The BackBlast:

Well, at 4.00AM the rain was pounding down.  YHC thought, ‘Thank goodness I have the Q today, otherwise the FartSack could be calling!’.   However, knowing the men of F3Cherokee, particularly the strange breed that attends The Kodiak, YHC proceeded with confidence.

Coffee brewed, flag planted, music on and the board for the beatdown placed.  Will anyone show?  Sure enough, the vehicles rolled in.  C4 arriving first, followed by Zillow (looking trimmer and trimmer every day!), LawDog and Orvis (going for the rookie of the year award apparently).  05.30 chimes up, and we’re off on a wee mosey to ‘Down Under’ in keeping with the outback theme.

For the warm-ups, we did the following:

• 20 SSH
• 10 Abe Vigodas
• 15 Michael Phelps (in cadence out of respect for LawDog)

Then, we ran over to the main entrance of the school, where the board was dramatically revealed.   YCH could hear the awe in the Pax’ breath as they viewed the Louvre quality artwork.   Well, at least YCH ‘thinks’ that’s what happened.   It took LawDog’s sharp mind to orient the diagram toward the parking lot, emulating the placement of the light poles so that the Pax could envision their little tour of the Outback, consisting of running out and returning back (see what YHC did there?):

• 5 burpees at the starting point
• run to LP1 (light pole 1), perform 10 Marionettes
• return to the starting point, 5 more burpees
• run to LP2, perform 10 each side of Angle Grinders, then run back to LP1 and do the Marionettes again
• return to the starting point for 5 more burpees
• run to LP3, perform 10 each side Daniel-Sons, run back to LP2 for the Angle Grinders and then again to LP1 for the Marionettes
• run to LP4 (actually looping around the end of the parking lanes), perform 10 American Hammers (Kodiak count), running back to the starting point once again stopping at LP3, LP2, LP1.
• 5 burpees, run to LP5 and perform 10 ssssllllooowwwww Blades of Steel, returning to starting point whilst visiting each previous spot on the way.
• Finally, 5 burpees, run the loop to LP6 and execute 10 copperhead squats, returning via LP5, LPL4, LP3,  LP2 and LP1.

C4 was able to complete the tour and finished  with one final return trip, while the rest of us finished up the last round .

Run back to the flag for a 20-second late ending.   What a great effort everyone put in.

CoT:

• Gepetto’s upcoming fundraiser
• Prayers for those affected in many ways by the terrible helicopter crash in CA.   9 people and families affected.   Keeping Legionnaire’s sister in our thoughts and Sherapova’s M.   We all need the strength and power granted us by being followers of Jesus, and we thanked God for the ability to meet and fortify our minds, bodies and spirits to serve Him.

Naked Man Moleskin:

Inspiration and support come from everywhere if you let it.   Personally, watching C4 perform each exercise with near perfection, seeing Zillow out there pushing himself and improving constantly, LawDog bringing humor and hard work to the Pax and Orvis’ new ‘habit’ of showing up in the cold and rain have given YHC a new and improved lease on life.  Thanks to everyone in the F3Cherokee family!