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:
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.
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
Running 4 the John – Speedwork Edition
15 PAX came out to join us in a little shake-up at R4tJ. Great showing given all of the draw from QSwap and Fritters! Thanks as always for showing up and allowing me to lead.
Warm Up:
The Workout:
YHC provided some colorful chalk for PAX to mark their laps. On Lipsticks first lap he provided a different kind of mark behind the dumpsters at the first turn. I dont think I need to tell you to steer clear of the dumpsters but just in case…
Once the laps were done, the group went backwards on the course forming a bigger and bigger Indian Run chain as we picked everyone up on the way (Nemo ignored us and kept running per the pre-blast. I appreciate Nemo reading the pre-blast and sticking to the plan and the end, he was rewarded with covering more miles than any of us). Half way around by the dumpsters we had picked up everyone, we turned around and continued the Indian Run until we turned the corner by the tennis courts. A jail break was called and we all bolted for the basketball courts.
Mary:
For time, an audible was called to move into Mary and cancel the 1 mile cool-down (repeating the warm-up). Dawgpound was nice enough to lead us in some yoga stretching which had the whole group making some “noises”. Table Top, Pigeon Pose, Runners Pose, and Cobra Pose were among the rotation. Thanks for jumping in on the cool-down Dawgpound.
Announcements:
Prayer:
Pax of 12 came out for EC (1 just for EC) and 22 for the main event to help support some #HIM as they continued their journey to become a member of the #fritterfoundation
Warm Up:
2 laps around the parking lot. SSH IC x 20, IW IC x 10, HB IC x 10, Fazio Arm Circles IC x 10 forward x 10 backwards, michael phelps
The Workout:
Pax split in groups of 4 or 5 and began their indian run to the road that runs adjacent to the large parking lot. Pax then began their stackem up suicide in indian run with 5 pain stations at each intersection on the road. Pax ran to station 1 and did assigned exercise, then back to the beginning to repeat exercise from station 1. Then run to station 2 to complete assigned exercise, then back to beginning to repeat station 1 and station 2 exercise, and so on… until all stations were complete and all exercises were repeated and stacked together at the beginning. Exercises were as follows: Station 1: 5 prisoner cell merkin burpees (PCMBs), Station 2: 10 Turkish getups, Station 3: 15 WWIIs, Station 4: 20 merkins, Station 5: 25 Prisoner Squats. Pax then did indian run back to flag for Mary
Mary:
LBC ICx20, Single leg homer to marge x 10 each side.
Announcements:
Fritter foundation continues at Ivan tomorrow with pre-run at 5:05, Please wear a red shirt on Fridays to support those deployed serving our country. Breath Taker challenge final bid at Cletus COT for next week.
Prayer:
Friend of M4L diagnosed with prostate cancer, crab legs, boy george’s son, all those dealing with challenges in their life, unspoken prayers
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
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.
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.
17 PAX got stronger and faster today at U-Turn with Brexit’s 1 year anniversary at F3.
There was some chatter about the ‘Rebel Walk’ warm up implying PAX looked they all $hit themselves… This theme continued into prayer requests as Dauber asked for prayers that he could make it through mile one without having a bowel movement. His running mates were pleased he made it back for 2nd F without doing so. God answers prayers!
Warm Up:
Arse Kickers, Rebel Walk, and Union Jacks.
The Workout:
EC: 187, Hotspot, Bernie, H1N1, Brexit.
A balmy 53f clear morning. The usual 5 Mile U-Turn route, with an abbreviated 3 mile route for a few. 2nd F at Starbucks with lots of chatter about Wrightsville Beach and Pikachu Fartsacking…
Announcements: Nemo Ugly Sweater Party this evening. Bring food for Food Pantry; CSAUP Dec. 15 start/end at Womble, Any Given Sunday at Womble, Sunday at 6am.
Prayer: Pray for Dauber’s Bowel movements during the run along with unspoken requests.