Four men of accomplishments stood tall at 18:00 hours and answered the call for the latest version of The Punisher. Temperatures remained a steady 70 and sunny. According to the ghost of AP Hill, the following quite likely happened:
Mosey to the northwest southwest field for the COP. Exercises included:
Interpretive dance of UpChuck’s recent 50th birthday/20th anniversary trip to Oklahoma (“Why?”) and Hawaii.
20 Imperial Walkers (4 count)
50 SSHs (4 count)
Don Quixotes 10, Abe Vigoda style
Some light yoga to stretch the calves
15 hand-release merkins
10 WWIIs
20 flutter kicks
Mosey over here for a triple check, four-man style
Man 1: Wheelbarrow walk
Man 2: Partner wheelbarrow carrier (and back-up walker)
Man 3: Frederick Mercury
Man 4: Monkey Humpers
Rotate through three times.
Mosey over here for a Sidewalk Cycle:
This is a one-man, three-exercise cycle. Each man acts as a one-person team. Do the first exercise in your cycle. Man 1 starts with Exercise 1. Man 2 starts with Exercise 2. Man 3…if I still have to tell you…Start in a rectangle on the sidewalk. When you are done with evolution 1, move south on the sidewalk to the next open rectangle and move to the next exercise. Continue to the corner.
Exercises: Flutter Kicks (4 count x 10), WWIIs x 10, and Hello Dolly x 10 (four count).
Mosey over to the front of the school, stopping for some light stretching along the way.
There’s no name for this exercise.
5 parts, cumulative with a run in between. Audible available to anyone…simply call the audible, and for that round, run only the 10 meter concrete loop, but add 10 boo-yah merkins.
First round: 10 merkins (Fireman Ed suggested we start with exercises, then run), and run the loop.
Second round: 10 merkins and 20 flutter kicks, and run the loop.
Third round: 10 merkins, 20 flutter kicks, 30 incline lunges, and run the loop.
Fourth round: YHC called the audible. 10 boo-yah merkins, 10 regular merkins, 20 flutter kicks, 30 incline lunges, and 40 consecutive, one-second wall sits.
Fifth round: 10 merkins, 20 flutter kicks, 30 incline lunges, 40 consecutive, one-second wall sits, 50 side-straddle hops, and run the loop.
Run BTTVSF, numbers, names, and the PAX took us out with a series of simple, thankful statements.
Announcements:
Gomer wants to ruck around the track, run around the neighborhood, and have a workout. For some of us, this is also called a weekend. Sometime in May.
My mother is coming tomorrow for the winter.
NMS:
My mother is coming tomorrow for the weekend. Peace be upon us. And, be grateful for the time we have with our older relatives.
Tomorrow is the anniversary of YHC’s mother-in-law’s passing. If you ever needed a completely biased, total homer in your corner to support you through your worst moments, she was the human equivalent of Old Faithful, a person who would stand by you no matter how dumb you had been. What a treasure. We should all be so fortunate to have a person like that standing behind us.
YHC is also incredibly thankful for the gift of an amazing week with his kids and M. Oklahoma City for the Cowboy Christmas Ball (50th state before turning 50 years old) and then Hawaii for some R&R and to celebrate 20 years of marriage. What a gift.
Hutton is hitting some milestones this week. Well done, my friend.
UpChuck spits the bit.
