Laps for Days

22 PAX came out for Purple Cobra beatdown by YHC. 8 PAX showed up for an EC run before what turned out to be a run-centric workout. We had it all, burpees, hills, running, what more could you ask for? Boogie EH’d his 2.0 to come out this morning, so a quick disclaimer for the FNG and we were off.

EC: 187, Axe, Dahmer, Dawgpound, Full House, Plex, ShamWow, Warbucks

FNGs: Iceman – Boogie’s 2.0, training to prepare for Air Force > Top Gun > Iceman.

Warm Up:
Mosey to Goodwill lot and circled up for:
SSH x30 IC
Morrocan night club x10 IC
Sir Fazio arm circles x10 forward/x10 backward
Steve Earle x15 IC
Mountain climbers x10 IC

The Workout:
PAX got into groups of 3 (1 group of 4) and repeated a lap with 4 stops for exercises, starting with 10 reps at each station, decreasing by 1 after each lap.

Station 1. Burpees – bottom of Lassiter Rd (Fun for all)
Station 2. Underdogs (rows) – on guardrail at top of Lassiter Rd (ShamWow wasn’t a fan as the guardrail gave him a boo boo)
* Bootcamp workouts in general consist of a lot of pushing exercises and very little pulling. I add these to try and balance out the workouts. Here is a good article on having a balanced bootcamp workout. The blog has a lot of ideas for those Q’ing and want to do something different. https://bootcampideas.com/balancing-your-bootcamp-training/
Station 3. Monkey humpers – sidewalk at Sunset Lake (did these on the road to give passerby’s a show)
Station 4. Pattycake merkins – Goodwill parking lot (these were interesting with 3)

Groups got in 5-6 rounds before being out of time.

Mosey back to start.

Mary:
ShamWow led some plank holds and shoulder taps until all were back.
Absolution: Groiners (legs out and back for 1,2), down to chill cut (3,4), chill plank jack (5,6), back up to plank (7,8)
Gas pump – Start in the LBC position and straighten your legs to the Dolly position and then back to the LBC position.
LSF x20 IC
Homer to marge x10 IC
right leg up x7 IC
left leg up x7 IC
LBCs x30 IC

Announcements:
Special Co-Q at Disney on Thursday.

T-Claps (Recognition):
8 for EC, good work fellas.
Good work put in by all today!

Prayer:
Warbucks dad with back issues, injured PAX.

YHC took us out.

Core on the Run

Monday early start we had 7 on EC with Pikachu, Skidmark, 187, Slide Rule, Axe, Cowboy and Nemo.  YHC was looking to accomodate several subtle requests so I came up with a little something new for DT and added in a new stop along the way.

FNGs: None today
Warm Up: Regular lap around the big block, circled up in town hall lot for some IC SSH, Good Mornings, Squats, Fazio Arms
The Workout:  On the jog back up Main St we went all the way to the abandoned drug store on the SW corner of Main and Holly Springs.  Why?  Because they have a wall.  We got right to business with BTTW 10 count, drop to plank hold for 10 count, Mt Climbers ICx10, and up to a 10 count squats.  Recover on a 10 count, and repeat for a total of 5 sets with the last set being to 15.  Back on the run we headed over to cemetery hill.   Squat hold for the 6 at the top.  At the top we safely dropped for a round of modified ATMs – 10 count plank hold, ICx10 shoulder taps, 10 count plank hold, 10 count merkins, 10 count plank hold.  Recover on the jog down the hill for 3 burpees OYO and climb back to the top for another round.  We did 4 climbs up the hill and upped he last round to 15 IC/count,  On the jog back to start.  Finished with over 2 miles.
Mary: 2 quick rounds LBC/Homer to Marge/6 inch hold/low slow flutter
Announcements: See Facebook/Slack for lots of unique opportunities.  Tea Time location change, Ivan/Cletus merge for COT for new month for breathtaker
T-Claps (Recognition): It was a great group out there this morning and everyone was giving a huge effort.  T-Claps to Katniss for pushing through that workout with breathtaker.  Also, I just want to say I have been doing quite a few runs with Cowboy recently and this guy is showing up, putting in the work and getting stronger every day.  Always great to be out there with you and congrats on your run this past weekend at the Quay RFTQ.
Prayer: All unspoken so we took a silent 10 count and YHC took us out.

June Ultimate

EC: Cupid, Fonzie, LED

FNGs: None

Warm Up: None

The Workout: Ultimate Frisbee, with exercise penalties for drops and goals.

Mary: None, we played right up until the end.

Announcements: New HS AO Wednesday mornings 530 at Womble, starting next week (12Jun). 2nd F Wednesday morning will be moved from  Stickboy to Bagels Plus starting next week as well to make it in between Possum Trot and the new AO.  New Fuquay AO Tuesday mornings 530 at Falcon park, starting 18Jun.

We will be playing Ultimate the first Monday of every month during the summer at Mutiny. Come join the fun! Next one is 01Jul.

T-Claps (Recognition): Yogurt for some serious movement out there today, including a full layout dive. Breach and LED for some barely in end zone catches.

Prayer: Lipsync’s calf, Shredder, Crablegs. Trojan, H1N1, and Messi travelling.

Sprints: Banana Seat, Cupid, Yogurt

#Paradise City

EC: Aquaman, Lipstick, Snausage, UTI EC EC, Wiggley

FNGs: Welcome Baby Daddy and Snausage

Warm Up: Started with one lap around while stoping at 2 of the 4 corners for exercises. SSH’s, Daisy Pickers and Good Mornings are what got us all going.
The Workout: Split up into 2 groups for Indian Runs, faster group picking up the 6 at the end. Stopping at each corner for 5 fast pace SSH’s IC, right into 10 Merkins (5 reg, 5 diamond), 15 LBC’s IC and finishing off with 20 Squats. This was done at every corner until Mary called us in for dessert.

Mary: Chill Cut while the 16 of us gave a 10 count. Flip over for a 20ct IC of Box cutters into Boat Canoes that may have lasted longer than I really wanted them to, (Feeling those aaaaannd I hope you are too!). Into Protractors until YHC didn’t want anymore…..Have a Nice Day!

Announcements:FB, Slack
T-Claps (Recognition):All who raced this last weekend.
Prayer:YHC took us out!

10 Foot Woodage.. A New Standard at AGS

I’m gonna start this backblast a little different to help illustrate a lesson in Iron Sharpens Iron. For those that are familiar with the movie, Pulp Fiction, I’m gonna ‘Tarantino’ this one. Here we are- Pikachu, Skidmark, Cupid, YHC, and a newly named four legged-F3 canine- Backstroke lounging with Dunkin cold brews on the outdoor seats at 7:20am for a second F reviewing the Strava feed from this morning’s run. Skidmark turns to Pikachu with Strava segments in display and says something to the effect of good recovery run, but I think we went a little  slow…..

If anyone saw their times during yesterday’s Run the Quay, Skidmark was not far off in this statement as the run today was a little over 2 minutes what they recorded yesterday. Let’s face it, these guys are fast and their recovery run was my fastest paced run of the year. Did YHC take offense to this comment, absolutely not. In fact, I knew if I could keep the shirtless wonders in my site this morning, I knew I was having a good run and that’s the point of the story, along with the great push and fellowship shared by the 7 PAX that posted this morning, 2- with a 4-legged accountability partner in tow.

Arrived to the parking lot with a clear air at our backs with almost no humidity. A huge change from a week before. Red Truck- Skidmark, Grey Truck- Nemo, Pikachu rolls up and then in the backdrop I see Cupid making his debut and picking up an early morning deposit from his FNG. Yogurt comes rolling up with Crumb Snatcher, and then followed by Maybelline.

Warm Up:

5:59 hit just as something foul exited Pikachu. With that YHC called ‘Go Time’ manuevering around the scene of crime to the first picnic shelter. Called for PAX to occupy a picnic table for a set up 10-step ups IC. Mosey’d to Ivan lot for carioca to the halfway point and butt kickers to the far end where we circled up for Imperial Walkers X10 IC. Mosey’d back to the flag for a set of stationary high-knees X10 IC.

The Workout: YHC called for a squat hold while calling out the route. With 4 PAX looking for recovery runs, some looking for 3, others 6. YHC had a mix of payement and trails planned. Those wanting 3 would head down Stinson, left on Bass Lake, right on Holly Springs Road heading down to Linksland and head back. For those wanting 6, they would take a right on Linksland, right on Salem Ridge, and a left onto Bass Lake to the trail along the boat house by the canoes and then head to the greenway. At the greenway, we would take the HSHM route up the trail into Sugg Farm and then back out to Grigsby. With the first mile down, Maybelline made the first push out ahead of the PAX followed by Pickachu, Skidmark, Nemo, Yogurt and Crumb Snatcher, YHC, then Cupid and FNG-Backstroke. As we made our way to Linksland with Yogurt picking up the six, gave Cupid the heads up that if he heads back from the point where we stood, he’d have a little over 3 by time he made it back to Womble. “I think he “Backstroke” is ok and we can do 4. Yogurt gave the nod and said, “I’ll head back with you once we hit 2mi.” This seems to happen spontaneously at AGS, PAX are always recording more miles than they think they’ll record. With a few extra fist bumps at the pole, YHC was off to join the remaining PAX. Made the right on Salem Ridge dreading that up and down hill before hitting Bass Lake. Just as I was thinking stop to take a quick breather at the bottom of the short hill before Bass Lake, down comes Skidmark to pick up the six. He began to start a conversation (which I can’t remember as I was focused on the hill and keeping up), but in any event, I somehow managed to carry the conversation and the hill at the same time. Somewhat relieved that I survived and kept up, we then joined the remaining PAX- Maybelline, Nemo and Pikachu. Nemo gave the warning to not venture 10 feet into the wooded area just to the right about 50yards up. Apparently, Pikachu adjusted gross weight, but was polite enough to do so while maintaining ’10 foot woodage’- a new standard for pathway deposits delivered during running AO’s.

PAX took note of the Sky Q’s incredible sunrise before making their way up the trail to Sugg. Strong push up the hill and to the remaining stretch to Womble, where we reunited with Cupid, Yogurt, Crumb Snatcher, and Backstroke

Mary:Stretches OYO
Announcements: Crazy Train next Saturday
T-Claps (Recognition): Cupid, Skidmark, Pikachu, and Yogurt for strong showings on Saturday and having the energy for a run this morning. Maybelline for setting the pace and Nemo for the added push throughout the run.

Prayer: Maybelline’s dad and all PAX with family members who are battling cancer. All PAX with injuries and safe\healthy returns to the gloom. YHC took us out.

A very late backblast for Ultimate at Mutiny

FNGs: None
Warm Up: None
The Workout: About an hour of ultimate frisbee (except for YHC, who showed up 30 minutes late to his own Q…)
Mary: None
Announcements: Check Slack, Facebook
T-Claps (Recognition): Pikachu for having an extra disc and Banana Seat for having cones, due to see above.

U-Turn race weekend

6 PAX weren’t racing this weekend and got some mileage in. 2 for EC, 1 for 3 (2 if you count breathtaker), and 4 for 5. Lots of good effort out this morning.

Warm Up:
Mosey around the parking lot doing butt kickers, high knees, skipping, carioca, lunge walk, and Frankenstein kicks. Circled up for SSH, Windmills, mountain climbers, and calf stretches. PAX said farewell to Slide Rule and we were on our way.

The Workout:
Standard 3 and 5 mile routes.

Mary:
Who?

Announcements:
See social media.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Katniss for taking on breathtaker.
Slide Rule for not letting me do EC solo and heading back early so the M can get miles.

Prayer:
Injuries and racers today.

YHC took us out.