Many of you may or may not know, but YHC originally hails from Long Island, where Billy Joel is less of a musician and more of a state-sponsored religion. In honor of his (belated) May 9 birthday, the workout soundtrack was entirely Billy Joel themed.
The gloom began with an Indigenous Peoples Run around the soccer field. The last man in line carried a cinderblock, performed five block squat thrusters, handed the block to the next HIM, then sprinted to the front.
After Warm-a-rama, the pax moved to the playground. The men formed up shoulder to shoulder in plank position and began passing multiple cinderblocks underneath one another down the line. Somewhere during this evolution, YHC noticed a faint smoky smell and occasional tiny sparks coming off the blocks. In hindsight, this should have been interpreted as a warning from the universe. Shortly thereafter, two blocks catastrophically failed under pressure. We did not start the fire, but the cinderblocks may have been considering it.
The workout rolled on into multiple Triple Checks around the playground loop, and then to the basketball court for 11s.
Despite the destruction of government-grade masonry equipment, all men survived, no fingers were lost during plank block transfers, and the pax successfully honored Long Island culture through sweat, confusion, and mild construction debris.
Announcements:
NTB going-away party THIS Saturday at 4 p.m., RSVP to DTH.
Also this Saturday- Bon Iron will be meeting at Dogpile.
June 13 food distribution for Latinos in VA (details to come on Slack).
June 14 at 3 p.m., off-the-books ruck at Sunday Park, followed by dinner at the Boathouse.
Prayer Requests: For the young man at St. Christopher’s who took his life.