Weather: Purt nice
Roadkill was on the Q schedule for this am. Since hide nor hair of him has been seen in while, YHC had a feeling that he wasn’t going to show up. After Publix unsuccessfully tried to Text Shame him into the Q, your boy decided to come up with something fun.
Went like this: BLIMP AMRAP
starting at the corner of Whatever Ave and No Name St, enter the first stairwell. 5 burpees at the top
bottom of stairwell, 10 Lunges
run across to enter the bottom of next stairwell, head up for 15 ISS
bottom of 2nd stairwell, 20 Merkins
Run to corner of Hospital Hill and N Center St, 25 Plankjacks
Run to bottom of Hospital Hill, 30 Squats
Then reverse the stops. 5 Burpees at the bottom of Hospital Hill,
Top of HH, 10 Lunges
Top of Stairwell, 15 ISS
Bottom of Stairwell, 20 Merkins
Top Of next Stairwell, 25 Plankjack
Bottom of Stairwell, 30 Squats.
repeat until 6:15
Forgot my phone, so no WOD. But a thought did occur to me during the time I was sucking wind somewhere between stairwells….I miss a lot of dudes that used to post. I may sound like a broken record, but there are a lot dudes that simply don’t post anymore. Too many to list really. Some have moved, but only some. Most have just moved on from F3 and I don’t get it. Reach out to someone that used to post. You don’t even need to shame them into posting again – although that’s what I’d love to see – just let them know you’re thinking about them. Maybe that will plant the seed for a return?
Dear Diary,
- we started at the corner of 3rd Ave and N Center St, but no one knows street names around here, do they?
- pre-ran from the crib this am. I’m almost positive I saw a drug deal going down on the square. At the min. I saw 2 dudes sitting in a car looking pretty dang sketchy. Be safe out there people.
- Turned the corner and there was a rather loud conversation between two people near Randolph’s billards. One was a chick in a dress.
- Pretty sure she didn’t just wake up to roll to work like that…..
- We’re not in it all the way, but we’re so close to Swamp Ass Season it’s scary. Not looking forward to the oppressive humidity.
- in a related note, it’s been said that Powder and Tooth Fairy may be starting to try to post in short sleeves. I’m calling a TBD on that, it’s not quite 90 degrees yet.
- ER is still my favorite AO. Maybe because it’s a Monday and a hell of a way to start your week? Maybe it’s because you never know what you may find there? Maybe because we still get dudes from Granite, and the Mount to post there. Lenoir, where you at? Maybe it’s because I still feel like it’s my baby and I enjoy nursing it from my teet every now and then? (too much?)
- I have a bunch of friends that are Sad Clowns. Here are some of their excuses for never wanting to post:
- too early
- too late
- I go to bed too late
- too long
- outside?
- rain or shine?
- too Delta Sig (don’t ask)
- too much running
- I should come sometime….
- ok, how about tomorrow?
- I don’t know
- too easy
- Really? If you make it through the entire workout, I’ll buy you a sixer
- (crickets)
Well, you know what? It’s just right for me. Thanks for holding me accountable. Thanks for letting me hold you accountable. Thanks for showing up when you didn’t want to. Thanks for posting in the rain, snow, freezing rain, thunder, heat, sub zero temps. Thanks for being there. It means to world to me.
Ed out.
Just a few observations…
1) On almost all Sad Clown excuses, #TWSS
2) Sad clowns require persistence, which is hard sometimes. But we like hard things, right?
3) When a man reaches a certain age, let’s say almost 57, he realizes more than ever that he needs accountability.
4) Thanks for holding me accountable too, Brother. I appreciate your leadership. Aye!