Well not really lonely as six of us convened in Hampton Park. The 2ndF wasn’t lacking as it’s hard to press the peddle hard enough to wind the #Legion #Faithful. BUT, today was a special day in that the AO that spawned Legion was celebrating it’s three year anniversary. And, not to be left out of such festivities, the call was made to pay #Woodshed a visit.
Conditions: Comfortable but with the threat of rain.
TheThang:
Coming out hot, the #Legion pax were nearly flattened by @Rosenbagger who was coming in hot. Accepting the need for a dalliance in the road, flutters were called while the tardy member of our party took his sweet time joining the five more punctual members of the group.
Moseying up Munson Spring, the pax stopped at the corner of Munson and Harietta for a quick circuit that was to become a theme.
- Mercans X 25, OYO
- Squats X 25, OYO
- LBCs X 25, OYO
From there we continued out to Garners Ferry and crossed over headed for Old Woodlands. About halfway down Old Woodlands there’s a back gate to the VA where the pax stopped again for a reprise of the circuit above.
- Mercans X 25, OYO
- Squats X 25, OYO
- LBCs X 25, OYO
Continuing on Old Woodlands, we turned left onto Queens Way and stopped a third time en route for a third round of Mercans, Squats and LBCs…
- Mercans X 25, OYO
- Squats X 25, OYO
- LBCs X 25, OYO
Finally, turning right onto Chambly and dumping out into Woodland Park, a mile and a half, 75 Mercans, 75 Squats and 75 LBCs done… but only 15 minutes into the workout we arrived at #Woodshed in search of the anniversary Q already gearing up.
There will be another Backblast to commemorate the #Woodshed Anniversary but, in short we did the following:
- SSH… which we barely caught the end of
- LBACs forwards and backwards
- Squats… slowly
- Mountain Walkers (slow enough not to be “Climbers”)
- Situps
- And a couple other exercises under the leadership of a chronically smiling @Pondo
Then, @SilverBullet took over the Q and explained his rather unpleasant AMRAP circuit which included:
- Squats
- Pullups
- Situps by the racetrack
- Running of the Racetrack
- Banging on some tires
- Mercans
- And rinse & repeat that again and again until the #Legion #Faithful had to bug out.
With 18 minutes on the clock, the six pax who started off in Hampton Park needed to be moving on and thus said a few congratulatory farewells and raced off. With those 18 minutes, though, and at least a mile and a half to kill, there was plenty left on this morning’s #Wienke. Pulling up at the corner of Chambly and Queens Way we resumed the circuit from the route to #Woodshed:
- Mercans X 25, OYO
- Squats X 25, OYO
- LBCs X 25, OYO
Continuing on Queens Way to Old Woodlands and taking a right the pace picked up leaving the pax winded by the time the familiar back gate to the VA came into view. Again the circuit was called for yet more:
- Mercans X 25, OYO
- Squats X 25, OYO
- LBCs X 25, OYO
And with the clock really getting tight the pax crossed Garners Ferry onto Munsen Spring headed for the barn. BUT, three circuits were completed on the way to #Woodshed and three were needed for the return. At Munsen Spring and Woodlawn we paused one last time for:
- Mercans X 25, OYO
- Squats X 25, OYO
- LBCs X 25, OYO
And, with that, the race was on to tuck back into Hampton Park by quitting time. ‘Seconds to spare, the #Legion pax were again on home turf having obliterated yet another hour in the #Gloom.
COT & BOM
Exhausted
NMM:
- Rain threatened but held off proving yet again that the weather forecast is never a reasonable cause to skip a workout.
- Lots of sad chatter about @Wingback’s impending move to @F3Lexington. It seems we keep loosing this guy to places near and far. At least this time we can all visit.
- Great for YHC to reconnect with CornDog. If you’re not getting around to other AO’s, it’s amazing the guys you miss.
- Deets of the morning… ignoring the #Woodshed portion of the Q, the #Legion pax added a 5K (3.1 miles), 150 Mercans, Squats and LBC’s along with a handful of flutters. That’s a lot of work en route.
- And, last but not least, #T-Claps to the #Woodshed #Faithful for another solid year. Good numbers at Woodland Park this morning and it was a pleasure to add our six to the anniversary count.