12/28/2021 - - Muddy morning on the farm-Black Diamond VQ
AO: OG Citadel
When: 12/28/2021
PAX:
Number of Pax: 7
Pax Names: Aladdin, Bush Push, Daisy, FIB, Serena, Sparkler,
DR Names:
Number of FNGS:
FNG Names:
QIC: Clearcoat
Introduction
PreBlast BDVQ 12/27 5:00 am
Come burn off those Christmas calories with me tomorrow morning as I lead my first . We will be meeting at the Waubonsie lake parking lot and making our way to Oakhurst
. No coupons needed but you will need a headlamp and a weighted vest.
Lace up those all terrains and HC below
Warm-O-Rama
Weather was in the mid 30s a little chilly and misty perfect for a BDVQ. Pulled into the Waubonsie lake parking lot around 4:50 am and Sparkler and crew rolled right in.
5am
F3 5 core principles and disclaimer said and we were off.
WoR
SSH x20 IC
Imperial walkers x15 IC
Michael phelps x15 IC
Indian run to new pavilion at Oakhurst forest preserve. About 1.5 miles. We stopped at the bench on the path about halfway there for a ring of fire. PAX SSH while we take turns going in the middle and doing 3 box jumps off of the bench.
Back on the path towards the pavilion
The Thang
Thang 1
We arrived at the pavilion where we found a bunch of hay bales. Each pax grabbed their own hay bale and we got started with the thang!
11s or in this case 33s
PAX were to perform 3 sets of exercises run up hill perform other 3 exercises as if we were doing 11s of each and run back and rinse and repeat. Started off with the high numbers at the pavilion.
At the pavilion:
Derkins off of hay bale
Hay bale cleans
Burpee jump over hay bale
At the top of the hill:
Lunges
Squats
SSH
We did this thang until about 5:45 and it was time to head back. We lined up to indian run back to flags stopping at the bench once more for another ring of fire this time pax ssh while we took turns going in the middle and doing 3 irkins off the bench.
We made it back to the flags right at 6am.
Recover Recover
Circle of Trust
For my CoT I read a page from my Maxwell Daily Reader regarding taking risks.
“Life means taking risk. People who sabotage themselves shouldnt worry about failure as much as they should be concerned about the chances they miss when they dont even try. Speech writer Charles Parnell observed, “too many people are having what might be called ‘near-life experiences.’ They go through llife bunting, so afraid of failure that they never try to win the big prizes, never knowing the thrill of hitting a home run or even taking a swing at one.”
Those who fly always first get out on the edge. If you want to seize an opportunity, you must first take a risk. if you want to grow, you must make mistakes. if you want to reach your potential, you will have to take chances. If you dont you will be resigned to a life of mediocrity. The people who dont make mistakes end up working for those who do. And in the end, they often end up regretting the safe life they lived.
In some way get out on the edge this week.
This morning was my way of getting out on the edge this week. I was pretty nervous about leading this mornings BD after being off fighting a cold all week but I had committed to it and was determined to lead a BD before the end of the year. I thanked the PAX for the encouragement in coming out to BDs and was committed to doing more in the year to come.
Prayers of strength raised for family and friends going through hard times.
Naked Man Moleskin
Thanks to the 7 HIMs that joined me this morning. Great push by all. I know it was tough getting out of bed earlier this morning after a holiday weekend but I appreciate you men coming out and giving it your all. A little bit of me stayed at that forest preserve this morning, I was gassed! I appreciate the support and the AAR afterwards. Shoutout to Oakhurst forest preserve for leaving those hay bales out for us to play with in the pavilion. I went to scope it out over the weekend and saw the hay bales in the pavilion and knew I had to include them in my VQ.