Backblast: Pearls on a String = AO VQ! Date: 12.7.23
AO: #ao_dark_room
PAX: @Manhole @Banks @Beaker @LeMond @8-Track @Crack @Captain Crunch
FNGs: 0
Q: @Banks
Total: 7
WOR:
– 7x Motivators IC
– 10x mountain man poopers IC
– 10x Windmills IC
– 10x Merkins IC
– Stretch OYO
The Thang: Pearls on a String
Since this was my AO VQ, I wanted to explore a little bit and take the PAX on an adventure. We took the long loop and made various stops along the way:
We moseyed North and Started with Dan Taylors up to 8 as we headed West.
From there we moseyed over to hacksaw ridge and completed a Jacobs Ladder. We ran over the hill and down, completed a burpee and then ran back over the hill. We did this 7 times adding a burpee each time.
Next we moseyed along the outer loop and then completed 11s at each lamp post. We started with 10 Merkins and 1 Squat and finished with 10 squats and 1 Merkin.
Finally we finished our loop with some reverse BBS Suicides. We completed 20 BBS and then ran to the last light pole, turned around and ran back to complete 20 BBS at the next light pole. There were a total of 4 stops for 80 BBS
We next completed 7s (same concept as 11s) with 6 Pull-ups and 1 Squat finishing with 6 squats and 1 pull-up.
We wrapped up with 20 BBS to make it an even 100 on the day and then ran back to the flag
Moleskin: The man in the arena
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt
COT: Prayers for Crunches girls as they have a recital this weekend, Prayers for Cracks family and all of the current chaos and for his daughter as she tries to figure out a big upcoming move.
F3 Wheaton 