The Lactic Report, 4.23.11 “The Big Spit”
SANDBAGS VII.
Maitre D: And finally, monsieur, a wafer-thin mint.
Mr Creosote: No.
Maitre D: Oh sir! It's only a tiny little thin one.
Mr Creosote: No. Bugger off - I'm full... [Belches]
Maitre D: Oh sir... it's only “wafer” thin.
Mr Creosote: Look - I couldn't eat another thing. I'm absolutely
stuffed. Bugger off.
Maitre D: Oh sir, just... just “one”...
Mr Creosote: Oh all right. Just one.
Maitre D: Just the one, sir... voila... bon appetit...
Okay, the box score …
Starting Line up:
J-Delta (7)
Buck (7)
KX (6)
Doc (6)
Cornbread (5)
Rock (1)
The Workout
Ring o’ Fire: The requisite tune-up to get the blood flowing and the muscles warmed up. In addition to a steady dose of push-ups, mountain climbers, dumbbell pass, spider crawls and squats, we tested everyone’s coordination (and ability to dance?) with a new low body / IT band ballistic stretch - The Michael Flatley. Hard to explain and apparently hard to do (at least for some), but effective all the same. Beyond elevating the heart rate, this jump/twist produced a few laughs which we all enjoyed. Cornbread, my very southern brother, we weren’t laughing at you, we were laughing with … ahem … ok, I can’t lie; we were definitely laughing AT YOU.
The Dirty Details: A return to weeks I & II with a six lane course (2 laps) run in two man teams. The tire pull, karoke, sprints, tire run, and tire flip. With pain stations at the beginning and end of every lane, the teams never got a break. This week’s assortment included pull-ups, timber thrusters, sandbag squats, timber presses, timber lunges, mountain climbers, and Bode Millers. Kudos to KX and Doc for the early morning set-up help. (Yep, La Fiesta held me captive on Friday evening).
As always, T-claps to Michigan
Random grains of sand ….
(F)NG:
A warm Sandbags welcome to Rock. We’re glad you joined us brother and hope you’ll come back for more of the same. Keep bringing it. Rock Steady!
Colored Eggs:
Too many MIAs this week to mention (but you know who you are). Being Easter weekend, we’ll assume all of our missing brothers were busy coloring eggs. If your ears were burning on Saturday morning, look no further. Yep, we talked about you.
Bellweather:
When Cornbread breaks a sweat, you know life is good and the course is a challenge. Thanks for the props my brother. You’re my gauge for “too hard vs too easy”.
Mr. Creosote:
[Cornbread to Rock: ‘Brother, was that you over there by the truck blowin’ chunks’?]
[Rock: ‘No man, I had to take a leak.’]
Rock, if you say it was just a latrine break, then it was just a latrine break. But there’s no shame in a well timed chunder. Bottom line, you finished the morning and it if took a solid yak to make it happen, rock on!
Operator Error:
[Buck: ‘So I figured out the problem with my video camera … well, actually my daughter figured it out’.]
[J-Delta: ‘Tell me more’]
[Buck: ‘All my video was fuzzy and Sadie told me I needed to click this button on the side; go figure’]
So it was the video camera huh? You know Doc was suspicious of the whole ‘let me skip this exercise so I can video the group’ in week V. We’ll be expecting all new footage next week. Put that owners manual next to the commode.
Wet Back:
[Doc: ‘We haven’t been on our backs all morning. Is someone afraid of a little wet grass? I say we crank out some flutter kicks’.]
Ask you shall receive. The Flutter Kick! … Ready, Begin. 1-2-3-One, 1-2-3-Two, …
ANNOUNCEMENTS & NEWS
Calibration
Reminder, pull-up calibration is next week. I have all the totals from our baseline and look forward to seeing huge improvement.
10x Teaser
Smoke has a surprise in store for everyone after your 10th Sandbags. Keep showing up brothers, keep showing up.
Mid week training. Morning runs (6:00 a.m.) on Tues & Thurs leaving from Summergrove Golf Club; distance varies (4-7 miles). Show up or contact me or KX if you want to run.
Be sure to invite a friend for next week. May our group grow in numbers and in strength.
J-Delta
[Monty Python's "Meaning of Life"]
If you're not familiar with Monty Python's "Mr Creosote" (as I was not), DO NOT under any circumstance watch this video on You Tube while you're eating your lunch (as I did).
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