AO: The Grove
When: 03/05/2024
Number of Pax: 15
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QIC: Sparkler
Introduction
PreBlast BLACK DIAMOND PreBlast
The Grove
0500 StartEx March 5th 2k24
Coupons + shoes‘s for pavement/ grass
ECR Opportunity with a 0430 step off Remember when @Den Mother inspired me to talk about the part of your brain structure called Anterior Mid Cingulate Cortex aka the Cookie Monster? Yeah let’s feed that part of the brain tomorrow.If you don’t know what I’m talking about check this out which now requires you to drop your HC.
Warm-O-Rama
WoR 0500-0507
Up Downs – Welcome 5 Core Principals
Motivators, the set of 20
106 Squats IC
Mini Arm Blaster IC
The Thang
Thang 1
11 minutes (507-0518)
Move Coupons to front of field
Count off PAX for a Call Out Slingshot run to the YMCA
9 minutes (0518-0527)
At the YMCA – 11’s Hurley’s + Gallagher’s w/ Duck Walk forward/backward as the mode of transport.
8 minutes (0530-0538)
Regular Slingshots back to the coupons
8 minutes (0538-0546)
3 to 10’s. Start at the path and perform 3,6,9,12 or more thrusters, then use that to determine the number of Murder Bunnies performed (3 thrusters = 10 murder bunnies, 9 = 30) all the way to the top of the hill but avoiding being on the street.
3 minutes (0546-0549) On the top of the hill, 50 merkins + 100 Big Boys – run the hill until the last PAX gets to the bottom of the hill.
6 minutes (0549-0555) Mike Tyson 7’s on the curbs back in the entry lot of the Grove.
5 minutes (0555-0600) Partner up. Partner 1 low planks with a coupon on their back while Partner 2 does 20 Big Boys. Switch. Reduce the count by 2. We got to 16.
Recover Recover
Circle of Trust
CoT – You don’t have any haters doing more than you.
Think about that. There is a guy right now running 75 miles a day for 40 days from the West Coast to the East Coast. Do you think he is spending his time commenting on your social media to troll, hate or call you out?
Another guy has been running 100 miles a week for 205 weeks in a row. Do you think he is worried about hating on you or putting you down?
The point is, the people that are doing the work don’t spend the time tearing down others. They are obsessed with being the best that they can be and more often than not bringing others with them.
When I was younger I had a goal to go from walking 3 miles a day to running a mile a day. On the very first day, I kid you not, I was on a busy road and I had a car pull up to a light and a kid yelled “loser” or something to that effect at me. I was stunned by it and it bothered me enough to stop running for months.
Which is odd because during my football days I attributed trash talking to wasting energy and would let my work ethic do the talking for me. I never got into verbal battles in practice or the games. That same situation now, I would probably smile, give a thumbs up and let it motivate me.
I definitely hear the haters and remember them because I will continue to outwork them and will silently win in the long run. Long ago decided to be a magnet for positivity in being a fanboy of others and their goals because it’s more challenging to do that than to simply hate on someone doing something amazing.
Positivity call outs (which I love this)
Prayers
Naked Man Moleskin
Lots to unpack here.
Giselle posting at his first Black Diamond and absolutely loving it.
Meta took the challenge I gave him that he has never been to one of my Q’s. He was all effort and positivity then enitre hour.
Foreclosure running 2.5 miles in the rain/ wind with me for ECR coming off a fantastic race weekend.
Picasso coming over during a Thang to make sure I remembered to give instructions for when PAX finished to keep them moving. Excellent SiteQ stuff right there.
JFD and Blue Gill making their returns to Black Diamond filled my bucket today.
Spike Horn for logging his 200th post and also attending my Q for the first time.
I was dialed in, had a good plan but really struggled on the execution. I can point to excuses but nobody cares, I need to deliver. Candor and feedback during AAR and afterwards was appreciated and I’ll get better for it. What’s next?