02/14/2020 - The Citadel - Valentine’s Day escalator
AO: The Citadel
When: 02/14/2020
PAX:
Number of Pax: 7
Pax Names: Ball Boy, Flo, Handy Manny, Mr. Hankey, Nala,
DR Names:
Number of FNGS: 0
FNG Names:
QIC: Sweet Gherkins
Introduction
-6 degrees, with a real feel of -19 degrees…..so what.
Warm-O-Rama
High Knees IC x20
Good Mornings IC x10
Imperial Walkers IC x15
Tappy Taps IC x10
The Thang
Parking lot escalator:
Starting at Eastern most island of lot:
Do 10 merkins, run lap around lot.
Move one island forward, 10 merkins and 20 American Hammers. Lap around the lot, but one lane shorter.
Continue moving from island to island adding exercises and running a lap, getting one lane shorter each time.
Exercises:
10 merkins
20 American hammers
30 curls
40 count plank
50 coupon chest presses
60 LBC
70 squats
80 SSH
Total: 80 merkins, 140 American hammers, 180 curls, 200 seconds of plank, 200 chest presses, 180 LBC, 140 squats, 80 SSH, and about 1.7 miles running.
Mary:
Wide arm heel touches with coupon between butt and heels IC x10
Coupon side bends IC x10 each side
Circle of Trust
I wasn’t into them much as a kid, but in my 20’s I started to enjoy and appreciate musicals. I’ve seen quite a few, and the one I always come back to the most I think is Les Misérables. For those that were unaware I shared that it is a story about people in 1800’s France during a time of revolution. There is a group of young men who are protesting new government, and decided to build a barricade to block off a road, and face-off against the French army. With a fire fight imminent, and their demise likely, they naturally sing a song about friendship and brotherhood, called ‘Drink with Me’.
One part that resonates with me is as follows:
At the shrine of friendship, never say die
Let the wine of friendship, never run dry
We come together every morning and our ‘shrine of friendship’ may just be a bunch of cinder blocks in parking lots, but we definitely have the never say die attitude, and lift each other up in many ways. Our wine of friendship is usually coffeeteria afterwards, and sometimes like today, onsite chocolate milk.
We toasted to friendship, fellowship, and exercise. Remembered those we’ve lost, lifted up all the things weighing on our hearts and minds, and drank to a verse from the song.
Drink with me, to days gone by
To the life, that used to be
At the shrine of friendship, never say die
Let the wine of friendship, never run dry
Here’s to you, and here’s to me.
Naked Man Moleskin
If you take a look at the Instagram video from this morning and get jealous of my beautiful and luscious eyelashes…they just had icicles from the cold on them.