Leave No Man Behind

The soothing (not) sound of a faux klaxon horn emanating from YHC’s phone abruptly snapped him out of an enjoyable slumber at 4:49am sharp. Fumbling for the phone, YHC punched up the weather app and was delighted at the data: temperature a delicious 59 degrees, humidity a mere 62%, sunrise at 5:24am, and – wait a second. Sunrise at 5:24am?! YHC checked the location on said app, and much to his dismay, saw it was still set to New York, where YHC has spent the bulk of last week. YHC switched the location to Ponte Vedra Beach and braced himself for the inevitable, and – boom! There it is! Temp 75 degrees and humidity of 97%. Hellloooo, Florida! YHC sighed. There was no escaping it – today’s BOM would be particularly ripe with the pungent fruit of the morning’s sweatfest. So be it.

The Pax gathered in the gloom, and YHC couldn’t help but notice it was a bit on the sparse side. With less than a minute till start time, the circle began to gather, and – wait! Two cars raced into the parking lot. The clock was ticking… 5:29:30…. 5:29:40…. 5:29:50… and TIME! 5:30:00! With two OFFICIALLY late entrants (the Garmin Forerunner 920 does NOT lie, McDreamy), we began the day with 20 burpees. The latecomers brought the Pax count to 14 Badlanders who rose to shine the bright light of fitness, fellowship and faith on the dark underbelly of fartsackdom. And so the planned portion of the workout began.

Welcome
· No FNGs
· Disclaimer
· Conclusion of the plaintive McDreamy protest that he was actually on time…

Warm-Up
· The 20 aforementioned burps
· A gentle mosey – yes, YHC has a gift for redundancy – around the first parking lot with the usual high knees, hip kicks, etc worked in.
· Circle up:
o McD correctly named the most decorated Olympic athlete in history, so we did Michael Phelps IC
o Toy Soldiers IC
o Hillbilly IC
o SSH – theoretically, these were performed in cadence. In actuality, well… Seeking confirmation that he actually understood the meaning of IC, YHC turned to the wise-beyond-his-years Bada Bing, to see if IC means that the Pax is to synchronize its movement so that it moves in unison. Double B confirmed this is indeed the case, at which point one member of the Pax who shall go unnamed – we’ll just refer to him here as “Vehicular Safety Apparatus” – was singled out as the rhythmically-challenged party during the SSH.
o Downward Dog – walk that dog!

The Thang
· Catch Me If You Can, part I: P1 bear crawls while P2 does 25 LBCs. P2 runs to catch up to P1. P2 then bear crawls while P1 does 30 LBCs. Repeat down to the second opening of the first field.
· Circle up for timed merkins.
o 30 seconds exercise
o 10 seconds rest
o 45 seconds exercise
o 15 seconds rest
o 60 seconds exercise
o 15 seconds rest
o 45 seconds exercise
o 10 seconds rest
o 30 seconds exercise
· Catch Me If You Can, Part II: P1 lunge walks with P2 does 40 flutter kicks, each leg counting as 1 kick. P2 runs to catch P1, switch. Repeat down to Jessica Field.
· Circle Up: Mountain Climbers.
o 20 seconds exercise
o 10 seconds rest
o 25 seconds exercise
o 15 seconds reset
o 30 seconds exercise
o 15 seconds rest
o 25 seconds exercise
o 10 seconds rest
o 20 seconds exercise
· Short mosey over to the Wall of Fun
o 1 minute wall sit
· Indian Run back to the flag
· Two minutes of plank work at the flag

COT / BOM

The F3 Credo is: Leave no man behind, but leave no man where you find him. We have done a good job of growing the Badlands roster but have we left some men behind? It appears so. Let’s blitz these guys and pull them back in. Vehicular Safety Appara — I mean, Air Bags, will send out the roster; pick someone who has been absent and EH them. I always enjoyed Gizzard’s company and will seek to bring him back in. Some discussion as well about stepping up to lead – if you haven’t Q’d or have only Q’d once or twice, make it a routine. You’ll grow and we’ll all benefit. Prayer of thanks. YHC appreciates the chance to serve such a terrific group of guys. Have a good week.