Nine-man PAX in the frigid gloom. Theme was the power of words, for good or ill, and the exhortation from Ephesian 4:29 to get rid of foul talk and replace it with speech that builds others up. Exercised in snow and on pavement. No prayer requests or announcements. Highlight: Crunchy Frog’s penguin slide down the icy slope

Fortunately, the answer was ‘yes’. Given the rain, and with the snow on the ground, we opted for the covered walkway and stayed dry. We did a ‘Hot Tater’ and dreamed of 67-degree weather in Florida. Actually, I’m hoping for a decent snow. Since I moved here 3 and half years ago, we haven’t had much snow. I’m hoping the rain doesn’t wash it all away. Upchuck started us off with: (this is roughly right) 35 SSHs in cadence 10 Monkey Humpers in cadence 15 Imperial Walkers in cadence Stretch (touch the ground) Cobra 10 Reverse crunch in cadence 10…

14 gathered for an end of the year Hoe Down Monday morning beat down. Mosey to Bodos’s office complex parking lot for a standard Introduction, Disclaimer and Warm Up. SSH, DH, DQ, EW, US, MERK, LBC Mosey to Rustique Salon & Spa for a Triple Check. MERK, LBC & Timer runs around Walgreens. Mosey across the street to Cocoanut Jewelry. Looking down said shopping plaza for potential Yoga girls to gawk-at, at Zinger Fit YHC noticed 54 structural walk way poles he could potentially put to good use. Something Simple, Something Easy. Easy as One, Two, Three. So YHC quickly…

A cool dozen emerged from the warm enclosure of their idling cars. The clock strikes 530 and off we went with a short mosey to the small teacher’s lot. The circle was small to preserve warmth, and got even smaller with the Ukrainian Soldiers bringing us in nice and snug. A jog down the road and up west drive got the blood flowing as we transitioned into teams of three for triple check. Run the loop, monkey humpers, and box cutters. Though the little dog noticed us with barks, no angry neighbors shouted out the time of day. Over to…

0500 when the alarm went off YHC would head the sound of steady rain outside there was a strong pull to stay in the Fartsack. The idea a wet and cold muffin top was not high on the list, but after YHC Fartsacked last week after writing “Hawt Potato” on the Q sheet YHC knew it couldn’t be done twice in a row. YHC pulled into the parking lot at 5:28 and saw one lone vehicle, Vandalay. YHC was happy to not be alone, it almost 7 years YHC has avoided being a solo poster and today wasn’t going to…

Eight strong started their December off in the Gloom and were met with temps in the 20s. COP of basics. Mosey down Hepler with some stops along with way for Merkins, WWIIs. Get to end of Hepler. Partner up for Dora123: 100 Merkins, 200 Jump Squats, 300 LBCs. Mosey across Forest over Spottswood. Stop for more Merkins, Heels 2 Heaven. End up in 3rd Parking lot. Bear Crawl halfway, run to end then Merkins. Repeato x2 but Crab Walk & lunge. Back to parking loop. Double check of run loop & Ball2Wall, Peoples chair. Finish with 3 min of Mary.…

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…