Course Correction

 I may have mentioned before that my grandpa was in navigator on the great lakes. I always thought this was a really cool job. It wasn’t his job to steer the ship or make the engine run or even to decide where they were going to go. Somebody else picked out the destination –his job was to figure out the best  and safest way to get there. And a lot of times that involved course correction. If they were not goping the right way, ther best way, he made a course correction.

I myself am a pretty shitty navigator. Take the time I went to kayak from fort Moultrie out to fort sumter. On the way out there I did just fine– I had my eye on fort Sumter and paddle paddle paddle I got there. When I turned to come back I did not calculate for the current, the tide, the wind or the number of beers I drink on the way out to fort sumter. Which led me to miss my fort Moultrie point by a  Mile and have to paddle against the rising tide and into the wind to get back to where I started. If I had been paying attention I would of course corrected early.

My course correction now is that I’ve done a pretty shitty job getting blasts done. And by pretty shitty job I mean I haven’t done them for probably the last five workouts. So having just completed the ALS beat down this morning I am doing the backblast before I begin my work day. It’s a minor course correction but I believe it will help all of us go the right direction. But before you can have a course correction you have to have a standard. And that’s how today’s feet down at ALS started with the standard.

After that quick mosey to the driveway at Selwyn elementary where we did 10 merkins at each light post until we got to colony road. Turn left for a guardian run up to the tennis courts at Myers Park high school. Quick left turn cross the grass into the area between the tennis courts and the driveway into Myers Park where we did 11s of squats by the tennis courts climbed up and over the fence and did derkins. Having finished this foolishness we went to the chain link fence by the football field for partner work. Partner one ran to Myers Park gymnasium and touched the door while partner two did their share of 100 way backs 200 schmear or 300 squats.

Having completed the partner work we moseyed in a backwards run to the end of Myers Park high School driveway. Since the last guardian run fell apart the next guardian run involved a lunge walk. When we got back to the light posts we did 10 Carolina dry docks by the same light posts we had  done the merkins by. Finished up with about 4 minutes of mary.

Now it’s important to recognize that the guardian run is called such because the Cleveland Indians change their name from the Indian to the guardian. Therefore in keeping with all things Cleveland,  Indian runs are now known as guardian runss.

Strong showing today by many pax. Plenty of complaining plenty of whining but Mumble chatter dropped to a minimum quickly when we did the 11’s . usually that’s a sign of a pretty good beatdown.

Thanks to Blue tornado for the takeout today reminding us of all of the people who put forward extreme effort in some cases the ultimate effort and the name of freedom Liberty and human decency in Afghanistan.