Strava Stalking

13 men got stronger at U-Turn on Saturday morning. Aquaman couldn’t remember all the names so I did my best strava stalking to capture the Pax.

Warm Up: The usual I suppose
The Workout: Standard 5 mile loop with some modification
Mary:
Announcements:
Prayer:

Maybe It’s Maybelline

24 present at COT and 27 total for the run this morning. Various places and distances. Beautiful morning. Wondered who was up ahead and the comment was “maybe it’s Maybelline.”

Warm Up: Gump did his best virgin Q impersonation.
The Workout: miles miles miles
Mary:
Announcements:
Prayer: Moby’s dad, Dauber’s colleague that passed away, Full House’s father (if I remember correctly)

The Rise of the Tiger Hawks

The first AO to see the rise of the Tiger Hawks!  The new shirts look awesome, good to see the first ones hitting the streets at U-Turn this morning.  Thanks for modeling Warbucks

EC: Deadbolt, Warbucks, LED, PSI, Roger Roger, THE DawgPound, Cowboy, SlideRule, Full House

Cowboy and DawgPound commuted to U-Turn on foot today from hills of 12 Oaks.  The rest of us rallied at Starbucks for a 3-mile loop through the business park.

Warm Up:  Frankenstein Kicks, Daisy Pickers, High Knees, Butt Kickers, Side Straddle Hops

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Welcome FNG ShamWow! – A resident of Holly Springs that enjoys running (who likes running!?) and has a pretty killer pace.  He is a resident of Holly Springs and is in sales.  Our F3 hivemind this morning went down the infomercial path and gave him a name that is “As Seen on TV

The Workout:  Traditional U-Turn 5mi route was mapped and offered and for the masses.  Plenty of turning for the 6 going on along the way.  A few went “off the map” to hit their personal targets.  Great work to all #HIM for braving the below freezing morning.

Mary:  Nope! No Girls allowed.

Announcements:  Nope! and very sorry to have passed over this.  I guess I was getting cold?  Excited to run?  Still really bad at being a Q?  As always keep an eye on your social media platform of choice.  Please toss them out on the BackBlast post.

Prayer:  Again – BAD UTI, BAD UTI – Skipped over Prayer.  It wasnt intentional…  Please know I realized my error when we got back to Starbucks and I did pray for those unspoken prayers since I’m absent minded.  For those things that we should raise up out in the open, please post them on FB/Slack under the BB post so we can pray for them directly.

We start at what time?

Loads of Pax out on a great morning for running. Start times ranged from 5:10 to 6am with mileage from 3 to 15. A good group of pax were present for a 6am warm up.

Warm Up:

SSH x10 IC

Frankenstein walk halfway down parking lot

Butt kickers back

High knees back down

Mosey back to start – hillbillies x10 IC

Announcements:

Happy birthday Aquaman!

Yoga at 9am at Athletic Lab South Wake lead by Dovetail’s M. First class there is free.

See Slack/Facebook for other announcements.
Prayer:

UTI’s dad – was in hospital yesterday, cause unknown. Is home now.
The Workout:

3 to 15 miles. Great work put in across the board.

Compression packages

U-Turn continues to grow every week. If this is any indication Wrightsville is going to be a BLAST. A 7+ mile route was developed for the Pax but Pax modified as needed.

Fartsacks: UTI – Alarm Misfire??

Warm Up: SSH x 20, IW x 15, Hillbillies x15, Mountain Climbers x 15, SSH x 10
The Workout: Go for a run
Mary: Coffee
Announcements: Q-Swap – we are going to Carpex next week, BRR meeting 1/22 at Blackdog, 2 Shirt orders (Wrightsville shirt comes with a $5/shirt donation to ALS)
Prayer: Raleigh Police Officer – Special thanks to our First Responders and Military, Daubers mom, Buford

We Pickle Pound This Town

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U-Turn

17 Pax training for the upcoming marathon season. Welcome FNG Maybelline.

Warm Up: Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, SSH, Jog in place with high knees and asskickers.
The Workout: Standard U-Turn route
Mary:
Announcements: Q-source, Q Swap, Breathtaker
Prayer: Double D,Ausfart, Crablegs

Accountability

Lots of Pax this morning at U-Turn but the final count came in to 26. Tons of varying distances and lots of Pax turning back to pick up the 6. Some Pax continue to set PRs in pace and distance. Well done men and well done to the men pulling and pushing other Pax this morning. You will not fail. If you fall we will pick you up.

Warm Up: Slight mosey with high knees and ass kickers. Imperial Walkers x 10, Hillbillies x 10, Frankensteins x 10, Mountain Climbers x 15.
The Workout: Varying distances and paces. Lots of good work out there.
Mary:
Announcements: Be careful out there. Christmas brings out the best and worse in people.
Prayer: Be careful. Lots of joys and sadness around the holiday. Troops that aren’t with their family.

U-turn

Warm Up:SSH, IW, Hillbillies, Frankenstein kicks
The Workout: Standard 5 mile loop
Mary: coffee
Announcements: its raining
Prayer: Full House ran 5 miles. Warbucks took it out.

Don’t Grab the Crunchy Leaves

A great turn out in December as Wrightsville training is in full swing. Numerous distance PRs – kudos to Pac-Man, Doc, and Dovetail (who not only distance PR’d but was out picking up the six too). More than a workout.

Warm Up:

SSH x15 IC

Hillbillies x10 IC

Mountain Climbers x10 IC

Merkin x10 IC
The Workout:

All the 3 milers got talked into 5, so 5-15 miles. T-claps to 187 & Skidmark for 15 and running us down.
Mary:

Individual stretches
Announcements:

CSAUP next Saturday. Will look for someone to Q U-Turn if there is interest – has to be someone committed to picking up the six during run.
Prayer:

Ausfahrt – recovery from motorcycle accident. Keep your eyes out for ways we can help the family in the coming weeks/months.

Fantastic 2nd F after. Great work men – always a privilege.