Conditions- 44 degrees and clear
0515- Tweeter gave us the disclaimer (I think) and informed us that we were going to be doing a modified Griff WOD in honor of USAF SSgt Travis L. Griffin, who was killed April 3, 2008 in the Rasheed district of Baghdad by an IED strike to his vehicle. Travis is survived by his son Elijah.
Last night Tweeter asked me if I could wind up the COT for him so he could leave early to get the 2.0’s going for the day. The call came just at the right time, because I had been on my feet all day and had prepared myself for a fartsack. I was happy to oblige, because I know I needed to be there instead of in bed. If you’re not getting better, then you’re getting worse. So, better it is.
It went down like this:
The Thang:
100 Merkins
Run 800 meters
75 Merkins
Run 400 meters backwards
50 Merkins
Run 800 meters
25 Merkins
Run 400 meters backwards
We had time left after the 6 was in. At RED Friday, COT starts at 0600. Not a minute sooner. So how about a quick 21/15/9 of merkins, BigBoi sit ups, and pull ups? Perfect. That put us at 295 merkins. Rip out 5 more to give us an even 300. We still had a few minutes to spare. Pothole said he needed 333 merkins to get his daily average for #nipsoutnovember. YHC called for 33 merkins, 33 squats and 33 LBC’s. One minute to go. Give me 17 more merkins, and we will all be at 350 for the morning. Recover! Good work men!
Results:
Mary Anne- 21:14
Tweeter- 22:21
Southern Belle- 22:37
Gomer Pyle- 23:51
Dempsey- 23:59
Pothole- 26:05
COT-
Announcements- Talon tomorrow with the 2.0’s
Prayer requests/ praise reports- Gomer Pyle and M with the sale of their home and moving process. Pothole’s M for a quick recovery from a surgery yesterday, and that she has minimal memory loss that the docs say she may have. Pothole requested just a little memory loss would be fine. YHC’s M’s grandmother is in the hospital with a severe UTI and some kidney issues.
BOM- YHC prayed us out.
NMS- First of all, running backwards for 400m sucks. Second of all, running backwards for 400m really sucks. Throwing in the merkins was a beautiful thing for those participating in #nipsoutnovember. Getting them in first thing in the morning makes the rest of the day feel like a vacation. Speaking of vacation, Pothole has successfully conquered his fartsack streak and is back on the wagon. This guy would have much better determination and desire to get better if he worked more than 3 months a year. All these vacations are spoiling him. Mary Anne made this WOD look like a vacation. He was pumping out merkins like nobody’s business, and just left us in the dust. And Tweeter runs backwards as fast as I run forwards. And for those with terrible short term memory, running backwards freakin sucks. It was great to see Dempsey out in the gloom at RED Friday. He was putting down some work. Gomer Pyle is also a merkin machine. He was laying them down. The added work after the WOD got the mumblechatter going pretty good. merkins and pull ups back to back are no joke. I may have misunderstood, but I believe I heard Pothole say how much he loved pull ups. Everybody crushed the work this morning, I believe we honored ASAF SSgt Griffin well. We missed a lot of the RED Friday regulars this morning, but still had a solid group of men. Make your plans now to be at RED Friday next week. It’s the best way to kick Friday in the nuggets and get the weekend started.
Southern Belle is hanging up….