AO: UNDERGROUND
QiC: Bogey
Date: 02/23/2023
Title: The Mogadishu Mile
Number of HIMs: 4
Bogey, Fro-Zone, R-12, Swashbuckler
Number of FNGs: 0
Name of FNGs:
WarmOrama:
Chest opener (face down, hands behind), Moroccan night clubs, Chinooks, neck rolls, shoulder rolls, Slow Merks, Cobra, Child’s pose, Runners lunge, groin stretch, tutti stretch, back twist, TTT, golfer stretch, quad stretch
Tha Thang:
4 Rounds for Time
19 Kettlebell Ground-to-Overheads (53/35 lb)
19 Kettlebell Front Squats (53/35 lb)
19 Kettlebell Push-Ups (each hand)
400 meter Kettlebell Run
Your Kettlebell is your “Ranger Buddy.” You cannot lose physical contact with it at any time. You may rest it on your body, or set it on the ground with one hand touching it, but do not let it go completely. If you DO let your Kettlebell go, you forfeit the progress of that round, and you must start the round over.
YHC brain farted and threw down his sandbag kettlebell after doing the first set of 19 ground to overheads. What an idiot. Started over.
COT:
The symbolism of the “Mogadishu Mile:”
– You cover a total distance of one mile. Even though the soldiers actually walked between 2.5 and 3 miles depending on their starting point, it has become known as a “mile”. You carry your Kettlebell during the run to symbolize the gear the soldiers carried.
– 19 reps to one honoring each soldier of Task Force Ranger killed during the battle and the day after.
– Ground-to-Overheads as the soldiers held up their rifles the entire time
– Squats as they sought cover behind anything available
– Push-Ups as they fell to the ground and had to get back up
– Don’t let the Kettlebell go – symbolic for the dedication the soldiers showed towards their creed to “not leave a man behind.”
Count-a-rama, Name-a-rama, AAR
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