04/07/2021 - Iron Lion - Building a foundation for OCR . . . and go around the f’ing cones!!

AO: Iron Lion

When: 04/07/2021

PAX:

Number of Pax: 15

Pax Names: B+, Baywatch, Big Kahuna, Bongo, Bootlegger, Bull Hurley, Catfish Hunter, Cousin Eddie, Mellencamp, Mr. Belding, Riunite, Ronda Rousey, Sulley,

DR Names:

Number of FNGS: 1

FNG Names: chili dog

QIC: Wine in A Box


Introduction

Day three of OCR workouts. Why The F do I do this to myself . . . I dont sleep well the night before Qs, I get WAY to elaborate and complicated, and I’m freaking exhausted. Oh well . . . the show must go on.

Loaded up the car at 4:15AM. I thought I would have to do two trips (freaking dummy . . too much stuff) but I was able to get everything in with some rearranging. My cars suspension is not doing too well. Can I apply for a F-3 grant for a new suspension? Bob Ross? Anybody?

11 big boy coupons

1 regular coupon

1 wagon

1 20 foot rope

1 big whiteboard

2 sawhorses

Time to set up.

Set up is almost a post in and of itself. But it is self inflicted . . . lol.

Beautiful weather . . . a great group of guys HCed . . . a very very questionable play list.

My MAN Riunite on site Q, bringing the pain with 7 more big boy coupons and light up cones

LFG

Warm-O-Rama

I object to filling this out for redundancy purposes. Y’all know my warm ups

The Thang

ONLY THANG

“Building a foundation, one block at a time”

Mosey to the octagon with coupons after counting off. Team odd versus team evens.

At the octagon there is a poorly drawn circle on each side with 9 big boys coupons in it. One side of team evens and one side for team odd. Everyone put their coupons in your designated circle. (fifteen coupons per team I believe . . and 8 of them were Big Boys per team)

There are 3 lit cone stations going up the hill. One at a time, each team will have one person

  • Grab a coupon
  • climb down off the octagon
  • crawl under a wooden beam obstacle with the coupon
  • climb up the rock wall to the path and the first cone
  • LEAVE the coupon, and retrace your steps back to your team.
  • Next PAX rinse and repeat.
  • Once all coupons are at the first cone, Pax then goes through the obstacle, goes AROUND the cone on the wall (dont skip the big side of the wall) grabs a coupon, and runs with it halfway up the hill, then retraces their steps to tag in. Once all coupons are at the second cone, the same sequence is repeated up it is at the lit path at the top of the hill.

The rest of team is doing the following exercises AMRAP style. The exercises change when the PAX tag in the next coupon carrier.

  • Fingertip merkins
  • air squats
  • lying leg lifts
  • carolina dry docks
  • lunges
  • flutter kicks

No Mary, as there was plenty included in the only THANG. Did this workout until 6AM bell

Circle of Trust

CoT is about obstacles.

Thanks to all that attended. This course is about a typical obstacle you will encounter on a course, going over and under barriers. Something that we all have to do in our lives. Whether you go under, over, or through an obstacle, just find a way to push through it. You have more strength than you give yourself credit for . . . so bust through those obstacles.

Prayers

Our Father

Naked Man Moleskin

Thanks to all that came out for Day 3 of OCR training.

Setting up the obstacles took more time than expected. Self inflicted obstacle I set in front of myself. BIG props to all the PAX that helped carry all the extra crap back to the parking lot for loading my poor car up.

More than a few PAX had difficulty going around the cones and up the wall. Even after being reminded multiple times. I blame myself for that and not being clearer on my initial instructions.

These obstacles suck. going up and down the octagon, under a barricade and then up another wall is taxing, and works your body in eccentric ways. But thats whats on an OCR course. Best to get used to it NOW. 😉

This format made for some fine mumblechatter this morning. I think Nacho Libre ears were burning.

Deep thoughts . . . . by WiaB . . .

  • Riunite and Ronda are fucking ANIMALS and wore weighted vests the whole time. Next level.
  • Chili dog was totally lost showing up and had to be retrieved from the typical flag location. Poor chili dog. He needs to be added to the website BTW.
  • Great to see B plus  ITG again! Stop being such a stranger!
  • Catfish Hunter took the “”sleeves optional” option veeeeeery seriously. Plus ripped his shirt all the way down the sides too. Its pretty much a dishtowel sized poncho at this point.
  • Sulley and Bongo . . .  your song selections were slow and uninspiring. We will work on this. 🙂
  • Ronda . .  you are right. I need to sign up for spotify to get rid of the commercials. On the docket for this afternoon. Mea culpa
  • I dont think Bongo broke a sweat. Because he is in great shape. I am jealous because I sweat more than a fat kid in a donut shop.
  •  Baywatch, Big Kahuna and Mr Belding are the silent assassins. They are very quiet, but just f’ing kill it every time they are ITG.
  • Thankfully Big Kahuna didnt wear a kilt, because based on his shorts it would have been a miniskirt. And NO ONE wants to see that.
  • Mellencamp lasted way way longer than most PAX on fingertip merkins. All that guitar playing has paid off . . .
  • I dont know why mellencamp is wearing a full ninja suit to each workout. Its positively tropical out.
  • Bull Hurley got lost multiple times on the course, but self corrected and doubled back. Im sure his team appreciated the extra time doing whatever exercise they were on.
  • Cousin Eddie “pretends” that he is over his head on my Qs, but considering he posts 352 times in a year he is in incredible shape. I dont think he was even sweating. You sandbagger you . . . .
  • I called out bootlegger once and felt bad about it. I shouldnt have. Bootlegger is absolutely kicking ass and taking names since he started. His EC rucks and runs show up every week in preblasts, and he is killing it in workouts. Dick move on my part. Apologies.
  • Sulley probably hates me. When you are 6’7′ (7’4′ with the afro . . .) and you have to go under a barrier thats two feet off the ground with a coupon you arent having fun . . . . I hope we can still be friends sulley.
  • Riunite . . . just an outstanding site Q. Brought his light up cones and SEVEN big boy coupons. Plus wore a weighted vest. Quietly killing it every time he steps on the field. My measuring time for the upcoming OCR race is a personal goal I have set . . .  but Im now adding another one that will make my time even faster. Just try to keep up with Riunite . . . .
  • Again  .. ..  big thanks to everyone for helping carry the massive amount of extra stuff back to the cars.

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