Sparta
Date: 2026-02-05 AO: Sparta Q: turkey_leg , PAX: turkey_leg, Treadmill, Keystone, Gazette FNGs: None COUNT: 5 Nice run down to the Sportsplex. A bit of ice, a few suicides, and lots of sweat.
Omaha! Omaha!
Date: 2026-02-07 AO: The Super Bowl Q: snowflake , PAX: Snuka, Roulette, wildturkey, Rudy, Hawkeye, snowflake, ToeJam, C3P0, taggart, @Dandelion FNGs: None COUNT: 10 WARMUP: Run around restaurants and apartments, back to random open space. Imperial Walkers, Low Slow Squats, Sidesraddle Hops, Merkins, Mt Climbers. THE THANG: A couple of audibles were needed: Tour of nearby highlights included BearCrawl thru tunnel, slalom run the hilly berm along Upper Ave, back to resort and shops for random pain stations. Two planned stops didn’t pan out, so we ad libbed some loops around OMB etc. MARY: Yes, she was there. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Prayers up for new guy Pit Bull’s mom Cassie as she goes thru Stage 4 ovarian cancer. COT:
Bullystick with the blast
Date: 2026-02-06 AO: Ultimate Q: MARTA , Spyglass PAX: Yeti, Crawdad, Mayo, Fruity Pebbles, Shank, JH, Situation, Steve Hall, MARTA, Spyglass, Biden, Duff, aoli, Pink eye, wario, peaches FNGs: COUNT: 16 Incredibly close game today as Red took the pitch against Yellow in an instant classic. No team ever led by four, both teams pushing the game towards an inevitable exciting finish. The early game gave us many iconic plays such as Situation making a snag on the head of Yeti, Pink Eye sprinting all the way down the field step-for-step with Yeti (his knee brace clanking louder than a malfunctioning battle droid), and Aioli continuing his campaign for MVP (which is looking more and more promising due to a lagging incumbent and prolonged IR stints for other top candidates) with the classic Aioli statline of (approximately) four scores and 3 defensive plays made on 7 touches. The final five points saw Red go up by two (both on breaks) employing the revolutionary strategy of running downfield to guard the first throw after a pull. Yellow struck back in short order using our genius invention to serve their evil intents. This set up a universe point with Red receiving the pull and working it down the field before turning it over, Yellow had their turn but couldn’t capitalize on their trip to the redzone, once Red regained possession they never looked back with Mayo putting it into the endzone for Biden for a walk-off win. I could not attend COT due to concerns for getting to school on time so I will leave you all with this, the Patriots are the good guys and Kuechly is a Hall of Famer.
Teams : RED (WINNERS) 15-14 Bullystick Situation Mayo Shank Crawdad Pink Eye Wario Biden Fresh Meat
YELLOW (LOSERS) Spyglass Marta Yeti Peanut Duff Aioli Fruity Pebbles Peaches
Teams : RED (WINNERS) 15-14 Bullystick Situation Mayo Shank Crawdad Pink Eye Wario Biden Fresh Meat
YELLOW (LOSERS) Spyglass Marta Yeti Peanut Duff Aioli Fruity Pebbles Peaches
No Plan, No problem!
Date: 2026-02-07 AO: Olympus Q: Blanks , PAX: voodoo, The Worm, Blanks, Krzyzewski, Emoji, MARTA, high_tide, hoover FNGs: None COUNT: 8 WARMUP: hoover inspired: the usual, mixed in with 100 single bell swings! Love getting those out of the way up front.
THE THANG: MARTA requested a themed playlist, so I went with an easy one; songs from movies. It didn’t take long for him to call me out for not watching movies in the past 20 years. YHC had a blast today, the PAX showed up and made it worthwhile. Krzyzewski was supportive and never hesitated, no matter how heavy his bells were. high_tide nailed a bunch of my songs, which made YHC feel vindicated. voodoo powered through a virus he picked up either from across the pond or one of his many work/ski trips. Emoji was fired up the whole time, showing up early and putting YHC’s enthusiasm to shame. The Worm set the pace for the farmers carries, and nailed the Nine Inch Nails song from The Crow.
It was an honor gentleman!! Your fellowship is as refreshing as a post-workout Miller Lite at 8am on my day off.
Double bells Swing + Clean + Squat + Thruster + Rows 3 reps each EMOM for 10 mins (That guy on the internet doing these probably wasn’t real)
Double bells Suitcase walk as far as we could. Stay together. First man to stop, we all stop. Turn around, walk back. Rest for 1 min Repeat with bells racked. Rest Repeat with waiter carry. Rest (PAX grunting but went the entire distance. Together.)
Single bell 3 sets High Pull – 5 (It’s called an Upright Row!) Curl – 5 Straight Up – 5 (Overhead press?) Tricep – 5 Rest
Double Bells 3 sets Straight Shrug – 5 Deadlift – 5 Forward shrug – 5 Deadlift – 5 Reverse shrug – 5 Rest (Gotta work the traps!!)
Double bell Hit the mat (if you go one) Chest Presses 30 seconds on, 30 second rest Supposed to do 9 sets, but we did some Mary after 4.
MARY: Some leg stuff, maybe some crunches, then we did Uncle Leo’s and toe touches before the boot campers arrived.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Brew Ruck in the beginning of March, Q School in the end of March.
COT: geraldo and high_tide took us out.
THE THANG: MARTA requested a themed playlist, so I went with an easy one; songs from movies. It didn’t take long for him to call me out for not watching movies in the past 20 years. YHC had a blast today, the PAX showed up and made it worthwhile. Krzyzewski was supportive and never hesitated, no matter how heavy his bells were. high_tide nailed a bunch of my songs, which made YHC feel vindicated. voodoo powered through a virus he picked up either from across the pond or one of his many work/ski trips. Emoji was fired up the whole time, showing up early and putting YHC’s enthusiasm to shame. The Worm set the pace for the farmers carries, and nailed the Nine Inch Nails song from The Crow.
It was an honor gentleman!! Your fellowship is as refreshing as a post-workout Miller Lite at 8am on my day off.
Double bells Swing + Clean + Squat + Thruster + Rows 3 reps each EMOM for 10 mins (That guy on the internet doing these probably wasn’t real)
Double bells Suitcase walk as far as we could. Stay together. First man to stop, we all stop. Turn around, walk back. Rest for 1 min Repeat with bells racked. Rest Repeat with waiter carry. Rest (PAX grunting but went the entire distance. Together.)
Single bell 3 sets High Pull – 5 (It’s called an Upright Row!) Curl – 5 Straight Up – 5 (Overhead press?) Tricep – 5 Rest
Double Bells 3 sets Straight Shrug – 5 Deadlift – 5 Forward shrug – 5 Deadlift – 5 Reverse shrug – 5 Rest (Gotta work the traps!!)
Double bell Hit the mat (if you go one) Chest Presses 30 seconds on, 30 second rest Supposed to do 9 sets, but we did some Mary after 4.
MARY: Some leg stuff, maybe some crunches, then we did Uncle Leo’s and toe touches before the boot campers arrived.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Brew Ruck in the beginning of March, Q School in the end of March.
COT: geraldo and high_tide took us out.
Neighbors of the 51
Date: 2026-02-07 AO: Bowlderdash Q: bratwurst , PAX: jrr_tolkien, Polly, gumbo, fire_hazard, shrinkwrap, HazMat, Brisket, toolbag, Palmolive, turkey_leg, Chopper, Hippie, C3P0, retread, bratwurst, Patches, fleetwood, tagalong, Mr. Jones, midriff, Paper Jam, Gump, Doublemint, tuck, Rob Rosenthal – Drive By, Starch, Pitbull (Daniel C) FNGs: 1 Pitbull (Daniel C) COUNT: 27 PAX reported that the course was MOSTLY easy to follow. Some deviations getting onto Hwy 51 from the Greenway, but no one got lost. Well…. not quite true. Apparently tagalong got left behind for a Code Brown with Brisket & shrinkwrap promising to come back for him (because he knew where he was going), but Brisket and shrinkwrap may still be out there or just running the Charlotte 10-Miler course.
28 PAX with lots of Movement around the Bowl today – Paper Jam Chopper Doublemint for the 0530 start. C3P0 just after. Gump and Patches for some pre-miles. bratwurst Polly retread fleetwood midriff Starch Rob Rosenthal – Drive By HazMat toolbag jrr_tolkien and 1 other PAX for the 0545 start. tagalong Brisket shrinkwrap started at some point. gumbo tuck turkey_leg (and 1 other PAX?) for the 0600 start. Hippie started at some point. fire_hazard Palmolive Mr. Jones FNG – Daniel C (Pitbull) for the 0630 start.
28 PAX with lots of Movement around the Bowl today – Paper Jam Chopper Doublemint for the 0530 start. C3P0 just after. Gump and Patches for some pre-miles. bratwurst Polly retread fleetwood midriff Starch Rob Rosenthal – Drive By HazMat toolbag jrr_tolkien and 1 other PAX for the 0545 start. tagalong Brisket shrinkwrap started at some point. gumbo tuck turkey_leg (and 1 other PAX?) for the 0600 start. Hippie started at some point. fire_hazard Palmolive Mr. Jones FNG – Daniel C (Pitbull) for the 0630 start.
The Maul
Date: 2026-02-04 AO: The Maul Q: Hawkeye , PAX: Hawkeye, SweetWater, Adobe FNGs: None COUNT: 3 WARMUP: Full warmup THE THANG: 5X circuit with weighted American hammers, 30 pound dumbbell curls, SSH, jump, lunges. Run lap up the movie theater back stairs and return. MARY: round Robin and Mary on the salty sidewalk. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Prod Friday COT: YHC took us out.
The bold left the Prod with 4 pax
Date: 2026-02-06 AO: The Brave Q: fire_hazard , PAX: Cheese Curd, fire_hazard, midriff, One Niner FNGs: None COUNT: 4 WARMUP: In a quickly delivered message, you heard, “who’s doing the brave, come with me for + 4 miles”
With that we ran .5 miles in to a parking deck
THE THANG: classic 2 up 1 down w/ a twist- everytime you climb the incline 5 burpees. Then on the down 10 big boy sit ups for “some of us”
>From there with 15 mins remaining we basically did an out and back with a few stops on the way with: decline merkins and Big Boy sit-ups, so we could get Cheese Curd his +4 miles promised
MARY: we found her in the deck
ANNOUNCEMENTS: none
COT: lots of messaging as we combined with the the-prod to finish.
midriff gets credit doing the running with us as he stayed close the entire morning. hands stayed off the ground fire_hazard shouldn’t prerun if he can’t lead the group from the front… dogging it all morning One Niner good to see him in the gloom, although he wouldn’t do one BBSU all morning… something about a soft butt
With that we ran .5 miles in to a parking deck
THE THANG: classic 2 up 1 down w/ a twist- everytime you climb the incline 5 burpees. Then on the down 10 big boy sit ups for “some of us”
>From there with 15 mins remaining we basically did an out and back with a few stops on the way with: decline merkins and Big Boy sit-ups, so we could get Cheese Curd his +4 miles promised
MARY: we found her in the deck
ANNOUNCEMENTS: none
COT: lots of messaging as we combined with the the-prod to finish.
midriff gets credit doing the running with us as he stayed close the entire morning. hands stayed off the ground fire_hazard shouldn’t prerun if he can’t lead the group from the front… dogging it all morning One Niner good to see him in the gloom, although he wouldn’t do one BBSU all morning… something about a soft butt
[The Devil’s Turn] The Devil’s Turn
Date: 2026-02-05 AO: The Devil’s Turn Q: flipper , PAX: retread, hairball, gumbo, Alf, flipper, Gump FNGs: None COUNT: 6 WARMUP: Hairball pre-ran, Gumbo launched early on a solo adventure… so that counts I guess THE THANG: Head out to raintree, run around rounding run then up to 51, run back. YHC had to bail a bit early to make an 8am meeting but the PAX ran strong MARY: she ain’t here ANNOUNCEMENTS: YHC wasn’t there, but I assume there were some COT: see above
Breach of contract
Date: 2026-02-06 AO: Joust Q: spackles , PAX: jet_fuel, spackles, ChickenWing, ductwork, geraldo, 🌼 Daisy FNGs: None COUNT: 6 WARMUP: Things THE THANG: i’d like to thank the committee for the breach of my F3 contract. You’ll be hearing from my lawyer soon. It was a chilly morning. We kept moving. Topics of conversation included the bridge over Niagara Falls, Buffalo street lights, Puddin Pop in Hawaii, liver enzymes, the house of Guinness, sodomy and jail time. MARY: Things ANNOUNCEMENTS: None COT: Things
Bennys Hydra VQ-aka Hydra Arm Day
Date: 2026-02-05 AO: Hydra Q: Benny , PAX: Benny, Queen, MARTA, Erin Brokavich, Limey FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: Quick veteran disclaimer including that you could try and sue Marta but its likely not gonna work. After as Limey called “this is an aggressive warmup Benny” when really YHC had plans for partner workout options had to come on the fly with a last min option. After a quick COP of IW, LSS & Sharon Towers instructions were given at Lesleewood CT. THE THANG: Quick Triple Nickle Merkins at the top, with LBCs at the bottom. 10 count to follow, head towards the roundabout near Harris Teeter. 7s with Dry Docks at the round about, Monkey Humpers by Colony. Quick 10 count followed by 2 rounds of air presses, then off towards launch with the leaders getting the six. Afterwards, head toward the overhang for Jack Webb 1 slow merkin, followed by 4 air presses. Worked our way up to 5 slow merkins and 20 air presses before working out way back down then head to the cars for Mary. MARY: Flutter Dolly Rosalita Each pax then picked an exercise for Mary Ended with Burpees OYO till time was done with hitting the Hydra standard of min 2.5 miles. Solid work by everyone this morning, was a raw morning that was not ideal but everyone crushed it out there with lots of 1st and 2nd F moments throughout. ANNOUNCEMENTS: PROD tomorrow see slack for details, Brew Ruck March 7th, Q School March 28th, other announcements that YHC unfortunately does not remember. COT: Marta with the takeout