2,8,17,28,31,45,48,70

The 31st of October brought 8 warriors and 2 taperers to 45MOM to help YHC celebrate Family Week. This year is 17 years of marriage, 28 years of friendship, and my M’s 48th b-day. Temps were sunny, 70, and muddy.

COP: Mosey to the blacktop for…

SSHs, IW’s, arm circles, scorpion kicks (soak it up, boys!), HRMs, LBCs, and reverse crunches, all in cadence and capping out at a random number of YHCs choosing.

Mosey to the tennis courts for 4.8 Corners:

Progressive four corners with the addition of an extra 0.8 to get the PAX to 48. Exercises were HRMs, squats, LBCs, flutter kicks, and SSHs.

Mosey back to the blacktop for 11’s, except that, in honor of the Nats, the PAX did 6, for the 6 runs the Cats scored last night. (YHC notes that the prior explanation is a bunch of self-justifying poppy-cock…YHC has done this exercise previously (thank you, F3 Patriot), and 6 is about the right number of reps, so YHC thanks the Nats, about whom he could care less, for providing a nice justification. Go Cubs.)

Exercises were burpees and 4x4s.

Mosey to the front of the school (the dark side which does not feel like the front) for a special Dora, Halloween-style. The treat was 50 derkins (per man), 200 monkey jumpers (per team), and 300 flutter kicks (per team). The trick was a special coupon (not the normal F3 type of coupon, but a real coupon): any man who has carved a pumpkin or helped a young person carve a pumpkin can take 10% off any of the exercises. Not sure if there were any redemptions.

Mosey BTTF for some Mary:

Dolly, American Hammers, Rosalitas, Frederick Mercurys, and WWIIs closed us out, mostly in normal cadence, but YHC rolled out last, special Halloween treat with the often requested, rarely heard Lawrence Welk cadence. Take it away, fellas.

Announcements:

Saab and TYA are tapering. Some 50k, non-ultra race on Sunday. Crush it, gentlemen.

Stache for Cash…last day. If you find a month of Vinny and Gumbo looking like 70’s porn stars to be horrifying, remember, it’s for a good, F3-related charity (Raise!). Close your eyes to the Hawaiian shirts, chest hair, and lip-fuzz and help us get over the line. Today. Do it today.

NMS:

A little wet, a little muddy, and a little balmy…YHC found today to be a fantastic morning to be outside with you all. YHC thanks each you for joining.

Great work all around. Roxanne continues to push and make steady progress. Way to stick with it. Keep it up.

YHC’s M thanks each of you for celebrating her birthday, F3-style with a beatdown. From her heart, though, she thanks you for 3.5 years of helping YHC be a better father, husband, friend, and man. And, for that, we both thank each of you thoroughly.