All you got
Date: 2025-08-07 AO: the-devils-turn Q: flipper PAX: Cheese Curd, bunker, fletch, retread, grasshopper, fleetwood, flipper, enron, gumbo, turkey_leg FNGs: None COUNT: 10 WARMUP: old men stretching outside of their cars, no pre-runners today THE THANG: all you got to Providence, the old run out for 30 and back for 30 with plenty of hills along the way. Welcome back enron, good to see you back in the gloom MARY: does running count ANNOUNCEMENTS: After Labor Day YHC intends to hand off the keys to Devils Turn after a 3+ year run as site Q. While posting a route and backblast doesn’t seem to be that arduous a task, having some schedule flexibility will be nice after having my thursdays spoken for 50+ mornings a year for the last few years. For those who value a consistent site to run from with PAX every Thursday, consider giving back to the community a bit and leading the charge for a while… (steps down from soap box) COT: YHC took us out
50 burpees
Date: 2025-08-07 AO: peak-51 Q: Spammer PAX: Spammer, beaver, slim_fast, lois, Pele, Catfish, Mounds FNGs: None COUNT: 7 WARMUP: Run to end of parking lot for a couple easy exercises and stretches THE THANG: We did some exercises in repetitions of 50 with some dice work involved to break up the monotomony. None of it matters because all the pax will tell you is that YHC made them do 50 burpees at the start of the workout! MARY: Maybe next week ANNOUNCEMENTS: hoover is new Nantan for A51! Congratulations! COT: Spammer
The Hills Are Alive, with sound of my choking after I swallowed a bug
Date: 2025-08-07 AO: sparta Q: hoover PAX: Gazette FNGs: None COUNT: 2 WARMUP: meet Gazette. Legit runner, I’m in trouble.
Seriously though, this guy is prepping to run a 50 mile race in September. I encourage him to check out our other running options for some variety.
THE THANG: run to the firehouse, old man stretches, run whitebriar(?) rd for hill suicides. Regroup and hit Main St to check on OW’s house and with a few stops for 20 squats (per stop), make it back to launch for COT with the 0.0 crew.
MARY: quite contrary, but not present
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas party
COT: Spammer took us out
Seriously though, this guy is prepping to run a 50 mile race in September. I encourage him to check out our other running options for some variety.
THE THANG: run to the firehouse, old man stretches, run whitebriar(?) rd for hill suicides. Regroup and hit Main St to check on OW’s house and with a few stops for 20 squats (per stop), make it back to launch for COT with the 0.0 crew.
MARY: quite contrary, but not present
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas party
COT: Spammer took us out
No rain, no problem
Date: 2025-08-06 AO: anvil Q: lorax PAX: Erin Brokavich, Point Break FNGs: None COUNT: 3 Things were done…
Birthday Q ….. done
Date: 2025-08-06 AO: the-maul Q: Franky PAX: midriff, Melons, kirby FNGs: None COUNT: 4 WARMUP: short mosey to the parking lot by Harris Teeter. 15 SSH, imperial walkers, and windmills. Mosey to the fountain by the office THE THANG: 8 burpees then a lap around the buildings. 8 times. Yep. That’s 48. MARY: just running a few miles up and down the hills and around stone crest. 3.5 miles total. ANNOUNCEMENTS: it’s my birthday :tada: :birthday: COT:
It Can’t Rain All The Time
Date: 2025-08-06 AO: meathead Q: ickey_shuffle PAX: flipper, taggart, Uncle Leo, Unplugged FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: Set up speaker :white_check_mark: Open Spotify and queue up hair metal playlist :white_check_mark: Load round timer app that has never once worked for me :white_check_mark: Take out frustrations for a week that won’t stop kicking my ass on a water bottle that won’t stand upright :white_check_mark: Various stretches to work out all the snaps crackles and pops :white_check_mark: THE THANG: EMOM Armor Building Complex was the main dish this morning, so we did 25 minutes worth. I got bored with it after that many rounds, so next was double bent over rows, swings, and merkins for 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 reps. Static holds subbed for heavy carries today in order to remain in the friendly confines of the hotbox and not venture out into monsoon season. Finish up with some planks and glute bridges. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Blood drive in October COT: Remember in the movie The Crow when the little girl said to Brandon Lee “It can’t rain all the time”? I’m beginning to think that was pure Hollywood fiction. In a week filled with constant rain and the banking industry playing the role of Ike Turner to my Tina, thank goodness for weightlifting and Motley Crue.
Top Dawgs
Date: 2025-08-06 AO: wamrap Q: Alf PAX: mcgee, Alf, Horsehead, rachel, double_e, Ledbetter, O’Tannenbaum FNGs: None COUNT: 7 7 Top Dawgs for a an old fashioned parking deck beat down at WAMRAP. 5 rounds or ramps, stairs, burpees and other fun. Horsehead hung in there with a busted hammy O’Tannenbaum was happy to have friends rachel was back in front after an extended vacation.
Rucks Not Bombs
Date: 2025-08-06 AO: sacs Q: wildturkey PAX: Cheese Curd, Roulette FNGs: None COUNT: 3 2 Hero WODs
First – With ruck – 3 hang cleans 3 presses 6 pushups 12 sit-ups AMRAP 15 min
Second – 6 rounds Laps and 7 double pushups burpees
Good weather and the regulars pushed through two simple, but not easy workouts with plenty of situps and pushups. Strong work my friends. We are better for it.
Moment of Reflection: August 6th is the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Let us reflect on the sacrifices of those soldiers and victims. Let’s hope those weapons never need to be used again.
First – With ruck – 3 hang cleans 3 presses 6 pushups 12 sit-ups AMRAP 15 min
Second – 6 rounds Laps and 7 double pushups burpees
Good weather and the regulars pushed through two simple, but not easy workouts with plenty of situps and pushups. Strong work my friends. We are better for it.
Moment of Reflection: August 6th is the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Let us reflect on the sacrifices of those soldiers and victims. Let’s hope those weapons never need to be used again.
Deckathon Championship @Swift
Date: 2025-08-05 AO: swift Q: citgo PAX: bratwurst, fire_hazard, Orange Whip, Cheese Curd, tagalong, gumbo, Franky, midriff, soft_pretzel, @enron @brisket FNGs: None COUNT: 12 12 men sprinted to the parking parking deck for hill intervals, dodging raindrops like they were potholes in their training plan. Who needs sunshine when you’ve got the famous Ballantyne parking deck and a dozen soaked sneakers squeaking out symphonies of swift sweat?
5 sets total – 2x (2 mins up , 1 mins down), 2x (3up, 2 down), 1x (4up, 3 down) all with 2 min recovery.
Cheese Curd could barely contain his excitement and cut every short every cool down to rabbit us Orange Whip aka Charlotte’s premier race director followed up the Horsey Half with strong sets at his first Swift bratwurst continued his fashionably late appearances and met us in the deck soft_pretzel also looked great after the Horsey Half tagalong Brisket fire_hazard look ready to crush BRR Great to see enron back at Swift – seems like he’s been secretly training :sleuth_or_spy: gumbo continuing to build fitness for his upcoming TN ultra midriff and Franky made a brief appearance before heading off into the :rain_cloud:
5 sets total – 2x (2 mins up , 1 mins down), 2x (3up, 2 down), 1x (4up, 3 down) all with 2 min recovery.
Cheese Curd could barely contain his excitement and cut every short every cool down to rabbit us Orange Whip aka Charlotte’s premier race director followed up the Horsey Half with strong sets at his first Swift bratwurst continued his fashionably late appearances and met us in the deck soft_pretzel also looked great after the Horsey Half tagalong Brisket fire_hazard look ready to crush BRR Great to see enron back at Swift – seems like he’s been secretly training :sleuth_or_spy: gumbo continuing to build fitness for his upcoming TN ultra midriff and Franky made a brief appearance before heading off into the :rain_cloud:
First Principles
Date: 2025-08-05 AO: 3rdf-timekeeper Q: Franky PAX: citgo, bratwurst, soft_pretzel FNGs: None COUNT: 4 :four: at TimeKeeper for Franky breaking down First Principles to falsifiable facts. At least we think so, because we asked him WHY? at least 5 levels deep.
citgo on Q next week for THOUGHT EXPERIMENT
citgo on Q next week for THOUGHT EXPERIMENT