Failure is not an option…

Apollo 13 was the seventh manned mission in the Apollo space program. 3 days into a planned 6 day moon mission, an oxygen tank exploded, prompting Jim Lovell (played by Tom Hanks in the movie) to utter the famous words, “Houston, we have a problem” … Today marks the 48 th year after their safe, but harrowing return. Today, we honor these brave men.

Warm up—

• Comet tail (one arm ssh)
• Imperial walkers
• Rocket Boosters (mt climbers)
• Air traffic Controller—lt arm straight, Rt arm windmills (flapjack)

Run to church—different patterns (backwards, carioca etc). Bearcrawl across street to ‘look for moon rocks’

MARS ORBITER–Partner up, P1 runs the orbit of the grassy square, P2 exercises. The pair spells MARS (50 each of Merkins, Air Jordans, Rocket Man’s (mt climbers), Squats

BIG BANG— meet in center of church (huddle CLOSE) on 3– yell BIG BANG! Randomly sprint to nearest light post and do 1 burpee, run randomly to the next and do 2… all the way to 9 lightpoles.  Must go to different post each time. Total 45 burpees.

Run back to Davis Park–

SPACE SHUTTLE RUN— pair up— one fasthole, one Clydesdale: discuss what’s the biggest problem you’ve had and how did you manage it, or what/ how are you dealing with now? Do long distance suicides at 1/10^th mile intervals, as marked by cones.

INNER ORBITAL CHALLENGE— Loop around pk lot 1, bear crawl hall, hang on fence for 60 Mississippi’s, past field house and past flag. AYG!

In the movie, and in pop culture, ‘Houston, we have a problem’ is commonly recognized and repeated. But that’s not what he said. Lovell actually stated, ‘Houston, we HAVE HAD a problem. So what? We all have had problems but let me suggest that problems don’t have us unless we grant them permission to take ownership of our lives. Gene Kranz, mission flight director famously stated, ‘no American has ever died in space, it won’t happen now—FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION’. Do we fail in life? Absolutely, but it is an event, not a lifestyle choice. Today’s focus: let’s turn today’s failures in to stepping stones to tomorrow’s successes by drawing on our resources (men in this grp; DFQ) and faith to make better choices.   

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