***Blindspot posting for Dr. Merkins
I roll in @ my typical 5:20ish time and to my surprise, already see 5 PAX have beat me to the AO. Something is already fishy, this is a rarity. We have been looking forward to finding out who the infamous “Dr. Merkins” is for a couple days now, maybe the extra motivation is the reason for the early arrivals. Mumble chatter begins on who we think it could be, Dunphy seems to think Pinky is showing up in a lab coat. 6:28 rolls around, more PAX still coming in, Pinky “stumbles” upon a note taped to the pavement addressed to F3 Roanoke…. Let the fun begin!
“Warm-up” (I use this term very lightly)
Begin with 25 double-merkin burpees OYO. Low-squat hold until everyone finishes, mosey to pull-up bars for next assignment.
We find another note, ok maybe this is kind of fun, still no one taking claim as Dr. Merkins though.
Short Circuit of 5 pull-ups, 10 merkins, 15 squats. Rinse & Repeat x 3. Once PAX completes, run to top top top parking lot at 90% effort for next assignment.
Another note in the parking lot, upon reading it I have decided this is definitely no longer fun. It reads as follows:
“Thang”
“Up here you will find 4 stations. They are each marked by and X and are numbered (1-4). You must find them (in order). Bear crawl to station 1, perform 10 merkins. Then skip to station 2. When you find that perform 20 merkins. Then bear crawl to station 3, and do 30 merkins. Skip to station 4, knock out 40 merkins. after station 4 start over and keep repeating until 6:08. Then regourp run to the shovel flag and do 25 flutter kick IC, 25 AH IC, 25 LBC’s IC.”
*PAX survived 3 rounds of this torture, 2nd round was Slow-count for the 10, Hand-Release for the 20, 15 IC for the 30. 3rd round was Partner Derkins for the 20. All bad ideas. Also we ominously finished at exactly 6:08, little too well planned out if you ask me. All told if you did every merkin exercise it comes to 380!
Mosey back down to Shovel flag as instructed to perform Mary, Count, Names, and COT. Still no one claiming this one, but I think we can all agree we hope he doesn’t make a return appearance anytime soon!
****Possibilities for Dr. Merkins
Pinky- He is a doctor, only one who likes “warm-ups” such as that one, and quite frankly who else would think of something this cruel?
Double Dutch- He was first arrival giving him enough time I assume to plant the notes, and had a strange smile on his face for majority of the workout.
Dunphy/Frack- Both live close enough to have planted these beforehand. Dunphy was also quick to start pointing the finger the other way, always a red flag!
Beeper King- All of the sudden re-emerges in the gloom in his ninja-like fashion for his first workout in some time…Coincidence???
Twitch- Also a doctor, and whoever planned this certainly would have been well served to sit it out……Was it you Twitch? We may never truly know……
*Announcements, have about 6 signed up for the run/stairs downtown in February, sounds like it will be a lot of fun. Still some time for more to sign up, get to it. Off on Saturdays for a while.
**I will be taking over as site Q for Overlander. Honor to be a part of this group, looking forward to whats ahead!