The normally understated Lego strutted into the Shawshank gloom this am knowing his VQ the week of his 39th birthday was going to be a beatdown. Lego has been a loyal Shawshanker for many months, apparently very quietly plotting his massacre. After 45 minutes of downPAINment, Lego boasted to the 28 pax who posted, “I am awesome. I am successful. Deal with it.”
Ok, maybe that’s not exactly how it went but we had a good time with a little misspeak by our fine QIC. It was, by all accounts, a well delivered VQ that left the pax smoked.
Conditions: 39 degrees
Disclaimer
Prayer
The Thang:
SSH – 39 IC
Grab 2 bricks/person
Mosey to the hill on the other side
Jacob’s ladder with bricks
Bear crawl up & run down
At top do 6 merkins, at bottom do 1 squat
Decrease the merkins and increase squats 1 rep each trip
Mosey to adjacent soccer field
Partner up with someone of similar build
Fireman’s carry to mid field switch and come back
1 man on knees, 2 man feet on shoulders
1 man 20 shoulder presses, 2 man 20 merkins
Switch & repeat
Rinse & repeat
Grab your bricks & Mosey to big soccer field
Suicide sprints to each light pole with bricks, at each pole merkins, 10, 20 , 30, etc.
Plank when done
With Bricks lunge, lunge, squat, to mid field
Jail Break to Return Bricks
Return to Shelter
COT & BOM
Devo by Lego: From Charles Swindoll: “The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude in life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company…a church…a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change or past…we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you…we are in charge of our Attitudes.”
Moleskin:
-This was a smokefest. Long suicides and a lot of merkins. Well done, Lego.
-As pointed out by Quisenberry, what’s with all the recent birthday Qs at Shawshank? Nothing at all wrong with it, just an odd coincidence.
Announcements:
January 17: F3 Lexington has the Q at F3 Summerville this Saturday. If you’re interested in paying it forward, caravan leaves RBHS athletic entrance at 5am. Ranger, Blindside & Ken Doll have The Thang.
February 7: Convergence at SnakePit, 7am. If you haven’t been to SnakePit, located at White Knoll High School, you’re missing out on a great AO. This convergence also offers a great DoubleDown opportunity as several pax are participating on The Go Run 5k at 9am. Register here: www.thegorun.org.
February 28: Lexington Race Against Hunger. 10K starts at 8:20. Plenty of time to post at 6:15 or 6:30 bootcamp. Another DoubleDown opportunity. Register here: www.lrah.org
March 7: One Year Anniversary Convergence at Graveyard. While March 1 marks our 1-yr anniversary, we’ll celebrate on Saturday, 3/7. New goal: 175 pax! Get the EH machine rolling.
April 11: Ultimate Challenge Mud Run. This is F3’s Super Bowl. DO NOT register on the mud run site. F3 will have a special link with which to register. Our very own Quisenberry has stepped up to be the F3 Mud Run QIC. This is a huge task. Thanks Quisenberry. Also, No Show has agreed to be our Mud Run Region Q. Preblast coming soon.
May 1: GORUCK Custom Light. Preblast here: http://f3nation.com/2015/01/07/preblast-goruck-custom-light/