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Bowling @ R4TJ

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EC: LED, Fonzie, Deuce, Full House, WebEx, Skidmark, Vasoline, YHC

FNGs: Nope

Warm Up: Started the run with a nice steady pace towards the stop light as we turned onto Main Street.  Picked up the 6 and continued on.

The Workout:  A new route was designed by YHC the night before.  It wasn’t intentional but some trial and error with plotaroute.com yielded a shape that was sorta familiar…

I suggest holding the center of the printed image right up to your nose. It should be blurry. Focus as though you are looking through the image into the distance. Very slowly move the image away from your face.  Do you see it?  “The Bowler”

5.436 miles were charted to create the familiar shape.  Keeping the namesake alive – Fonzie was witnessed running off course fairly early into the run.  As we wrapped up the run, McNugget took a shortcut to the facilities available at Ting.  We circled up and did some stretching.  Mid stretching session, Pablo excused himself to seek some relief.  Running 4 the John indeed!

 

Mary:  She’s not into bowlers – yeah, they are athletes but they aren’t really “athletes”

We did move at a fast clip this morning and we took the extra time left on the clock (about 7 minutes) to stretch things out.  When YHC ran out of yoga moves, Skidmark served up some additional options to eat the rest of our time together.  Kinda like when you pay for an hour of bowling and finish early.  You might not have time for another game but you might as well stick around and throw some extras.  Trickshots, practice, goof off.  Great mumblechatter as we finished up a few more frames.

Announcements:

T-Claps (Recognition):

  • Amazing work by all today picking up the 6 – special shout out to LED and Fonzie, I felt like I saw them picking up more often than most.

Prayer:

Let’s Go Treasure Hunting

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YHC decided to take the PAX up and around Ting Park this morning and hunt for some “treasure” along the way.  Over the past 3 weeks I’ve found 2-$20 bills, a quarter, and a few pennies while running.  I had found a baseball in the Ting Park parking lot running for some EC the day prior and I’ve also found a couple of tennis balls at Ting in the upper backside parking lot near the tennis courts over the past month or so.  I run through Ting Park at least 2-3 times a week and afterwards I’ll usually pass the front of my neighborhood before jumping on the Crossways route off of Main St and I’ll toss the tennis ball or baseball at the front of my neighborhood and retrieve it later in the morning while walking my dog.  We didn’t find anything at Ting Park today but YHC found a penny on the way there and then @Cupid and I found a couple of pennies in the Womble parking lot post-workout.  I’m always looking for 2 things while running: treasure and the infamous white albino deer.

FNGs: None

Warm Up: 10x Good Mornings, 10x Imperial Walkers, 10x Hillbillies, 10x Daisy Pickers

The Workout: 6mi run leaving Womble, L on Stinson, R on Grigsby, L on Holly Springs Rd, R on Main St, L at Ting Park (run around the entire parking lot, R on Main St, followed Main St all the way up to 55 before turning around, R on Oak St, R on Grigsby, L on Stinson with a hard sprint back to Womble

Mary: No time this morning

Announcements: Food Cupboard project coming up, Phase 3 began in Wake County on Friday 10/2 at 5pm

T-Claps (Recognition): @Yogurt making 6mi look easy

Prayer:  all the families, parents, and children whose lives have changed due to COVID-19, all the kids going back to school, those who are suffering from sickness, disease, addiction, mental illness, and for those who have lost their way following the Lord’s path

Coming in HOT…

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Prior to the start of AGS a few PAX were running through a neighborhood on Stinson towards Womble after coming off of Bass Lake and a car must have been going 45-50mph right towards us.

ALWAYS stay alert out there…it’s staying darker later and later in the morning.

SYITG…

FNGs: none

Warm Up: none since Pikachu, McNugget, and I were already at 12mi of EC and Skidmark was already at 5mi of EC

The Workout: 8 miles around Holly Springs

Mary: not today

Announcements: 6-8 PAX needed for upcoming Food Cupboard event (more info coming out in the next couple of weeks)

T-Claps (Recognition): Kudos to Pikachu, McNugget, and I for completing a 20mi run (by far the most I’ve ran at AGS).  Also Skidmark joining us for 12mi and Cupid joining us for 8mi and keeping us motivated.  Lastly, picking up the 6.

Prayer: continued recovery of Skidmark’s dog who was involved in a neighborhood dog fight, comfort for Moby and his family, prayers and comfort for those with any illness, depression, addiction, lost of a loved one.

The boot doesn’t disappoint

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U-turn featured a new route this Saturday…9 PAX showed up to brave the gloom, after a short warm up, all set out on a little over 5 mile jaunt.

All easily navigated 55, then onto Ting park for a steady climb up business 55.  A right turn through downtown and a trip down Library Hill was a welcome change.  A little route shake up every now and then is a good thing, all PAX enjoyed the change.  Mary consisted of some light stretching and then 2ndF.

Announcements: Dahmer TED talk

Prayers: Crab Legs, Moby’s Dad, Skid’s dog and recovery

Schweddy U-turn – Lipstick’s soul mate spotted

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Holy schweddy balls it was a hot U-turn on Saturday as 12 PAX literally sweated their balls off over five miles.  Warm up consisted of some good mornings, IW, daisy pickers, windmills and 5 burpess OYO courtesy of Lipstick’s alarm clock malfunction.

Fortunately for the PAX there was a late run site to behold as two ladies apparently decided to be miserable as well Saturday morning.  We made our way down Green Oaks only to see one of them emerge from a construction port-a-potty…could it be?  Lipstick’s sister from another mister?  Perhaps dare I say his deuce dropping soul mate?  His poop partner?  His BM buddy?  For those that missed it, all I can say is this chick could really “run for the john”.  Truly a site to behold.

Announcements – mulching around Bass Lake is getting close to wrapping up, check out the sign up sheets to help support.  Leadership met on Wednesday this past week to discuss 3rd F opportunities, see Slack for details.

Prayer requests – Skidmark’s neighbors daughter who is recovering from a copperhead bite, UTI’s brother as he is on the mend.

 

Guest Appearance by Tom Petty

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Many training plans, one team. F3 strong is what I’m talking about. 20 fellas pushed themselves in various ways this morning.  The “bat flippers” were mostly present and accounted for on a 10 mile route. Team FML plus a few more got at least 10 miles while joining the classic U-Turn route and picking up the six…a lot. . Several more of us including YHC got between 6-9 miles with many mix-ins training for BRR and RDC marathon. Aquaman and Bernie were hitting 20 plus today.  Martini bagged a half marathon.

YHC message was simple as I was inspired by Dovetail’s post this week. If you struggle…good. If it hurts (not injured)…good. If it’s difficult… good.  If you fail… good.  If you make a mistake… good. Bottom line is I had a crappy week, and many of us can complain about many things.  BUT… if our M’s and kids are happy and healthy, if we have meaningful work to do, if we can exercise and have our health, if the Lord above loves us as sons even though we are messed up people, well then…good!
Warm Up: Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Good Mornings, Frankenstein’s
The Workout: Standard U-Turn route.  Lots of picking up the 6..,which was often YHC.
Mary: Runners Stretch And Pigeon Pose with almost a full…OUT LOUD… sing along to Tom Petty by none other than THE Dawgpound! The song…Last Dance with Mary Jane! Not gonna lie…the way my feet and knees hurt… I get the song big time today. But enough of that for now…
Announcements: Go mulch. There may be an additional week or two added.
T-Claps (Recognition): Martini on the half marathon today.  Strong work brother. Lots of picking up the 6.  All those elites out there…many of you for picking up my six!
Prayer: Pikachu’s M and health issues. Protection from injury illness for pax with races coming up. YHC took us out…and then a few pax went to join Martini as he completed his half… THAT is what this is about!

Cletus August 7th BTTW forever count!!!

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FNGs: Nope
Warm Up: 10 X Fazio Arm circles FW & REV, 15X Overhead Claps, 15X Seal Claps, 15X Imperial Walkers, 15X Hillbillies, 15X SSH
The Workout: These guys came to play and added difficulty through out the workout.  This Q needs to up his game!

Mosey to side of Rec Center

Thing 1:

10 Count BTTW by all Pax except Vasoline which was somewhere around 3-5 minutes of discussion before counting, 20X Derkins on fence first rung, 20X Derkins on second fence rung

10 Count BTTW by all Pax, 20X Erkins fence first rung, 20X Erkins on second fence rung

Thing 2

Rock work – 3 sets – 20X of everything in cadence – Overhead press, Ruck Rows, Curls for the girls, Tricep Press (added by AquaMan), Sumo Squats

Quick arrow sign creation to confuse Aquaman who pulled a lipstick on us.  Then a fast 3 man Indian run around the baseball fields and back to check on Mary

Mary:  20 Pickle Pounders, Omnit Abs – 30 sec. Rocky Balboa’s, spoon hold, Russian Hammers repeat, Have a nice day!
Announcements: check Slack
T-Claps (Recognition):  Vasoline for his slow BTTW count, Aquaman for adding in exercises, Oboe for getting a bigger rock in the middle of rock work!
Prayer: Unspoken and Spoken

Out with Old..In with the New..

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Two years of AGS. Hard to believe that what started as a weekly Sunday run around the lake has morphed into an AO that has consistently drawn PAX from week to week. YHC can count the number of times on one hand over the past 2 years where he posted to a vacant lot. Additionally, AGS has only closed once and it was due to inclement weather where driving conditions prevented safe travel to the AO. These are a few of the great things YHC is most proud of regarding this AO and speaks volumes to the accountability and support you HIM, who have posted here, have given me since its opening, and for that, I Thank You.

I’m gonna keep this BB simple. I know…very uncharacteristic, but there is nothing I’m gonna say here that hasn’t been said already. The one thing I will say is that part of the draw and unique nature of this AO is the people who show up to help drive each other throughout the run no matter the conditions. This is what makes this AO great and this morning was no exception.

Arrived to the lot with 30 seconds to spare and saw several cars and trucks with many PAX waiting. 187 said he was getting kinda concerned with one minute to start that YHC may have fell victim to the fartsack. YHC actually forgot his Garmin and had to take a slight detour back to retrieve it. Planted flag. Exchanged pleasantries and we were off with the following workout. While on the initial mosey, Lipstick was seen coming in hot (like Dukes of Hazzard hot- complete with actual skidmarks and suspension-busting speed over speed bumps).

FNGs: None

Warm Up: Short loop around the lot. Circled up for SSH X10, Good Mornings X10, Fazios 10F\10B, Imperial Walkers X10. Light mosey to the other end of the lot with butt kickers and lunge walks back with slight mosey to the point of origin. Prisoner Squats X10, Frankensteins X10, squat hold for the route.
The Workout: Down and up Stinson, left on Bass Lake Road, Straight up Rhamkhatte staying left on Skymont all the way down to the trail that leads into the back side of Paradise City EC, loop around via Arctic Ridge and then back out to the trail and onto Veterans, Jones, Raleigh Street, and then Stinson back to the flag. Another strong showing by the FML boys, Cupid, Nemo, UTI and Vasoline. We even had a surprise visit by Oyster.

With all that speed out there this morning, YHC was picked up several times by the HIM in attendance. A real muggy and humid morning and the accountability and extra encouragement was needed. After all was said and done, the run was a bit below 6 miles, but had several PAX post-Main Event go on to get 10. Nice work by all this morning.

Mary: Stretches OYO during COT
Announcements: Co-Q duel tomorrow. Nemo is up first at DTT.  Rumor has it that there could be several miles consumed tomorrow. Clean out the closets, bring clothing donations for Healing Transitions. Mulch sign ups for next week. Great work out there to the HIM who have posted to help out. The project is halfway complete and need more volunteers heading into next week. Sign up if you haven’t already.

T-Claps (Recognition): All those in attendance this morning. Everyone who posted to AGS over the past 2 years. Vasoline for stepping up as site Q and taking over AGS. YHC is leaving it in great hands and will certainly take this AO to another level.

Prayer: Quiver’s uncle who is battling health issues due to covid. Those who are training and preparing for upcoming races. Keep PAX healthy and continued health for family and friends near and far. YHC took us out.

HIM- it has been an honor to lead this great AO. Thank you for the opportunities to do so each Sunday morning. You pushed me and continue to push me more than you will know.

Just a little backwards yogging

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19 PAX in total out to celebrate National Backwards Day (which is really January 31st, who knew!) and a reverse U-turn track.  Multiple PAX grabbed extra miles for EC this morning prepping for BRR.

The warm up – SSH, IW, daisy pickers, windmills, good mornings, 10 burpees OYO.  19 PAX set off for a leisurely stroll, reverse u-turn heading up through by Target first and then down the hill on Irving, up Green Oaks and into 12 Oaks before returning back to Panera.  Post run circled up for Skidmark’s version of some stretching by watching some chick on a video…some yelled out porn, but couldn’t be confirmed.  YHC determined best to just wrap this thing up.

Announcements, mulch sign up, volunteers are still needed, repeat offenders are welcomed.  FV/HS convergence this week, make sure to check as not all AO’s will be open this week or next.  Great job by the entire group today picking up the six.  No spoken prayer requests, but honor those unspoken and for our first responders, military and for our nation.

Isn’t that a dead end…wrong there’s a hill

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Q sheet was empty so FML decided to take a leap and Q the workout since we needed most of us only needed 5 miles this morning while following the training plan. YHC was excited to catch up with Mookie who was like BOOM!! when the Q sheet slot filled. Unfortunately there are sometimes more pressing issues like late nights with the family, illnesses, hangovers, or sometimes the fartsack just wins baby. I’m not going to speculate as I believe the sleeping in was needed. Next time Mookie, next time.

FML rolls in style. We promised 2nd trunk coffee complete with all the fixins in a picnic basket. No donuts or fritters, sorry.

YHC rolled up early to set up coffee and there was only 1 EC, Vaseline, who for 2 days in a row drove to the workout. Congrats on the PR.

Route was secret until time to post but I promised hills and we’d keep our feet dry. Minus the sweat, they stayed dry. We started with 11 but finished with 12. See how that works, you can come back with more, but never less.

FNGs: None
Warm Up: Leg swings side to side and front to back, tiger claws, and some hip opening things
The Workout: The route went like this: Down Stinson and across Bass Lake Rd, into Sunset Ridge. Turn R at the first road and continue staying right until Sunset Walk, Sunset Walk to Gable Ridge, Turn R on Gable Ridge to Linksland. Turn R on Linksland. Follow Linksland to the end where some thought this was a dead end but it actually meets up with Salem Ridge again. Turn Left on Salem Ridge and loop back up to Linksland. Turn Right on Linksland. Follow Linksland past the driving range and pool and turn L on Gable Ridge. Follow Gable Ridge and turn R on Sunset Walk. From here follow the route back to Womble. At the peak of every hill we picked up the 6: Stinson, Sunset Walk, Linksland and Gable Ridge, Salem Ridge and Linksland, Linksland and Gable Ridge (after pool), Sunset Walk, Stinson at Womble.
Mary: Some stretching OYO
Announcements: mulch
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Full House’s family