- When:05/24/16
- QIC: Turkey Leg
- The PAX: Margo, Voodoo, Gerber, Ductwork, Hannibal, Baracus, Alf, Prohibition, Van Pelt, Early Bird, Fault Line, Grease Monkey, Cane, Strawberry, Retread, Rock Thrill, Purple Haze, Buttermaker, Geraldo, Utah, Frasier, Huggie Bear, Ironsides, Icicle, Turkey Leg
Fast Twitcheversary
25 men gathered in the gloom to celebrate the three-year anniversary of Area 51’s first and only running & bootcamp style workout.
The Thang:
COP:
SSH x3
IW x3
Warm-up run to Davie Park entrance; 3 burpees oyo
Return to school
Line-up in two lines for Cowboy Runs®, led by TL & Haze
Cowboy Runs down Strawberry to end of Rosecliff
Return back up Rosecliff, stop at each streetlight for 3x merkins
13s – squats at top, LBCs at bottom
some Mary thrown in at end for early finishers
Run back to end of Rosecliff; jumpsquats at each streetlight x3
Partner up; partner 1 run suicide, partner 2 run to front of Rosecliff & back
No time for flapjack; form two line, Indian Run back to base
COT
Mileage: ~5.7
Moleskine:
- Great turnout today for the 3-year anniversary, marked by a route in the shape of a 3 no less (if you haven’t seen the Strava map yet, check twitter)
- We didn’t even get to Davie Park before we started hearing whines from Strawberry and others about the distance we’ve run from the school. Really? This isn’t Swift or anything. cmon folks
- Mumblechatter seemed to die out after the Cowboy Runs®
- Fraiser continues to demonstrate his dominance (and proud allegance) at Fast Twitch, lapping virtually everyone on everything
- Aside from Frasier, the usual guys out in front with Gerber, Alf, Margo, Haze, etc.
- Kotters to Rock Thrill, great to see you back out here again
- It has been an honor and privilege to lead this site for the past three years alongside by other site Qs and co-founders: Purple Haze, Joker, Sprague
- h/t to PH for the takeout in COT
Announcements:
- Saturday convergence at Day Zero, 3-year anniversary
- F3 Dads at Col Beatty June 4; in Ballantyne this Saturday
Turkey Leg author
I was inspired today by Haze who proceeded to talk smack to me throughout the workout. Right off the rip he questioned my commitment to FT.
Great lead TL. There were some doubters when you called for suicides at 6:05 but you pulled it off.
Good to see so many getting ready for the BRR. Only saw two from #FreeRange. Starting to wonder when some of the team is going to get motivated. #NoMoreHeadCases
I was wondering the same thing while dodging the Speedo guy at #McHorseArse yesterday (http://f3nation.com/2016/05/23/close-encounter/).
Ahh yes, we were just lads when Fast Twitch was launched… Turkey Leg had a Jeff Gordon-esque pencil thin mustache and my wooly vest was just getting broken in.
Wow… “co-founder”… that almost makes me feel important. Just kidding of course. So, the funny thing with Fast Twitch was that it was originally envisioned [at least by me, in my laboratory] as a track-centric workout. Maybe because I don’t have the best sense of direction and felt like the oval would minimize the likelihood of me getting lost. Nevertheless, you guys took my feeble idea and turned it into a great workout. I was also skeptical about the whole 60 minute thing and 5:15AM start time… but, those have more than stood the test of time as well.
Sorry to have missed the FT workout, but I was wrapping up a romantic getaway in Charleston with the M… nothing to see here folks… just move along…
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