“Swagger, Savagery, and Leadership”
Date: February 4th, 2023
PAX: KOA, Duracell (Respect), Low Flow, Swiper, Speed Square, Schrute, Simmons, Girl Dad, Skidz, Icy Hot, Tight Lip, Kickstand, Chernobyl, Magnolia, Busser, Farva
FNGs: None
Pre-Smurph+: Low Flow, Razzle Dazzle, Farva
Pre-Run(10K): Baby Shark, Firewalker, Jean Claude, KOA, Swiper, Schrute, Girl Dad, Busser, Trench, Stranglehold
Pre-Run(5K): Speed Square, Low Flow, Duracell (Respect), Simmons, Farva
AO: The Pit
Q: Farva (Beans)
Conditions: Clear, 24 degrees F, Feels like 15 degrees F, Humidity 77%, Wind 7.4 mph from S.
At 6:00, YHC welcomed the PAX to the Pit and recited the 5 core principles, mission statement, credo, and disclaimer.
Disclaimer: I am not a professional, modify as necessary. The exercises are simply a suggestion.
Warmarama: No warmarama…. we got right to business.
Pre-Thang: Nope…. see above.
Thang:
This was my sixth day straight of leading and I was officially out of original ideas….or was I? YHC was inspired by a run that a few PAX had been calling the “Love” run. I decided to add to this run and perhaps a double meaning to “Make Love”. The justification for this name can be seen on any Strava or Garmin map. After a few attempts, I felt that near perfection had been reached. YHC would lead the PAX on the “Make Love” run, but with a few additions. Running during the entire workout was the goal, with maybe a couple exercises. We “head”ed around the papio bay loop to accomplish our first mile. A small slit into the parking lot between the baseball fields to find a fence perfect for 17 dips and 17 durkins. 17 is my favorite number and 1717 is my badge number. The papio bay loop was completed and we headed down Halleck Park Road. We followed Halleck Park Road to Lincoln Road and then to South Harrison Street and headed south, nobody got left behind or “shafted” on this section. We followed South Harrison Street to Valley Road, this stretch could be considered the base of our run. The route took us northeast on Valley Road, in a “roundabout” way, until we reached 84th street. No PAX were sagging on this section, but all were hanging freely (sometimes with support and sometimes without). We followed 84th street to East Halleck Street. East Halleck Street would take us back to Halleck Park. The run got pretty hard here, but never fully hard. Since we were ahead of schedule, thanks to a strong group of HIM runners, we decided to head down the Papio Bay loop again. We squirted off the path about halfway to reach a perfect spot for a couple exercises. We performed 10 pickle pushers (with eye contact of course, Chernobyl’s suggestion) and 7 slurpees. Low Flow claimed these seemed like regular speed burpees, but sometimes it is hard to control your speed when excited. We all felt the euphoria of a job well finished, but we continued the Papio Bay loop back to the flags. Our refractory periods aren’t what they used to be so we called it good for what Schrute would probably call a “morning activity” session. None of the PAX would consider this a flaccid run, but maybe semi-hard? We always picked up the 6, like we always do. Although, I hear 6 is the average length of this kind of run. I kind of felt bad making the PAX run almost the entire beatdown, but it was great to see everyone accomplish the finish line. Maybe some that did not think they could do it or had no idea what kind of workout they were in store for. This was the week o’ Farva and therefore all rules were out the window The PAX ended up with 5+ miles. Props to Magnolia for powering through a “longish” run and thanks to Speed Square and Tight Lip for making their “virgin” trip to the Pit. I hear that you never forget your first time. I hope that is true for day 6 of the week o’ Farva.
Mary:
17 Heels to Heaven, 17 Toe Touches, and 16 Sarpy Slammers
NOR
See above for PAX present
Announcements and Prayers:
Heartland Hope (3rd F Slack channel)
Nugent Community Leaders Scholarship Event
Polar Plunge (Please find Jeeves glasses)
Blood Drive
Haley, Chloe, and Swiper
Mrs. Miaygi
Icy Hot’s daughter
Tight Lip’s friend
Farva’s sister
Farva’s Dad
Monroe Evans III
COT:
I discussed how 01-30-17 was a significant day in my life as I was involved in an officer involved shooting on that day. I shared the details of the incident and having dealt with PTSD afterwards. As I type this, our department has experienced two officer involved shootings this week. I was also one of the first officers arriving at the active shooter at the Target store. These new incidents always bring a flood of emotions and add in the anniversary of my shooting and it could be easy to be overwhelmed by emotions. The week o’ Farva is my way of ensuring I will have support and be around my brothers during a week that is always difficult for me. Exercise has always been what has helped me deal with stress and anxiety and this group has truly been life savings so I am thankful for all of you. I gave a short recap of everything I focused on this week and that I talked about Reflection on Thursday. My OIS was six years ago and I don’t even recognize the man I was then. I also just think about how much I have changed in the last year because of this group. I have tackled some amazing physical challenges that I didn’t think I could accomplish and probably wouldn’t have without the support of this group. I also was intimidated to lead at this time last year. I still remember where I was running around the duck pond when I asked Swiper when I would be ready to lead. I also remember the support from KOA as he gave me a nudge to VQ at the sandlot. Leading is now something I have learned to love and actually seek out leadership roles. (Hence this last week). If we continue to consistently choose to do hard things, then the hard things become easier and we search for even harder things. It is never too late to change and we all can do it, but it is so much easier with support. Thank you all. Sarpy swagger and Sarpy savagery is alive and well. I love all you savages!
Prayer – Farva
10-7, EOT
Farva