PreBlast #3: SOB CSAUP – Balrog – March 12th 2016

PreBlast #3: SOB CSAUP – Balrog – March 12th 2016

This is the final #preblast for Balrog 2016, the SOB region’s (Ballantyne / Indian Land) first #CSAUP event.  It’s time to get UP.  Wake up, step up and SIGN UP and then get fired up, spun up, warmed up, pumped up, worked up, stirred up, keyed up, charged up, #alltheups.

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Key info:

• Bring your shovel flags!  I repeat.  Bring your shovel flags!
• Water will be provided at each workout (excluding the 1st one at The Cave) by the workout Q’s.  If you are a Q, that’s you!
• Fuel/food will not be provided, so bring your own.  Remember this could be up to a 4-hour event.  You don’t want to crash halfway through.
• You might want to bring a change of clothes so we don’t stink up Duckworth’s more than we have to.
• For those running the full course (11+ mi option):
  • Park at the end of the course (top of Ballantyne Village parking deck) and clowncar to your starting destination (The Cave: 2567 Lengers Way, Fort Mill).  Let’s plan on meeting at the top of Ballantyne Village parking deck at 6:05AM sharp.
• For those starting at Elon Park ES (7+ mi option):
  • We should be arriving at Elon sometime around 7:25 (rough estimate) so you might want to clowncar from BV parking deck at around 7:00.

  For those starting at Blakeney (5+ mi option):

  • We will get to Blakeney at around 8:10 (very rough estimate) so you might want to clowncar from BV parking deck at around 7:45.  We’ll meet you at the main fountain/playground area.
• If you haven’t already, please think about ordering one of the awesome shirts that Wingman designed.  There are 6 shirt options and orders will be taken through March 10th.  We need a few more to complete the order:

F3 SOB Balrog Pre-Order

-TUCK

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Original #preblast:

F3 Nation’s newly self declared region, SOB, is celebrating it’s launch by hosting a CSAUP event, affectionately called Balrog, on Saturday, March 12th.   For the uninitiated, The SOB region is a partnership between the Ballantyne and Indian Land area AO’s.

Balrog (pictured below) is a type of beastie from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings saga. They are big, ferocious and cannot readily be vanquished.  Only would-be heroes with a certain swagger dare take them on (that’s us).  Nailed it.

We will run through five SOB AO’s (holding shovel flags and other coupons), stopping at each for a 20-minute pain station and competition.  The goal is to keep the PAX together as much as possible.  There will be 3 mileage options: 11+, 7+ and 5+ miles.  Note that the mileage estimates do not include the pain stations/competitions.

• The Sword (full 11+ mi course) – starts at The Cave AO (parking deck at 2567 Lenger’s Way, Fort Mill) @ 6:30AM SHARP
• The Axe (7+ mi option) – starts at Foxhole AO (Elon Park Elementary School) @ ~7:25AM (be early)
• The Bow (5+ mi option) – starts at da Vinci AO (Blakeney Shopping Center) @ ~8:10AM (be early)

After passing through the above 3 AO’s, the course weaves through the Stonecrest Shopping Center AO (home of The Maul and Rebel Yell) before finishing at the Ballantyne Corporate Park AO (home of Bagpipe, Swift, The Brave and Stonehenge).

Note that we are not finishing at the starting location.  Therefore, park at the ending location (top of the Ballantyne Village parking deck) and clowncar to your starting location (depends on which option you pick).  Give yourself enough lead time so that you get to your starting site on time.  As the date approaches YHC will send out a list of who has signed up for which option to aid in the clowncar organization process.

Speaking of which, sign up for Balrog here.  Did you sign up yet?  C’mon man.

The event will conclude at ~10:30AM.  We will then get our 2nd F on at Duckworth’s Grill & Taphouse in Ballantyne, which opens at 11AM.

We will have water stations throughout the course.  You are encouraged to bring your own water and fuel, as we’ll be getting after it for up to 4 hours.

Workout Q’s will be the site Q’s of the various AO’s we are passing through.  If that is you, YHC will be reaching out to you soon!

Why would I do this?

First of all, because you can.  If you attend F3 workouts, you can do this.  We are going to stay together and you can and will finish. Plus, you have options!

When people bring this up in conversation for years to come do you want to be filled with feelings of regret OR flooded with meaningful memories?

Do you want to sleep in OR strengthen your body, mind and bond w/ your F3 brothers?

Do you want to go through the motions at your favorite Saturday workout OR do something bold and new (and CSAUP)?

Do you want to drink 2nd F through a firehose?

Do you want to be a badass?  Just asking.

Also, and YHC can’t stress this enough, it’s free.

So, sign up already.  Let’s face it.  All of your friends are doing it, so it must be cool.  And if you don’t, well they will probably mercilessly shame you for life.  So there’s that.  Here’s that link again, in case you missed it:  FREE THINGS ARE GOOD

Help us make SOB’s first CSAUP a runaway success.  All you have to do is show up.

-TUCK