Author: Whitesnake

It was great to see Gypsy (and his dog) walking the bus loop while the rest of us ran 4.25 miles and did some other exercises to slow us down. We missed a WTH regular in Pigskin but I am confident he and Mickey Mouse were doing burpees while we did our thing. Here is how it went:

The group ran to West Broad Village and around the lake before cutting over to Thamesford Way. We then ran to the end and cut over to the Church Run pool parking lot. After some warmups of Imperial Walkers, Don Quixote and Freddie Mercury’s, we tackled some 7’s of WWIIs and Burpees, running back and forth between parking lot islands in between.

While I considered running to Gomer Pyle’s house, I forgot the TP so instead we ran back to Thamesford and hit every cul-de-sac on the left and alternated between 20 LBCs (3 times) and 10 Merkins (2 times). We then went back to the West Broad Village lake and ran to the Gazebo. There we did 20 dips and 10 Derkins. From there we look the long way back to the flag and met back up with Gypsy.

Announcements: Convergence on Monday at 7AM, park near Tredegar/Belle Island. Bridge on 6/4. Next 2nd Tuesday West End 2nd F lunch on 6/14.

Prayers for Gypsy, Pinto, my friend Ryan, and all the Texas families impacted by the terrible tragedy yesterday.

Thanks for letting me Q this morning. Always a pleasure.

Had a good/patient group this morning for my 3rd Q. After losing my breath 5 minutes in, Lighthouse taught me to not count every piece of the cadence. What a difference! (of course) Pigskin also counted in English more than usual to help.

From there, the mix of running and bootcamp leaned too much on the running side. Lesson learned.

Here’s what we did:

Ran to Wells Fargo. Some security camera likely caught 20 Side-straddle hops,15 Imperial Walkers, 15 Don Quixote’s and 20 Flutter kicks. And me learned to breathe while reminiscing Homer’s cadence skills.

Ran to the first parking lot on Westgate. Did a modified Dora, group of 2 sharing 50 Merkins, 100 LBCs and 150 Squats, group of 3 needing to do math and 75 Merkins, 150 LBCs and 225 Squats.

Ran behind the Panera and the smell of coffee, then ran behind the Dunkin Donuts to the entrance to the apartment complex there. Too dark to see the American Flag but it is the thought the counts. Here the Pax was super excited to do 50 WWIIs.

Went to Broad St and took a right, ran down Pump to the Softball field next to the school. Everyone went to a base. Everyone did Merkins. Home plate started with 10 then ran to relieve 1st (every base keeps doing Merkins until relieved) who then ran to relieve 2nd, and so on. Yes, that means 3rd base sucked.

Ran the pathway through the woods. Stopped for 20 seconds midway for some 3rd F. Showed the Pax the spiritual labyrinth there. Worth a visit when you have the time.

Ran back to Pocahontas. Ended up running ~3.25 miles. Will do more WWII’s next time and run less.

Announcements:
Bluegrass Jam benefit for the Fisher House, April 30 (rvabluegrassjam.com for more info)
Blood drive June 4 at Epiphany Lutheran (sign up on red cross site).

Pigskin took out us.

Looking forward to my next Q and seeing whether I did this wordpress thing right.

Three warriors met at a warm parking garage to enjoy a musical workout. Did you expect anything less from my first Q (2nd if you include the one time I was the only one to show up)? Here’s what we did:

Warmup: Ran up a few levels doing butt kickers and high knees. Then stopped for some Don Quixotes and Russian Soldiers. Then the music played:

Playlist:

Chumbaburpees: Listened to their one hit “Tubthumping” doing SSH’s except the Chorus with a burpee for every “knocked down” (about 20). Took the stairs down and ran to the Aloft deck entrance.

Paula Abduls: inspired from her smash hit “Opposites Attract”, we ran two sections of the deck, did ten LBCs, then ran back one section, did ten LBCs, ran up two sections, etc. About 50 LBCs total. Took advantage of the little running space we had. Took the stairs down, ran back up a level.

(Don’t) Let the Bodies Hit the Floor from the band Drowning Pool. Plank for the verses, Merkins in cadence with the song counting “one, two, three, four” and mountain climbers during the Chorus. (about 20 Merkins). Ran up a level, stairs down, ran up a level

Inspired from the Jan 1 Convergence, “Bring Sally Up”, Squats and stay down unless the song tells you “up”.

Ran up, found some Wall space for the People’s Chair. Held for “Another Brick in the Wall, Pt 3” (about a minute). Took the stairs down, ran back to the Aloft entrance.

“Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins. SSH except when you hear “Danger Zone” and do squats instead.

Got a little over 2 miles of running in this morning, some good tunes and exercise.

Some stretching, COT and Pigskin took us out.

Thanks Roger Roger and Pigskin for the support this morning. It was my honor to lead today and start to pay you back for all the times you have led me.

Left the house at 5:18. Ran to Pocahontas, arrived at 5:28. No cars. Uh Oh. 5:30 came and went solo.

“I don’t know where I’m goin’.”

Ran to WB Village, hit the parking deck stairs to the top. Then did 10 Merkins, ran down the stairs, ran up the ramp back to the top, 10 Merkins, then repeated a few times.

“But I sure know where I’ve been.”

Ran to a different parking deck. Did the same thing. Threw in some side straddle hops and LBCs.

“Hanging on the promises in songs of yesterday. And I’ve mad up my mind, I ain’t wasting no more time”

Ran around the village some more and headed home. Just a couple minutes short. 4 miles total running plus the fun. Did not leave anyone behind and had some great conversation.

Ended in prayer: “Oh Lord, I pray you give me strength to carry on. ‘Cause I know what it means to walk along the lonely street of dreams

Here I go again on my own
Goin’ down the only road I ever known
Like a drifter I was born to run alone…”