The Mogadishu Mile

Date: 2023-10-21
AO: thesandlot
Q: Legacy
PAX: Boardwalk, Defiance, Major Payne, Sloth, citrus, Jenner, Lucius, Who is the PAX in the blue vest? Can’t access the name. Also: DR Sparnackle (Statesville, N.C)., Watson FNGs: 1 Watson
COUNT: 11
WARMUP: SSH, Imp Walkers, Hill Billy, Phelps, Root-Veg Extractor, Willy Mayes Hayes, Downward Dog, WGS, Proceed to field for Beatdown
THE THANG: Modified Mogadishu Mile: 4 rounds of the following 19 KB swings, 38 KB Merikins (19 on one side, then 19 on the other) 19 KB squats, then Farmer’s carry kettlebell to first base foul line and back (appx 400 meters) MARY: LBCs (50) , Toy Soldiers (20), Flutter kicks, 25 (IC)
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Q is open at the Sandlot for next weekend 10/28, THE GRUNT on 11/11 (Sandlot will be closed in preference to the grunt). GTE in Wilmington 11/11
COT: The Battle of Mogadishu 10.3/10.4 1993 was 30 years ago this month. With 19 dead and many more wounded, it was the deadliest battle for U.S. Forces at that time since the Vietnam War. It was supposed to be a 2-hour catch and grab, but turned into a protracted 2 day battle in the wake of a soldier falling while starting to rope down, and then the shooting down of 2 Blackhawks. In the end, U.S. personnel were required to run a mile out of Mogadishu alongside personnel carriers.