Spring break
Date: 2025-04-18 AO: scars Q: Roulette PAX: F3 Elsa, taggart FNGs: None COUNT: 3 Three men descended into the depths of the Ballantyne Bowl for a 3 mile ruck, F3 Elsa made his triumphant return to scars, while taggart keeps crushing it every Friday… t-claps for the company boys…
Bump2Bump
Date: 2025-04-18 AO: mountain-goat Q: slim_fast PAX: slim_fast, sledge, kilowatt, Spammer, Sensei, grave_dancer, lois, retread FNGs: None COUNT: 8 WARMUP: Laps around the parking lot of SCMS waiting on some late arriving Pax who were en route THE THANG: Bump2Bump on Strawberry exert up and recover down x 8, exert down and recover up x 4. COT: slim_fast
Wider than a tuna can…left a brown residue
Date: 2025-04-18 AO: _area-51 Q: ChickenWing PAX: high_tide, Header, geraldo, puddin_pop, poptart, ductwork, Limey, Rizzo FNGs: 1 Rizzo COUNT: 9 WARMUP: some did and some didn’t. Lost control quickly THE THANG: 1 mile divided in half twice. Pain stations of Merkins, bombjacks and CDDs. MARY: yup we did some ANNOUNCEMENTS: a lot of mumblechatter and good times on fun Friday. Come and get some next week. Don’t be a #FOMOer COT: prayers for Mile High’s M and his family. The Worm, and for the unsaid jn our hearts.
“Father, into your hands, I commit my spirit!”
“Father, into your hands, I commit my spirit!”
Mandy Thursday
Date: 2025-04-17 AO: peak-51 Q: Sensei PAX: Sensei, slim_fast, Spammer, lois, kilowatt, gullah, mallcop, Catfish FNGs: None COUNT: 8 WARMUP: IW & Good Morning Nashville THE THANG: Several iterations of pax performing exercises in the public parking lot in downtown Matthews. Each trip up and down the lot included a different exercise. MARY: Much giggling over a local city church’s email newsletter inviting people to it’s Mandy Thursday service… COT: slim_fast
Aged wine
Date: 2025-04-17 AO: the-phoenix Q: Odd Job PAX: midriff, taggart, wildturkey, Hawkeye FNGs: None COUNT: 5 Jumped rope. Ran. Did some exercises. Great laughs with good friends. Movement is medicine.
The Shield
Date: 2025-04-17 AO: shield Q: Snuka PAX: Brisket, margo, Rousey, tagalong, Shrink Wrap, Moth FNGs: None COUNT: 7 WARMUP: 1. Low Slow SQ 2. Imperial Walker 3. Merkins 4. Plank Jacks 5. LBC’s 6. American Hammers 7. Runners Stretch’s
THE THANG: Ran around Quail Hollow Middle School 5 times stopping at 5 stations each time around
Stations
1. 15 Dips 2. 5 Balls to the Wall with Merkins 3. 10 Step-ups each leg 4. 15 Heels to Heaven 5. Navigating Parallel Bars
ANNOUNCEMENTS: None. Rousey provided much of humor this morning. Thanks to the Park Crossing boys for coming.
COT:
THE THANG: Ran around Quail Hollow Middle School 5 times stopping at 5 stations each time around
Stations
1. 15 Dips 2. 5 Balls to the Wall with Merkins 3. 10 Step-ups each leg 4. 15 Heels to Heaven 5. Navigating Parallel Bars
ANNOUNCEMENTS: None. Rousey provided much of humor this morning. Thanks to the Park Crossing boys for coming.
COT:
No Q, No Problem
Date: 2025-04-17 AO: sparta Q: geraldo PAX: marge, jet_fuel FNGs: None COUNT: 3 WARMUP: None THE THANG: 3 hombres showed up without a Q, no problem. We ran to the Matthews Sportsplex and back to launch. We then added some mile by running to the Methodist church and back.
MARY: Some ANNOUNCEMENTS: brewruck Memorial Day weekend, 3 miles and a some brewery stops along the way.
MARY: Some ANNOUNCEMENTS: brewruck Memorial Day weekend, 3 miles and a some brewery stops along the way.
Putt putt or candle making
Date: 2025-04-17 AO: hydra Q: MARTA PAX: Emoji, Mr. Magoo, Focker, Gulash Limey FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: Regular warmup THE THANG: ran to OP, every light 10 merkins, triple nickel on the hill squats/lunges. Back to Rea with mtn climbers/squats. Over to good shepherd carry rock to 4 corners Merkins/squats/SSH/LBCs, bicep curls/overhead press/merkins/squats. Finished off with 1 min plank MARY: none ANNOUNCEMENTS: none COT: mr. Magoo took us out
It’s good 2 have company
Date: 2025-04-17 AO: the-devils-turn Q: flipper PAX: retread, flipper FNGs: None COUNT: 2 Lots of PAX DR this week, YHC for a solo PreRun and didn’t get back till 0516, but luckily saw retread disappearing into the greenway. We enjoyed a leisurely jaunt around reverse Traitors Loop.
And the cradle will rock…
Date: 2025-04-16 AO: meathead Q: high_tide PAX: Emoji, Soul Glo, Unplugged, Uncle Leo FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: SSH IW Prying Squat THE THANG:
Double bells throughout
AMQRAP 1 – 2 cleans – 2 press – 3 squats – 5 merkins
Rack carry to curb. Rest. Return.
AMQRAP 2 – 3 clean & press – 3 swings – 3 rows
1 rack + 1 waiter carry to curb. Rest. Return.
MARY: Plank until time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: – Something about a blood drive – And a brewery ruck in late May
COT: Takeout with Anvil pax.
And the cradle will rock…and so did the pax, to some old school Van Halen, from the first album to 1984. Besides rocking out, we knocked out day 2 of The Grind with two 15 minute AMQRAP sets with double KBs. Good work across the board. :clap:
Double bells throughout
AMQRAP 1 – 2 cleans – 2 press – 3 squats – 5 merkins
Rack carry to curb. Rest. Return.
AMQRAP 2 – 3 clean & press – 3 swings – 3 rows
1 rack + 1 waiter carry to curb. Rest. Return.
MARY: Plank until time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: – Something about a blood drive – And a brewery ruck in late May
COT: Takeout with Anvil pax.
And the cradle will rock…and so did the pax, to some old school Van Halen, from the first album to 1984. Besides rocking out, we knocked out day 2 of The Grind with two 15 minute AMQRAP sets with double KBs. Good work across the board. :clap: