In a day and age where every one is skeptical about performance enhancers... I think this one might raise any eyebrow or 2. Regardless, dear lord, did the kids he hit die? Honestly.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
The 10th Annual Turkey Trot
TheRawSection covered a rare event. On Monday morning, the Johns Hopkins Men's Lacrosse team competed in the 10th annual Turkey Trot. The Turkey Trot is a tradition at Hopkins consisting of an intense conditioning day before the holiday break. This year, 6 teams competed against each other, gaining points for place of finish. The teams were: The Special Aces, Beef Curtains, Room Service, Eskimo Brothers, ATM, and The Lord and His Knights. One of the main rules of the contests was no smiling and talking allowed. You didnt want to be the guy to violate that rule.
The day kicked off at 6:30am with an intense warm up. The first event? The Peg Board Pull Up Challenge. The task was simple. Each man had to reach the top of the peg board and then make his way back down. The Lord and His Knights, led by the Lord himself (Tim Donovan), dashed out to a quick lead and never relinquished it. They picked up 6 points in what seemed to be a promising start. Unfortunately, the Lords were sacrificed and could only manage 11 points out of all the remaining events.
After the PBPUC, the Jays gamespeeded it over to the Homewood Stadium stairs where they competed on a set of racing stairs. ATM lived up to the hype and had a strong showing, earning a bye in the first round of the next event.
The next event was a serious man session of Tug of War, complete with middle school gym class ropes. ATM squared off with Beef Curtains in the final and ATM was money once again.
A 120 yard sled push (with 2-25lbs plates) was sandwiched by two 300 yard shuttle runs. No one is really sure how the shuttle runs were scored, or even if everyone finished correctly. Therefore, TRS cannot accurately report on the results of the 300 yard shuttles. The 120 yard sled push is usually an easy task for the Jays. But not today. Some of the members of the team were diminished to a baby crawl on the field trying to move the sled. It was funny. There were no deaths on the day, but Freshman Chris Leightner (Calvert Hall High School, MD) fell ill with a "mystery" illness and could not finish the remaining events.
The remaining event was a 120 yard sled pull with the middle school gym ropes attached. The idea was to tug the rope. Technique varied. Some wore more deliberate with their tugs, others tugged it pretty quick. A stand out in this event was Dave Spaulding who was surprisingly good at tugging it.
After tugging the rope, there was a tug of war-off for first place, naturally. A strange series of events occured when Matt Drenan (San Fransico, California) ripped his shirt off to the dismay of everyone. Subsequently, he placed it back on after being heckled.
Team ATM (All The Money?) took home the championship with a well balanced performance. The Lord and His Knights were William Wallaced and ended up in last place.
The day kicked off at 6:30am with an intense warm up. The first event? The Peg Board Pull Up Challenge. The task was simple. Each man had to reach the top of the peg board and then make his way back down. The Lord and His Knights, led by the Lord himself (Tim Donovan), dashed out to a quick lead and never relinquished it. They picked up 6 points in what seemed to be a promising start. Unfortunately, the Lords were sacrificed and could only manage 11 points out of all the remaining events.
After the PBPUC, the Jays gamespeeded it over to the Homewood Stadium stairs where they competed on a set of racing stairs. ATM lived up to the hype and had a strong showing, earning a bye in the first round of the next event.
The next event was a serious man session of Tug of War, complete with middle school gym class ropes. ATM squared off with Beef Curtains in the final and ATM was money once again.
A 120 yard sled push (with 2-25lbs plates) was sandwiched by two 300 yard shuttle runs. No one is really sure how the shuttle runs were scored, or even if everyone finished correctly. Therefore, TRS cannot accurately report on the results of the 300 yard shuttles. The 120 yard sled push is usually an easy task for the Jays. But not today. Some of the members of the team were diminished to a baby crawl on the field trying to move the sled. It was funny. There were no deaths on the day, but Freshman Chris Leightner (Calvert Hall High School, MD) fell ill with a "mystery" illness and could not finish the remaining events.
The remaining event was a 120 yard sled pull with the middle school gym ropes attached. The idea was to tug the rope. Technique varied. Some wore more deliberate with their tugs, others tugged it pretty quick. A stand out in this event was Dave Spaulding who was surprisingly good at tugging it.
After tugging the rope, there was a tug of war-off for first place, naturally. A strange series of events occured when Matt Drenan (San Fransico, California) ripped his shirt off to the dismay of everyone. Subsequently, he placed it back on after being heckled.
Team ATM (All The Money?) took home the championship with a well balanced performance. The Lord and His Knights were William Wallaced and ended up in last place.
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