Burying Lance Corporal Adams & TD 8/TTS 1

this morning, we conducted Lance Corporal Adams' funeral at Monumental Baptist Church in jersey city, nj.  after the ceremony, we proceeded to wrightstown, nj and buried the young Marine at Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Cemetery.  serving on his rifle detail, i thought about how beautiful the cemetery was, but what a journey it took from jersey city.  it was far enough where his family couldn't just visit him on a whim... they'd have to plan and make a special day out of it, sparingly, every few months.  around this time last year, i was also serving on a rifle detail for Bryan Lizalda...  i guess situations like these don't really bother me until after the fact... during downtime.  maybe it's wrong to question the grand scheme of things, but in my opinion, i don't think these mean deserved to go out the way they did.  may God rest their souls and hopefully we'll meet again.  semper fi.

Monumental Baptist Church: June 3, 2011

afterward, i went to chickie's & pete's with CK in bordentown to grab a few...  it seems like all i've been doing is "grabbing a few."  a couple hours after that, i met up with 4TWC at our TM training grounds...

 in attendance were AM, RL, DK, AK, TS, HD, and myself.  we split up the training session into three parts: (1) warmup, (2) individual effort main workout, and (3) group work.

warmup for time
5 burpees to box jumps
5 burpees to bar hops (AK & DK performed box hops)
5 burpees to 65lbs thrusters (AK performed thrusters with 10lbs plates in each hand)
5 burpees to 25lbs kettlebell swings
run 400m
10 burpees

here we have AM starting his warmup as HD is finishing it:

results
AM: 5min 42sec     RL: 5min 3sec     DK: 3min 57sec     AK: 4min 34sec
TS: 3min 59sec     HD: 4min 21sec     DV: 3min 45sc

main workout: modified helen for time
400m run
21 kettlebell swings (we have a 25lbs kb and the prescribed is roughly 52lbs)
      *AK used a 10lbs plate
12 pullups (AK performed a 15sec dead hang)
repeat two more times, rest as needed, for a total of 3 sets

results
AM: 11min 8sec     RL: 11min 16sec     DV: 8min 54sec     AK: 9min 53sec
TS: 8min 19sec     HD: 10min 21 sec     DK: 9min

group work for time
* we had (1) a 40lbs vest, (2) a 10lbs plate, (3) a 25lbs plate, (4) a 25lbs kettlebell
* 4 of us would carry one item for a 200m run/jog and 3 would be without items
* at the end of the run/jog, members swap items
* our time ends when every group member has carried each item for 200m
* the only rule: start together, stick together, finish together

results
we ended up running 1600m in 14mins and 58sec

all in all, it was an excellent training session... it seems that the warmup broke everyone off and left most of us with burning lungs, chests, and throats throughout the duration of the session.  also, i felt that the group work was motivating as we stuck together throughout the 15mins.  at one point, RL carried both the 40lbs vest and 25lbs plate and pushed the pace.... he showed up straight from work, wearing pants and boots!  that's what he wore throughout the whole training session!  i think that if we had to run TM tri-state now, we'd be ready for it... honestly.  that's still not a reason to let up... 4TWC stays working hard.

we regrouped at stuff yer face, ate some fried food, and grabbed a few.  definitely good times.  RL and i ended up staying out a little longer until maybe 1am and ended at mike's courtside sports bar & grill. like i said, definitely good times... in the planning stages for the next training session as TS wants to host it...

tomorrow on the 4th, TS is hosting a GTS in carteret, nj.  hopefully we'll be able to post a vid and the type of workouts they do.  until next time...

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cheers,

-DV _ level ^ fitness