Hands-On, 9/11-themed Training in Resolve, Endurance, and Teamwork via The Bull

AO: _Bull
Q: Prodigal, Spot
PAX: Prodigal, BabyRuth, Betamax, Billy Bob, BunkBed, Snowflake, Silent Bob, SweetTart, Silver Bullet, TapeWorm, Hawg, Fallout (1st F), Jar Jar, Cornstache, Fountainhead, McNugget, Oscar, Teddy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 19

WARMUP: Spot urged focus on resolve (1st stairwell), endurance (2nd stairwell), and teamwork (3rd stairwell) before we attacked the Concrete Beast.THE THANG: Gather at the corner of Blossom and Bull Streets. Run to the top of the Bull Street hill stopping at Devine Street. Hang a left and enter the first of three garage stairwells. Climb to the top and complete 20 merkins. Descend down the same stairwell stopping at the base to complete 20 LBC’s. Continue down the Bull Street hill stopping at the 2nd garage stairwell. Up and down with 20 merkins at the top and 20 LBC’s at the bottom. Continue down the Bull Street hill stopping at the 3rd and lowest garage stairwell. Climb up and down with 20 merkins at the top and 20 LBC’s at the bottom. Continue down to the base of the Bull Street hill rounding the power pole. That’s 1 rep. Rinse & Repeat for 45-minutes completing AMRAP. With each new rep one merkin and LBC is removed (20, 20, 20; 19, 19, 19; 18, 18, 18; etc.).

BUT TODAY some fire hoses, an axe, a crowbar, and a Halligan Bar were waiting for you at the bottom of the third stairwell. Job was to ascend and descend with one of them in tow. Powerful reminder of the heroism of the firefighters who ascended the stairwells of the Twin Towers on 9/11.

The Bullseye: run up Bull, down Pickens, up Henderson, down Pickens, back to start.

The Raging Bull alternates one lap of The Bull and one lap of the Bullseye if you can’t make up your mind.

COT: Spot shared a meaningful and motivating message about the parallels between firefighting and our other vocations: we’ve all been equipped with unique tools that are to be wielded with resolve, endurance, and teamwork as we refuse to take No for answer in our pursuit of all that we’re called to be as HIM.

BOM: Prayers for JC (heart issues and treatment) and Nate (OD), and that we would embody resolve, endurance, and teamwork in the places we live, work, worship, and play.

Announcements:
10/8 – 0700 – F3 Columbia 10 year anniversary, 0400 (or 430?) preruck option, 2nd & 3rd F events TBD
10/15 – 0600 (0530 slow bird start) – Bullseye Half Marathon
12/17 – Cold Brew Half(ish) Marathon