If you haven’t seen The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young, you should check it out. Today’s Flood Zone reminded YHC of that event: many enter, few finish. Read on for details…
10 pax were treated to nonstop and sometimes painful fun
Warmup
SSH x30
Imperial Walkers x30
Merkins x11
Mountain Climbers x30
Windmills x20
The Thang
Mosey to curb, quick feet x30
Mosey to base of parking ramp
Backward run up ramp, forward run the flats, repeat to the top
Main event
Starting with reverpees at the top of the top ramp, pax ran to stairs, down to the bottom and up the ramps until reaching the bottom of the highest ramp.
At that point, the goal was to
backward bearcrawl up that final ramp. Upon exhaustion, pax were to resort to other exercises, in this order:
crab walk
lunge walk
backward run
The plan was to repeat 5 times, but due to time and difficulty, audibled to 4 times
20 reverpees before the first loop
15
10
5
Squat hold until everyone finished 4 loops
Next, grab a partner for some wind sprints
One did AMRAP exercises while the other ran (thanks, Wheezy for the push!):
LBC
Hand-release Merkins
Freddie Mercurys
Carolina Dry Docks
Back to the start for Mary:
LBC x30
6-inch leg hold, 10-count around circle
American Hammer x20
Announcements
Healing Transitions workout this afternoon
Neighbor-to-Neighbor event coming up?
Prayer Requests: for coworker of M High Life and her family, as they lost their son and brother in a tragic hiking accident in Utah
Naked Moleskin:
So, back to the Barkley Marathons… that is the ultimate CSAUP event. “Why would you do that?” “Because I can.” That is only partly accurate, because few have proven they “can.”
The pax made a valiant attempt this morning to complete all 5 backward bearcrawl loops, but truth be known, no one even finished one. That loop is difficult, gentlemen. 5 times is not impossible, but it will require training that YHC has not completed. What do y’all think about turning this into an annual event? Here’s to GF FZ Barkely II in 2018!!!
Oh, and if it has been killing you because you didn’t figure it out, “GF” = Good Friday, “FZ” = Floodzone
High Life out!
