DONATE (A kidneyversary story)

AO: Gladiator

When: 2025-01-09

QIC: Brownie

PAX (16): Busboy, Chanel, Cheneral, Dark Side, DREAMER, Dutch Oven, Fire Drill, Floater, Laces, RaspberryPi, Scratch-Off, Shrimp, Speedo, Tar Heel, Yokel

Preamble:

Per tradition for the past 4 years, I've celebrated the anniversary of donating "lefty the kidney" by snagging the Q at Gladiator. This is year 6 since being part of one of the coolest experiences of my life and I've done my best to use this opportunity as a way to educate and promote living donation. Today's theme was DONATE and you'll see how this played out in the Q in a bit. No newbies showing up on this mid-20 degree AM, so just a word about the theme of the day and off we went.

Warm-O-Rama:

Short mosey towards the narrow hill past the tennis courts before stopping in the gloom for some warm up exercises:
  • SSHs
  • Hillbillies
  • Weedpickers
  • Windmills
  • Michael Phelps and Monkey arms

The Thang:

106K people are on the national registry in need of an organ transplant of any type; 92K of those need a kidney by far the most common. Each of today's exercises would be partner exercises with a heavy focus on core and the rep count would be 106 with each partner having to do an equal amount (53 apiece). Switching partners after each round for a new pairing.
  • Dancing bears (demo'd 3 different variations of differing difficulty) while the other partner ran a lap around the tennis court (Alpha count)
  • Overhead press with a coupon from the rock pile at the zebra crossing; partner runs up the hill to the 2nd light post
  • Ndiayes after transitioning to the picnic shelter while the other partner runs to the top of the parking lot
  • American Hammers (Alpha count) with the same run path
  • Tysons on the curb near the main soccer pitch while the partner ran the loop around the small parking lot across the road
  • Elevens hybrid after moving to the soccer pitch on the baseline; partner 1 starts with 9 merkins and 2 Big Bois while other partner runs to top of box to do 2 merkins and 9 Big Bois; when partner one finishes, they run to relieve partner 2 and they run to baseline; continue this for 6 rounds
Timing was demur allowing the PAX to head back to the flag with no need for any merry

COT:

  • Encouraged PAX to consider being an organ donor, considering living donation, or even giving blood (Alpha blood drive on Sunday - sign up in whatever the Slack thing is that people are always talking about)
  • Blood drive - sign up so they don't cancel it
  • BusBoy is an uncle, but one of his new nieces needs some heart surgery in the next week

Naked-Man Moleskin:

Appreciate the opportunity to lead and get the year started off right with a tough workout with a strong message. Brownie OUT!

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