We had a great turnout with 14 Pax posting at RED Friday this morning. We had 2 first timers to RED Friday (I think), Bean-O and Ball Bag, and we had a few guys post that haven’t been to RED Friday in quite some time.

YHC struggled with which Hero WOD to call and after a DM from the AOQ asking what work was to be done, it was time for me to commit to one. Riley is a Hero WOD that I always look at, but then end up talking myself out of it. There’s just something that doesn’t sound quite right about 150 Burpees. But, since nothing else jumped out to me Riley got the call.

Riley is in honor of Army Sgt. 1st Class Riley G. Stephens, who was killed in action on 9/28/2012. With his KIA anniversary date being right around the corner, that made it even better.

You can read more about Army Sgt. 1st Class Riley G. Stephens here and here

Conditions: Cool with a nice fog rolling

Disclaimer: Given

Riley:
1.5 Mile Run
150 Burpees
1.5 Mile Run

Instructions are short and sweet. The work isn’t!

Results:
Ball Bag 0:41:48
Sunshine 0:43:19
Meter Maid 0:43:22
Bean-O 0:43:47
Sugar 0:44:58
Flossy 0:45:48
Boy George 0:46:42
Baby Blu 0:48:37
Dixie Chick 0:49:40
Hulk 0:49:54
Mary Anne 0:50:05
Trojan 0:50:47
Pusher 0:50:49
Spud 0:53:18

We keep a running clock primarily to keep you motivated to push through the suck and so you can look back at previous times you’ve done the workout to see how you compared, not because it’s a race. The reward does not come from what place you finish up, but instead from the effort you put into the workout. Knowing that you gave it all you had that morning and you did every rep to the best of your ability is where it’s at. That’s what makes you better.

Proud to see all the guys giving it all they had this morning!

Count-o-rama:
Name-o-rama:

Announcements:
* Saturday’s workout here is at Terrapin at 0600 with Uncle Jesse on the Q.
* F3 Laurens workout starts at 0700 with Tickle on the Q. Thanks for stepping up Tickle!
* Dad’s/2.0 Campout is 9/29-30
* Hartness Half marathon and Race the Helix 5K is 10/7. Run one of them!

Prayer Requests:
* Hurricane victims. Including Dixie Chick’s In-Laws
* Spud’s Dad
* Boy George’s Dad

BOM

NMS:

* Great turn out this morning. Keep posting!
* Great effort by everyone there. This Hero WOD is filled with suck and would have been easy to get discouraged from the get go. But that didn’t happen today. There was a lot of encouragement and work being dished out.
* T-Claps to Bean-O and Ball Bag for making their RED Friday debuts and T-Claps for the guys who posted that haven’t been to RED Friday in a while. See EVERYONE back next week.

As always,
Until the next Q
The Meter is paid in full