5/25/2022 | Paradise Island AO
PAX: 11 – Bubbles, Red Ranger, Stella, No Doze, Invictus, Slow Pitch, Skipper, Cataracts, Sparty, Icy Hot, Side Dish (Hate)
QIC: No Doze
Weather: 55 degrees/ little misty. As always, perfect weather for a No Doze Q.
Pre-Run: Sparty, Red Ranger, Invictus, and YHC poundin’ the pavement at 4:45 am.
Returned to shovel flag and at 5:15 sharp sped through the core principles and disclaimer.
Paradise is a running AO, so we started running.
The Thang:
Easy peasy 3 miles w/ pain stations.
Ran ½ mile and did 15 SSH IC, 30 Merkins, and 20 Copperheads IC
Continued on the traditional pre-run route toward Regency Center. Stopped at next half mile and did 30 merkins/20 air squats. Next half mile stopped and did 20 merkins/30 air squats. Rinse and repeat all the way back to the flags.
YHC never does Mary so ended with 30 merkins/20 airsquats.
COT:
–Name-o-Rama.
-Announcements: Check Slack for info re: 12 in 22. Brick Builder funds over $32K. Boom!
– COT: No prayer requests taken today. For a variety of reasons, YHC just didn’t want a traditional COT. Instead, I took the COT hostage, rambled a bit about yesterday’s events left my faith a bit shaken, and decided on no prayers. But, I asked Pax to keep their prayers in their hearts and to lift them up in silence. Ultimately, the COT can be whatever the Q wants. And, it can be whatever the Pax that post that morning want. Sometimes you may have a message of inspiration or to impart a lesson learned. Sometimes you just want to put yourself out there and be vulnerable. There is no core principle regarding how you do the COT, just that you do it. So, put yourself out there and let the Pax see your true self.
-Coffeteria and Q-Source regarding Study followed.
-Honored to lead both the beatdown and the discussion.
Aye!
No Doze