Fitness. Fellowship. Faith.
THE THANG: 5 loops of 5 things, odd loops on and even loops recovery
ANNOUNCEMENTS: watch the Race that eats its young, https://youtu.be/LZ-DE-hmiGE?si=gVj8VcB4-5o-hMeI
COT: juco
THE THANG:
Each HIM drew a team and a seed. Divided up into 4 pods and headed to sub regional
Each HIM could reduce the burpees of each pod by naming either the nickname, Coach or player from his school
Spoiler: NCAA trivia is NOT the Pax’ bailiwick
Seeds 13-16. Denver
Scale the Rocky Mountain (baby Everest) and run down Route 66 to the next pod to bump the next group
Seeds 9-12. Providence. Like the Cloud, Providence is cold, smelly, weird. And can’t grow real grass
AMRAP of big bois, step ups, and flutters until bumped to
Seeds 5-8. Milwaukee..after running arm in arm like Laverne and Shirley to the PAV…the Pax picked a wheel of cheese (coupon) for an AMRAP of curls, table rows and derkins before being bumped to
Seeds 1-4. Lexington. The nicest region. Just like highly trained thoroughbreds we worked on legs with lunges and squats
MARY: Final Four. Trivia contest. First semi the low seed upset the top Seeds
Second semi- the 9-12 Seeds also pulled the upset
Final game- the winning trivia answer was blurted out by Sawdust….so our national champion is….the Texas Longhorns??? What in the name of Matthew McConnaughy is that??
ANNOUNCEMENTS: i might need a bracket intervention
COT:John 17: 14-16
Speak truth. With grace
THE THANG:
40 on 20 off 4 rounds of each exercise, 1 minute between sets
MARY: putting away the CMUs
ANNOUNCEMENTS: haw ridge, F3 Roco Ice Bears, Hardship Hill
COT:2 Corinthians 4:16-18
THE THANG:
Mosey to Performance Lawn for 4 corners
44 BC in honor of year Julius C was killed
11 at each corner
Merkins
Prison Squats
Big boys
Mtn climber
Mosey to amphitheater
3 sets of 15 for March 15
Derkins
American hammers
Rows
Mosey to Rock pile
Sets of 23 for number of times Caesar was stabbed
Curls
OH Press
Front raise
Skull crusher
Goblet squat
THE THANG: Mosey south on roadway past the Administration Building to where the road curves east. We will stop to do 20 Hello Dollies
Mosey to stop sign and then head south to the the circle where the Admin Bldg Road converges with the main park road. On the curb by the garden in the circle we will do 15 Decline Merkins with feet on curb and 20 Calf Raises with heels on the curb.
Mosey west to the parking lot on the west side of the large pavilion that is west of the baseball fields. Then mosey to the grassy area just west of the pavilion. We will stop to do 20 American Hammers.
Mosey south of the pavilion to the area near the dock by the waters. We will have three points of contact. We will loop (running) clockwise around the points of contact to do the listed exercises listed. Do the first exercise listed on the first loop, second exercise on second loop, and third exercise on third loop. Here are the exercises:
– Point of contact 1, 30 yards west on trail from rock pile: 25 Flutter Kicks (4 ct), 25 Freddie Mercuries (4 ct) and 25 Baby Crunches (4 ct).
– Point of contact 2, at rock pile: With rocks, 25 Overhead pressed, 25 Curls, and 25 Rows
– Point of contact 3, picnic tables by water: 25 Step ups, 25 Bench Dips, 25 Incline Merkins
Mosey on trail just south of ballfields and go past all ballfields to grassy area near small pavilion. We will stop to do 20 Box Cutters.
Mosey across the main park roadway to grassy area. We will stop to do 15 Tempo Merkins.
Do Pickett’s Charge Run (this will be south of the usual Pickett’s Charge area) to small parking lot south of the Coliseum and then run upstairs and go north to the Coliseum.
Run to the right side of the loop and go to the steps of the Admin Bldg. All men will do calve raises until the six arrives.
Mosey to the roadway in front of the AO. We will sprint to the large tree north of the AO and sprint back to the AO. Rinse and repeat.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Haw Ridge on Friday, March 28.
COT:
Prayers
Prayers for Brick as he financially and mentally copes with divorce. Prayers for Pusher that he will be able to use wise words as he helps his older sister, Carmen, deal with some difficult situations. Prayers for our brother Lizzy as he cope with deaths and illness of family members, for Sparkler that he has a great time on his cruise with family before his surgery for prostate cancer, and for Curveball regarding his biopsy for prostate cancer.
Message
God’s Garden
Have you ever been to a large city garden? Some of the favorite city gardens I have been to are the Portland Japenese Garden and Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden. These are human created gardens and the beauty, order, intricacy and attention to detail are spectacular. Heck, go to Dollywood and find the beautiful attention to detail in the gardens there.
Think about God as gardener vs the human as gardener. God’s garden seems much more haphazard. You don’t have the neatly carved details of the bushes or the artistic designs of the way flowers are displayed. Still, the beauty of nature here on our planet is spectacular to survey. And, although I have loved those manmade gardens, I love God’s garden more.
Furthermore, if we more carefully observes God’s garden, we find that it is not as random or haphazard as we think. Each flower, each insect, the soil, the rock, the flow of the rivers, the way that the sun and rains give life to it all, every atom and electron within the living creatures in this world, the way the planets rotate and spin around the sun, all point to a creator that is a designer so great that He is beyond full comprehension. As the song by Chris Tomlin proclaims:
Who has told every lightning bolt where it should go
Or seen heavenly storehouses laden with snow
Who imagined the sun and gives source to its light
Yet conceals it to bring us the coolness of night
None can fathom
Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name
You are amazing God
Nature is a gift from God. Let’s take it in, be grateful, give praise and enjoy.