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A Woman’s Dream

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YHC celebrated his 3 year anniversary with a modified version of the 1776 workout. My first workout was a convergence in Carpex for the 1776 and I split the workout with a friend. I’ve made it a point to Q this workout the past few years with some slight mods. This year proved no different and maybe the hardest yet.

Group started with an Indian run for about the first 5 miles. Lots of looks from people out walking. Best comment goes to a group a women running. we shirtless pax doing hillbillies is apparently a woman’s dream. Wait til they see our pickle pounders.

FNGs: none
Warm Up: Pledge of Allegiance
The Workout: 7.4 mile run with the following exercises done to 100 reps. We would run and stop and do 2 exercises to 50 and then run again.

Imperial Walkers, Plank Jacks, Rock curls, squats, LBCs, overhead claps, side straddle hops, lunges, star jumps, American hammers,, mountain climbers, hillbillies, merkins, stepups, rock row, WWII, Moroccan nightclubs

Mary: 76 Burpees
Announcements: bass lake mulch sign up
T-Claps (Recognition): all that completed
Prayer: fumunga’s friend, our country

Thunder at Ultimate – 01Jul20

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FNGs: None tonight
Warm Up:

SSH x10 IC, Daisy Pickers x10 IC
The Workout:

Ultimate frisbee. First 15 minutes each disc drop was 3x Merkins, next 15 minutes it was 3x squats, last 15 minutes it was exercise free.
Mary:

Walk back to the shovel flag.
Announcements:

4th of July workout at Womble. 7.4 mile run with 1776 reps of exercises. U-Turn and Groundpounder still open.

Forceps 3 year anniversary Q at Groundpounder on the 4th.

No mulching at Bass Lake this weekend.

3rd F meeting at 0530 at the Holly Springs/Crazy Ivan parking deck.

T-Claps (Recognition):

Hardy for the final touchdown!
Prayer:

Our country as a whole. Pax have a few extended family members that are dealing with loss.

Called It!

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Skidmark and YHC were texting the night before about what we expected number wise. RUNE had caused Running 4 the John to be a very popular option, frequently with 5+ HCs and over 15 pax. Jokingly I said we would probably only have 5 – turns out I was spot on.

No EC aside from Vasoline running over from home.

FNGs: None of those either
Warm Up:

SSH x10 IC, Daisy Pickers x10 IC, Good morning x10
The Workout:

5.71 mile loop per Garmin. Fast group this morning – no one got over 6 miles. YHC was nice and had us go clockwise so that we would get all of the hills out of the way up front.

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Mary:

Not today
Announcements:

July 4th special offering from Skidmark – Womble at 0600. No Bass Lake mulching this weekend.
3rd F meeting Wednesday July 8th at 0530 at the Crazy Ivan parking deck.
T-Claps (Recognition):

All of the RUNE pax who put in serious work over June. Special t-claps to team Pikachu for the win!
Prayer:

Our country. Pax with injuries themselves or within their families.

Garmin Challenge

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5 pax answered the alarm and pushed to tiger blood to increase speed and VO2 max. This mornings workout used the garmin race pace predictor for pace intervals. One near merlot and when i say near there may or may not have been dry heaving. Makes you want to come out next week huh. 2nd F followed in Skidmark’s driveway

3 for EC: fumunga, Mr. Terrific, Skidmark

FNGs: none
Warm Up: leg swings side to side and front to back, .5 mile mosey
The Workout: Ladder work

400 at short interval pace, 400 recover

800 at garmin 5k pace, 400 recover

1600 at garmin 10k pace, 800 recover

800 at garmin 5k, 400 recover

400 at short interval pace, cool down
Mary: sweating
Announcements: 4th of July workout, no mulch this week
T-Claps (Recognition): this was hard today, good job
Prayer: coworkers health, addictions, lots of prayers for family and friends

They’re Coming From All Directions

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YHC did not sleep well last night nor is in perfect operating condition (hammy/knee). Shocker right… Truth be told, seems like most pax are banged up a bit at most times. but we keep pushing… for ourselves and each other to become a better version of ourselves each day. The bar for Paradise City is set high. It’s supposed to be high intensity with a goal of getting 3 miles. We just don’t stop for too long in the City.  YHC challenged himself with putting together this Q and also going on a 5 day Q tour this week with EC each day. Get the ice bags ready! 15 determined pax attended stop 1 at Paradise City.

EC: Dawgpound, Dumbo, Pablo, Skidmark, Pikachu, Cupid, Boy George, Fanny Pack

FNG’s: nope
Warm Up: Loop mosey around the soccer fields and tennis courts and down the ramp stopping for Good Mornings, Frankenstein’s, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, and Seal Claps all IC.
The Workout: YHC pre- blasted a rounding the bases theme, so that’s what we did. Home plate was bottom of the ramp… 5 burpees. First base was at the b-ball court… 10 merkins. 2nd base was at the top of the hill… 15 squats. 3rd base was by the ticket booth at the top of the ramp… 20 mountain climbers.  Back to home plate was 25 Freedom Hammers IC.  Pax travelled to each base and back home again, before going to the next base.  Pax stopped to do exercises on the way out AND on the way back in. In all, 25 burpees, 70 merkins, 75 squats, 60 mountain climbers, and 25 Freedom Hammers with just a tad under 3 miles running. Toward the end, there was some confusion among the pax as to where to wait/how to bring in the six.  This guy went this way…that guy went that way. When in doubt, circle up for some Mary exercises.  YHC knew we needed about .3 more miles. I had a plan!
Mary: LSF’s IC, Dying Cockroach IC. With all pax back, we “emptied the tank” as Yogurt calls it and ran hard up the ramp to the top.  Stopped for some H2M, then mosey back to the flag.  Finished up with some trash pickup and some Pickle Pounders.
Announcements: July 4th workout.  Womble Park. 0600. 1776 exercises with 7.4 miles.  Sign up to mulch at Bass Lake.

T-Claps(Recognition): Moped for coming a long way in a short few weeks of AO’s. That guy is coming to get it! All pax determined to finish today’s challenge.
Prayer: All those struggling with addiction.  The Jensen family…a young boy battling cancer.

Were You Guys Holding it for Me?

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Four PAX converged at Ground Pounder to see what YHC was cooking up. Pre-Blast offered up a nice cool down for those who where doubling down from U-Turn. Arrived a little early to find Fanny Pack and Pikachu in the Jones lot. Planted the flag and continued with some mumblechatter before seeing DOA emerge from the woods. About 2 minutes before lift off, Boy George pulled into the lot. He asked if I was Q and then indicated he was getting some miles. Wasn’t sure how to take that, but was clear he was running to get some extra mileage and was gonna skip whatever YHC had planned with rocks this morning.

Ground Pounder is typically a low- no running workout, but Fanny had skipped U-Turn this morning, Pikachu was fresh off of U-Turn, and DOA came running from the woods already, so we took off from the lot to the buses in front of the school. Took a little side detour through the grass up the hill. Pikachu complained a bit about his white shoes and the wet grass, but it lightened once we circled up for the following:

Warm Up: SSH X20, Imperial Walkers X10, Hillbillies X10, Fazios X10 F\B, Seal Claps X10, Overhead claps X10, Chinooks X10, Prisoner Squats X10. Finished those up and took the long way back (for Pikachu and his shoes) to the lot via Holly Springs Road and Right onto School Days Ln.

The Workout:

Instructed everyone to grab a rock. It would be their rock, no switching, and one that would be good for curling and extending. Before we started with curls and extensions, had PAX put the rocks down to perform some uneven Merkins on rock

Merkins-Right hand on Rock X10

Merkins-Left hand on the Rock X10

Curls X10-3 sets- Bottom to Middle, Top to Middle, Bottom to Top

Tricep Extensions X 20

Place Rocks down out of the drive path and a quick mosey behind the bathrooms for some B2W’s- with each PAX giving a 10 count in varying cadence. Felt like a minute, may have been longer with Pikachu’s Mississippi count. Recover with some Peoples Chair with Overhead Claps in cadence X10.

Back to B2W’s for one more set with YHC giving a 20 sec Cadence Count. Recover with more Overhead Peoples Chair X10 IC

Back the the Rocks

For those who haven’t been to Wescott BlackOps yet, we’ve seen a lot of great Q’s coming out of there since the beginning. Pablo gave an outstanding routine this past Friday with cinder blocks, so I figured I’d pay homage to a guy who knows how to deliver a quality beat down, while giving PAX a taste of what goes down in Wescott during these Friday AO’s.

Progressive Exercises (Rock included) with a 40 yard dash back and forth in between.

Set 1- Rut Rohs X10

Set 2- Rut Rohs X10, Overhead presses X10

Set 3- Rut Rohs X10, Overhead presses X10, Squats X10

Set 4- Rut Rohs X10, Overhead presses X10, Squats X10, Derkins X10 (with feet on Rocks)

Set 5- Rut Rohs X10, Overhead presses X10, Squats X10, Derkins X10, Chest Presses X10

In between Sets 1 and 2, lots of mini vans came rolling through, some with passengers others with solo drivers. With PAX on both sides of driveway, YHC called for some overhead holds as the cars rolled in, not to interrupt traffic flow but also not to stop the burn we had going. One nice lady even rolled down her window to ask if we were holding it just for her. Later discovered that there is an all female workout (non-FIA) that appears to be starting at 7:45 on Saturdays. Maybe we’ll see Cupid out at GroundPounder more often.

Dropped off the rocks back to the pile and did a nice cool down behind the bathroom shelter again. Same format as the last one.

Next had PAX find some nice handheld rocks for our next set of exercises. One rock for each hand similar in size.

Jack Webb Crawls in 1:3 ratio. Merkins\Air Presses (with Rock) with a bear crawl of about 5 steps in between with the rocks still in hand.

Got all the way to 5 Merkins and 15 Air Pressses. Shoulders sufficiently scorched, we returned the rocks and circled up for Mary.

Mary: PopCorn Mary of Box Cutters, Freddy Mercurys, Crab Cakes, Pickle Pounders X10

Announcements: Rune- log your miles, July 4th convergence next week- check slack, Mulch- sign up
T-Claps (Recognition): Double Down by Pikachu, Fanny Pack spreading mulch after Ground Pounder, DOA painting his deck Ground Pounder. Need to see the paint job as YHC is guessing there may be a few uneven strokes after this workout. Fortunately, he was not painting a ceiling.

Prayer: DOA’s stepdad, those battling health issues, Skidmark and the new addition to his family. Those seeking employment or have been impacted by the pandemic.

YHC took us out!

Pacing for Tigers

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YHC had been looking forward to Qing Tiger Blood ever since completing RRCA coaching certification. Equipped with a pace chart to give Pax personalized recommendations for our interval repeats, I committed to Q when Mr. Terrific said he was traveling this week.

After Running 4 the John + Thunder the day before EC wasn’t going to happen. I pulled in at 0520 to Skidmark’s truck and Cupid wasn’t far behind. 0530 hit and we were off.

FNGs: Nope
Warm Up:

Mosey to the parking lot near the track. SSH x10 IC, Daisy Picker x10 IC, Imperial Walker / Hillbillies x10 IC. Mosey over to the track for a warm up lap which ended with hip openers, Tiger Claws x10 per leg, and side to side leg swings.
The Workout:

We then did 4x 400m repeats at our designated short interval paces with 400m recovery in between. After 2 miles of interval/recovery work we triangle up for Low Slow Flutter x10 IC, Homer to Marge x10 IC + x5 IC per single leg, Tiger Claws x10, and front to back leg swings.

 

We then took a 200m recover jog and then did 2x 200m intervals with 200m recovery.

Mary:

Mosey back to the starting parking lot for left over right, right over left, forward fold, downward dog, and pigeon poses.
Announcements:

Bass Lake mulching – see social media. See announcements post.
T-Claps (Recognition):

All 3 pax ran long Wednesday morning and made it to speed work the next day. Great work guys!
Prayer:

Continued prayers for our country and community and for the men of F3 to step up and lead.

Thunderstruck right at the legs

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PAX: Fumunga, Pikachu, Boy George, Kubota, , Lipsync

FNGs: None
Warm Up: Dynamic Stretching of the Legs
The Workout:

Balance Lunges (25 per leg); Calf Squats (25); X Merkins (15); Single Leg Deadlift (25 per leg); Wall Squat (90 Seconds); Merkins (25, hold 5 count on every 5); Step Back Lunge (15 per leg); Diamond Merkins ( 25, hold 5 count every 5); One Leg Wall Squat (60 Seconds, Switch every 10 seconds); 1 Leg Deadlifts (25 per leg); Wide Merkins (25, hold 5 count on every 5); 3-Way Lunge (15 per leg); Moving Lunges (20 total); Close Merkins (25, hold 5 count on every 5); Two Leg Deadlifts (50 total); Iso Lunges (25 per leg); Clap Merkins (10 total); Bear Crawl (40 yards); Calf Raises (75 total with a rock); Diamond Merkins (15, hold 5 count on every 5); Bobby Hurleys (30); Burpees (30)

Mary: LBCs; Boat Canoes; Homer to Mars
Announcements: Mulch at Bass Lake every Saturday till August
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: F3 Brothers that have lost love ones; Skidmark and his 2.0

No case of the Monday’s at Paradise City!

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I don’t know how you started your Monday but 9 HIM set their week up for success by starting at Paradise City. We got our 3 mile minimum in. We got wet (humidity was at 105%). We got stronger. We got through it all without Dawgpound messing up my Q! Lets go…

FNGs: nope

EC: Dawgpound, Dumbo, Emeril, Pablo, Pikachu

Warm Up: SSH, Good Morning, Windmill, Fazio Arm circle F/R, Merkins, Squats

The Workout: Today we took a field trip to the green way across the street. PAX traveled to and from in a scout run. Once through the first section of the green way, PAX started in the cul de sac at the top of the hill with 10 LBC (in cadence). Run to the bottom of the hill and do 5 star jumps on the bridge then back to the top of the hill. Rinse and repeat as many times as you can. Scout run back to the flag for Mary. You could tell the legs were tired…the return pace was considerably slower than the outbound pace.

Mary: Merkin, Big Boy Sit Ups, Homer to Marge, Low Slow Flutter, Box Cutters

Announcements: Mulch Bass Lake (because we lead out front and not from behind)

T-Claps (Recognition): Runners are RUNEing. Stay healthy!!!

Prayer: Skidmark, Natty Ice, Martini

YHC took us out. It is always a pleasure to lead you men. I feel strongest in the middle of that circle surrounded by you HIM! I’ll try to do better next time.

Ultimate @ Thunder – 17Jun20

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FNGs:

None 🙁
Warm Up:

Mosey over to the pit. Circle up for SSH x10 IC, Daisy Pickers x10 IC, Frankenstein’s x10 IC.

The Workout:

Split into teams for Ultimate frisbee. First ¼ of the game 3x Merkins per drop, second ¼ 1x burpee, third ¼ 1x Turkish getup, fourth ¼ no exercise penalty.

Mary:

Not today.
Announcements:

Mulching at Bass Lake starts this Saturday and continues each Saturday until we finish.
T-Claps (Recognition):

Hardy & Florence – those guys are legit at Ultimate.
Prayer:

Baby Day. Pax suffering from loss.