Ant Bites

Ant Bites

Posted on behalf of Alf…

19 PAX rolled out for an early Monday morning story of good news and bad news on YHC’s first time Q.  The good news:  A burpee free workout.  The bad news:  No one could physically raise their hand and ask for some burpees by the end of it.

 The Thang:

 Warm up:

SSH x 50

Slow Squat x 20

Merkin x 40

Caralina Dry Dock x 40

 Head to sidewalk

 Partner up for some quad and shoulder work

 Partner 1:  Sprint to cone at 50m, 30 CDD’s, sprint back

Partner 2:  Lunge in place until partner tags

Flapjack and Repeat with each partner running for 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5, and 0 CDDs.

Plank-o-rama when done

 Mosey to rock pile

Ditch your partner and pick up a man size stone.  Preferably not one covered in fire ants, unless you want to sit this round out.

 OYO

10 front raises

20 push presses

30 squats

 Repeat for 3 turns.  Add 5 extra reps to each exercise on the 3rd cycle.

Mosey back over to school

People’s chair

Balls to the Wall

Decline merkins x 20

People’s chair

Balls to the Wall

Incline merkins x 20

People’s chair

Balls to the Wall  

CDD’s x 20

(Based on the chatter down the line this 3rd set was a huge crowd pleaser)

Head to the end of the parking lot for some Jack Webb:  1 merkin, 4 air presses, 2 merkins, 8 air presses… through 10 merkins, 40 air presses.  Mix up the sets with some diamond, staggered and wide arm merkins.  

Mary

LBC x 40

Dolly x 30

Flutter x 30

OYO – sprint to fence on the other side of track, 20 decline merkins with feet on top of the fence.  Sprint to parking lot for COT.

Moleskin:

Thanks to Joker and the rest of the PAX for the opportunity for the 1st time Q.  When YHC planned out the workout I thought 160+ CDD’s would make for a nice shoulder workout.  YHC neglected to realize 19 PAX in that position for an extended period of time sort of ruins the view of a good sunrise.

Looking forward to the next opportunity to lead this group.

Base Camp meets Woody Hayes

12 Pax showed up at Base Camp for their weekly dose of moderate intensity workout only to enter football training camp Base Camp Style.  Base Camp is for fundamentals and we did our best Woody Hayes’ “3 yards and a cloud of dust” style work.  It is all about ball control – hold onto the ball and all is well but put “the pill on the carpet” and their will be a price to pay.  The Pax were tested some new football workout terminology and all passed with flying colors.

The Warmup:

Jog to baseball field for

SSH x 20

Merkins x 10

Imperial Walker x 20

CDD x 10

Slow Squats x 10

Mountain Climbers x 15

The Thang:

Mosey to bleachers:

20 dips / 20 LBC / 20 supine pullups on rail

20 Step ups / 20 Squats / 20 incline merkins on rail

Mosey to track with butt kickers and high knees along the way

Form two lines for “Redskin Run” once around track (like Indian run only passing two footballs back through each line as we run. When man in back gets ball run it to front of line and pass it back).  If ball hits ground line stops for 5 merkins then continues.

Circle up on football field.  Every other Pax has football.

Pax with ball: Merkins with right hand on football x 5 – Pax without ball: LBC x 5 (in cadence)

Pass ball to Pax on your right and repeat above

Pass ball again and repeat with left arm on ball

Pass ball and repeat

Form two teams with 3 pax at goal line and 3 pax at 40 yard line.  Sprint (Base Camp style, we don’t want any pulled hammies or groins) 40 yards and hand off football to pax at other end.  When you get back to original starting point relay is over (each pax runs two 40 yard dashes with ball).

Form 4 groups – 3 pax per group for pain stations of:

Station 1: Jack Ham to 5 merkins and 20 shoulder presses (like Jack Webb except with footballs in each hand)

Station 2: AMRAP Squats until Jack Hams are completed

Station 3: Plank-o-rama until Jack Hams are done

Station 4: AMRAP LBC until Jack Hams are done

Rotate until all have completed each station.

Mosey to parking lot for 5 MOM

Dolly x 10

Flutter x 10

“Derek” Mason Twist x 10 (handing footballs to pax on your right during mason twist)

COT

The Moleskin

It was great to be back out and leading Base Camp once again.  I appreciate the opportunity to lead such a strong group of men.  Not only were we strong today but surehanded as well.  YHC had planned to punish each “fumble” with 5 merkins during the field work but not one ball hit the ground.  Woody would be proud!  The only fumble came during the Derek Mason Twists.  One ball hit the ground so everyone finished the workout with one burpee.  Not bad.  Not sure Dereke Mason had hands that good.  Thank you all for coming out and indulging YHC football fix so early in the season.

Robin Hood at 63 is looking strong and inspiring the rest of us to keep up the hard work.  And thanks to Robin Hood and Homeboy for coming out to Base Camp making YHC feel like just “one of the kids”.  In my one year of coming to F3 this is the second time I can recall where I wasn’t War Daddy or second oldest at a workout.

Thanks to Smash for the closing prayer at COT.

 

 

 

 

Shooting Stars

images23 Pax braved the meteor shower to post at DMZ this morning.

The Thang

Run to Carmel Middle School.
COP
SSH x 25
10 Burpees
Squat x 25
9 Burpees
Imperial Walker x 25
8 Burpess
Merkins x 20
7 Burpees
LBCs x 25
6 Burpees
Jumping Lunge x 12
5 Burpees
Diamond Merkins x 10
4 Burpees
Dolly x 15
3 Burpees
Wide Arm Merkins x 10
2 Burpees
Mountain Climber x 15
1 Burpees

Mosey to Back Wall of school, Partner up.
Partner 1: Run down hill, tag fence, run back up- 7 Merkins. Keep running cycle w 6 merkins, 5, down to 1.
Partner 2: Hold People’s Chair while partner runs, Hold Balls to Wall while partner does Merkins.
Flapjack

Mosey to Staircase and ramp
Partner 1: Box jump up steps, Lunge Walk down to corner, Bear Crawl down to lot.
Partner 2: Squats til Partner returns.
Flapjack
Next cycle; Partner 1 same Box Jump, Lunge, Bear Crawl while Partner 2 does Merkins.
Flapjack
Next cycle; Partner 1 same Box Jump, Lunge, Bear Crawl while Partner 2 does LBCs.

Mary
Flutter x 15
Russian Twist x 15
Rosalita x 15
Bicycle x 15

Indian Run back to Carmel Park

Moleskin
Some of the Pax caught a glimpse of a shooting star just before the workout started. Turns out it was a precursor of things to come as we launched into a burpee countdown. The hill run and Merkin countdown was also a crowd pleaser #mumblechatter
Great work by all! Anyone looking for more is invited to YHC’s next Q Wednesday at Prometheus –

Run stopper didn’t stop

Seven guys mixed it up with two Qs on a humid DC morning.  With several of the Rough Riders out on vacation, Run Stopper round up some FNGs for a solid workout.  FNGs hung strong for the first workout and it wasn’t an easy one. Looking forward to their return as well as the other guys out on vacation.  Bunny Rabbit and Run Stopper were co-Qs  and the work out included:

.75 mile run

Side straddle hops in cadence to 25

Merkins in cadence to 20

LBCs to 25 in cadence

Dry docks in cadence to 20

Run over memorial bridge with several stops along the way mixing in dips, decline merkins, plank and step ups

Jacobs latter to 6 with 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 burpees

Indian run across memorial bridge with modified side walk planks to 20 in cadence

Continue indian run

50 yards of lunges

Bear crawl for 50 yards

Plank or rama

Circle of hate Jack Webb – DC style:

> 1 Mirken x 4 arm raises
> 2 Mirkens x 8 arm raises
> 3 Mirkens x 12 arm raises, get it…
> Continue the pain until we reach
> 10 Mirkens x 40 arm raises

> Jog to entrance/ parking lot
> 3 mins of Mary
> • protractor
> •rosalita
> •flutter kicks
> #smokedinDC

A Handful of Beasts

After a strong baseline beatdown last week, the pax was looking forward to a more moderate workout this week.  Little did we know, a Beast awaited…

The Thang:

Warm-up lap on the track (1/8 mi)

10 merkins leaving the track; jog to open field

COP (in cadence):

  • 10 SSH
  • 10 merkins
  • 10 IW
  • 10 mountain climbers
  • 10 squats

The Beast then reared its head:

on the 60 yrd, lined field, stop every 20 yds (down & back for 6 stations), and complete 6 reps of the called exercise.  Plank at endline for all pax to complete and await next called exercise.

  1. merkins
  2. LBCs
  3. Speed Skater (each leg)
  4. Merkins
  5. Flutter (each leg)
  6. Squats

Mosey to Playground for Circuit 1:

  • 10 pullups (or supine pullups)
  • 10 lunges (total)
  • 10 toe touches
  • Rinse & repeat for total of 3 circuits

Mosey to far baseball field for Circuit 2:

  • 10 Carolina dry docks (left field)
  • 10 LBCs (center field)
  • 10 jumping lunges (right field)
  • Jog back to left field and repeat for total of 3 circuits

We had planned to return to the open, lined field, but it was now overtaken by youth football (expanded from only the far football field last week).  We stayed put on the ball field, working from left field fence to the centerfield fence.

  • karaoke (down and back)
  • back peddle (down and back)
  • side shuffle (down and back)

Jack Webb (up to 5)

  • karaoke
  • back peddle
  • side shuffle

By this point, YHC expected to be moving on to Mary.  However, the pax had made such quick work with the planned exercises, we moseyed to the playground for a little Cindy Same rotation as last week, except only 5 min vs 20 min.

  • 5 supine pullups (audible from pullups)
  • 10 merkins
  • 15 squats

5 MoM (in cadence):

  • 10 Mason Twist
  • 10 Flutter
  • 10 LBCs
  • 10 Dolly
  • 10 Rosalita
  • 10 Maktar N’jai (switch direction after 5)

COT:

Strong work by the pax today!  YHC had planned a more moderate workout this week, after last week’s strenuous baseline with Cindy; however, the pax continued to put the pedal down, quickly blowing through the planned exercises and providing us all with quite a workout.  YHC had to call for several standing 10 counts for us to catch our breaths, esp after the runs on the ball field.  Jack Webb also made an appearance before the second set of runs, just to help prevent merlot spillage!  Crazy!

  • Robin Hood, at 62 yrs strong, continued to push himself and make a strong showing.  Respect!!
  • Milwaukee’s Best, in his 2nd post ever, left the brew at home and performed as if he’d been posting for a while already.
  • Puddin’ Pop, only 2 weeks in, is no joke, putting in strong effort today.
  • Honey Bee, responsible for bringing Milwaukee’s Best this far north (from Ballantyne), had to pull the reins a few times to keep from making YHC look too bad.  Thanks, brother!
  • YHC pushed himself pretty hard again this week, getting winded a few times, realizing that “moderate” does not equal “easy”!

In summary, the Ascent pax continues to push themselves, striving to better themselves physically and mentally.  It’s an honor to lead such a group.  Aye!

The Rock, The Pretty Boy Quarterback, and the tallest flag in F3 History

The shovel flag was planted and another flag was hoisted about 40 feet in the air by Down Range who was in town again from Fort Bragg.  36 non-fartsackers then took off for a full trek around the enormity of The Rock campus.

Pretty Boy Quarterback’s Q (his 1st Q!):

Side straddle hop x 25
Slow squat x 15
Imperial walker x 20
Merkin X 15

Run to front field
Starfish -4 stations
20x- merkins, squat jumps, diamond merkins, Carolina dry docks
5 burpees in middle

Run to top of entrance 4
Everyone grabs a rock
3 rounds
Overhead arm extension lunge walk up hill
Overhead arm extension backward lunge walk up hill
Sprint up hill w/rock extension in front

Hops Q:

Indian run to pavilion

People’s chair for 90 sec.

10 decline merkins on the wall

People’s chair for 90 sec.

Rock Hill Triples (diff. version of Jack Webbs): 4 Dips, 1 Decline merkin; 8 dips, 2 decline merkins; 12 dips, 3 decline merkins; 16 dips, 4 decline merkins; 20 dips, 5 decline merkins

10 Jump Ups, 10 Flutters; Rinse and repeat 3x

Mosey to bottom of hill at end of pitch

Bear Crawl up hill, 5 burpees at top, Jog down, 5 wide arm merkins

Repeat with 4 burpees, 4 wide arms, 3 burpees, 3 wide arms, etc

Mosey to parking lot

Karaoke, switching 1/2 way

Jail brake to main lot

5 MoM

Dolly x 13, slow with good form; hold when finished

Freddy Mercury x 13

Ski Abs x 13 in cadence

High Slow Flutter x 13, very slow with good form

COT

Moleskine:

Lots of wrinkles in the playbook at The Rock this morning.  First one was Down Range bringing a flag and hoisting it 40 feet in the air (some sort of beach flag thing)…rolled his right front tire over it to hold it in place.  Nice addition to the morning’s festivities.

Also, Ray Charles (still technically on the DL with a knee, but did what he could – T-claps) saw a dead buck laying just down from entrance 4.  Apparently it was a 6-point, so he calls Pretty Boy Quarterback to bring a saw to liberate the antlers from the beast’s skull after the workout.  Strong!  That’s going above/beyond for the QIC!  See twitter pic posted by Salt Lick.

Great group this morning at The Rock.  T-claps to Checkpoint for the DoubleDown, and one of our other 3 (respect) 50+ pax – Iron Horse led the gear pre-work from 6:15-6:45 – Aye!

Saw some strong efforts today – Blitzen is bringing it with smoke boots on the indian run.  Joker and Salt Lick were out front on the Starfish work.  PBQB had the pax silenced with that one early on.  Some of the Area51 regulars felt right at home at The Rock with the Starfish.  By the way, how many piled out of the Area51 Clown Car?  Impressive.

Also – a few of the pax disappeared prior to COT:  Donkey Kong, Busch and his 2.0’s, others?  Sound off in comments as to your whereabouts?

T-claps to Pretty Boy Quarterback on his first Q.  Nice work brother – the Starfish and hill work were unsavory – much mumblechatter, especially from Bugeater who was moaning about this oversized rock.

Announcements:

Signup for F3 Dads camp at Camp Thunderbird today!

Area51 T-shirt orders (2nd round) due soon – order one or two today.

 

 

Infantry Bounding Drills or Classic Slip and Slide???

This morning’s muggy gloom called forth 8 strong brothers for a wet, grassy beatdown to be remembered.

The Thang

Big League Chew (QIC)

COP

  • SSH-25
  • IW 25
  • Hip Rotations 3L 3R
  • Merkins 20
  • Mtn Climbers 15
  • Daimond Merkins 10
  • Peter Parker 10
  • Flutter Kick 20
  • Dolly 20
  • Heel to Heaven 15

Mosey to lower 40

  • Pull Ups 5
  • Dips 10
  • Run to Javilin Poles
  • Squat Jumps
  • Rinse repeat 4X

 

Rock Pile for coupon

  • Plank Tunnel of Love crawl 3x

Deposit coupon

Line up in the Endzone (Infantry bounding drills)

  •  Now you see me Now you don’t. 100 yards.

Countertop (QIC)

COP 6+ MoM

  • LBC x25
  • Bicycles x20
  • Back-scratchers x 20
  • Side-crunches (x15 each side)
  • Plank x 1min
  • Leg-lowers x 15 (hold)
  • Dolly x15

Ark Loader

  • Bear Crawl x 50 yds
  • Sprint x50 yds
  • Plank
  • Bear Crawl x 50 yds
  • Sprint x50 yds
  • Plank
  • Crab Crawl x 50 yds
  • Back pedal x50 yds
  • Backward lunge walk x 50 yds
  • Back pedal x50 yds

Up against the Wall

  • Peoples Chair x 1 min
  • Speed Squats x 20
  • Peoples Chair x 1 min
  • Speed Squats x 10
  • BTW x 1min
  • Carolina Dry Docks x 15
  • Mosey back to Disc Golf Course
  • Plank
  • Jail break up the hill

COT

Molelskin:

This morning’s gloom provided the added challenge of 97% humidity.  A bonus for sure if you’re training to invade a small South American country or getting ready for one of the many upcoming mud run / obstacle races.
Big League Chew was channeling Gunnery Sergeant Hartman this a.m. and kicked the workout off at a pace that had YHC gasping for breath starting with the “warm-up” and on through the pull ups, squat jumps, tunnel of love low crawls and infantry bounding drills.  On the bright side…The beauty of performing bounding drills on a water logged field with good turf is that you can get an extra few yards for each dive #F3SlipAndSlide.
Outland has been officially chistened:  A milestone was reached this a.m. as Outland demanded it’s toll from a PAX , who will remain un-named, spilled Merlot during the Ark Loader.  Way to push youself brother.  #missionaccomplished

Welcome new #F3PAX:
Vila (Dave Kaminski) origin: Robert Joseph “Bob” Vila is an American home improvement television show host known for This Old House, Bob Vila’s Home Again, and Bob Vila

Francis (Rob Ginas) origin:  Francis from the movie Stripes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMtvnAmfuf8

Shark Bait (Scott Lyons 2.0) origin:  Nemo’s initiation at into the club at the base of mount “Wannahockaluggi” in the fish tank

 

Mission Impossible – License to Burpee

10 men showed up in the gloom on a muggy Saturday morning aspiring to complete multiple missions of pain.  Before they could be sent into the field, the pax had to complete their special operations training led by Champagne on his virgin Q.

The Thang

COP

  • SSH x25
  • IW x21
  • Burpees x10
  • Merkins x20
  • CCD x15
  • One-legged burpees x 5
  • Diamond merkins x10
  • One-legged burpees x 5 (other leg)

Count off into teams of 3, and each head off to their pain stations for field training.  When complete, rotate to next station.

Pain station 1 – 30 burpees, 30 dips, 30 decline merkins

Pain station 2 – 30 burpees, 30 peter parkers, 30 dive-bomber merkins

Pain station 3 – 30 burpees, 30 pull-ups, 30 hand release merkins

Mosey to “Mission Control” for field deployment – Baracus on Q.  There are 5 missions marked by orange cones.  Run to the cone, read the mission in the envelope left at each cone, complete the mission. Each team must complete all 5 missions.

  1. 25 slow, goblet squats (with KB), bear crawl back to mission control.
  2. 50 hindu squats, walk-lunge to mission control.
  3. 90 calf raises (30 toe-in, 30 regular, 30 toe-out) KB over head, broad jump burpees back to mission control.
  4. 50 knee-tucks, partner wheelbarrow to mission control / flapjack halfway.
  5. 40 alternating jump lunges, gorilla walk back to mission control.

After a short recovery, redeploy teams to the field for the next round of missions (side b of the mission cards at each station).

  1. 25 Russian twists w/KB (in cadence), bear crawl to mission control.
  2. 50 flutters (in cadence), walk-lunge to mission control.
  3. 25 Louganis w/KB, broad jump burpees to mission control.
  4. 50 dollys (in cadence), partner wheelbarrow to mission control / flapjack halfway.
  5. 50 LBC (in cadence), gorilla walk to mission control.

Moleskin:

Champagne did not disappoint in his maiden Q.  When YHC first saw his workout plan, I fell out of my chair when I saw the number of burpees he had planned for the “special ops training” portion of the workout.  He was determined to deliver some serious pain.  He did dial it back a bit, only for time purposes though, because there was still plenty of punishment delivered.  Fine work Champagne – even if you still haven’t worked out the art of breathing and counting at the same time!

YHC lead the operations side of the workout – deploying the teams on their “missions”.  He brought  the tunes with him this time as well…all James Bond theme music, which apparently some problem have a problem with (ahem…Radar).  Since we primarily worked out in teams, I don’t have much intel on what transpired among our other teams, but feel free to sound off in the comments if you have stories to share.

YHC was teamed up with Radar, Haze, and Unitas (Haze’s 2.0).  With 3 teams formed from 10 pax, someone had to be the odd man out, and I guess it was me.  When I headed to join them, Radar was quick to point me toward the other groups.  “No Baracus, you’re with those guys.”  I guess Radar and Haze wanted some “alone time”.  After explaining to Radar that 10 divided by 3 leaves a remainder of 1, I was finally allowed to join.

I must say, Radar was in rare form today…but instead of the angry Q we got the bellyacher.  “I shouldn’t have posted this morning…I already started my vacation last night….I’m still tired from GoRuck.”.  He did demonstrate some interesting form on a few of the exercises though.  Instead of the Hindu Squat, we saw him demonstrate the Vacation Squat.  Oh, and PH was the poor recipient of some close range flatulence.  I was able to impart some revenge though during the partner wheelbarrows.  Speaking of partner wheelbarrows…great job by our 3 man teams figuring out how to do partner wheelbarrows.

Strong work by Unitas (Haze’s 2.0) on the bear crawls and gorilla walks…he put us all to shame.  Despite the humidity, a great job by all the pax today – even Radar.

 

We’re Heading To Overtime

You never want to leave any valuable time on the clock.  While we had a serious smokefest today, YHC aims to please and all Pax deserve to get their 64 mins worth.  Here is how it went down:

COP @ Northwest Stonehenge
SSH x 25
Mountain Climbers x 25
Imperial Walker x 20

Mosey across 521 to Northeast Stonehenge
Jack Webb ladder up to 5, back down to 1

Jog to soccer field with 20 yd lunge walk and 20 yd broad jumps on the way
On the field:
10 merkins, sprint across field, 10 merkins, sprint back
20 plank in-&-outs, sprint across field, 20 plank in-&-outs, sprint back
30 mountain climbers, sprint across field, 30 MCs, sprint back

To the Premier deck:
Peoples chair; hold, then press x 50
Bear crawl across and back
Crab walk across and back

Burpee Mary ladder:
2 burpees, sprint up ramp, Russian Twist x 20
jog around corner
4 burpees, sprint up ramp to level 2, LBCs x 25  (w/ audible by Frehley for 10 merkins)
jog
6 burpees, sprint to level 3, back scratcher x 20
jog
8 burpees, sprint to level 4 (fresh air at top), rosalita x 20

Field work + parking deck combo was a total smoker.  #crowdpleaser

Down the steps, mosey to Aloft Hill for 6s:
Merkins at the bottom, squats at the top

Long jog back over bridge, through the woods to Loch Ness Field, Bratwurst runs planks until regroup

Loch Ness Lap:
Partner 1: dips, derkins, squats all x 10 on repeat until partner returns
Partner 2: run lap around Loch Ness, stopping half way at wall for 10 jump-ups, back to tag partner
Flapjack
#mumblechatter and groans as I call out last exercise with 4 mins to go and within sight of coffeteria
YHC agrees, at this point we had logged some serious lung burn, but we rock until 7 o’clock

Mosey back to home, slightly into overtime by 4 mins
COT, Tclaps, and out

Moleskin
Legs & lungs were on fire today.  All hit it hard.  Jamboree was tearing it up on the field.  As always, Bratwurst on the runs.  Tclaps to Big Gulp for pushing through on his first visit to Stonehenge; with a calf injury.  We covered serious mileage as usual, and first time visitors have to adjust to the huge campus…. way to push it BG.  Hope you are back to 100% soon.

Announcements
Final day for round 2 order for Area51 shirts
Camp is filling up, check site for any vacancies

MT

 

 

 

Dog Days

bigdog

9 pax jumped out this morning to enjoy a solid beatdown in the dog days of summer at Area51

The Thang:

TL on QIC:

Warmup jog around field, followed by COP:

  • 20 SSH
  • 10 burpees on your own
  • 20 IW
  • 9 burpees on your own
  • 20 Slow squats
  • 8 burpees on your own
  • 20 LBCs
  • 7 burpees on your own
  • 20 mountain climbers
  • 6 burpees on your own

jailbreak to trail in the woods

  • 3 laps on trail; exercise between laps: 20 jump-ups, 30 dips, 20 merkins
  • Bear crawl out back up to path
  • 10 burpees on your own
  • Plank-o-rama

Mosey to front of school

  • Peoples chair 1 min x 2
  • 20 incline + 20 decline merkins

Quick run over to rockpile along McKee, grab a rock for various exercises

Line up on field, full-out sprint to other side

Tag over to O’Tannenbaum on QIC:

  • Pull ups 2×10
  • Walk the wall (on hands 3x)
  • Kari Okie 3x
  • Jump squats 3 sets –15-10-5

Mosey to F3 Lighthouse park

  • Stump jumps 3 sets–12-10-8, with partner sit-ups in between 25-20-15
  • Mack Tar Jy (plank pus ups) 2×10
  • Mosey to field for “Mary”
  • Back scratcher x 15
  • LBC x 12
  • Dolly x 10
  • Flutter x 10

Back to parking lot for COT

Moleskin:

Gotta love these dog days of summer when you can cut the humidity with a knife.  Everyone looked like they had been dunked in a pool by the end of the workout, no doubt helped by YHC’s extra pinch of running thrown in to support #BRR training.

After all this rain and lack of maintenance, our trail run through the woods feels like it is turning into a trek through a dense Brazilian jungle.  In addition to getting clothes-lined by a several tree limbs, YHC seemed to clear out about a dozen spiderwebs with his head.  Not a good idea to be the front-runner out there in the woods these days.

Inverted wall-walking was a great change of pace and a real #crowdpleaser, despite a few skinned knees and shins (for YHC at least).

Great to see Hairy Dog out there today – haven’t seen him much all summer.  Despite almost throwing up a couple times he pushed it hard – nice job out there brother and hope to see you out again soon.  Alf was out in front for most of the stations today… looking forward to his maiden Q next week at the Matrix.

Tooth Fairy came out disguised as an FNG, and somehow ended up with the new Curious handle in COT.  YHC was probably a little too easy on supporting the rename – may need to revisit this one in the future.  Good to see you out there and looking forward to seeing you at some of the weekday morning workouts.

Good times by all out there – pushing it hard.  Thanks for letting me and O’Tannenbaum lead today.

Announcements:

  • Keep in mind other Saturday workouts options recently started, including Outland at Sun Valley, and Ascent (moderate intensity) at Olde Providence Elementary – plenty opportunity to EH other friends who have been hesitant in the past
  • Still spots available Sign-up for F3Dads trip to Camp Thunderbird