PAngry Preacher
The time has finally arrived. February 24th at 5:45 am and PAX start arriving for the prerun. BandCamp leads a group of HIMs on a pleasant 5 mile journey on the beautiful streets of Granite Falls. Upon arrival back at the AO it’s obvious that more PAX are moving in. Then another group of runner are approaching , it’s the Angry Preacher himself. What an honor! With smiles, determination, and alot of talking the Region circles up with 60 strong united HIMs. Here’s how it went.
Warmup with Twig
- Side-straddle hops 15 ic
- Alt. Toe Touch 15 ic
- Humpys 15 ic
- Windmills 15 ic
- Imperial storm Troopers 15 ic
1st station with Twin at the Drug Store
- 10 Burpees OYO
- 9 Burpees OYO
- 8 Burpees OYO
- I believe we are seeing a pattern here
2nd station with BabyFace on the Cotton Mill wall
- Wall-sits while doing Muhammad Ali’s, Jo Frazier’s, Ken Norton’s, Push-up Bra’s and Bus Driver’s
- Dirty Hook Ups, also known as Itsi Bitsi Spiders
- Rinse and Repeat
3rd station with Daewoo at the Legion
- run through the set up Tire Tower up the hill for 10 Burpees, then back to the bottom for 9
- through the tires and up the hill for 8 Burpees and to the bottom for 7
- through the tires and up the hill for 6 Burpees and to the bottom for 5
- The goal was to get to 0 but Times Up
4th station with Publix at the Taterhole
- Jack-webs=a stationary ladder consisting of overhead press and Merkin
- 10 overhead and 1 merkins
- 9 overhead and 2 Merkins
- 8 overhead and 3 Merkins
- And we did painfully get to 1 Overhead and 10 Merkins
5th station with 2Stroke at the 1st trail stop
- “Thunderstruck”
- Thunder
- Thunder
- Thunder
- Are you doing Burpees?
6th station with Clifford BRD at stop 2 in the woods
- All aboard! You’ve heard of the “Indian Run”, now meet the “Freight Train”
- Split the group into two lines, one behind the other
- while moseying down the trail the back group passes the front, and the back passes the front, and the back passes thefront
- that was the longest train ever in Granite Falls
7th station with Flamer at the Public works
- The worlds Biggest Merkin
- To do this it takes everyone paying attention and good timing
- we all most did it
- the guy that drove by looked puzzled
Back to the Flags
This was an exciting 2 hour journey. We covered around 5 miles with 3 of those in the woods. It was in honor of one of the Red Wood Originals, Abraham, AKA”Angry Preacher”. But wait, let’s call up the Angry Preacher to lead us in a cool down. I don’t know if you’ve ever done a Dive Bomber Merkin before, but there is nothing cool down about it.
8th and final station with Abraham at the starting point
- Little Arm-circles forward 10ic, backward 10ic
- Dive Bomber Merkins 10 oyo
- rinse and repeat
- rinse and repeat
COT Convergence=Togetherness=Brotherhood
Looking around at this massive circle of HIMs you see great father figures, great influential friends, prayer warriors, etc. This is what keeps us strong as men. True brothers pray together, laugh together, cry together, carry each others burdens and stand strong together as one.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 Two are better off than one, because together they can work more effectively. If one of them falls down, the other can help him up. But if someone is alone and falls, it’s just too bad, because there is no one to help him. If it is cold, two can sleep together and stay warm, but how can you keep warm by yourself. Two people can resist an attack that would defeat one person alone. A rope made of three coeds is hard to break.
Proverbs 27:17 As one piece of iron sharpens another, so friends keep each other sharp.
Special Thanks
- To the kitchen crew
- the station Qs
- The entire PAX for making it happen