It was overcast, gloomy, eerily quiet with only the sound of crickets from the forest across the street exactly like every scene in Stranger Things but without the killing and blood and the chasing and the government cover ups and the alternate world and the monster and the telekinetic girl and the throw back 80’s wardrobe and Dungeons and Dragons and Winona Ryder, but other than that, exactly. Out of the fog emerged headlights heading towards the Thicket and one by one, ten dedicated me appeared under the lights and were ready to get to work. So we did.
WARM UP
SSH, IW, WMH
THANG
Run up into Briar Chapel until we get to the new construction where we found a the sewer return pipes sticking out of the ground as if they were put there just perfectly spaced for us. Lunge walk to each pipe, 5 merkins, repeato all the way up the hill to Basketball court. Circle up on the basketball court where YHC brought out the Bulgarian Training Bag, or the Dutchie as it would be renamed. Sunday Duplo had asked Yanni for toys and I assumed he meant for the workout, but that’s another story, so YHC agreed and brought the Dutchie. PAX would complete the ‘Pass The Dutchie’, which consisted of 1 man completes 10 squats with the Dutchie on his shoulders as rest of PAX would do merkins on his single count. Of course you pass the Dutchie to the left hand side all the way around the PAX until ‘It a gonna burn’. Fun fact, the original song by the Mighty Diamonds was called ‘Pass The Kouchie’. Recovery jog to the picnic tables to complete dips in descending order, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5. Cross the street to the outdoor ping pong tables. Six dixie cups on each side of… wait we all know how to play this game. House rules, 2 men on each side, you have to do 2 squats before each throw, if you miss you have to complete 5 merkins. If the team on the opposing side makes a shot the team moves out and completes 5 burpees. Play continues for 10 minutes with tons of squats and merkins and burpees. It seemed like Marky Mark and Duplo really got every ounce out of their college experience, sinking shots like MJ. We’re pretty sure we saw a fade away from Duplo just to rub it on our faces. Time for another fan favorite, alright maybe it’s just YHCs favorite, the bear crawl indian run all the way up the hill to the top of Great Meadow. Back to the picnic tables for a set of descending derkins, 25, 20, 15, ah ha surprise dips, 10. With the gloom lifting and the PAX feeling like like zombies, and Vandelay lying on the ground hoping to squeeze out every second of recovery, we ran out of time and had to run back to the finish line.
MARY
LBC
COT
Welcome 2 new FNGs, MacGruber and Stickman!!
Until we meet again in the gloom,
Have a great week!
