[bushwood] Cardinal's VQ - A Stone of Hope

AO: Bushwood
Q: Das Boot
PAX: Dunkin, Hatchet, Das Boot, Tim Braun-Tanyatine, Fiji, Twinkle toes, Rockslide, Deep Dish, Glidah, F3 Ironsides, Chipotle, Sweetwater
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
A strong dozen men showed up to join PAX around F3 Nation to complete Cardinal’s VQ.

WARMUP: Mosey to the parking lot and wait while Das fiddled around with the music. Then some SSH and Moroccan Night Clubs.

THE THANG:
Round 1:
5 Burpees, 10 Big Boys, 10 Heels 2 Heaven
Run a lap
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Round 2:
10 Burpees, 20 crunches, 30 mountain climbers
Run a lap
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Round 4:
15 Burpees, 30 squats, 30 Freddie Mercury
Run a lap
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MOLESKINE:

Cardinal passed away in F3 Knoxville last week during his VQ and AOs across the nation have been completing it for him and Knoxville this past week. Honestly, it’s a tough weinke as he was aiming for the MABA burpee challenge — add the circumstances and story behind it and it’s even more difficult. A lot of sore guys walking around on Wednesday. The burpees were tough, but the squats really added to the pain.

YHC was honored to stand with these men and do a mountain of pain.

On the lighter side, the music selection was taken from the Jan 17, 1996 Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Inductees: Gladys Knight and the Pips, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Little Willie John, Jefferson Airplane, and The Shirrelles. Plus, the finisher of U2’s “Pride (In the Name of Love)” as it references MLK Jr.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Opportunities for CPR Training. Get it.

COT:
A few words from Martin Luther King, Jr., on this day after his birthday remembrance and YHC thought were appropriate for the circumstances and in general.

“Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.”

“We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.”