YHC was up feeding the baby at 4am, so I got an early start heading to Expresso. Prerun wheels up at 4:54, got in a solid 2.9 miles at an easy pace. Rolled into the parking lot at 5:22, still the only one there. Tooth Fairy soon joined, then Shamus and Ferdinand and others, and we had ourselves a party.
Forecast: 33 and clear, brisk
0530 – Lets get at it
Warm Up: SSH x 20 IC, Humpy x 12 IC
About now 2 cars squeal into the parking lot on 2 wheels…Jordache and Cheeze Whiz. They jump out, race to the circle so they won’t be “late”
0532 – Continue Warm Up w/ Windmill x 12 IC, ATT x 12 IC
The Thang:
Mosey to recently-restocked block pile beside Corinth parking lot. In the spirit of Valentines Day…find a partner & grab a block per pair.
Mosey across the road to Viewmont Elem lot. Instructions follow – Partner A does block exercise while Partner 2 runs a lap on the perimeter of the parking lot, switch & repeat. Exercises: Kettle Bell Swings, Curls, Goblet Squats, Skull Crushers. Somehow the mumble chatter evolved from Jordache’s cinderblocks in the recycle bin & Valentines Day…to “sticking it to the man” and some euphemism to do with sticking it to Goodwill first…I don’t know. I wasn’t comfortable with the direction this was going.
Mosey to the Viewmont field/track for a spoke. Make things easy, 25 reps of everything. LBCs in the middle, legs – Merkins, Squats, Plank Jacks, Lunges. LBCs to start and finish.
Mosey back to the blocks in the parking lot. Repeat setup from before. This time Partner B starts with block exercises while Partner 1 runs a lap. Block exercises – Overhead Press, Bent-Over-Rows, Kettlebell swings, Curls. The running groups started racing to the finish line to announce “first place bitches”. After round 2 Skaggs emptied the tank to beat his group, only to be disappointed when YHC said we still had 2 more rounds to go.
Mosey back to block pile & stack blocks. Still time left, mosey toward Corinth to find a wall. Step Ups x 12 IC, Tricep Dips x 12 IC. Mosey to “tunnel of love” in honor of Valentines Day, find a seat on the wall. While sitting, so some Push Up Bras x 15 IC. Retread had celebrated that no Burpees were called during the spoke earlier, so just for him, next exercise Balls to the Wall. Then while inverted, I surprised the PAX with BTTW Merkins x 5.
Mosey back to flag for Mary – Freddie Mercury x 20 IC, Box Cutters x 12 IC.
WOD:
In honor of Valentines Day, be intentional about expressing love for your wife. I recently heard a teaching on Creation and when God brought Adam all the creatures he made for Adam to name, and none were suitable as a companion for Adam. So God created Eve to be his companion and partner. I am positive God brought me my wife to make me the man I am and to do the things we’ve done in the 9 years we’ve been married. I’m thankful every day for that and I don’t tell her often enough. So do something special for your wife today, but also do something next week, and the week after that. She deserves it.
Goodwill, out
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