Backblast for "Perfect Pairing" at the Gauntlet on 6/15/26
PAX (10):
Huckleberry
Jennay
Carmen San Diego
Mile High
Irish Hoss
Guardian
Lullabye
Lego
Photon
Coconut (Q)
about 50 °F and beautiful at 0530 as the PAX gathered in the fleeting gloom.
Intro: Mission and Core principles, Credo.
Warm-o-rama
1) 30 SSH IC
2) shoulder cinderblocks and double step to the soccer field at the bottom of the sledding hill
3) run a suicide of the pre-arranged field of cones.
PAX paired off in order of completing the suicide to get ability levels reasonably closely matched.
THANG
This workout consisted of a 'seven' with Curls at the near end and partner merkins at the far end; with the distance between ends reducing each round owing to some forward movement of the cinderblock.
All together we did 7 curls, then used the first advance to demo the MOT–the LIME and the Coconut (crawl).
8 cones were spaced across the field to mark the segments of advancement. after each set of curls, PAX did the LIME to the next cone, then left the cinderblock there and id the coconut crawl to the succeeding cone, then ran the rest of the way to the top of the sledding hill for the complimentary set of partner merkins.
LIME is:
2:1 Lunge walk with cinderblock in rifle carry
2:1 Imperial Blocker
Manmaker
Energizer bunny.
The cones were spaced to require just about 2 LIMEs to get to the next cone.
To perform the coconut crawl, PAX begin in Plank position transverse to the direction of travel, with the desired direction of movement on the Left. the move is:
1. Place right foot next to right hand.
2. Raise right hand to the sky — this is basically a yoga-lunge pose.
3. bring the left foot through the gap made by left hand and right foot, kick forward, and plant the heel out in front of the left hand. — now you're in something like a breakdancing pose with your chest and hips facing the sky.
4. kick off the ground with the right foot, bringing the right hip, knee, and leg in a huge arc around until the right foot and right hand plant into a new plank position, now facing opposite to how you started.
Do the sequence again, but start with the left foot to left hand. By alternating right, left repeato, you will make progress, about like doing a lateral bear crawl…only way cooler.
With the heat a bit abated, it was a good chance for pax to really push, and I was fortunate to be paired with Photon, who really pushed me and we were able to finish…barely.
Recovered at about 0602 to head back to the shovel flag for COT
COR/NOR Jennay 6.
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