Whoopi Q:
PAX of 5 – Whoopi (Q), ShopVac, MSafari, All Star, Gish, Whoopi
Warmup: We did a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Tour de JC! All of Santa’s present were stolen by the evil Krampus pirates, so Santa sent us (an elite team of elves) to get back the presents and save Christmas! All decisions were made before the PAX knew what exercises they represented. Starting at Founders Park, the PAX had the choice to take the more direct, but dangerous route or the safe longer route. They chose the dangerous route, which was up Tombstone Hill. Since the pirates had scouts in that area, we had to bearcrawl up half of the hill and tiptoe the other half. At the top we ended up being spotted, so we sprinted back to the beginning and had to take the long route anyway. We ran to Whitney St and since we knew this choice was safe, we ran up the hill backwards to make sure we weren’t being followed. We skipped past the graveyard as to look “nonchalant” if spotted. Continuing down Whitney, we arrived at the edge of the pirate ocean. PAX could choose to either jump from ice block to ice block (squat jumps) or stay on one ice block to paddle forward (walking lunges) for one block. Turning right on W Main St, we found the ship (the white wall in front of the Wash sign). PAX had to choose whether to climb on board by a possibly guarded ladder (25 step ups) or hoist themselves up by a rickety rope (25 wall pushups). The rope ended up breaking so those that choose the rope had to be carried, by either piggy back ride or fireman’s carry, the next block.Take a left on N Boone and head towards the JC Christmas tree. Since we were all on board the ship at this point, we had to squat and duck walk the next block to avoid detection. Finally arriving at the Christmas tree, we found the presents but were also confronted by the pirates! The PAX had to decide to fight (high kicks and jabs) or make peace (yoga sequence). We all decided to make peace using the spirit of Christmas and the pirates decided to give back the presents!We ran back to Founders Park through downtown.
COT: How we choose to look at something can make all of the difference. Savor the choices that bring joy and be grateful for the times that we were saved from the natural consequences of our negative choices.
