The BackBlast:

AO:

hurt_locker

Pax Names:

Carmen San Diego, Baby Face, Bloodhound, Earhart, MSG, Misty, Floppy, and Rest Stop

Number of Pax:

8

FNG Names:

Number of FNGs:

0

Intro:

With us having a few weeks of above or just above freezing weather in the gloom, winter showed up again this morning, and she was mad! YHC had been watching the weather for over a week, which started out with sleet and rain for this morning, with temperatures in the teens. They got it half-right! It was a warm 19 degrees in the gloom. YHC was worried the weather, Wolf Blood Transformer Moon, and being MLK day, that the PAX might not test the gloom. All the regular Hurt Locker PAX and Floppy fought the fartsack and rolled-in one by one!

Warm-o-Rama:

We did a long mosey up to the Skate Park/Pickle Ball Courts parking lot. We made a quick detour to pick up Carmen San Diego, who came in hot, on two wheels, just after we started the mosey. On the way, we added in some butt kickers to help stretch out the legs and get warm. We circled up in the parking lot and did the following:

Goofballs – 10 IC
Weed Pickers – 10 IC
Michael Phelps – OYO

The Thang:

We started with an Ascending Curb Crawl. The PAX started on one curb in the parking lot and did a Crawl Bear (backwards bear crawl) to the opposite curb, where all PAX did 1 Derkin (feet on the curb). We then Bear Crawled back to the curb where we began and did 2 Derkins….Crawl Bear back to the opposite curb and did 3 Derkins. The plan was to go to 10, but after the number 3, YHC called an audible to stop at 7.

After a short recovery, we mosey to the frozen tundra near the skate park. Next up…Pickle Ball Suicides. The markers were the 1st fence, parking lot divider, 2nd fence, and lastly the Pickle Ball court. The PAX could not go around (or under) the fence, but had to go over. The exercises at each marker we are follows:

Prisoner’s Squat – 10/20/30/40
Shoulder Taps – 20/40/60/80 (Rubicon Count)
Burpees – 5/10/15/20

After each exercise, the PAX that finished early, planked or did SSH. After a 10 count, the PAX all started the next exercise together and all PAX finished sooner than YHC thought. We headed back the flag, but YHC noticed it was only 6:05am, so an audible was called. We ventured to the benches near the playground and did 11s. 10 dips/1 step-up, 9 dips/2 step-ups all the way to 1 dip/10 step-ups. Lastly, we did the short mosey to the flag, finished at just over 3 miles of running, if my watch is correct.

At the flag, MSG got some practice in for his VQ at the Lion’s Den and led the PAX in a round of American Hammers and Bloodhound finished it off with 50 plus Flutter Kicks!

COT:

Babyface has his 5k baseline this evening at The Hurt Locker, Bloodhound mentioned the upcoming Ruck Call-Outs, and we discussed the Convergence of February 2nd. Many events coming up. Be sure to check Slack or the Website. Prayers for Pelosi and his family after laying mom to rest this weekend. Prayers for Thrasher and Veena (FIA) recovery from survey. Prayers for Bloodhound’s Mother-In-Law as she fights a sever sinus infection. Prayers for those unspoken needs for everyone in F3 Cherokee.

Naked Man Moleskin:

It was pleasure leading the group this morning in the coldest morning so far of this winter. It will get colder! The cold or frozen fields did not seem to bother anyone. All the PAX killed it this morning and kicked the gloom in the face. We have a something special going in F3 Cherokee right now! Let’s keep that momentum going and save the Sad Clowns out there!

Rest Stop out!