O’er the hill we go, laughing all the way

O’er the hill we go, laughing all the way

Date: 2023-12-09 AO: chicken-run Q: bratwurst PAX: bratwurst, Kielbasa, Dosey Doe, frasier, turkey_leg, hairball, Astro (Kyle Kirchhoff), tuck, wingman, Odd Job, kirby, HazMat, Franky, Eleanor, Polly, Chopper FNGs: None COUNT: 16 WARMUP: 0530 crew for 30 minutes.
THE THANG: Down Murderhorn but up the other side. Then anti-clockwise around East Ballantyne Country Club.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Deck the Halls THIS Friday. 0430 start, 0530 start, and 0630 🎄🎅 cookies and coffee.
COT: Prayers for Astro for his secret 🍆 surgery.

PreBlast: Deck the Ha11s 2023

It’s time for the official start of the holiday season, Deck the Halls!  An event that is great on so many levels.

What is Deck the Halls?  As my friend Midriff once said, “we continue the time-honored SOB tradition of gracefully scaling each parking deck and collectively holding our breath that security won’t foil our visions of grandeur.”  Here are the basic ingredients:

  1. Launch from the Brave
  2. Run to the top of a parking deck via the ramps
  3. Performa a few called exercises at the top
  4. Run down the stairs
  5. Run to the next deck and rinse and repeat

We started with 7 decks in 2015 and have added more over the years as Ballantyne has developed.  Last year we conquered 11 decks, and will repeat that plan (in a different order) this year.  There are no new decks to add for this year, but rest assured there will be next year when some of the current construction projects are completed.

  • Deck Run 2015 – 11/20/15 – 7 decks
  • Deck Run 2017 – 6/9/17 – 8 decks
  • Deck Run 2018 – 10/19/18 – 5.5 decks for most (foiled by security), 8 decks for Kirby, Paper Jam, Mighty Mite
  • Deck Run 2019 – 10/18/19 – 8 decks
  • Deck the Halls 2020 – 12/4/20 – 9 decks
  • Deck the Halls 2021 – “The Deckathalon” – 12/17/21 – 10 decks
  • Deck the Ha11s 2022 – 12/11/22 – 11 decks
  • Deck the Ha11s 2023 – 12/15/23 – 11 decks

Friday, December 15th is when we’ll be taking our tour of Olde Decklenburg.  The event will be split into 3 stages, each launching from The Brave (11318 N Community House Rd #200, Charlotte, NC 28277).  Feel free to start with stage 1 OR stage 2.  It all depends on how much deck you think you can handle.

Stage 1:

Stage 2:

Stage 3:

  • Cookies and coffee.  Coffee will be provided.  This part is critical: Bring homemade cookies to share.
  • 6:30AM

Uncharted territory- promises of miles and smiles

Date: 2023-12-08 AO: sacs Q: hoover PAX: hoover, Cheese Curd, MAD, Lafleur, Emoji, wildturkey FNGs: None COUNT: 6 WARMUP: Rucks on and start walking THE THANG: taking a beeline to the golf course, we continue to do exercises and gaining more distance MARY: yep… did some of that ANNOUNCEMENTS: Xmas party COT: Conrad’s to @Mad for many years of F3, @lafuer for getting a new ruck and the Q for coming out after a work party. Great job to @emoji for always being positive and @wildturkey for being the most consistent pax to post in the gloom.

Kevlar

Date: 2023-12-08 AO: kevlar Q: ChickenWing PAX: Horsehead, ChickenWing, Big League Chew, Orange Whip, Erin Brokavich FNGs: None COUNT: 5 fun Friday

Three times the fun

Date: 2023-12-08 AO: marvin-miles Q: Polly PAX: bunker, Kielbasa FNGs: None COUNT: 3 5 easy miles this morning in Marvin Creek. Marvin Miles tripled it attendance this week let’s hope we can grow at that pace next week!!!

Back to the Green Monster

Date: 2023-12-06 AO: wamrap Q: Alf PAX: poptart, mcgee, rachel, Alf, Orange Whip FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: run to green monster THE THANG: do a set of 6 exercises. Run a lap with some one legged hops on the far side. Repeat adding 5 reps per round. MARY: included for free ANNOUNCEMENTS: if your F3 name starts with A through M then bring Tequila and cookies to the Christmas party a OWs. If it starts between N and Z then bring cookies and Tequila. COT: McGee with takeout.
As usually it sucked and was awesome. Rent-a-cop felt it was too cold to step out and give us grief. Green Monster is far cleaner than parking deck. No 💩 🥤over there.

Murderbunnyhorn

Date: 2023-12-06 AO: the-maul Q: Palmolive PAX: Odd Job, picasso, Smash FNGs: None COUNT: 4 WARMUP: Burpees, high knees IC, 10 SSH IC, calf and runners stretch, Peter Parkers
THE THANG: Mosey to the bottom of the murderhorn to find 4 cinderblocks waiting for us. Workout is 50 murderbunnies, run to the top, 25 called exercise (diamond merkins/IW/WW2/CDD), run back to your block, rinse and repeat until you get your block to the top…we ran out of time but got through 5 rounds, about 2/3 of the way up.
MARY: Minimal…
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Deck the halls 12/15, deets to follow.
COT: YHC took us out

Toddler Time

Date: 2023-12-06 AO: meathead Q: The Worm PAX: flipper, Uncle Leo FNGs: None COUNT: 3 WARMUP: synovial stretch: fingers-wrist- elbow-arm-ankle-knee-hips LS Squats 10 swings: 5L, 5R, 5 – 2 hand
THE THANG Alternate: Rack squats – 5 each arm x 3 5 snatches each arm – 5 curls – 3 sets.
Swing sets.  Alt L – 2 hand – R and back. 8 reps – 4 sets
Carries x 4:  lunge walk 5 each leg – pause – 5 single swings each arm – pause – 5 presses each arm.
10 merkins – 5 lawnmowers each arm x 2
Squat – single arm press x 5.   Pax Revolt Toddler presses @ Leo’s suggestion. On your 6 and single arm presses x 5 each arm.  3 sets.
MARY LBC – glute bridge – LBC – Hollow Body Hold
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Holiday party , 17th @ Orange Whip casa.  
COT: Join with Anvil with takeout by Point Break.
@vodoo.

Pilgrim is “BACK*”

Date: 2023-12-05 AO: bagpipe Q: lex_luthor PAX: Pilgrim, wildturkey, picasso, Carny, ToeJam, Spitball, war_eagle, Rousey FNGs: None COUNT: 9 Arrived at Bagpipe and the boys were ready to go. We had to circle the lot one time to make sure that Pilgrim and War Eagle were done scrolling through Twitter and then we were off. Warmup – typical SSH, Merkins, etc The Thang – Circled Lochness and performed a total of 100 step ups, 75 merkins, 75 dips and 30 pullups Then visited the half pipe for 4 of 11 rounds of burpees and jump squats A little backwards jog to the launch brought us home.
There was some confusion on my part on whether Pilgrim was back from injury or back from vacation. No worries – all has been clarified and Pilgrim is “Back” from both.

Not too many squats

Date: 2023-12-05 AO: swole Q: flipper PAX: Uncle Leo, The Worm, voodoo, ickey_shuffle, flipper FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: SSH, IW, Flails, Prying Squat, assorted KB movements THE THANG: Swing, High-Pull, Clean, Rack Squat. First L then R, followed by T Bag Squats. Squat counts equal 10 (2 rack, 8 T bag, then 3 and 7 etc…)
Double carries, over head carries with see saws, dbl cleans, snatches
MARY: Boat-Canoe, Flute Bridge, knee boxes, elbow planks, Superman
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Xmas paaaaaaarty
COT: YHC took us out

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