0525 on 04/26/22 #aoBOG
Q: @Manguy PAX: @Pineapple, @Trash Panda, @Slow Hand, @Red Elephant, @PaxMinder (hiding in the bushes counting….)
Count: 1
Conditions: Boggy
THE THANG: (c=cadence)
Plant ‘Ol Glory at 0515, survey the terrain, Name ‘o Rama 0525, Blessing of the workout by TP, SSH X10C, Burpee, rinse and repeat X5, Flutters10X20, mosey to bog, sniper crawl 30yds, Trojan ExplosionsX15, sniper crawl 30yds, mosey to field house, elevated footwall where hands and feet are straddled on walls hovering over a sidewalk for some copperhead merkins *favorite of Austin AO (3-2-1 count down, 1-2-3 count hold, pushup = 1 ct) X10, mosey to bog, a rolling over-under x50 yards, knee touch walking lunges 50 yds to sprint 70 yards, WW2 X20, Flutters 10cX10, LBCX40c, mosey to field house for some box jumps X10, back to copperhead merkins X10 with mixed in bear crawls by man on end under PAX while the PAX planked walked down in a continual conveyor belt manner merkin every rotation, back to bog for Animal Farm [kangaroos 30yds, bear crawl 60 yds, crab crawl 60 yds, kangaroos 30 yds, bog suicides 30, 60, 90, 120 with merkinsX5c at every start and stop, topper: 5 burpees together and sprint field; mosey to flag for COT
NAKED MOLESKIN:
First Q at the bog so I did some research on the derivative of the term; a few related nuggets that I found very interesting was a bog is a swamp area to soft to hold heavy objects or was it a swampy area not able to hold soft heavy men, I cannot exactly remember. Another interesting fact is that in the Queen and Country lands of the world, the term ‘bog” means shitter or lavatory for those who do not like cussing, derived from the word boghouse or outhouse. I dug even deeper and further into the bog to then find out in old English folklore that boghouse came from the word boggard which was a ancient goblin that roamed the wetlands and bogs of Scotland, UK and Wales and from the readings were nasty buggars that terrorized travelers and anyone who visited their swampy grounds. Today, these goulash creatures are the descendants of the modern day tadpole and frog or at least that is what I was told over a meade at Leaky Cauldron. Last, I thought of what the bog felt like as I crawled intimately across the field and how it played into the pure definition of bog from National Geographic “freshwater wetland of soft, spongy area consisting mainly of wet smelly grass often called peat” and it hit me; my 10th grade girlfriend. I knew it felt familiar. Glad I got to experience with my brothers this AM no doubt and we are all better men for it.
As for my brothers, I did get to re-introduce on old toy that your best friend and mine, Pebbles, had made for us many moons ago at Chiles which consisting of a 4 foot 4″ inch diameter PVC pipe filled with rebar and either sand or small pebbles to the brim and capped off. It all in weighs about 20 pounds maybe but annoying when having to hold it an entire workout and incorporate into all exercises, especially the burpees or Iranian 90s or box jumps, etc. you could decorate it as you wished and was always a fun post. Think we ought to bring it back to the mix and will likely called a WolfDen Q in near future that will require it or the penalty will be a 50/60 lb sandbag as its replacement. Stay tuned. As for PAX, RE might be the noisiest PAX in our region as I was really getting worried that he was hurting or was also thinking about old girlfriends?; Pineapple could be doing burpees, surfing or pickin’ an old Flat & Scruggs tune and looks the same with coolness and confidence and a smile, TP battled through this one as usual with a shit-eatin’ grin that either means he is enjoying or really has to hit the lavatory for session, Slow Hand was great to hang with as an old Chiles OG; we discussed how he used to be the fastest PAX we knew but is just fat and old like the rest of us…..we talked about the posts downrange that missed the feel of our Rogue nation and how special our region truly is compared to others; we concluded with ball of man and LP….we separated to go meet our day and I just sat back for a second and listed to Pineapple, TP, RE and Slow Hand all stroll away whistling the tune of “The Bonnie Banks o’ Loch Lomond” and the sounds of the boggards mumbling in the bog…….-MG out