As I was sitting in my car at 5:27am in the otherwise empty Tuckahoe Elementary Parking lot I began to wonder what I was going to do if no one showed up to Hoedown on this November Monday. Do I do a workout by myself out of spite (kinda like Conspiracy did that one time he was late and TYA immediately bolted up Kingscrest at Munford)? Do I go home and go back to the sack? Maybe I just go for a run, although I’m not wearing my running shoes? What’s the protocol here?
Fortunately, three other west enders showed up, including Vandelay, who apparently was talked into coming by some guys at Libbie Market over the weekend. Good work by those guys getting Vandelay back in the saddle…and also well done talking someone into going and not showing up yourself. It has been a bit light at Hoedown lately.
The Q itself wasn’t all that noteworthy.
Basic COT to begin with…some dead man hangs, a runner’s stretch, arm circles, 25 2 count side straddle hops.
Down to Lindsay, partner up. Pretty simplistic run to the top and back while the partner is lunging, bear crawling and crab walking.
Same deal on Paris next to Lindsay.
Same-ish deal on the soccer field at Tuckahoe…except it was dips and pullups while YHC unsuccessfully tried to kick a soccer ball into the goal.
Some donkey kicks and American Hammers to finish.
In between we knocked out fifty two-count Mercans. Here Here.
Quick Pigskin appreciation post– When Pigskin first came out to Hoedown, it was definitely a “Who’s This Guy?” situation. His in cadence included numbering in all different kinds of languages, including, but not limited to, Spanish, German and could that be Russian? It was a lot for the guys at Hoedown to take…we’re not into change and, by and large, it isn’t a group that calls a ton of attention to themselves. To jump out and start speaking Russian on your first day requires some intestinal fortitude…but there he was, all 70 years-ish old making us all look like out of shape schlubs as he sprite-ed around TES hammering away burpees like he was doing 12oz curls.
I’m inspired each and every day I work out with Pigskin. I’m come to enjoy the multi-lingual cadence counting, it’s pretty charming when you think about it…Shaka Smart would always say “Variety is the spice of life!” Russian language is spice, for sure. You tell me that age 72 I’m running around a snobby west end elementary school in the dark before the sun rises and I’ll absolutely take it right now, no questions asked.
This Thursday I’m heading to Charleston on a business deal and I plan to workout with those guys somewhere down there. I guess, on that morning, I’ll be “that guy” of the “who is this guy” fame. Maybe I’ll brush up on some of my non-existent Russian.