Ultimate Paradise City

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I had a really crazy busy and long Sunday.  I was pooped but I told myself that if Paradise City wasn’t picked up by the time I sat down for dinner, I’d be picking it up.  I’m writing this BB now so… you know the rest…

I launched my campaign to see at least a few PAX show.  I triggered a little friendly HC battle with Sombrero as he was recruiting for Mutiny.  2 HCs rolled in (including my own) vs 6 HCs for Mutiny (including Sombrero, don’t let that guy fool you :D)

As I finally got home later in the evening, I saw a frisbee and thought…  It would be fun to incorporate Ultimate into Paradise City…

Downrange and I completed 3+ miles of EC and arrived a little late… 5 penalty burpees!!!

Warm Up: 

  • Good mornings, windmills, willie mays haze, franks
  • Mozy around the soccer fields counter clockwise and along the way…
    • Fast feet on the curb to the left
    • Fast feet on the curb to the right
    • Turn left – Backwards running towards the dumpsters
    • Turn left – High Knees towards the trailer
    • Turn around – Butt Kickers towards the dumpsters
    • Turn around – Carioca towards the trailer
    • Turn around – Opposite Carioca away from the trailer (back to the dumpsters)
  • Mozy to the half wall by Baseball field entrance for Step Ups

The Workout:

Thang 1: Ultimate Cornhole

Outline 3 parking spaces as the board.  Leave 2 sets of middle spaces as space and then an opposing 3 spaces as the opposing board.  Split PAX into 2 teams.  Teams take turns tossing a frisbee to each board.  Make the board and the receiving team does 3 Burpees.  If the sending team misses, 3 burpees.  The receiving team should complete Merkins until the toss is completed by the sending team.

Thang 2: Ultimate Fetch

PAX took turns launching the disc across the parking lot.  We would chase it to where it landed and call a workout in a rotating fashion.

Mary: We Mozy’d around the soccer and tennis fields in a counter clockwise fashion once again.  This time we followed the rail completing Dips, mozy, earkins, mozy, and dips at the end of the rail.  As we went around we did a few more Mary-type activities on our way back to the flag.

Announcements:

Prayer:

  • Sardine as he navigates a career change

Solo Discovery

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FNGs: NA

Warm Up: Standard Stretch

 

The Workout:

PAX Army of One to meet the standard at Paradise City!  I even buzzed the DTT crew for all those who would’ve doubted the miles.  (Which would be reasonable since you all know how much I love this running stuff)

 

Mary: NA

Announcements: NA

T-Claps (Recognition): I’d like to thank myself for showing up and holding myself accountable. 🙂

Prayer:Patience and Focus

“The one Q to Q them all…” – Paradise City 6/22/2026

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8 HIM ran + rolled the dice all over Ting. 🏃‍♂️🎲

We were serenaded by owls and danced with cockroaches as we poured sweat under a beautiful sunrise. A well-earned OYO stretching and sharing of our F3 name history to end before 2nd F Coffeeteria. ☕

There’s no one I’d rather sweat with. Thanks for seeing me across the finish the line
batboy LED @FullCount FRAM Sardine Best in Show Flip Phone

Q em All complete.

My best takeaway was getting to know a lot of you outside of the Fuquay Mafia that I never get to see. It’s really been a pleasure and I’m thankful for this community that pushes me to steward my body well.
Get out there and fill in that Q sheet!

Basketball Dropouts

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FNGs:none

Warm Up: good mornings, ssh, willy mays hays, sir fazio, overhead claps, squats

The Workout:

We moseyed over to the ramp at Ting. Started with 10 wwi, 10 wwii and 10 in cadence low slow flutter.

Ramp sprint at 50%
10 dips / 10 urkins / 10 durkins

Run down the ramp

20 wwi / 20 wwii / 20 slow slow flutter

Ramp sprint at 50%
20 dips / 20 urkins / 20 durkins

run down the ramp

The original plan was knockout or a small pax v pax but with only 3 pax including the Q we switched to a few games of HORSE with each PAX calling out a penalty exercise. We quickly realized our basketball skills need improvement.

Mary: light stretching

Announcements: none

T-Claps (Recognition):

Prayer: UTI’s dad

Paradise City Throwback

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Warm Up: 

  • good mornings, windmills, sir fazios, goofballs, SSH, imperial walkers, hillbillies

The Workout:

YHC went looking for inspriation for a Paradise City workout.  I love digging through BackBlast to see what’s been done before to inform what I’ll do.  It just makes planning a little easier.  I could just ask AI to make me a workout, but there is something about knowing who ran the workout I’m borrowing and when did they run it.  Just feels a little nostalgic and fun.  This one comes from Deadbolt circa 2021 “Spartan 500”

Keep writing backblasts.  You never know who they might inspire to show-up or make leading a workout a little easier.

Our workout today is explained in this picture.  Looking back again at Deadbolts BB, I think the intention was to do all 50 reps at each corner with the goal to move fast enough to complete 10 laps before the end of the workout.

I modified and had us do Merkins in the first lap with 10 at each corner.  With each subsequent exercise replacing the last one through the list.  Deadbolt also prescribed a team-based model.  I opted to keep everyone together.  It was perfect for us in terms of time and it allowed me to keep my pre-blast promises to stay under the former standard of 3 miles.

Games :no_entry_sign: :flying_disc:    |  Bootcamp :white_check_mark: :weight_lifter:

Running :white_check_mark: :run1:|  3 miles :no_entry_sign::run1::run1::run1:

Mary: Low Slow Flutter, Ankle Grabbers, Poop Eaters, Homer2Marge, SuperMan, Touch Your Toes

Announcements:

  • Q ’em all!
  • Abe – is there still a tshirt order?
  • Run the Quay is still not this weekend
  • Vertical Horizon, May 9th!

Prayer– UTIs Dad, Kids closing out their school year

Farmers Carry Mile

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FNGs: There was a police officer hanging out in the lot until 5:29 before changing his mind and leaving, no other FNGs appeared.

Warm Up: SSH (20), GooooooodMoooornings (2count up/down, 12 total)

The Workout: Pickup a pair of coupons (Options from 25lb each to 45lb each)

Goal is to farmer’s carry the coupons for a mile total. Every time you set the weights down, you are required to run back to the start and perform penalty exercises:

First Visit – 10 Burpees, 10 Squats, 10 Plank Jacks

Second Visit – 9, 9, 9

Third Visit – 8,8,8 etc

Task successfully completed by all PAX with mere minutes to spare. 

Mary: Stretching

Announcements: Q-em All Challenge, Core Challenge Starts April 1

Prayer: Sickness, Travel, First Responders and Military

🎵,This Must be Just Like Living in Paradise 🎵

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A rockin tour of paradise by 3 PAX for my 6 of 25 Q’em All Challenge. We toured the pollen-filled stadium with some miles (two) and monkey humpers. 

Thanks for joining me and letting me lead!

Wet And Wild Paradise City

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FNGs: none

Warm Up: High Five

The Workout: 2-3 miles Rucking in hurricane type non existent downpours. 
Joined UFO for COT

Vagrants in Paradise City

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FNG: none

wup- short mosey to the ramp, good morning, Willie Mayes, Hayes, arm, circles, imperial walkers, hillbillies.

Thang 1:

Bottom of the ramp, single count feet over the post. Run to middle of ramp 10 broke back irking, 10. Bobby Hurley’s run to top of ramp three Burpee‘s. Repeat on way down. And repeat for four rounds.

Thang 2

mission &  Core values In plank and quarter squat position.

Bear crawl to the middle of ramp, three consecutive broad jump Burpee‘s until we reach the top. Repeat sequence back down the ramp. Question life choices at the mid point.
Mosey back to cars

Mary: Yoga/stretch stretching

Announcements: Queue them all challenge

Prayers: LED for Spanky coming-of-age, 8 mile prayers for oldest son to find faith. Fram For Wife to find peace And know that she’s enough.

End of an Era

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FNGs: lol we can’t even get normal PAX to show up, you think we can get an FNG Warm Up: poop The Workout: mosey, poop, merkins, mosey, poop, mosey Mary: Announcements: T-Claps non-existent: Prayer: skidmark recover from illness