“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn’t matter whether you’re the lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you’d better be running.” -Christopher McDougall
This morning, 8 men returned to simpler times and took on some playground staples to start the day the day. But what started as innocent fun quickly turned into a battle for survival.
After a quick mosey, the PAX warmed up with side straddle hops, deadman hangs, and cherry pickers before getting to work.
Playground Game #1: Duck, Duck, Goose.
You’re familiar with the rules. Form a circle, one man (“The Picker”) goes around declaring each member of the circle a duck or a goose. Once a goose is declared, the race is on. If the Picker beats the goose back to his spot, the goose becomes the Picker. If the goose prevails, the Picker seeks his next victim. For an added challenge, each member of the circle held a plank while the Picker chose his prey. Each Picker-Goose race proved exciting, with tight cornering on a wet surface making each race more unpredictable than the last. We also witnessed history as Flyboy won his first Picker-Goose race in 29 years.
Playground Game #2: Tag
Following the excitement of Duck, Duck, Goose, we moved to our Upper Elementary School recess days to play some Tag. The Rules were modified for an added challenge. Two men were It and the first person tagged by either It could avoid becoming It if he completed 6 burpees before a second person was tagged.
With two Its, pack hunting mentality took over. Like lions hunting gazelle, the Its identified prey and attempted to run them down for an easy kill. While this proved effective, the Not Its devised herd movement tactics to protect themselves and wear the hunters out. It was truly a battle for survival with incredible demonstrations of athleticism as both Its and Not Its dove, pivoted, cut back, and rolled to tag or avoid tagging.
COT: Boys of Summer Points awarded to Flyboy for breaking his 29 year slump and Warby for an incredible dive/slide to avoid a tag. Announcements: Family Friendly Workout this Saturday, Homegrown Half August 16, CSAUP in late September. Details for all can be found in Slack.
