Mary Anne, the AOQ of Blue Friday, oops… I mean Red Friday (more on that later) posted earlier in the week that Red Friday’s workout needed a Q. Which seems to be the norm for all AOs, but I’ll leave that alone for now. I was hesitant to take the Q because I know my conditioning is not great, but I decided to not let that get in the way, so I signed up. It’s a good thing, because when I woke up Friday morning the last thing I wanted to do was post to a workout. But since I was the Q I got my sorry ass up and went to lead the workout.
8 guys made the same decision and posted to Red Friday.
Maupin was the Hero WOD that we would complete.
Maupin is on honor of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Keith “Matt” Maupin, 24, of Batavia, Ohio, who disappeared on April 9, 2004, when insurgents south of Baghdad attacked his convoy with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. His remains were found on March 20, 2008.
The Work:
4 Rounds for time of
800m run
49 Merkins
49 Big Boy Sit-ups
49 Squats
Results:
1. Southern Belle 34:30
2. Quickie 38:57
3. Inspector 39:45
4. Mary Anne 42:13
5. Tootsie Roll 43:00
6. Meter Maid 44:30
7. Spud Time Capped
8. 2C Time Capped
Recover
COT
Announcements:
Were made
Prayer Requests:
Were shared
BOM
NMS:
* Lesson #1 – Don’t use your current poor physical condition as an excuse to not to post at a particular workout. Show up, do what you can do, and after doing that enough times your physical condition will catch up.
* Lesson #2 – Signing up to Q is a great way to create some accountability for posting. So if you are struggling to motivate yourself to post sign up to Q somewhere. There’s plenty of openings. HCing the day before also helps.
* Back to Blue Friday. So, everyone (at least most everyone) knows we wear red on Fridays to “R”emember “E”veryone “D”elpoyed. That’s where the RED part comes from. So… imagine my surprise when the newly appointed AOQ shows up wearing blue. Now I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted at Red Friday, so I had to ask if we have changed the name to Blue Friday. Pusher, please bring Mary Anne a red shirt. I know you have an extra one laying around.
* Led by Southern Belle, the effort level by all was impressive.
* It was great to have Spud, Quickie, and even Inspector make their return to Red Friday. Who’s next on the list of guys that haven’t posted there recently to show up?
* EH someone that needs a little nudge to post. And if that someone is you, then text a fellow pax and ask them to hold you accountable for posting.
Until the next Q,
The Meter is paid in full…