Water Works

Water Works

Date: 2025-08-14 AO: the-phoenix Q: Hippie PAX: taggart, Roulette, wildturkey FNGs: None COUNT: 4 WARMUP: potato pickers. Mtn climber, mercan THE THANG: Raining cats and dogs and we could have retreated to the pavilion but we chose not to. Super Sets of 2 exercises and a jog out.
1: step ups (x10), hip slappers (x10), jog to the lot. Repeat 3x.
2: Mercans (x10), heels to heaven (x10), jog to the lot. Repeat 3x
3. Bear crawls, back pedal, jog to the start line.
It’s still pouring rain…
4. Wall sit arm raises (x40), squats x20, progressive run (sign, other sign, light pole)
Misc Sets: Mercans, Mtn climbers, dips, one legged burpees MARY: flutters, box cutters, Rosalitas ANNOUNCEMENTS: backyard Ultra – 1st weekend in Oct COT:

William “Rucking” Davies

Date: 2025-08-14 AO: sacs Q: geraldo PAX: wildturkey, Blanks FNGs: None COUNT: 3 3 hearty fellows traversed to the soggy soccer fields, did laps and lifts the returned. It was special.

Waterboarded

Date: 2025-08-14 AO: hydra Q: Emoji PAX: MARTA, Focker FNGs: None COUNT: 3 Rain Rain Rain – Two youths ran over and joined the old man in the Olde Providence Elementary School parking lot. The following 45 minutes were aimed at the most soaked parts of the field and terrain.
The Thang 60 Seconds of Hell Circle up, Set Timer: First PAX calls out exercise, repeat exercise for 60 seconds Second PAX calls out exercise, repeat for 60 seconds then third.
Mosey to field • Jacob’s Ladder – open field –(Hawkeye Special) 4 corners is 5 burpees in center field at beginning and between each station. corner workouts are: 1. 30 squat jacks 2. 20 LBCs 3. 15 jump lunges 4. 10 Shoulder tap merkins Repeat and add next exercise at each corner Repeat (2nd round in reverse order). Split up to collect flashlights from all corner stations
Mosey to side of building in front of playground Partner up – People’s chair • Partner 1 arm raises, partner 2 run to the end of baseball field (switch) Slide under school shelter against wall • People’s Chair- Mohamad Ali’s
Mosey to launch, stand w toes on curb 20 calf raises, 20 monkey humpers- repeat 4x Plank for 1 min COT YHC took us out YHC staged flashlights and soggy instruction sheets in 4 corners and the center of the field for Jacobs Ladder. Forgot the process and did all exercises at all stations the first round instead of escalating each station. (Better workout) Did it the correct way for the second round (in reverse order). Mumble chatter was a lot about groceries, prices, wings, Harris Teeter vs. Food Lion, being girl dads for: yet to be born through 25 yr. old daughters, hamstring pulls, tennis elbow cures. Fun was had by all three.

OldeCourse raindrops

Date: 2025-08-14 AO: the-devils-turn Q: flipper PAX: frasier, turkey_leg, Astro (Kyle Kirchhoff), gumbo, Dosey Doe, flipper FNGs: None COUNT: 6 Another Thursday, another hilly route, this time back to Olde Course. The rain was steady but never torrential and Cheese Curd’s feared lightning never manifested save for some muted flashes on the horizon. Feet were soggy but the morning otherwise played out as normal.
WARMUP: 5 for the PreRun THE THANG: 6 for the main event ANNOUNCEMENTS: there is a tuck/midriff CSAUP 30 miler coming up some time in October COT: Astro took us out

A little muggy

Date: 2025-08-13 AO: meathead Q: voodoo PAX: Unplugged, MARTA, Soul Glo, Toto, voodoo, taggart FNGs: None COUNT: 6 It was drizzling a bit when YHC arrived at Calvary and the forecast called for rain for the next hour so I headed for the Hot Box. It was deserted but Taggart pulled up shortly after. Figuring some other pax might be at the usual spot given the light precipitation, I sent Unplugged a text and told them to join me. They pulled up a little after 0530. The Hot Box was dry but swampy and the switches for the fans were inaccessible. Oh well.
WARMUP: SSH (20), IW (15), Sharon Towers (10), Prying squat THE THANG:
20:00 EMOM of 5 snatches + merkins (8 per minute)
2 cleans + 2 presses + 2 reverse OH lunges each side x 5 rounds
Single bell static holds OH/rack/suitcase x :20 each x 2 rounds per side
MARY: no time for this today
ANNOUNCEMENTS: our new Nantan, Hoover, is looking for pax to fill out his leadership team. F3 doesn’t run itself so step up to lead!
COT: Unplugged took us out and MARTA provided coffee

Mama Needs a ‘Little Sugar’ 50k… Or any distance you choose

Well ……

Doesn’t she always????

Nothing fancy here fellas. We meet at 6am at the Best Western in Pineville near Carolina Place.

9825 Leitner Dr

Same launch location as The Green Mile…. Same route.

Route:

This can be any distance out and back, but We have a 15.5mi route for a 31.06 total miles if you do the entire distance. Feel free to stop and turn back at any time.

 

UPDATE: THERE LOOKS TO BE SOME FLOODING ON THE COURSE THAT SHOULD GO DOWN BY SATURDAY. WE WILL WORK AROUND ANY UNPASSABLE AREAS, BUT PLAN AHEAD.

 

We will have hydration at the start, and maybe even a drop or 2 along the way, but mostly self supported.

Let’s get our big distance run in to prepare for those big fall races!

Bring hydration packs and maybe even rain ponchos…..

This one could get interesting!

WAMRAP is Good for You

Date: 2025-08-13 AO: wamrap Q: rachel PAX: Alf, Benny, poptart, rachel, Gaffer FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WAMRAP really is good for you. If you haven’t been, you should try it sometime.
5 for the usual shenanigans including Gaffer from out of town. Lots of Burpees and Merkins. Great job gentlemen. Thanks Mr. The Tart for the take out.

Soggy

Date: 2025-08-12 AO: fast-twitch Q: Alf PAX: Alf, hairball, turkey_leg, Astro (Kyle Kirchhoff), grasshopper, retread, Orange Whip FNGs: None COUNT: 7 7 men launched from the same location, ran to the same track, and returned to the launch spot. Let’s just say we all did the same workout. It rained some, then it didn’t, then it did a little more.
Thanks to Astro for the takeout

Timekeeper backblast

Date: 2025-08-12 AO: 3rdf-timekeeper Q: citgo PAX: Hippie, bratwurst FNGs: None COUNT: 3 Mighty 3 talked through real life examples of Thought Experiments. “What would I do differently if money (or time) was not a factor…”
Good ways to think through and prioritize decisions with work, family, faith, etc
Any volunteers for next week?

Swift Backblast – More Parking Deck! ☔️

Date: 2025-08-12 AO: swift Q: citgo PAX: bratwurst, tagalong, midriff, frasier, Hippie, Brisket FNGs: None COUNT: 7 5:16 detour from planned route to the parking deck to avoid the monsoon :rain_cloud: