Been a while since I had been out to the Basecamp AO, too long, however, when a new AO gets fired up 2 minutes from your house, well, you know how it goes. Regardless, happy to be out in the gloom this morning with the Basecamp faithful. Several requests for no/little running which were summarily dismissed. Horrible disclaimer delivered, and the running began…
The Thang
Quick lap in the bus lot and then over to the Preschool for CoP.
Light run down Hwy 51 to Davie Park and line up at the baseline of one end of the soccer field. Now it’s time to introduce the Welsh Dragon.
Starting on the end line of the soccer field
Not sure why, or how, but the soccer field seems to be artificially chilled. The ground was freezing as if there was an ice rink hidden underneath. Anyone have any details on this??
Now that the shoulders are completely smoked, let’s do some rock work. Mosey over to the rock pile and pick your rock. Limited selection so the PAX took their time. Maybe they were just recovering from the Welsh Dragons…
Mosey back to Launch Point.
Mary until time is called (Flutter, Dollies, Windshield Wipers)
Called time and COT.
Moleskin
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The weather forecast couldn’t have been better for the Centurion PAX this morning. Rain causing a bit of traffic on 485 had me pulling into the lot at 5:27. Just one other car in the lot, Snowflake. His eyes were closed, and his head was back on the headrest. I could only assume he was praying that no one would show, and he could make the quick trip back home and avoid the waterworks. No dice. The Q is here and we’re heading out. RAIN or SHINE. Thankfully, 6 more PAX swerved into the lot with a minute or two to spare bolstering our number up to 8.
Brief, semi-complete disclaimer for the veteran crew, and we’re off. But not before a few PAX implored the Q to take advantage of the parking deck at Charlotte Catholic. Maybe.
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Mosey from Amelie’s over to Charlotte Catholic and took the short ramps to the 3rd floor of Tartarus for CoP.
Warm-Up Exercises in cadence:
Mosey down the stairs to the base of stairwell #1.
WAVE 1: The Beast
Mosey to the bottom of stairwell #1.
Wave 2: Ramp Work
Mosey back to Chucky Cheese / Launch Point with some quick Mary before time was called. LBCs and Dollies.
YHC with the take-out prayer.
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Kicked off 2022 at Anvil with a basic old-school beatdown. Nothing fancy. 2ish Miles with lots of bodywork.
Pulled into the lot @ 5:20am giving myself plenty of time. Passed a random car with their lights on, parked in the wrong area of the AO. Maybe a passport challenge PAX? 5:30 rolled around, 6 more PAX showed, but the random car never ejected its driver. Oh well, we’ll run a lap by just to make sure. Lap completed, driver shaken by the presence of 7 men running around his car, but alas, he decided against joining us. Oh well, off we went into the gloom.
The Thang
Mosey our way around to the turf semi-circle.
CoP upon arrival at the semi-circle:
Karaoke and High Knees down the main straight to the grassy knoll for 11’s
WAVE 1: 11s on the Grassy Knoll
Mosey to the “Avenue of Trees”
WAVE 2: BOMBS down the avenue
Mosey over to the gym wall, grab a seat
WAVE 3: Shoulder Work
Mosey back the Avenue of Trees and ran two more sets of B.O.M.B.S. back the other way.
Indian run back to launch.
Mary until time is called
Called time and COT.
Moleskin
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Pulled into the lot outside Civetta with 5 minutes to spare. No cars in the lot, not a great start. By the time 5:30 rolled around 5 additional PAX had shown up and the mumblechatter was already off to a great start. Apparently, Frehleys had been assaulted by an ant a day earlier and the damn thing did some decent damage. Having never allowed an ant to take him down, Rousey was already running his victory lap in tomorrow’s beer mile in his mind. Regardless, the show must go on.
Quick disclaimer was provided to the veteran crew and we were off.
The Thang
Warm-up mosey around the Regal Cinema. CoP near where we used to launch from.
Warm-Up Exercises in cadence:
Head across Elm Ln. and head to the bottom of the Murderhorn.
WAVE 1: Catch me if you can (Partner Up)
Plank/Mary while we wait at the top for the 6. Next, back across Elm Ln. to the back of the retail shops. Run the length of the shops stopping at each speed bump. Alternate Merkins x 10 and Mike Tysons x 10 at each speed bump.
Next, up and over the hill near the dumpster and head across the street to St. Matthews to find some lifting rocks.
WAVE 2: Upper Body Rock Work
Rocks back where you found them. Mosey over to the shopping center and stop next to the first island near GNC
WAVE 3: Blimps
Mosey back to Launch Point
Quick set of LBCs, called time, and COT.
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I appreciate the opportunity to lead the men of Base Camp this morning. YHC hadn’t been out to South Charlotte in a few months due to another Monday morning AO starting up right by my neighborhood. It was great to get back out and see what’s changed. Thankfully nothing had. Still a great group of guys and a really great AO as there are so many options…
Not much discussion early on as 10 PAX looked forward to another Monday morning boot camp in 98% humidity. Felt cooler until we actually started moving. Extended disclaimer provided to allow OT to get out of his car and off we went.
Here’s what went down.
The Thang
Quick lap around the bus lot and circle up at the front of the school.
Warm-Up Exercises in cadence:
Mosey pace down to Rosecliff Dr. (Burpess x5 at each speed hump)
WAVE 1: Triple Nickel on Rosecliff Dr.
WAVE 2: Merkin Clock Set
Mosey back up to Fairway Downs Ct.
WAVE 3: Partner Up
Indian Run (Merkins x3) back to school and circle up @ the rock pile. Pick your poison.
WAVE 4: Rock Set
Mosey back to Launch Point
Mary until time is called
Called time and COT.
Moleskin
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10 HIM showed up outside the Regal Cinema, ready to put in their work for the morning. With all the construction going on around Stonecrest these days, I thought I’d keep it simple and lead a workout that highlighted the areas of Stonecrest that still need work, the parking lot. Lights went out at 5:30 sharp. Perfect disclaimer provided (FNG was in the numbers) and off we went.
The Thang
Quick lap around the Regal Cinema (Out to Elm Ln. and around the theater) to get the legs loosened up.
Warm-Up back in front of Regal.
Fully loosened up and stretched we headed over to the entrance to the long main straight that runs in front of the shopping center.
Parking Lot Tour
Mosey to the back of Target
AYG down the straight in front of Regal to push out the last drop of effort.
Mary until time is called
Called time and COT.
Moleskin
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12 HIMs (feels awkward not putting an ‘s’ after HIM) rolled into Carmel Commons on a moderately warm morning ready to put in their work before the sun came up. YHC spent a little time preparing since grabbing the substi-Q for Flipper and was ready to try a few new things out with the PAX. If they worked, great. If not, I’d blame Flipper and the lack of time to adequately prep.
Perfect disclaimer provided and off we went into the gloom.
Here’s what went down.
The Thang
Mosey from Amelie’s over to Charlotte Catholic and took the short ramps to the top of Tartarus for CoP.
Warm-Up Exercises in cadence:
Mosey down the stairs to the base of stairwell #1.
WAVE 1: The Beast
Mosey to the bottom of stairwell #2.
Wave 2: Racoon Walk, Wall, and Dragonflys
Mosey back to Launch Point with some quick Mary before time was called. LBCs and Protractor.
YNC with the take out prayer.
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This is the story of 11 HIMs, and another HIM, and yet another HIM.
Lots of discussion before launch of long weekends and barely making it out of bed to start the week of right. Nevertheless, 11 HIMs took the red pill this morning and posted to Firestarter. Brief disclaimer provided to the group of vets and we launched promptly @ 5:30am.
The Thang
Quick mosey up to the 131 parking lot for a little warm-up.
Warm-Up Exercises in cadence:
Completed the CoP and we headed off up Blakeney Heath rd. to the top of the hill.
[This is where our story gets more interesting. I’m going to assume that it was around this time that One Star and C3PO both showed up. Albeit just a little ahead/behind each other and set off to find the elusive PAX unaware that we were headed to the little-used section of the AO headed toward Montessori.]
We ran to the top of the Blakeney Heath hill and stopped before getting to the Montessori school. At this point, YHC called for a Triple Nickle back down to the entrance to the Blakeney Heath neighborhood. At the bottom, 5 Mike Tysons, at the top 5 Heels to Heaven. I had forgotten how sneaky effective that hill is at gassing the group. Doing it five times added just the right amount of push.
Next we headed down to the Montessori school to some lifting rocks.
[By this point, I’m assuming C3P0 had already run through the shopping center, across to the medical park, and figured he’d try Blakeney before hitting up the Nail Salon. Assuming One Star had done the same, sans heading to Blakeney hill.]
Everyone grabbed a lifting rock from the very limited selection, and we did some upper/lower bodywork. Did two rounds of 20 Curls, 20 Thrusters, 20 Triceps Extensions, 20 Dips. It was at some point in the middle of our second round that C3P0 makes his way over the hill to join the group. Not sure how he found us though. That triple nickel took it out of the group, and we were just about silent during the rock lifts. Regardless, 12 men now headed back toward Blakeney to finish up the workout.
[At this point, One Star could have decided to grab some coffee and draft into CoT but instead, he continued on his search.]
We made our way back to the stairs near the My Gym for some pull-ups and timed runs. Split up into groups of three. Two PAX on doing pull-up under each of the two stairwells, with the third PAX as the timer. Run up, over, and down the stairs and tag out your partner. Did two rounds much to the delight of the group. Toward the end of the second round, One Star finally completed his quest and joined up with the group.
Mosey to the large wall next to Banana Republic for some wall sits and arm raises. 2 rounds of 50 arm raises. Wingman called out my ‘jazz hand’ form but I like to think they were more ‘raising the roof’ than jazz hands.
Mosey back to launch and were joined by 4 runners from Blakovery for a few rounds of Mary until time. Ended the workout 6 PAX stronger than when we left.
YHC with the takeout prayer.
Moleskin
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After being a last-minute ditch 2 weeks ago I got the opportunity to lead the men @ Last Call while the site-Qs took a week off. I had only been to the MR campus one other time even though it’s one of the closer AOs to my house. So happy to get the chance to get more acquainted.
Not sure if it’s the break in the weather but this week has been a pretty good week for FNGs. This morning was no different as 3 of the 10 PAX in attendance were FNGs. I had wind of it in advance (one of the FNGs was my college roommate) so I wanted to set the tone early for the new guys.
DiCCS (Disclaimer, Cell Phone, CPR, Social Distance) delivered and off we went.
The Thang
Mosey to the front of the High School. Given that we had new blood at the bar this morning, I interspersed some F3 foundational knowledge amid the CoP Exercises. It was a good reminder for the regulars as well since there was minimal participation in the Q&A portion of the workout. Mission and Core Principles discussed, and we were good to go.
Warm-Up Exercises in cadence:
I’m not sure who came up with the ‘21’ theme for Last Call but I think it needs to stick around…
Following CoP, finished the loop and stopped in front of the Middle School.
TRIVIA FACT: On February 26th, 1932 Johnny Cash was delivered into this world. What better way to acknowledge this legend than a full-blown Ring of Fire to celebrate all his top HIITs (see what I did there?). Johnny had 9 #1 hiits, so we’ll have 9 exercises in our Ring of Fire.
Ring of Fire (Fireball Shots) HIIT Routine
Finish our lap around the schools and stop by the rock pile next to the short track.
Pick a Lifting Rock of your Choice (or if you’re Fiji, grab the CMU nicely placed amid the rocks)
Mosey back to launch and Mary until the YHBartender escorted everyone out.
YHB with the takeout prayer.
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