioned on Monday that his hips were tight, so he directed Stretching with that in mind. We started out with Pool Boy (THE New Orleans Resident) and at some point he was traded for Kennah-Brah from the runners. YHC won’t say who received the better end of that deal, but all the locals know.
At 6:12 with YHC watching my watch, wanting to get back to the proverbial shovel flag, Bolt decided to get creative by creating a stretch. We had just done the Pidgeon Stretch; so he decided to do a Double Pidgeon. It ended up being one of his better creations. Maybe Kennah-Brah was rubbing off on him.
With a little over a minute to go, we make our way across the field and notice all the runners sitting doing a butterfly stretch. Apparently, they forget to run for 45 minutes without Pai Gow, or maybe we should rename Tuesday to Wally Stretch.
That being said, we all start walking towards the flag and notice a tall, lanky, skinner runner coming in hot. It wasn’t until he was on top of us, that we realized that Scantron was coming in HOT! Jokes were made about him not running backwards, but it was good to see him push himself.
COT consisted of Count-Off, with more that we started with, Name-O-Rama, and Announcements and Intentions. YHC then read from Matthew (9:20-22) galvanizing the PAX to discern what we have been suffering with for too long, and to take that to Our Father in Heaven. Even though he knows all, just like an earthly father wants, he desires his children, us, to share it with him.
After completing the 1st Grow Run and GRE-41 over the weekend, YHC was eager to get back out to the gloom. Thankfully, Hokie reached out to Bolt to HC since YHC needed stretching. Started with mirroring the KnOTters by walking backwards away from them. While they did their own thing, Bolt and Vagabond heard a recounting of the weekend, along with groans from the much needed stretching. Vagabond added his own gassing from time to time.
Worked our way back to the shovel flag for some COT where YHC asked for prayers as this weekend is the 1 year anniversary of my father’s sudden passing. Glad to be back in the gloom with brothers.
Today was about pushing it to the limit, either with running, KnOTibg, or running back to your house for a stretching pad becuase Boo-boo can’t handle the ground.
Either way, we all came back (with some additional late comers) for the COT. Prayed in thanksgiving for new life and in supplication for those who need help.
Today was all about seeing. Seeing 16 PAX show up, seeing Rudy not read the “No Parking”, and YHC and others seeing how hard we could push ourselves in the gloom.
Typical, KnOTers, Stretchers, and Runners were there.
Ended with COT emphasizing that we are all figured a spiritual battle and asked for our guardian angels’ help.
4 PAX showed up.
Moseyed to the field in front of the zoo. We did the following warm-up exercises:
Windmills, Grass Grabbers, Arm Circles, Hill Billies, Imperial Walkers, and SSHs.
Moseyed to the statue in front of Audubon Zoo. And did the following sets:
Set 1
Inclined Merkins x 12
Squats x 12
American Hammers x 12 IC
Rinse and repeat. Then ran a lap to the stop sign and back
Set 2
Declined Merkins x 12
Bulgarian Split Lunges x 12 on each side
Hello Dollies x 12 ISC
Rinse and repeat. Then ran a lap to the stop sign and back
Set 3
Declined Shoulder Taps x 12 ISC
Step-ups x 12 on each side
Flutterkicks x 12 ISC
Rinse and repeat. Then ran a lap to the stop sign and back
We then bear crawled, duck walked, bunny hopped, and did burpee broad jumps for some distance.
We then slowly worked our way back to the flag with some overhead claps, seal claps, and overhead presses.
COT
Long Coffeeteria for some PAX.
