Pre Thanksgiving Turkey Strut

Pre Thanksgiving Turkey Strut

Date: 2023-11-25 AO: the-maul Q: war_eagle PAX: wingman, Mary_Kay, Happy Meal, patent_pending, war_eagle FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: Mosey beside the theater for a standard warmup with stretching. THE THANG: – Mosey into Thornhill to the first cul-de-sac. Partner up and run opposite ways to meet in the middle for 10 hand slap merkins. Repeat a 2nd time. – Down the Murderhorn stopping at every light for 15 monkey humpers. – Grab a lifting rock and carry to the playground area. P1 does dips at the picnic tables while P2 does 20 curls then rifle carry to flapjack with P1. 2 rounds per person. Then same exercise but with squat thrusters at rocks and single leg lunges at tables. – Back up Murderhorn with 10 J-Lo’s at every light and alternating running up forwards and backwards. – Quick stop at the theater for a Cheddar Shredder. MARY: No time ANNOUNCEMENTS: Turkey Jam Prayers for continued recovery of Wingman’s father. COT: Great crew out for this one. Lots of mumblechatter…YHC would not have expected any less from this group. But also a good push from all.

Was this building always here

Date: 2023-11-24 AO: _area-51 Q: Alf PAX: Alf, Broken Arrow, Mr. Magoo, geraldo, Orange Whip, Floor Slapper, mcgee, poptart, Snuka, Cosmo, Oswald, Struedel FNGs: None COUNT: 12 WARMUP: warmup things in a circle with cadence THE THANG: run up and down the parking lot hill. Merkins, squats, burpees. Then hot box, then track, I mean parking lot partner work. McGee Mary for finisher. ANNOUNCEMENTS: party at Orange Whip on 12/17. Bring cookies and tequila. COT: McGee with takeout.
We weren’t sure if we were doing 45 or 60 mins today. I wanted 45 but the rest of the Pax were unanimous in the desire to go 60 so that’s what we did. @hops would be proud that I kept the full hour under 3 miles. But alas he wasn’t there. Turkey gravy got the best of him.
Enjoy the long weekend men.
Alf

Black Goat Friday

Date: 2023-11-24 AO: mountain-goat Q: fleetwood PAX: Insomniac, kilowatt, Sensei, Pele FNGs: None COUNT: 5 Without our fearless leader we were left to our own devices. An out and back to the Village seemed to work. So with no warm up out of the lot we went at 6:00 a.m. Three walkers hot on our pace. Despite all the turkey still in the digestive tract, Insomniac still ended up with a 5k PR. We made it to the Touchstone Village and back in a clean 5 miles. Followed by a jolly ☕ coffeteria @PG Starbucks w @jello @slimfast WARMUP: n/a THE THANG: you know the thang… MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: none COT: YHC

Turkey Jam VI: Winging It

Date: 2023-11-23 AO: _sob Q: Palmolive PAX: Point Break, das_boot, kirby, geraldo, O Tannenbaum, Honeycomb, Cottonmouth, f3-simba, jrr_tolkien, Dilly dilly, Cold call, Kosmo FNGs: None COUNT: 13 WARMUP: Mosey from Improper Pig to the middle of the green monster. Circle up for 11x each burpees, high knees, LSS, and windmills.
THE THANG: Pair up with someone you don’t know, and tell them something about you. Partner 1 bear crawl across the grass, partner 2 does 10 Bonnie Blairs (2 as 1) then runs to partner 1. Flapjack and go back to start the same way. Round two is lunge walks and diamond merkins.
Mosey to the seating area across from Lifetime and pair up with a new partner. Partner 1 does dips and partner 2 does incline or decline merkins (3 rounds).
Mosey to the medical building past HT gas and pair up with a new partner. 11s with hand clap merkins and Bobby Hurley high fives.
Mosey to the stairs, bunny hop up them, then to first national bank for 4 corners of Mary (11x WW1 sit-ups, H2H, Freddie Mercs, and A-rods/Bennifers).
Back to launch for 2 rounds each of partner pulls, a lap around the green monster for some final miles, and return to launch to meet the runners for COT.
MARY: See above. All said it was 110 WW1s, 66 H2H, 33 Freddie Mercs, and 11 A-rods.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Area 51 holiday party open to all at Orange Whip’s house. Check their Slack channel for details. Madison’s daughter is part of a charity 5k and would value your support. Check mumblechatter channel for sign up.
COT: In keeping with an important tradition, each PAX shared what they were thankful for. From new jobs to new found health or old family and old found friends, we all took time to have gratitude for the people, places, and things that make up our life. Appreciate PaperJam (unofficial Turkey Jam steward) taking us out with better words than I could have imagined.

Turkey Jam VI: Winging It

Date: 2023-11-23 AO: _sob Q: Palmolive PAX: Point Break, das_boot, kirby, geraldo, O Tannenbaum, Honeycomb, Cottonmouth, f3-simba, jrr_tolkien, Dilly dilly, Cold call, Kosmo FNGs: None COUNT: 13 WARMUP: Mosey from Improper Pig to the middle of the green monster. Circle up for 11x each burpees, high knees, LSS, and windmills.
THE THANG: Pair up with someone you don’t know, and tell them something about you. Partner 1 bear crawl across the grass, partner 2 does 10 Bonnie Blairs (2 as 1) then runs to partner 1. Flapjack and go back to start the same way. Round two is lunge walks and diamond merkins.
Mosey to the seating area across from Lifetime and pair up with a new partner. Partner 1 does dips and partner 2 does incline or decline merkins (3 rounds).
Mosey to the medical building past HT gas and pair up with a new partner. 11s with hand clap merkins and Bobby Hurley high fives.
Mosey to the stairs, bunny hop up them, then to first national bank for 4 corners of Mary (11x WW1 sit-ups, H2H, Freddie Mercs, and A-rods/Bennifers).
Back to launch for 2 rounds each of partner pulls, a lap around the green monster for some final miles, and return to launch to meet the runners for COT.
MARY: See above. All said it was 110 WW1s, 66 H2H, 33 Freddie Mercs, and 11 A-rods.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Area 51 holiday party open to all at Orange Whip’s house. Check their Slack channel for details. Madison’s daughter is part of a charity 5k and would value your support. Check mumblechatter channel for sign up.
COT: In keeping with an important tradition, each PAX shared what they were thankful for. From new jobs to new found health or old family and old found friends, we all took time to have gratitude for the people, places, and things that make up our life. Appreciate PaperJam (unofficial Turkey Jam steward) taking us out with better words than I could have imagined.

“It was all that I could do to keep from crying…”

Date: 2023-11-22 AO: meathead Q: Soul Glo PAX: high_tide, Uncle Leo, The Worm, Soul Glo FNGs: None COUNT: 4 WARMUP:
SSH x 20 IW x 20 10 one-handed swings Right Arm circles, forwards and backwards 10 one-handed swings left Sharon Towers Prying squat w/bell 10 two-handed swings
THE THANG:
Single-arm swing, clean, squat, press; switch arms X 3, 4, 5, 6, 5, 4, 3 (30 reps of each exercise on each side)
Waiter carry – 50 yards down with Right arm, (0 yards back with Left arm
Five merkins, walking lunge w/kb – five steps with Right leg, five steps with Left leg x 6 sets
Waiter carry – 50 yards down with Right arm, 10 Good Mornings, 10 Upright row, 10 High Pulls each side, Waiter carry – 50 yards back with Left arm
Waiter carry – 50 yards down, single leg RDL x10 each leg, Waiter carry 50 yards back
10 two-handed swings
MARY:
Nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Give blood, 12/17 holiday party, F3 golf(?)
COT:
The rain held off, as did my urge to inundate the pax with the latest jams from DMB. Instead, we were treated to a mix of David Allan Coe, acoustic Ice Ice Baby and Hang On Sloopy, compliments of TBDBITL! Happy Turkey Day and Go Bucks!

Uncharted Territory

Date: 2023-11-22 AO: wamrap Q: rachel PAX: mcgee, Mile High, Alf, O Tannenbaum, Orange Whip, poptart FNGs: None COUNT: 7 WAMRAP ventured into uncharted territory this morning. It was glorious. Thanks for indulging in the nonsense.

When raining… climb!

Date: 2023-11-21 AO: swift Q: flipper PAX: bratwurst, voodoo, Gump, Hippie, citgo, frasier, flipper, bunker, Wolverine FNGs: None COUNT: 9 WARMUP: run to parking deck in ballantyne village
THE THANG: Late yesterday YHC gets a text from voodoo advising the parking deck would still be 50 degrees, but dry. As the Q, with great power comes great responsibility, so the decision was made to provide comfortable discomfort for the PAX this morning. As such, out were plans for for circles at the bull-ring and in came a new plan, this is how it went…
Run up ramps from the basement, first two, then three… up to five, not counting the flats, just the climbs. Jog back down and loop around in the basement to reunite before up we go again. After five ramps, four, then three.
After three it was time for the main event, all the way to the top! Running hard on tired legs makes you stronger, and so the PAX ran hard in pursuit of #gainz. Good effort by all, with many hitting the summit before 0609, when the call was made to return to the first level where we circled up out of the rain.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Party on 12/17 at Orange Whips Bunker Jam at Rea Farms on Turkey-Day for a no drop 6 miler.
COT: YHC took us out

Bagpipe Block Party

Date: 2023-11-21 AO: bagpipe Q: Palmolive PAX: Eleanor, Rousey, Mildew, Snorkel FNGs: None COUNT: 5 Da Vinci delivery service shipped some coupons to Ballantyne so that crew could feel extra burn…wait until they get the bill for 🚚 . It was great to meet Mildew and Snorkel for the first time and Eleanor and Rousey savaged it up as usual. Bagpipe is such a fun AO, I only hope that I’m invited back to Q after making everyone take a swim.
WARMUP: Head to the parking garage to get out of the rain. Warm up with burpees, SSH, and IW
THE THANG: Oh hey…what are those cinder blocks doing in the garage.
Partner up and grab a block. Partner 1 runs up the ramp to the next floor, Partner 2 carries the block up the stairs. When they meet, partner 1 does the body weight exercise (10x) and partner 2 does the coupon exercise (5x). Switch and repeat every floor to the top then back down.
Burpees/Blockees V-ups/Hernias Squats/goblet squats Close merkins/curls CDDs/grave diggers Balls to the wall/overhead press Merkin/bench press Lunges/lunges with coupon
Finish with 10 blockees
MARY: At the bottom, knock out some plank, A-rods, Peter Parkers, and other Mary
Back at launch the rain and puddles were picking up, so we did 5x foxholes (WW1 sit-up, roll to a HR merkin)
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Turkey Jam. Thursday. If you’re in town, be there.
COT: There’s a lot of stuff in the day that tears you apart, but look for the things that make you complete. You can be that for your brothers by blood and bond, those that you know already and don’t yet.

Track in the rain

Date: 2023-11-21 AO: fast-twitch Q: Full House PAX: Christmas, retread, Astro (Kyle Kirchhoff) FNGs: None COUNT: 4 WARMUP: easy run to the track, some dynamic stretching, and 2 laps (first easy, second harder) THE THANG: 5x400s with 2 minute breaks MARY: easy run back to start ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas party at Orange whips! COT:safety for all those traveling this thanksgiving!