3 pax moseyed from here to there, then again to here, and back over there as fast as they could.

Last week Dixie Chick asked for Q’s for the week he was out.  YHC has been fairly slack about Q’ing the runs and even more slack about pushing others to Q anything at all.  So when the Sheets opened I immediately grabbed Hustle.  Back when Hustle first opened, YHC was a regular Q for it and really loved the creativity of the sprint.  Once the new football filed was installed, there were visions of sugar plums of pain dancing in my head for various sprint combos on the fancy fake stuff.  Well, that is no longer an option whilst I be da Q, so a spot less used the order of the day.

Conditions: Not incredibly hot, mid 70’s but incredibly humid.  We were soaked 5 mins in.

Disclaimer:  Ooops, YHC definitely forgot this one.  #Cobains

The Warmup:  2 laps around the extents of the school at a semi conversational pace.

The THANG:  Taking yet another exercise from my time at a far away AO, Blackbeard’s Revenge, Skipper from the Metro area provided this little nugget of joy.  Find a line and hop back and forth over it, then turn and hop left and right over it.  So that is what we did.  To start the festivities by getting all of our leg muscles firing we gathered at the East parking lot at the closest light pole to the main entrance.  Hop back and forth counting each hop until you get to 20, then hop side to side over the same line until you get to 20, then sprint to the next lateral parking line which happened to coincide with the light poles.  Hmmm.  It’s funny how some of the most random things look like they were specifically designed that way.  Ha!  Stop at each pole and perform the hop combo.  After the last pole, which just so happens to be the fourth pole, proceed to touch the far curb and sprint back across the original line.  Take a breather lap around this parking lot only making the shape of a rectangle of sorts.  On the next go round, only hop at the 2nd and 4th poles, then proceed to touch the curb and sprint back across line one.  Take another breather lap around the rectangle.  Next on the docket was a four corners of sorts.  The night prior, I was recruiting Jugs and promised in my best Daniel Plainview voice, “There Will Be MERKINS!”  So as not to disappoint, Starting at “painted island” on the pavement by light pole numero uno, perform 2 burpees, sprint the short side of the rectangle (towards the rd), perform two burpees at the next “painted island”, take a breather pace to the far corner and perform 2 more burpees before sprinting towards light pole number four where each pax must perform 2 more burpees then finally at a breather pace proceed back to the starting location.  Rinse and Repeat for 2 rds.  Another breather lap was needed to prevent Jugs from hyperventilating.  Off around the school we went.  Mr Clean and myself 15-20 yds in front of poor ol’Juggernaut.  This is where if instead of an oil field, the above mentioned DP, would have screamed There Will Be MERLOT had he been trying to forcefully take over a winery.  Yep that’s right folks, Jugs spewed chunks of BRR filled vitriol from the deep depths of his inner kingdom for all of those precious mornings he had graciously risen all warm in cozy in his bed instead of getting out and receiving a shit kicking with the rest of us.  If you haven’t noticed, there’s no sympathy here.  So when the breather lap was completed and we were all mustered back at light pole 1, it was time deliver the good news.  “There’s only 10 more minutes and we’re only going to have to do 10 more sprints.”  Starting at the light pole run to the far curb near LP4, touch said curb, and run back.  This shall be done EMOM style.  The faster you go the more time you have to breathe.  This was a wonderful finisher that amped up the leg and lung pain to another level.  This is one I “borrowed” from our very own USMNT.

COT

Announcements: Fury and Tsunami will be closed tomorrow. (This statement is both dated and incorrect as a change was made at Starbucks following this workout that closed Fury and Epicenter and opened Shipyard and Tsunami.)

Prayers: Rocky, pax traveling for vacation

Naked Man Moleskin: Not much other than atop of the line watch that pauses when you stop at traffic signals and Hustle breathers.  I’m thinking I really need one, b/c forgetting to stop and the start has plagued me at this workout since i possessed a watch of lesser intelligence.

It’s always fun to run!

JKS – Alpo