Noonan tried to HL YHC to Q First Aid on Black Friday during my last Q at The Collard Patch (#bestAOinAyden). Ultimately, today was the day we agreed on. Look for Noonan to be Qing The Clydesdales in January! I felt like I pulled together a solid plan and was ready to go. Pulled up at 0442 (sorry for the delay Patch haha). Shovel Flag was planted, then YHC and Patch set off for an EC Ruck through campus. We arrived back to the flag at 0525 with a solid crowd already waiting. 0530 came, 9 PAX gathered, disclaimer was given, and it went something like this:

Warm Up

  • SSH – 15 – IC
  • Good Mornings – 15 – IC
  • Front Arm Circles – 10 – IC
  • Back Arm Circles – 10 – IC

Tha Thang

We moseyed to the benches at Gate 5 for 11’s with Dips and Squats, to get the joints warmed up a bit

Then we moseyed to Elmhurst. YHC has been trying to do a little more running lately, so the following plan was devised:

The Lt. Dan Taylor Mile – Starting at Elmhurst, all PAX would stop and do Lt. Dan Taylors at each intersection while on our run.

  • Elmhurst – 1 Squat x 4 lunges
  • Berkley/Fieldside – 2 squats x 8 lunges
  • Berkley/Circle Dr – 3 squats x 12 lunges
  • Berkley/Forest Hill – 4 squats x 16 lunges
  • Berkley/Treemont – 5 squats x 20 lunges
  • Berkley/Overlook – 6 squats x 24 lunges
  • Overlook/Elm St – 7 squats x 28 lunges
  • Elm St/14th St – 8 squats x 32 lunges
  • 14th St/Berkley – 9 squats x 36 lunges
  • Back at Elmhurst – 10 squats x 40 lunges

Next we moseyed to Murphy Mountain for DORA 1-2-3. Partner 1 would run up and down the stairs while Partner 2 did exercises, then flapjack.

  • 100 Merkins
  • 200 Mountain Climbers
  • 300 LBCs

Then we moseyed to the wall at Gate 5 for PAX 10 count people’s chair. Thanks Noonan for the slow count haha.

Next we gathered near the benches at Gate 5 to get into the Christmas spirit.  YHC gave the following instructions:

  • The song Hallelujah by Pentatonix would begin playing
  • While the song is playing, everyone performed Hallelujahs
  • Any time the word Hallelujah was said, all PAX would drop and do a merkin (total of 28 merkins)
    • The mumblechatter really got going during this, as there were some long periods that we were doing hallelujahs

Moseyed back to the flag for some Mary

  • American Hammers
  • Plank o Rama
  • J-Los

0615 – Floater and Cousteau came in right at 0615 from their run. They didn’t get the memo about Coop Mile closing during non-race season.

COT/BOM

Prayer Requests/Praises

  • Students taking exams
  • Better Call Saul’s 2.0 was hit by a car while he was walking. It was a hit and run. He was bruised and shaken up
  • Cousteau’s father overseas in Switzerland for a conference, prayers for safe travels back home
  • Underdog’s 2.0 got a concussion during a basketball incident
  • Praises that we are all out in the gloom and that it is Friday

Moleskin

Thanks to Noonan for the opportunity to Q this morning. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed going out to different AOs and Qing at other spots. The Fartsack got me earlier in the week… I was the Q at Boyd Lee Beatdown and got sore after that, then we rucked the Dash for Cash on Sunday. So the fartsack was nice on Monday and Tuesday, but I needed to get back out… because that is the only way to get better. You get better and doing the things you actually do… if you keep fartsacking, you will get better at fartsacking. Keep posting, and you will get better at that. Until next time…

Chimi Out!

 

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