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What happens at the John, stays at the John

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We had a surprise visit by HS finest this morning. Not sure what the commotion was all about, could have been an arms dealer, could have been speeding…guess you should have came to the John to find out.

EC: Full House, Katniss, UTI, Vasoline

FNGs: None

The Workout:

Head out of Ting > Right on Main > Right on Earp > Cemetery Hill 2X > Right on Avent Ferry > Right on Ballentine > out to 55 > Back to Main Street > Left on Main > Back to Ting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mary: Ran out of time.

Announcements: Check Slack and FB

T-Claps (Recognition): Everyone for picking up the six.

Prayer: Cupid on his job interview, Full House on his new lead, my Mom who recently received her vaccine.

Felt good to be back in the gloom and very thankful for this group of HIM.

YHC took us out. Thank you for the opportunity to lead.

Do the Major Melon Dew T-Shirt Challenge

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Pre-pre-blasted on Tuesday Feb 23rd that any PAX who posted and ran 3+ miles at U-Turn would receive a Mt Dew Major Melon long sleeve T-shirt and a free can sample of the full sugar or zero sugar.  Received plenty of HC’s on Tuesday and plenty more with Friday evening’s pre-blast.  Including myself 24-PAX were out and about at U-Turn…by far the most I’ve ever had the honor to Q

FNGs: none today

Warm Up: quick mosey around the parking lot, Michael Phelps arms, 10x Windmills, 10x Good Mornings, 10x Daisy Pickers, 10x Frankensteins, 10x Imperial Walkers, 25-30 Merkins

The Workout: 3mi option and 6mi option of the standard U-Turn route in reverse

Mary: no time today

Announcements: Monthly Challenge #3 begins Monday;  #monthlychallenge on slack for more details

T-Claps (Recognition): all the PAX completing 3+ miles today and earning some swag

Prayer:  the safety of all the students, teachers, state workers going back to school on Monday.  Also the safety of everyone state-wide as COVID restrictions begin to ease up.

Not sure this was a great idea.

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7 Pax @ Downtown Train for a 100 burpee, full body beat down. Nice surprise when I got out of my car to see my neighbor…Cancun. Glad you found F3 and keep up the strong work. Also nice to see Warbucks back at it. Plus a rare visit to DT by Full House and UTI.

FNGs:

Warm Up: Slaughter starter (30 burpees)

The Workout: Grabbed some rocks and headed to library parking lot.

Round 1: Curls for the girls, shoulder press, tri cep extensions (3 sets X 15, 20, 25 each in cadence)

10 burpees

Round 2: Chest press, skull crushers (3 sets each X 10, 15, 20 IC)

10 Burpees

Round 3: Squats, lunges (3 sets each X 15, 20, 25 IC)

10 Burpees

50 LBCs in Cadence

10 Burpees

Round 4: Curls for the girls, shoulder press, tricep extensions (2 sets each X 10, 15 IC)

10 burpees

Round 5: Chest press, skull crushers (2 sets each X 10, 15 IC)

10 Burpees

Round 6: Squats, lunges (2 sets each X 15, 20 IC)

Returned rocks

Mary: 10 burpees

Announcements: Quiver 50th coming up. Going to have Respect Month @ DT. Details to ce soon.
T-Claps (Recognition): All Pax for the hard work this morning. That was a tough workout.

Prayer: 1 minute of silence

BRR is only 29 R4TJs away

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Lot’s of Fartsacks. Only 12 showed for a BRR training run. We have 4 teams and an average of 9 Pax per team I was expecting 36 pax.

Notable Fartsacks:
Bat Flipping Red
Shamwow — Is this two Fartsacks in a week
Full House — I’m assuming :face_vomiting::hankey: is a hard commit.

FNGs: Nope. Not one
Warm Up:

The drive over was a good opportunity to get warm and toasty.

The Workout:

Ran across 55 and to Milpass to crossway. Ran to the top of CrossWay and Creek Vista.

The pax had 30 minutes to get as many rounds in as possible of:

Run down Creek Vista.
Run Up Creek Vista.
Turn Left Run down Crossways
Turn around by the Cat thing jumping out into the road.
Run up Crossways
Turn right onto Creek Vista

I believe most pax got in around 5. Some Pax completed 6 rounds. It was a lot of fun

Mary:

Announcements:

I have the R4TJ Q once a month from now until BRR. We will be doing this run or something similar every time I Q R4TJ. If you don’t want to do it more than once a month sign up to Q R4TJ

T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer:

Sidiqu
Pumpkin Spice Friend Mike and his family

6 V 6 Ultimate at Ting under the Lights

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FNGs: none
Warm Up:  SSH, Good am, Frankensteins, static stretches
The Workout:   Very fast paced game with lots of scores resulting in many 10 c exercises including merkins, monkey bumpers, ssh, LBCs, etc.  Very intense at times as we heard tremendous cheering support from the PAX jogging at PC.
Mary:  OYO
Announcements:  Super Bowl Squares fundraiser – See Dauber on slack/FB
T-Claps (Recognition): All the PAX for taking the red pill, running through the 32 degree temps; thankfully the rain held off
Prayer: PAX injured, UNSPOKEN, US leaders, military; YHC took us out

Super exited to be back in the gloom under the lights; honored to lead men. – Dauber

 

 

Rolling 14 Deep Through Holly Springs

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I wasn’t sure how many PAX would show for U-Turn with 25 degree weather @ 6am.  I noticed 5 HC’s Friday evening and figured a few more would show but 14 is STRONG considering how many of these PAX are posting on weekdays, have families, have exhausting careers, etc., etc, and of course the cold a$$ weather.  There were also another 5 PAX that either ran EC or went on a 9-mile run beginning at U-Turn as well (@Lipstick, @Skidmark, @Maybelline, @Katniss, @FullHouse, @187).  For the most part, the 6am U-Turn crew stayed together throughout the run and also afterwards at Panera for 2nd F.  Man did we own those streets rolling 14 deep through Holly Springs.

FNGs: none today

Warm Up: quick parking-lot mosey to get the blood flowing, 20-seconds Michael Phelps, 10x Good Mornings, 10x Daisy Pickers, 10x Frankensteins, 10x Imperial Walkers, 10x Hilly Billy’s, 25-30 Merkins

The Workout: 6mi total: exit Panera, L on Grand Hill Place towards Target, L on New Hill Rd, R on Irving Pkwy, L on GreenOaks Pkwy, crossover Hwy 55 onto Ballentine St., R on Elm Ave, R on Grigsby to the backside of Womble, cut through softball fields to tennis courts, L on Stinson, R on Grigsby, R on Raleigh St, L on Holly Springs Rd, crossover Hwy 55 to New Hill Rd, R on Grand Hill Place, and back to Panera.

Mary: no time today

Announcements: Kettle Bell Snatch Challenge begins Monday, @Fanny Pack hosting 2021 1stF leadership and planning session Monday night 8pm-9pm

T-Claps (Recognition): all U-Turn PAX that got 6+ miles in prior, during, post ME

Prayer: comfort and strength for Lipstick and his family for the loss of his Aunt.  Dumbo took us out with another great prayer and I believe this is the 3rd week he’s taken us out @ U-Turn in a row

Evolution of Man Race… Sort of…

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PAX: Lawn Dart, Bondo, Pikachu, Skidmark, UTI, Emeril, Full House, Dumbo, Lipstick, Snap
Warm Up: Mosey around the lower parking lot and head to the basketball courts for SSH, hillbillies, windmills, daisy pickers, Fazio, Frankensteins, and goofballs
The Workout:

Broke into teams and did two laps of modified scout runs.  Scout sprinted as far as he wanted and dropped down to do mountain climbers until the rest of the group caught up.

Did the evolution of human race in the lower parking lot.  Did an exercise from one row of parking space to the next.  The exercises were bear crawls, duck walks, lunges, hops, and run to the end.  As soon as you got to one end, a team member repeated the set of exercises coming back.  It was harder than I though it would be so the focus for most seemed to be just getting through it more than competing for speed.  It took longer than expected so the planned punishment for the losers never happened.

Instead, we finished the workout with 4 corners.  At each corner, we started the exercise and waited for the 6 to be in before doing another 10-count.  Exercises included balls to the wall, wall sit, and dips.

Mary: Emeril didn’t want to get wet so we did plank exercises until the bell: shoulder taps, one arm holds, mountain climbers, and nipplers.
Announcements: Something about upcoming Q’s?
Prayer:  Lipstick’s aunt passed away over the weekend, prayers for the whole family

Return to Crossway

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EC: Full House, Nemo, Shamwow!, Skidmark, UTI

FNGs: Not today

Warm Up: Everyone shows up ready to get after it at the John.

The Workout: It had been awhile since we went out and back on Crossway so I decided today was a great day to make our return.

Mary: MIA

Announcements: Wilmington Race has been postponed. Sorry to all PAX who have been training hard. The long ass run has been postponed as well to coincide with the adjusted marathon training. Check slack for details.

T-Claps (Recognition): Everyone for picking up the 6.

Prayer: Lipstick and Full House family, Unspoken, this country

YHC took us out. Always an honor to lead.

And the tea bagger is born…

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The Workout: 8 HIM out this morning for some miles on what appeared to be a familiar route, the big dipper.  Only to be side tracked down Grigsby to Elm and back to 55.  Little did we know a yuge tea bag was formed.  Nice work by all, Lipstick was missing, apparently his johnson sock must have been in the laundry.
Prayer: Praise that Tracey Bailey is doing better, prayers for all of those with COVID and recovering.