01/23/2021 - Iron Lion - Last day of the football gauntlet!!!
AO: Iron Lion
When: 01/23/2021
PAX:
Number of Pax: 15
Pax Names: Baby Hands, Callahan, Chazz, Glenn, Hootie, House Arrest, Mellencamp, Mr. Nice Guy, Nosejob, Riunite, Seadoo, Sputnik, Sulley, Sun Devil,
DR Names:
Number of FNGS:
FNG Names:
QIC: Wine in A Box
Introduction
A run club.
Why am I Qing a freaking club. I hate running. Im a big guy. Im made for sprints over short distances, not long distance cardio running. So THATs why. I need to get better at running, and I wont get better by hiding from it.
Iron sharpens iron . . so I need to be around some sharp iron (runners) so I can be a better runner. SLowly but surely, its getting better.
Shoutout to Mr. Nice Guy as a site Q. He reached out the night before to ask if there was anything I needed, and sent me an early DM regarding the site conditions for running. Really excellent teamwork!
Warm-O-Rama
Kinda forgot.
SSH?
Butterfly?
Lean forward on one knee to stretch hamstrings, then switch legs.
Lean back and pull up one heel for calves, then switch legs.
The Thang
My knee injury had me shorten this thang in favor of some distance running. But we still did some explosion exercises
In relays of three PAX at a time in the Lisle high school parking lot.
Jog 10 yards, then sprint 20 yards, then jog last ten yards.
Same thing back
Power skips, driving off your back foot to get as high as you can with your leading knee.
Same thing back
30 yards carioca facing the football field
Same thing back
30 yards backpedal
same thing back
(Im saving some of the other lateral and diagonal agility drills for another time, as my knee was flaring up)
THANG 2
Partner up with a PAX of relatively the same size and run at a pace where you can converse.
End at the flags for MARY at 6:25.
Circle of Trust
NO WALKING.
Had to remind more than a few PAX to stop walking during thang two. Keep . . . on . . . running. If my ass can keep running . . . then everyone else can too. 😉
Huge props to the HIMs that completed the football gauntlet. Mellencamp, Riunite and Sun Devil attended all 5 workouts, and have the sore muscles to show for it . . .
I forgot what else I said. Im sure it was deeply inspirational and touched everyone’s hearts. You are all welcome.
Naked Man Moleskin
Riunite and I paired up, as the resident Clydesdales at the Lion. Great mumblechatter, and HUGE T claps to Riunite for a heckuva run. Its not easy for us big fellas to distance run, but Riunite has been just killing it day in and day out. No bitch voices this morning!
Great effort by all . . . but Im always watching for guys that decide to walk instead of run/jog. Thats MY move, and no one else is allowed to steal it.
So there.
It was nice ending in sunlight for a change . . .