DATE: 10/18/2018

WHERE: The Vineyard

THE PAX: Matchstick, Beater, Tiny Tat, Drumstick, Westside, Doddy, Swamp Donkey, Hank Hill, Spock, Mouth-2-Mouth, Gut Check (Q)

Total # of PAX: 11

Number of FNGs: 0

QIC: Gut Check

INTRO:

“He was the kid who ran everywhere, never walked, mom always yelling ‘Slow Down.’ That’s Tiny Tat.” – Gut Check

Today was about the burn… the kind you feel in the afternoon when you can’t even lift the Ibuprofen bottle.

WARM-O-RAMA:

Rally’d the troops for a long mosey with the Pain Sticks. A few PAX had never experienced the pain. They were adequately introduced today. Had to explain they are not an adequate replacement for human interaction. It was going to be a great morning.

Circled up in the “Square” for:

• 15 SSH
• 14 Windmills
• 13 Imperial Walkers
• 12 (seconds) of OYO Sun Gods (both directions)

Q Note: The Vineyard boys need to work on their Kodiak counts. They all sound like Drumstick out there. 1, 2, 3, … uh; 1, 2, 3, … huh.

THE THANG:

Moseyed to the bus lanes for Burn the Bus Lane Down. (There are 32 bus lanes at The Ridge. Two sets of 16. 32 > 17, 16 > 1. This math lesson brought to you by Hank Hill.)

After each set of reps, walk to the end of the bus lanes and walk back. Lanes 32-17, hold pain stick overhead. Lanes 16-3, Hold pain stick out from chest. (Couldn’t slow old Beater down–ran anyway to minimize the burn). Reps looked like this:

• Air Press (with Pain Stick): 32 + 26 + 20 + 14 + 8 = 100
• Squats (with Pain Stick): 31 + 25 + 19 +13 + 7 = 95
• Merkins: 30 + 24 + 18 + 12 + 6 = 90
• Lunges (with Pain Stick): 29 + 23 + 17 + 11 + 5 = 85
• Big-boy Situps (with Pain Stick): 28 + 22 + 16 + 10 + 4 = 80
• Curls (with Pain Stick): 27 + 21 + 15 + 9 + 3 = 75

A few overachievers (you know who you are) finished and Mary’d while they waited for the six. Overheard a lesson in Kodiak count for Hank Hill’s upcoming VQ (Wednesday, 10/24 @ the Clinic–be there).

Mumble chatter was alive and well throughout! Especially during Drumstick’s discussion of “gently painted numbers on concrete,” which is not a line by Oscar Wilde or from a Bread song. Doddy discovered just what a Gut Check beatdown is all about–movement in the bowels–glad the stadium was open today!

CIRCLE OF TRUST:

Reminders of a few events, including the 11/18 F3 Cherokee cookout at JJ Biello Park. Also Swamp Donkey suggested we all join him in a race this weekend at Big Creek.

Prayers for Kiffin’s wife and Cricket’s family. YHC reminded the crew to take a moment to appreciate all that we have (family, friends, and the Gloom), and share God’s love with someone.

Naked-Man Moleskin:

Swamp Donkey reminded us what a great group of guys the Vineyard is (Captain Obvious, can I borrow your cape?)! And then promptly threw my Q “under the bus.”

But truly, thanks. We do this for each other, for the brother next to you. Don’t forget it! Lift somebody up today!