U Turn – Page 9 – F3 South Wake

The Ferns Aren’t Up Either

March 16, 2019/in U Turn /QIC: Skidmark
PAX: Aquaman, Bulls Eye, Dahmer, Dawgpound, Emeril, Forceps, M4L, Maybelline, Norm, Pablo, Pikachu, ShamWow!, Skidmark, Slide Rule, UTI, Warbucks

EC kicked off at 5:15 with Piakchu and Skidmark going out on a little tour de’ Holly Springs. Not much happening in the Springs early but we did discover a missing sidewalk along Holly Springs Road. After a quick 4 miles we circled back to pick up the lads at Starbucks.

The goal today was to do some scouting for another route for U-Turn, something to change it up, add a little spice if you will. Maybelline, Warbucks, UTI, Sliderule, Pikachu, and Skidmark set off one direction while the other 10 Pax took to the standard 5 mile loop. I’m sure there was quite the conversation amongst those Pax.

The six of us set off Indian Run style. This lasted approximately .01 miles before we made a wrong turn leaving starbucks and circled the bank. The security footage by the ATM will make for a good BB photo I’m sure. After regaining our bearings we set-off. At the bottom the hill played a quick game of right-left-center and we were off.

I think we have a new U-Turn 5 mile loop that involves no crossing of 55. Highlights from the run include how Skidmark has the worst ideas. Indian run = fail. And apparently doing a Steeple Chase is a bad idea but a Rugged Maniac is a good idea.

As we closed out the route we made a trip past both Orange Theory and O2 fitness. No balls to the wall at O2 since no one was there. We thought the ferns had talked everyone’s ears off but the sign on the door indicated that O2 does not open until 0800 on Saturday. Guess Lisa and the ferns need their beauty sleep.

Warm Up: Good mornings, high knees, butt kickers, SSH, IW
The Workout: 5 mile loop for some.

Scout run: Left below Dicks. Left at the next traffic light. Stay straight until Ivy Arbor Way. Turn left onto Ivy Arbor Way. Follow Ivy Arbor into 12 Oaks. Run about 1/2 mile turn left and then a quick right. Do a little jig right there. Follow until the end of the road and make a left. Run up the hill to the traffic circle and make a left on Green Oaks. We ran Green Oaks to Thomas Mill and then the group split. Some ran up Thomas Mill and some ran all the way Irving by the Credit Union. Met back up to compare distances at Thomas Mill and Irving. Ran down past Starbucks to O2 and turned around. Ended up with 6 miles. The new projected route will be good route with sidewalks the whole way and light traffic. No crossing 55. Will need maybe 1 more scout run laster this week or next saturday.

Mary: She wasn’t at 02 either
Announcements: Next saturday yard work at Crablegs. More details this week. Crablegs putting together a team for ALS walk. More details to follow.
Prayer: Crablegs, Shredder, Runners tomorrow at Tobacco Road 1/2 and full

U-Turn

March 9, 2019/in U Turn /QIC: LED
PAX: Aquaman, Bernie, Dahmer, H1N1, LED, Lipstick, Nemo, ShamWow!

Warm Up:8Pax’s showed up as the rest of the group got ready for the half and full at Wilmington.
The Workout:standard U-turn
Mary:NA
Announcements:Wilmington Race today
Prayer:The family of crab legs buddy that past away yesterday. Injury free race for the Pax. 1st responders.

Taper Mode Edition

March 2, 2019/in U Turn /QIC: Skidmark
PAX: 187, Aquaman, Banana Seat, Beater, Boy George, Cowboy, Dauber, Dovetail, Dumbo, Emeril, Full House, Gump, H1N1, LED, Maybelline, Pablo, R22, Short Pole, Skidmark, Slide Rule, Warbucks

Great turnout for U-turn this morning as Pax are gearing up for WB and Tobacco Road. 187, LED, Sliderule, Warbucks, Boy George, Skidmark for some extra miles at the beginning.

Warm Up: some quality dynamic stretching
The Workout: standard 5 mile loop and picking up the 6.
Mary: coffee and stretching
Announcements: WB I think is next weekend. 5k Friday night for Crablegs. Wear red. Banana Seat will post details. 2.0 workout.
Prayer: lots of pax with injuries. Buford, shredder, Double D, Crablegs. Recent losses of family and friends. Lipstick’s mother in law. Too many. Enjoy the time with 2.0 today. We are blessed.

Everyone at Starbucks is Miserable

February 23, 2019/in U Turn /QIC: Skidmark
PAX: 187, Cowboy, Dovetail, Full House, Lipstick, Maybelline, Psi, ShamWow!, Skidmark, Warbucks

10 Pax scratched and clawed and dragged themselves from the fartsack to run in what one may call less than favorable conditions. Upon returning Pax were greated by shredder.

Warm Up: 10 squats, 10 cc side to side leg swings, 10 cc front to back leg swings
The Workout: varying distances from 5 to 12 miles.
Mary: coffee
Announcements: pikachu needs to add to the weekly announcements that its raining.
Prayer: family that lost 8th grade to the flu, full house’s dad

Breathtaker??

February 16, 2019/in U Turn /QIC: Skidmark
PAX: Aquaman, Dauber, Doc, Full House, ShamWow!, Skidmark

Text were plentiful and the pax were not. Skidmark and full house started at 5:30 for long runs. Dauber got everyone warmed up and pax started on their run. Skidmark after circling back ran passed dauber who informed skidmark he was running with breathtaker. A slight conversation prompted dauber to ruck instead of trying to run.

Warm Up: stretching
The Workout: varying distances
Mary: coffee
Announcements: see pikachu’s email
Prayer:

Strava Stalking

February 10, 2019/in U Turn /QIC: Skidmark
PAX: Aquaman, Banana Seat, Bulls Eye, Dauber, Dawgpound, H1N1, LED, Martini, Norm, Oyster, Pablo, Psi, ShamWow!

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

February 2, 2019/in U Turn /QIC: Skidmark
PAX: 187, Aquaman, Beater, Cowboy, Dauber, Dawgpound, Deadbolt, Doc, Double Doink, Forceps, Full House, Gump, H1N1, Lipsync, Maybelline, Nemo, Norm, Pablo, Pikachu, Pony Boy, R22, Sassy, Short Pole, Skidmark, Slide Rule, Slurpee, Warbucks

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

January 26, 2019/in U Turn /QIC: UTI
PAX: Aquaman, Beater, Cowboy, Dawgpound, Deadbolt, Dovetail, Full House, Gump, H1N1, LED, Oh Yeah, Psi, Roger Roger, ShamWow!, Short Pole, Slide Rule, UTI, Warbucks

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

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?

January 19, 2019/in U Turn /QIC: Pikachu
PAX: 187, Aquaman, Banana Seat, Beater, Bernie, Brexit, Bulls Eye, Cowboy, Dauber, Doc, Double Doink, Dovetail, Lipstick, Maybelline, Pikachu, Pilgrim, R22, Shredder, Skidmark, Straight Cash, UTI

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

January 12, 2019/in U Turn /QIC: Skidmark
PAX: 187, Banana Seat, Beater, Bernie, Blue Hen, Cowboy, Dauber, Dawgpound, Deadbolt, Doc, Double Doink, Dovetail, Draper, Full House, LED, Lipsync, M4L, Nemo, Oh Yeah, Pac-Man, Pikachu, Pony Boy, Psi, Sassy, Short Pole, Skidmark, Slide Rule, Slurpee, Squatter

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