The 5th stop on the Why Not Q tour rolled into The General this morning. How fitting to start the memorial day weekend with an aptly named AO and a tribute to some of the fallen hero's. A farily large group gathered for the Standard – we had the Cheetahs and the not so Cheetahs go for 2.5 miles to get the engines (and mouths) going, When we return a rather larger number of PAX were gathering in the gloom looking for direction – 24 to be exact.
to my utter shock and amazement, there was Special Sauce and his running partner BagBoy – havent seen these two together at the same place in a very long time – but twice in one week is almost too much. Ha! The first two tour stops this week were repeato workouts, I changed it up at Hollywood and then again at Wilderness yesterday. So keeping this pattern going, I planned something a little special for the special AO – a tribute to some of our fallen heros!
After a liesurely stroll aroud the parking lot – interrupted by a very important Fledge to the Flag, we circled up for a little more warm-up
SSH
IST
Seal Claps
Cotton Pickers
Then the PAX counted off by 9's and instructions were given
THE THANG
Placed along the parking lot were pictures and a little bio of a fallen hero – in this case Navy Seals. We opted for a Shotgun start and the PAX were dispersed to their respective starting station. Note – as I have learned over the last 3 years, you need to keep it fairly simple for the PAX, so the instructions were as follows:
You will execute listed exercises representing the Month, Day and Year of the fallen heros death.
Month = Mericans
Day = Jump Squats
Year = Burpees
EXAMPLE: DOD = 11/5/12 –> Mericans x 11, Jump Squats x 5, Burpees x 12
When complete, Front Lean and Rest until instructed to move to the next station – that simple! There were 9 stations in all and needless to say a lot of Burpees were completed. A small price to pay in my opinion.
When all groups had completed all 9 fallen hero stations, BagBoy started a mutiny for Mary – but YHC said thanks and quickly took back control of the PAX
MOLESKIN
- I am tired! lots of work this week running and boot camps. Probably will do it again though next year
- Magnus strolled in 15-min late for class, but had a good samaritan note trying to help a 17-year old who decided it was ok to park his car on the neighbors lawn – good work!
- Love the complaints this morning – that mumblechatter gets me fired up and makes me want to go out and do it all over again – who's with me?
- Note to Blackbeard, The Scorch is not listed in the PAX drop down
MEMORIAL DAY
I have served (Army 5-years) and I am sure that many other PAX have as well – this weekend, take the time to say thank you to a vet – many americans forget that people who have served post-Vietnam were not drafted to serve, we freely chose to serve something much bigger than ourselves – and similarly this sense of service is a cornerstone of F3. If you dont know a vet, then raise your glass sometime this weekend and thank them anyway – I know I will
The FINAL stop on the Why Not Q tour rolls into Excelsior tomorrow at 0600 (Richard Berry Park) – not sure what I got up my sleeve, but it should be fun!!
TBone…