The Finest of Hanover and Beyond

Six men stepped onto a special AO for a Memorial Day hot potato beatdown at Hanover Wayside Park that went something like this.

Phonics’s Q

COP

• 20 SSHs IC
• 10 Don Quixotes IC
• 10 Helicopters IC
• 10 Big, 5 Small Arm Circles – Reverso
• 10 Lunges IC
• 10 Merkins IC
• 10 Angled Knee Jumps IC
• 10 Plank Knee to Elbow Bends – IC
• 20 LBCs
• 20 APDs

Total Merkin Count – 20

Run the Bases – Each PAX member stands at a corner (base). The 5th PAX member starts at at home, then runs and does 20 Merkins then hold plank. 1st then runs to 2nd and does 20 Merkins then holds plank. 2nd to 3rd, 3rd to home, home to 1st and so on. Each PAX members ran 5 times for a total merkin count of 100.

Helix’s Q

From the middle of Horseshoe pit,

• Do one burpee then run to the left end of the pit and run to the right end of the pit then run back to the middle and Al Gore.
• Do 2 burpees then to the left, to the right, then back to the middle.
• Do 3 burpees, then to the left, to the right, then back to the middle
• Do 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 burpees then the same thing above

Special Note – As the PAX started this, Mr. Holland arrives at the park at about 6:48 AM. He then joins the PAX in progress of Helix’s Q. Phonics then apologizes to Mr. Holland because originally the workout was planned to start at 7 AM. Two days earlier it was moved to 6:30 AM without Mr. Holland getting the word. He then showed up and had to do a burpee ladder. Wow what a start.

Marco Polo’s Q

Memorial Day Scavenger Hunt

• Run to the Shelters, do 25 Squats
• Run to Home Plate, do 25 LBCs
• Run to the Playground, do 25 Don Quixotes
• Run to the Hanover Veterans Memorial – do 25 Merkins

Mr. Holland’s Q

Mosey to the trail in the woods

Triple Check – WW2s, dips, run to bridge, run to other bridge, run back.

Bulkhead’s Q

At Field, do Elevens – Carolina Dry Docks, Flutter Kicks

COT – Number-O-Rama, Name-O-Rama, Remember Veterans, YHC takes us out.

NMS

It was really special for YHC to hold a special Memorial Day workout at Hanover Wayside Park. My mom said her school use to visit there back in the 1950s. Although small, it has a large open area with a modern playground, a sand volleyball area, 3 shelters, and trails. Mr. Holland commented that he had no idea that this park was there and he might visit it with his family in the future. In addition, a few years ago, Hanover County build the Hanover Veterans Memorial there.

From the Hanover County website, “The Hanover Veterans Memorial honors military veterans killed in hostile action from World War I to the present day as well as those who have or are currently serving in the Armed Forces of the United States.”

The highlight of the morning was seeing a truck pull up next to Helix and I. Out comes a guy with Yard Khakis on. He then said, “Is this F3?” FNG Dave “Dark Web” wants to get into shape to do a Rucking event in the near future. He did not know anybody at the workout. He discovered it by searching the web. As I tried to figure out how he found out about this workout since there was no Pre-Blast, my guess is he found The Carpenter’s Saturday Da-Pile backblast which had the announcement towards the bottom of the special bootcamp. Well done Dark Web! He’s also a Godwin guy. Interesting that we had 3 Godwin guys there today who no longer live in the far west end. (Dark Web, Bulkhead, and YHC).

As we celebrate Memorial Day with cookouts and family time, remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for us to have all we have today. Thank you Dark Web and Bulkhead for sharing those who we remember today.

The only announcement today is the merkin count was: 145 merkins + 36 burpees + 55 Carolina Dry Docks (which I’m counting as merkins) = 236.

Stay Safe and Gotta Run!

Phonics