Four studs, representing 945 (now 949) posts this year, assembled for the penultimate workout of 2021. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the Subaru driving ladies using the pavilion, the following likely happened: 5:28 Saab calls Hot Potato 5:30 Launch by running around the Grove side of the school to Saab’s favorite warm-up spot. 5:31 COP. Helicopters, Dead Man Hang, Arm Circles, Russian Soldiers Imperial Walkers, Merkins 5:37 Lindsey. 2 trees up, and one tree back. Merkins and WWIIs. 5:48 Handshake Q. Mosey to corner of Grove and Westmoreland. Handshake reminded the PAX that the “block” has “corners” (and…

14 friendlies and one shape-shifter showed for a display of feats-of-strength and an airing-of-grievances, of which there were many. This is what transpired more or less… Deadman Hang, Merkins, Scorpion Kicks (much maligned), Ball-Lickers (Fan Favorite). Dips and Merkins/Derkins, station to station, 4 iterations. Descending Doras (LBCs, Flutter Kicks, Merkins) with run/bernie across courts. Chicken Peckers, B-Crawls, run out and back (3 iterations). Courts: Bear Crawl, Crawl Bear, Crabwalk, Polar Bear, then classic suicides. Feats of strength: Pax performs exercise while member does pull ups. Announcements/NMS: Bodos’ house guest could not reconcile the concept of attending a pre-dawn workout in…

A few good men and some others showed up for this week’s installment of Mary complete with FNG. 530 rolls around and off we go to the blacktop for COP: Don Quixote, Helicopters, SSH, Scorpion Kicks and we are ready to roll. Triple Check; P1 BTTW, P2 Elbow Plank, P3 karaokes the blacktop, 3 burpees, and karaoke back. Off to the field lining up facing the trees for a cumulative Red Barchetta with % reflecting distance across the field. Round 1 – 10% for 10 HRM Round 2 – 10% for 10 HRM, 25% for 25 jump squats Round 3…

7, then 8, HIMs gathered for a field trip. With no chaperone present, we ventured out on our own. COP: All IC. Deadman Hang // Helicopters // DQs // Cherry Pickers // Imperial Walkers // Russian Soldiers // SSHs. Mosey to corner of Westmoreland and Hanover. Burpee Alley: Run the length of Hanover from Westmoreland to Shadwell and perform 3 burpees at every lamppost. Mosey across Grove to parking lot. Wall to Wall: Partner up at Jenny Maragy’s lot. Round 1: P1 runs to wall and performs 10 2x Chicken Peckers, P2 Wall Sit with overhead press. 3x. // Round 2:…

12 strong came out to Mary this morning and here is how it went down. Mossy – Warm up on the blacktop Polerbears on the blacktop to the fence – at the fence balls to the wall – polerbears back to the starting line 20 WW11’s – repeat ! Tennis Courts : Suicides starting with 5 merkins and increasing 5 each line all 4 courts Track : Partner up – run opposite ways on the track when meet 20- PLT’s each run back to start 20 PLT’s – Repeat with the exercise being 10 Booyah merkins Ring of Fire -…

8 Chatty Kathy’s showed up this morning to celebrate Veteran’s Day with Lab Rat. COP- Hitchhiker got a new TV it appears. Bodos gets like 200 channels without cable, most are some form of PBS…Wayne’s World comes in clear as day. I hear Ted Lasso is a good show! 4 corners- Submarines aren’t named after fish…the good ones are named after cities and states. Korea gets cold sometimes! Saab re-watched Clerks again, he enjoyed it. Triple Check- Discussed benefits of Hulu vs. Apple TV vs. Netflix. Salute to Veterans- 5 burpees for each veteran in attendance (Lab Rat and Hitch),…

The PAX emerged out of the gloom to gather for 45MOM. As they arrived, each PAX member was not certain they had the right day or time as the recently well-lit parking lot was completely empty. We can attribute that to either courtesy on PAX’s part or misunderstanding of the ever changing parking rules. To make it less stressful, there is no school today (or this week) in RPS. Nonetheless, 6 did emerge from the gloom to take on a hot potato Q (with TYA running patrols around the neighborhood). COP – Pucker kicked us off with some SSHs, Don…

An eager eleven came out to Mary on a beautiful crisp fall morning for an old school beatdown. COP: SSH, Don Qs (saab approved), Russian Soldiers, Helicopters, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks. The Thang: Start at corner of Grove & Westmoreland. Run up Westmoreland stopping at each large tree for 5 HRMs all the way to Cary. Partner up for 3 sets of 20 PLTs. Over to school side for Triple check: Donkey Kicks, Reverse Crunches, & run to fence & back. Mosey to Tennis courts: few rounds of Bear Crawl & lunge then run back. YHC did not make PAX…

All eight of the PAX were able to find their appropriate new parking spots, and met at the new hang out spot for 45 Minutes of Mary! Rumor was one of our own indicated he would lead this morning but he may have given too much blood and bowed out. The potato was ready and waiting and Swirly picked it up to start it off. In the light of the 100,000 lumen light fixture the Swirly led us in some stretches. Next the THANG started, everyone found a pole along the perimeter of the parking lot and there was a…

A lucky 11 descended upon Mary to see what the resident geriatric had in store. This is what transpired more or less: COP: various stretches, HR Merkins, Ball-lickers. Pavillion: Partner does flutter kicks/Dollies while other runs out and back. Mosey to asphalt and hold 6 inches while Q tells poorly received joke at the same time an FNG joins our group. Do 3 rounds of donkey kicks, bear crawls, merkins, then run out and Bernie-back. Start at increments of 10 and finish at 30. Two Stations: Derkins and Dips. Perform 10/15 at each until visiting each 3 times. Run to…