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QIC: Skitch

Date: 05/18/2019

PAX: Chelms (Willy Loman), The Count, Fissure, Fly-by, Geek Squad, Goose, Hasbro, Iron Butt, Ringwald, Prosciutto, Snowflake, VSquared, Whittler

AO: Landfill

Conditions

Clear and sweat-worthy warm before we wrapped up. No real gloom to speak of really.

COP

SSH x 25 IC, Forward Fold IC, Imperial Walkers x 20 IC, Finkle Swings x 10 each leg OYO, SSH x 20 IC, Merkins x 15 IC, Plank 20 secs, Plank Jacks x 20 IC

The Thang

Tour de Landfill

(A) Lunge to restrooms, Wall sit, Wall sit with overhead press x 30 IC;

(B) Mosey to bottom of hill midway across field, Bear crawl up hill, Hold plank, Werkins x 10 IC, Plank Jacks x 10 IC;

(C) Indian run around field, then Bernie Indian run from field down to playground pavilion, 40 dips OYO;

(D) Lunge to tall playground, climb to top area (up climbing wall, steps, ladder, etc.), toe merkins until all up on playground, down pole or slide, walk to base of rocks on hill;

(E) As a group find and pick up extra rocks at the bottom of hill and place rocks higher up hill to restore erosion control measures;

(F) Hold plank at top of hill, plank jacks x 15 IC, hill/mountain climbers x 15 IC, merkins x 10 IC, walk to top pavilion;

(G) Decline merkins x 10 OYO, dips x 30 OYO; incline merkins x 10 OYO;

(H) Mosey to lower rock source by road, all PAX but one select coupon and remaining person holds trashbag for plogging (picking up trash while jogging – it’s a Swedish thing), Indian run plogging down to dog park and up to base of big hill and when reach front of line, swap out coupon for trash bag (incentive for plogging: PAX was cautioned that 100 Big Boy Situps were waiting for them during Mary and each piece of trash picked up would decrease count of Big Boy Situps by 1);

(I) Bear crawl up the big hill, crawl bear down the big hill, 10 merkins OYO, 20 Imperial Walkers OYO, 30 overhead press or tricep extensions, etc. with coupon OYO;

(J) Run up the big hill, walk down the big hill, 10 merkins OYO, 20 Imperial Walkers OYO, 30 overhead press or tricep extensions, etc. with coupon OYO;

(K) Indian run plogging + coupons back to lower rock source by road to return coupons;

(L) Mosey to top pavilion, Bernie across length of field, jail break back;

(M) Mary: only 20 Big Boy Situps after estimation of 80 pieces of trash collected, flutter kicks, Freddie Mercury, dealers’ choice x 3 including 10 burpees OYO. Time.

COT

A brief history of Landfill. It was a landfill for Red Bank – White Oak community from 1955 to 1976. In 1997, contaminated water was found leaking from landfill and site was capped with several layers of clay and then dirt and grass. In 2002/2003 the park was built/opened. In 2019 a group of men did an F3 workout and encouraged each other as men and leaders. In 2019 a group of men looked for opportunities to restore things that are leaking “contaminated water” (e.g. in marriage, family and friend relationships, work, etc.) and work to restore them into new things that bring encouragement. Seeing restoration (like a landfill transformed into a park) leads to thankfulness which leads us to seek more restoration.

BOM after prayer requests.

Moleskin

The gate was closed. The restrooms were closed. Some of PAX held it for the workout. The Q found a restroom alternative and some kudzu TP (that is kudzu not poison ivy, right?). The Q tripped and shotput a coupon nearly taking out a fellow HIM. Geometry lessons on hill length of hypotenuse v. shorter side of triangle conducted by Geek Squad. The hill is still really big, no matter how you slice it. It’s covering 2 decades of junk, after all. Plogging is jogging + plocka up (picking up) trash — it’s a Swedish thing.

News

Memorial Day Murph. Fallen Five Memorial rucking/workout event coming in July.

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