The Lactic Report, 5.14.11 “Bar Napkin Math”
SANDBAGS X.
Colonel Keith Davenport, Cmdr, 918th Bomber Group: Are you gonna drive em til they crack?
Colonel Davenport: Take it easy? Bomber Command can take it easy. Those boys are flesh and blood. They’ll die for you but they gotta know they have a chance and they know they haven’t got one. Frank, they can add. They know a man’s chances run out in 15 missions. Somebody’s gotta give them a limit. A goal… some hope of living. What do you guys think they’re made of?
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Colonel Savage to General Pritchard: He’s (Col Davenport
~ Twelve O’clock High, a movie on leadership dedicated to the bomber crews (1942).
Okay, the box score …
Starting Line up:
J-Delta (10)
Buck (10)
KX (9)
Doc (9)
Smoke (7)
Rock (4)
The Workout
The ante was raised for Sandbags X. It was both a time to celebrate ten weeks of blood, sweat & tears and to remind ourselves why we gather ‘in the gloom’ each week. Our group continues to strengthen on many levels and we can celebrate that. This is all much bigger than any one individual.
Ring o’ Fire: Warm up stretches and a short run followed by a nasty version of ‘Round the Horn’. 18 cards (each with a named exercise) placed in the middle of the Ring. Twenty reps each (by my count). One by one, everyone got a chance in the center to lead a pain session. T-claps to everyone for sounding off like you gotta pair and pushing the group when it was your turn to lead. Nice to see KX leading ‘Michael Flatleys’ … had no idea that boy had Irish rhythm.
The Dirty Details: After the Ring, we broke down into two-man teams for Seven Lanes of Pain. A small mod to previous set ups; we ran each lane as an ‘up & back’ before going to the next lane. A few new additions: the Overhead Timber Squat and the Seated Tire/Rope Pull. According to the faithful, it was one of the hardest Sandbags to date. #MoreisMore
As always, T-claps to Michigan Michigan
Random grains of sand ….
Rattle and Hum:
As noted above, KX started our Ring with ‘Michael Flatleys’. His version of the Irish folk dance looked eerily more like the mosh pit at a U2 concert. Doc on the other hand, took it in the extreme other direction, complete with jazz hands. You two make me sick.
Ergonomics:
To any and all who curse my tractor tire, let’s set the record straight. 1) Lift with your legs. 2) Flip with your arms. 3) Engage your core through the entire movement. 4) Curse yourself (not the tire). There’s no such thing as an ergonomically safe tractor tire. It’s supposed to be inconvenient and unwieldy. Embrace it.
Sailing to Byzantium
Doc brought smoke to both the Ring and Seven Lanes of Pain. T-claps for the effort and consistency. I think the sages will have to wait a few more years for your arrival. Sandbags is ‘no country for old men’.
MIAs: ROTC, Crank, Big German, and Stick to name a few … c’mon ladies, you’re missed … and we won’t be cutting you any breaks when you return.
ANNOUNCEMENTS & NEWS
Calibration
Next pull-up calibration is Week XII. Work on this during the week. Goal is a minimum of +5.
10x Teaser
Smoke rewarded J-Delta and Buck with compression socks for hitting the 10 mark on attendance. Awesome gear my Brother. Keep showing up brothers and you too can be supa-fly & swagerrific. Check out Smoke’s website.
CHANGE - Mid week training. Morning runs (6:00 a.m.) are now on Mon-Wed-Fri leaving from Summergrove Golf Club; distance/pace varies (4-7 miles). This is a base builder for Blue Ridge Relay. We will slowly begin bumping up mileages in mid June. You don’t have to be on the BRR team to run with this group. 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
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