• When: 2018-12-18
  • QIC: Hoist
  • The PAX: All 9s, Iron Mary, Irrev, Cramps, Heisenberg, Boucher, Stalker, Wild Hog, Slumlord, Mulligan, Half Empty, Meatball. Gravedigger


A heavy hearted backblast

It was a difficult morning at the Hollow and it had nothing to do with the workout.  We received news from Heisenberg this morning as we were moseying towards Growler Hill that a Fia pax had been struck by a vehicle.  She had been struck by a vehicle at the exact location where I was leading the Hollow pax to cross Hwy 1.  If the Hollow started at 5:00am and not 5:15am, then that could have been one of us.  Prayers for the family of Digits.  They are going to need it.  Let’s wrap our arms around them the same way we did for Cheech’s family.  The workout below was a distracted mess but I was glad to have my Hollow boyz around me.

Conditions: 37 degrees and cool

The thang:

Disclaimer and mosey towards Growler Hill.  Re-route to the track.

COP
SSH IC x 15
TTT IC x 15

Workout

Pair up with a partner.

Exercise #1 – Partner 1 backwards lunges around the track while partner 2 back peddles around the track.  When partner 2 catches partner 1, then they switch off.

Exercise #2 – 400m relays.  Partner 1 squats while partner 2 runs around the track.  Switch off when partner 2 makes it around the track.  Each person runs two laps.

 

Mosey back to the flag

Count-o-rama

Name-o-rama

COT

Announcements:

  • 25/50k in January
  • Dam to Dam in February
  • P200 in March

Prayers:

  • F3/Fia community
  • Family of Dianne Wells aka Digits

Moleskin:
This is twice a tragedy has hit our immediate F3/Fia community and it hits close to home.  It is difficult because we see the loss of a friend.  The loss to a family.  We look in the mirror and we see ourselves.

Lord Jesus, you are the master of life and death. You said, “I am the resurrection and the life,” and this morning we believe this with all our hearts. And, Lord, you know far more than we do what death is all about. So we come to you in our pain and in our sadness. Draw near, O Lord, for we desperately need your help.

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us. Have mercy on our friends. Have mercy on the whole F3 & Fia community. You have promised to be near to the broken-hearted. Come near, O Lord, come near because we need you so much. Grant the wisdom they need to think clearly about the decisions that must be made this morning. Help them to rest in you. We thank you that heaven is a real place and that when you said, “Today you will be with me in paradise,” you were speaking to all of us who believe in you. This morning those words came true for Dianne Wells (Digits). Thank you that she is finally home, safe at last.

We are the ones in need this morning. Help us because we are your children. Help us so that our faith will not fail. Help us so that we may somehow bring glory to you and lift up her family that is in need of you.