Fifteen gentlemen and scholars arrived at Mary today with no enticement needed other than seeing Splinter on the Q. After the northern peacock strutted his stuff to our visitor and then shielded himself with the wall named Swirly, off we went to the blacktop for today’s 45MoM fun.
COP
COP stands for Circle of Pain. It doesn’t stand for Circle of <insert other ‘p’ word here>. Therefore we did hard things.
- 10x Hellicopters
- 1x Burpee
- 20x SSH
- 2x Burpees
- 10x Merkins
- 3x Burpees
- 10x Copperhead Squats
- 4x Burpees
- 10x Penguins, appropriately stored up from yesterday’s Oyster snubbing. Rosie was offered the opportunity to leave at this point but wisely decided to stay
- 5x Burpees
- 10x Don Quixote’s, Abe Vigoda style & approved by Saab with an 👌
- 6x Burpees
- 10x High Knees
- 7x Burpees
- 10x CDDs
- 8x Burpees
- 10x Side Lunges
- 9x Burpees
- 10x APDs
- 10x Burpees
- 1x Mountain Climbers
The Thang
Brief mosey over to the western edge of the field for our next exercise. 11s using trees as the markers. Someone astutely pointed out that one of our trees was gone so how would we do 11s? We figured it out. Run to the first tree then 10 merkins, back to the line for 1 jump squat. Continue along the trees, adding the far sidewalk as the 1/10 set. Various 10 counts offered by Last Call and 1-800. Kubota demonstrated his graduation from Wilson’s school of winning by offering himself a healthy head start after each set.
Slow, sweaty saunter back to the edge of the school where we tripled up for a check. Air presses, pickle pounders, and karaoke to the fence and back were called. Classic 45MoM variation of this staple.
Scurry back to the flag where we circled up (with YHC in the circle) for 4 minutes of mary which included 20x each of LBCs, Flutter Kicks, Freddie Mercuries, and American Hammers. Mumblechatter was so high during hammers that we lost count and called time. Kubota advised in advance he needed to leave right on time, which was allowed even though he left a minute early.
Numbers, names, YHC took us out. Celebrating new life and the strength and power of the human spirit.
Announcements
- Homegrown half early August
- Convergence next Thursday @ Batteau
- Slack is open 24/7 for jovial banter and mudslinging
Moleskin
Thanks to Rosie and Cal Worthington for the extra nudge to show up at 5 for a little bit of pre-work. No extra backblast here, just a few dudes sharing fellowship and getting stronger. Only took 30 seconds before a truck doused us with puddled rain water. There is nothing more refreshing on a 75 degree morning than being pummeled by street water that has been cooking on the hot pavement. Thanks for Cal for ducking so YHC could experience the full onslaught.
The main event started with ample chatter. Last Call even showed up, likely expecting no hills, to which he was rewarded.
History lesson, 45 Minutes of Mary was the 2nd workout created in F3RVA, and we had a founding member in our presence today. Great to see 15 strong show up for one of the OG workouts in RVA. Goes to show that even after almost 10 years, you can still introduce variety to a tried and true AO.
No, no monkeys flew out of anyone’s buttholes, but there may have been a few desires to hurl today. We can only hope that the sight of TYA’s creamy white thighs didn’t make anyone feel kind of funny today, you know like when we used to climb the rope in gym class?
Thanks for letting me lead today. Splinter out.
