Seven strong emerged from the gloom to reinvigorate this venerable AO. Two walkers and five boot campers, including one downrange from Atlanta (“W”). It went like this…
Mosey to front of Carillon to warmup including dead man’s hang, SSHs, Don Quixote’s, Helicopters and Imperial Walkers. Sufficiently warm, we moseyed to the Carillon itself and formed two groups – one ran up and around the Carillon while the other group did Flutter Kicks. Five rounds of this seemed enough.
Mosey to the circle by Pump House Drive and then alternate two exercises around the circle – Five Polar Bears followed by 10 Lunges, then repeat until done. We had a brief visit from two of our 2 wheeled F3 friends as they came by the Carillon.
Mosey past the Carillon where “W” saw a Seal Team group working out. “W” jokingly, but correctly, referred to them as a “rival gang”. If Swirly had been with the boot campers it might have gone down like that. We quickly explained the disadvantages of Seal Team and moved on to the Ampitheather.
Starting from the bottom by the stage, perform 5 incline Merkins on one rise, then move up to the next and perform 10 LBC, repeat all the way to the top. Having not had enough of the ampitheater, we then had one group do an exercise at the top while the other group ran around the ampitheater. Exercises were Squats, Merkins and American Hammers.
With a little time left, but not enough to get down to the rusty cage YHC took the group to a rusty bench toward the Nickel Bridge end of the parking lot for some step ups and decline Merkins. This took us to time as we moseyed back to the flag and regrouped with the walkers.
Hitch shared that a pickleball tourney is coming soon in June. BT is looking forward to hip replacement surgery in July.
The walkers had a pleasant stroll for the most part until some angry soul came upon them on the road and instead of allowing them time to move aside, the driver accelerated and laid on the horn. What is this…New York? For the boot campers, the discussion was largely focused on college the application and acceptance process and the craziness that kids go through today.
YHC took us out. Thanks for letting me lead boys.
