AO: The Colosseum
When: 11/18/2023
Number of Pax: 30
DR Names:
Number of FNGS: 0
FNG Names:
QIC: Jellystone
Introduction
Great way to start a Saturday morning!!! A group of us jumped on an opportunity to do a 3-mile EC Ruck starting at 0420 to get warmed up for the beatdown. Even though we are in the middle of Reindeer Games, and many are chasing points for our efforts, many did this ruck for ZERO points.
Warm-O-Rama
Warm up started with a quick parking lot lap after disclaimer, core principals, and creedo. Then we jump into the following stretches:
Tappy Taps 10 IC
Abe Vigota’s 10 IC
Arm Circles 10 IC each way
Goofballs 10 IC
Hairy Rockette’s 10 IC
The Thang
22’s the HARD way
Had the PAX line up in parking lot stalls with their coupons and face west. Once YHC started the Thang, the crew ran to the west curb and did 21 Merkins, then ran back to their coupon and did 1 coupon press. Rinse and repeat lowering Merkin rep count by 1 and raising coupon press count by 1, each lap.
Continued until 6am, skipping Mary. Few finished, most did not, but we all got better.
Circle of Trust
Each PAX takes a little something different from Reindeer Games. Many of us are focused on the immediate task at hand and are closely watching their post counts, EC’s, 2nd and 3rd F point opportunities. Looking to do whatever we can to help our teams. I asked guys to step back and recognize the bigger picture. I reminded the PAX that we are 6 weeks from 2024 and just completed our 3rd week of reindeer games. In 3 more weeks the games will be over, however if we all continue to being 1% better each day, we will be 9 weeks ahead of the rest of the world. A whole 2-month head start in improving our minds and bodies over our neighbors, as they haven’t even started thinking about their new years resolutions yet, and you all have been crunching the last remaining days of 2023. Keep up the great work!!
Naked Man Moleskin
Id like to recognize Happy Camper as my Co-Q…. IYKYK 🙂