35×50 on 1:00

AO: Gladiator

When: 2025-02-11

QIC: Scratch-Off

PAX (14): Butterknife, Chanel, Cheneral, Dark Side, DREAMER, Hitchcock, Liquor, Postal (Jeff McMichael), Scratch-Off, Slider, Spandex, Tar Heel, Brownie, Dewey

Preamble:

Sometimes life is hard. Not always. Sometimes. Maybe a lot of times. Not always. There's a temptation while writing this to say, "Life is tough; you can disengage, laugh it off, or you can embrace the suck." But, that's a little too defined. I think everyone knows that life is more dynamic than a Business School matrix would divide it into. My natural disposition is to avoid, disengage, and write jokes. Y'all are probably surprised by that, but it's true. A lot of times that works: you have an issue with the kids? It's easier to laugh it off. Marital strife? I've got 10 comedians off the top of my head that tell varying degrees of jokes about being married. Politics?  Gulf of America. Aaannnnyway, given that natural disposition...each year on my birthday, I do something that forces me to engage mentally and physically. Sometimes that's in the pool; sometimes, it's at F3. When it's at F3, you idiots get to be part of it. This isn't about being an "alpha male" or whatever that means. You can save that for your next podcast. This isn't a "be a leader" thing. You can save that for your next recruiting pitch. You're not getting up at 5 to work out if you're not of the disposition to lead. This is just a simple confidence builder that, a couple of times per year, ensures you have the mental fortitude to engage in a challenge. If you do it too often, you may burn out or think you can disengage with real life because you always work out hard. No time standards, no goals, no camaraderie or fellowship. No real preparation or training for anything. Just you and you. Staring down a challenge and getting shit done.

Warm-O-Rama:

A bunch of stuff on your own while I yammered on about who-knows-what.

The Thang:

35 x 50-yard sprints on 1:00. Plus, 3 push-ups before each sprint. Cool down.

COT:

Prayers for the folks in the condos in Martin's Landing. That everyone is safe, healthy, that families are strong, and that they can find rest and

Naked-Man Moleskin:

There's a ton of research in the last 20 years that toughness does not come out of a drill instructor or football coach yelling at you in 95* heat while you do burpees. False bravado, machismo, and hiding weakness will not get you to be the person you want to be.. not always. Sometimes. Sort of Happy Birthday to me. Here's to y'all! Thanks for being out there. This was better than Soul Searchers on the Back Hill, right? Scratch-off, Out.

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