Monday Morning
It was one of those days, starting out in the wee hours of the morning, sleepless, after a wonderful Father’s Day with the family. One part of Wonderful usually means overeating in some form or fashion, (pork nachos was the culprit) which kept YHC up all hours of the night. As we know, nothing usually goes to plan, and this gloom was no different.
Muggy
Conditions, 82 degrees, muggy, not much different from last time, horsefly was still there
Milestone Marsh
This is where the beatdown is held every Monday morning at 5:15am. If you ever want to come, we’d love to have you. Recently, the naming of the AO was explained that the first workout was a run to the Lakefront and back with exercises peppered throughout – which is
a mile. And, it is basically in a Marsh
Motivation
As in, there was none. 5:15am, alone, where most of us have been at some point in time. It’s happened to me at least 4 times. After mentally battling myself, the lackadaisical mindset had settled in and the QIC would be in back in bed in 10 minutes.
Moby
Until Moby showed up, and it was a go. With his sidekick Turbo Dog, there was no turning back.
Missing
Waterpik had an excused absence, everyone else is unexcused. Was it Grundy’s beatdown Saturday? A Father’s Day Hangover? Juneteenth?
Make Ready – AKA Warm up
X10 IC, SSH, IW, Hillbillies, Grass Grabbers, Toe Touches, Windmills
MARSOC Short Card
The planned beatdown. United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC), basically the baddest of the bad, are formed straight from the Recon Marines. A beatdown with a mixture of bodyweight exercises, interspersed with calisthenics for a breather, Burpees, and a 4-mile run at the end. This is done for time. 10:13 (without the run) was the fastest YHC could find, we didn’t even think of coming close.
Mosey
We took it slow, with a warm up run to the second mailbox to start off, and added a couple of more little runs in between. Nothing close to 4 miles.
Modification
This would not be done straight for time, but more in a leisurely manner with Mumblechatter in between. This modification helped with the mugginess, but didn’t make it that much easier. All Burpees were deconstructed or modified in some form or fashion to our liking.
Main Event
We headed to the playground for 30 Merkins, 30 Squats, 30 Crunches, 10 Burpees, and 10 Windmills. Then to the court for 30 Merkins, 30 Mountain Climbers, 30 Flutter Kicks, and 10 Burpees. Brief reprieve of 10 Cherry Pickers IC, then 30 Merkins, 30 Star Jumps, 30 Superman’s, 10 Burpees, and 10 Grass Grabbers (IC).
We then took another mosey to the first mailbox, swatted bugs, and finished up with 30 Merkins, 30 Lunges IC, 30 Hello Dollies IC, 10 Burpees, and a Max set of dead hang pull ups.
Mary
Mindblank – but we did a couple of things.
Mop Up
Counterama, Nameorama, and YCH closed us out in prayer.
Thanks for showing up Moby Dick, and saving me from the fartsack.
SYITG – Akbar
Moleskin and Mopeds
Great to have Moby and Turbo Dog out this morning. There were modifications, but we still did close to 400 reps and some light running.
As usual, we got a good start on fixing the worlds problems, mainly focusing on the Mandeville/Covington area. Improvements to infrastructure on Sharp Rd, 190, and other areas are in the works, which hopefully will help with bikers.
Will electric bikes become the new Mopeds? After the second World War, as Europe begin to rebuild, people needed cheap, reliable, forms of transportation. This could be the modern day Moped, an affordable solution to so many of those in our area who actually cannot afford a car.
