The Brave
Date: 2025-09-26 AO: _sob Q: soft_pretzel PAX: midriff, bunker, Cheese Curd, fire_hazard, Franky, frasier, soft_pretzel, wingman FNGs: None COUNT: 8 WARMUP: LBCs, Merkins, MCs. THE THANG: About 5 miles total. Murderhorn twice. 130-150 merkins including derkins and Irkens. MARY: not much ANNOUNCEMENTS: Ultra 5K October 4. SOB leadership meeting October 11. Be on the lookout for convergences around both! COT: Blanks highlighted an over 50 softball league he plays in. Nice!
Vision Quest 2025
Date: 2025-09-26 AO: mountain-goat Q: retread PAX: mallcop, Pele, retread, sledge, slim_fast, wildturkey, lois, Spammer, Insomniac, beaver, drano, gullah, Watchita, Mounds, Swiftie, Shooter McFartgun FNGs: None COUNT: 16 WARMUP: Run to intersection of Rounding Run and Raintree, do some stretching. THE THANG: Repeats on the loop of Raintree to 51 to Rounding Run, dodge too many vehicles. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Blood Drive Oct. 3, Terror Trails. COT: Lengthy.
‘Murica
Date: 2025-09-26 AO: ufo-ultimatefriz Q: MARTA PAX: Shank, Spyglass, Fruity Pebbles, David Baker, Crawdad, Paris, smokey, Steve Hall, Yeti, Mr Brady, Situation, Mayo, Pinkeye, Peaches FNGs: None COUNT: 16 Ryder cup is in the air and the dirty Europeans aka Frenchman clearly stacked their team. I don’t watch much bowling but i hear that’s what they do. Europe came out to strong start but you could say they had a 13+ head start with all their colonies as well. Europe went up 6-2 with Murica coming back to tie 7-7 and there were 2 to 3 point swings to the end. The match was so so with the dirty Europeans winning by 2 or so.
The match intrigue rested on the extracurricular activites mid game. YHC tried to get into Fly with me’s head by delaying the game on a harmless foul – on a lesser day might have taken as swing. The dirty Europeans retaliated with two vicious attacks on Paris and Marta in the endzone… you could tell that they feared their hegemony was fracturing. After much back and forth between bully and fresh on the rules, the Americans were vindicated and plodded onward. A well fought game but I can’t help to think that the win doesn’t mean as much this week… kinda like beating Clemson this season.. does quite feel like an accomplishment… ammirighy @mayo @pinkeye Fruity Pebbles
Europe 14? Murica 12? Yellow/Europe: Shank Fly Bully Smokey Crawdad Peaches Situation Mayo
Red/’Murica MARTA Friday spy Paris Fresh Mr Brady Yeti Fruity Pinkeye ANNOUNCEMENTS: Blood Drive Next Week text Marta COT: Prayers for Charlotte Christian family with the loss of the mother
The match intrigue rested on the extracurricular activites mid game. YHC tried to get into Fly with me’s head by delaying the game on a harmless foul – on a lesser day might have taken as swing. The dirty Europeans retaliated with two vicious attacks on Paris and Marta in the endzone… you could tell that they feared their hegemony was fracturing. After much back and forth between bully and fresh on the rules, the Americans were vindicated and plodded onward. A well fought game but I can’t help to think that the win doesn’t mean as much this week… kinda like beating Clemson this season.. does quite feel like an accomplishment… ammirighy @mayo @pinkeye Fruity Pebbles
Europe 14? Murica 12? Yellow/Europe: Shank Fly Bully Smokey Crawdad Peaches Situation Mayo
Red/’Murica MARTA Friday spy Paris Fresh Mr Brady Yeti Fruity Pinkeye ANNOUNCEMENTS: Blood Drive Next Week text Marta COT: Prayers for Charlotte Christian family with the loss of the mother
No Shows
Date: 2025-09-25 AO: sparta Q: Keystone PAX: Keystone FNGs: None COUNT: 1 WARMUP: THE THANG: Waited until 5:20 then proceeded with a solo 6-mile out & back run to the Brace YMCA MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
Why is the niceset house in Matthews right next to the train tracks?
Date: 2025-09-25 AO: peak-51 Q: Spammer PAX: Spammer, slim_fast, gullah, lois, Mounds, 0 FNGs: 1 0 COUNT: 5 5 pax bettered their core this morning @ peak-51
Helene’s 20th anniversary
Date: 2025-09-25 AO: shield Q: shrinkwrap PAX: tagalong, Brisket, Cooter2, shrinkwrap, ToeJam, RumpRoast FNGs: None COUNT: 6 WARMUP: Hill runs, but made them sassy THE THANG: Middle school picnic table workout. Step ups, squats, merkins, dips, less sassy running in between. Arguably too many merkins followed. MARY: yes ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: ToeJam took us out
Forgot I was in charge
Date: 2025-09-25 AO: the-devils-turn Q: frasier PAX: citgo, fleetwood, hairball, retread FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: THE THANG: it did not dawn on me till I asked was there a route that I was the one that was supposed to be providing the route per a conversation with flipper last week. We did the T-shirt route as you could see if you looked on Strava. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: it’s still humid so make sure you’re hydrating correctly. COT:
There’s something about Mary
Date: 2025-09-25 AO: the-phoenix Q: Roulette PAX: wildturkey, teddyf3 FNGs: None COUNT: 3 WARMUP: Nice little 5 mins of mosey THE THANG: Every 5 mins stop for 20x reps of three Mary exercises, we ended up doing some dips, squats and ‘mericans too Great work this morning from teddyf3 wildturkey We managed to make some ok route art MARY: all day ANNOUNCEMENTS: Terror trails, Ultimate 5k, Blood drive COT: Slow down and prioritize what really matters in your life
Like a 2×4 upside yo head
Date: 2025-09-24 AO: meathead Q: voodoo PAX: Monopoly, Floyd, The Worm, Pepsi, voodoo FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: SSH x 20 IC 5 swings e/s IW x 15 IC 5 high pulls e/s Sharon Towers x 10 IC 5 cleans e/s Prying squats x 2
THE THANG Workout 2 of Week 2 of the Norwegian 4 x 4 program invented by Unplugged #jerk
4:00 on/3:00 active recovery (carries, walking)/1:00 recovery. Repeato for 4 rounds
Snatches 5 e/s Renegade rows 5 e/s Heavy deadlifts (doubles) x 10 Racked reverse lunges 5 e/s AMRAP during working portion – basically, 2x through for each 4:00 round
MARY: 6 reps of 2 of the McGill Big 3
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1) blood drive on 10/3. Plenty of spots available so get signed up. 2) Midriff is running his 5K ultra again soon. Sign up and/or donate if you can.
COT: Thanks to Pepsi for taking out the combined pax of Meathead and Anvil. He made a great point about the power of small prayers before important moments in your life. Give it a try.
THE THANG Workout 2 of Week 2 of the Norwegian 4 x 4 program invented by Unplugged #jerk
4:00 on/3:00 active recovery (carries, walking)/1:00 recovery. Repeato for 4 rounds
Snatches 5 e/s Renegade rows 5 e/s Heavy deadlifts (doubles) x 10 Racked reverse lunges 5 e/s AMRAP during working portion – basically, 2x through for each 4:00 round
MARY: 6 reps of 2 of the McGill Big 3
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1) blood drive on 10/3. Plenty of spots available so get signed up. 2) Midriff is running his 5K ultra again soon. Sign up and/or donate if you can.
COT: Thanks to Pepsi for taking out the combined pax of Meathead and Anvil. He made a great point about the power of small prayers before important moments in your life. Give it a try.
Back to Bootcamps
Date: 2025-09-24 AO: the-maul Q: midriff PAX: Adobe, Smash, SweetWater, teddyf3, kirby, patent_pending, Odd Job, super trooper FNGs: None COUNT: 9 WARMUP: Run to speed bumps behind Teeter for a variety of warmup exercises followed by a brief run up the hill (foreshadowing). THE THANG: 1 pax per station, with 1 pax as the timer who runs a lap around the parking lot. Rotate between burpees/bear crawl, 60# sandbag squats/shoulder toss, BBSU’s (on a yoga mat to protect the lower back #longevity) and cinderblock squats/curls/presses. Repeat hill runs in between rounds. MARY: Was not neglected. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Run the Just for Kicks Ultra 5k on 10/4, or terror trails later in the month. kirby is leading a SOB “in”vergence on Saturday, 10/11. Be there COT: Do hard things. God give us courage and wisdom to be the light, love and truth today.
Odd Job kirby super trooper patent_pending walked with weight COT: Do hard things. Like Terror Trails or the Ultra 5k in October.
Odd Job kirby super trooper patent_pending walked with weight COT: Do hard things. Like Terror Trails or the Ultra 5k in October.