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The BackBlast:

Intro:

Today was one of those days where I really didn’t feel like posting, let alone Q’ing a workout like SharkTank where there is a high probably of Q mockery and general refuseniks. Too much going on at work, too much going on at home, over committed on other things, in-laws coming to town today, 3 different kindergarten school tours this week at extremely inconvenient times, the list goes on. One of those weeks where you’re going 100mph and still feel like you’re letting everyone down.

I’d honestly forgotten I had the Q until I logged off my laptop around 9pm and saw Curly’s twitter call out.
Knowing I had to get up at 4:45 due to SharkTank’s stupid EC timing. (More on that here. Shot Caller | F3 Metro ), all I wanted to do was go straight to bed. Definitely an option – show up without a plan, run around a bit, find some pumpkins to squat outside of Whole Foods, get yelled at by Cincy, etc.

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve winged a few workouts in the past, but it kind of stresses me out. Maybe I need a therapist or something, but unless I already know my plan (and my backup plan) the night before, I sleep like shit.

~20 mins on google maps and I had my plan. Off to sleep. Well, checked my work email before bed (bad idea) and still slept like shit. Oh well, at least I had a plan.

The Thang:

1. Find something a little less than a mile away (Marshall Park), run there, do 2 mins of dips and derkins, run back to pick up the 5:30 crew. (~1.7 miles)

2. 5 sets of 2×4’s. Run for a half mile (~4 mins) stop and circle up for 2 mins of exercises, proceed to the next spot, rinse and repeat 5 times.

a. Run from the AO to the wedge at the bottom of Scott and Kenilworth. Circle up for 2 mins of burpees (0.5 mile total)

b. Run up Romany, up Linganore, up DRW to Covenant gladiator pit. Grab a bench for 2 mins of alternating jump ups and dips (1 mile total)

c. Down Mt Vernon, up Myrtle, to Dilworth elementary. 2 mins of bear crawls back and forth between curbs with derkins and irkins (1.5 miles total)

d. Through the school lot, down Rensselaer, across the rail trail to the Bland St. station. 2 mins of dips and derkins (2.0 miles total)

e. Down the rail trail to the alley next to Superica. 1 min wall sit 1 min balls to wall (2.5 miles total)

f. Chinese downhill back to AO (1.75 miles, 4.25 miles total) #batflipper approved

Everyone got ~4.25 miles (~6.0 with EC) with 10 mins of pain stations.

Cindy did more like 0x3.5’s, which is essentially sprinting to the next stop, then standing around and doing zero exercises for the next two mins.

Takeout:

I was listening to a podcast the other day about time management that discussed how any choice to do something is also a choice not to do something and how that can cause indecision and regret. This was about little choices, not like getting married or having kids. As I was listening to it, I tried to think about those routine small choices I never regret making. It’s a short list.

• Posting
• Making a plan when I Q
• Eating a burrito

Every. Single. Time.

My day ended up not being so bad after all. I even had time to write this stupid thing. Everything is downhill after dealing with these jabronies for an hour to start your day.