The Glen…..such a divine AO. To be back in the bossom, back in the fold, back in the blessed crisp (musky really) air of The Glen. We gather, we salute the flag, we run, we circle up, YHC issues a disclaimer, then….with little pause, the first exercise is called out. Due to the number of FNG's, the exercise is introduced as 'jumping jacks', but that's not what we call them. We call them Side Straddle Hops…….starting position move, in cadence, EXCERCISE! One two three……..(and there it is, as predictable as sun up in the morning, taxes, the seasons, Cupcake quoting Swayze) ONE responds the Pax in unison, in verse, with honor, duty, and pride. The absolute brilliance of F3, in a one word response……ONE!
Warm Ups (IC): SSH 20, IST 15, CP'S 10, Mericans 5,5,5 (both hands, right, left), MC's 15, CDD's 10, WM's 10, Squats 20. Mozy down hill to Area 1.
The Thang: Progression from Area 1 5 burpees to Area 2 10 CDD's, and back to Area 1 (burps), forward leaning rest to coalesce. Each time to and fro an Area, we did each of the excercises. Area 3-15 single count Mericans, Area 4-20 dips, Area 5 25 SDS's, Area 6-30 LBC's IC-counted by Cupcake. Each time we did ALL of the previous excercises on the way to and fro……very painful. We needed a warmdown, so we ran the soccer field to gather the Six. Mozy over to hill behind Horatio field, quadrafilia up that. Return to parking lot for…
Mary: IC Low Flutter 15, Mason Twist 15, WWII 15, R/L Transverse Obliques 10 each. Recover, recover.
Moleskine:
-FNG1 is Greg Rand 49, married, father to two. Usain is suggesting Iron Fist, from NY, real estate business, car guy (who puts custom pipes on a SUV?) 2 kids
-FNG2 is Farron, father to Chicken Little, is from North Dakota, works for John Deere, and is a welder.
-FNG3 is Doug Morrison is a science teacher, father of four (4), Ooper, and big time hiker/outdoorsy type guy. We pondered many names, but ended up with Beaker, then name of the science teacher in Weird Science (not sure on this…..never seen it!)
-FNG4 is Thomas Aldridge, from GA, huge Clemson fan, golfer,road cyclist, wife runs Ironmans, 2 kids
-The mumblechatter today began almost before the actual post began, if that's possible. A solid Pledge was said, remembering Lear, who is in Austria seeing Ande Rieu with his M. This man does not let life idly pass him by!
-Our progression today was painful, pleasant, and humbling. Each exercise set was focused on either total or a group of muscles. Fact is…your Q cares about your health, dental and otherwise….
-Senator was delighted to be back in the fold, cranking out burpees (AND complaining about them), and kicking butt at 58!
-Straight Cash and Apehangers had stellar comments regarding the 'progression'. Suffice it to say these two have an easy roadshow between them, assuming they have a Q as the centerpiece to their comedic routine.
–Chicken Little, at a green 21, is simply impossible to 'keep up with'. He sets the pace, is the pace, and is only equalled down by such Herculean efforts like that from Deep End, who did keep up with CL here and there, but not everywhere.
-Pierogi, Manhands, Frosty, and Crack, rucked prior to The Glen for #thestandard. Manhands and Frosty then had to attend to family duties during our post.
-All the FNG's were extrememly impressive. The post 'may' have had almost 2 miles of running embedded in it, but this allowed our 'progression' to progress…….see what I did there?