Month: March 2018

4 Years of Fun at Depot

As we move into spring and the temperatures are on the rise, so was the pax count this morning.  22 pax (including 2 FNG’s: welcome Love Boat and Mister Mister) beat the fartsack and rolled into Depot for YHC’s 4 year anniversary Q.  Thanks to each one of you for being there if I’ve known you for 4 …

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BOGO Backblast

It’s peak jogging season, and since we’ve lost Pearl to the flatback tribe, Q’s run thin at the Region’s premier/only distance rucking AO.  Time to bring in new blood (starting with Cross-Ruck on Friday) to share in the joy; but in the meantime, here’s what happened this week: M&W Welcome, Disclaimer, and BOM Monday “Route”: …

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21 GUN SALUTE

Conditions:  49 and airish Intro:  I was going to originally title this workout 4X6 TRAIN, but after the complaints of gunfire from the locals, I felt that 21 Guns was more appropriate.  21 Pax showed up on this cool morning to try something different.  We introduced the use of timbers into our workout but it …

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WET AND WEEDY

Conditions: 64, wet Disclaimer Warm-up (Rectory and Fair) Through the Tunnel x 20 IC SSH x 25 IC LBAC x 15 IC then reverse Squats x 25 IC Captain Thors x 10 (1 BBS, 4 American Hammers = 1) ATM’s x 20 IC (10 shoulder taps, 5 tempo, 5 regular) The Thang Bataan Burpee March …

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Classic #Brickpile

13 Faithful gathered at #Brickpile for an old school, classic all-around.  YHC had not q’d a workout in quite a while and while there may have been a little rust the pax were willing to push through and make it count.  The plan for the day was to remain on campus and gain a little …

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Summit Day At The Castle

7 PAX posted to the Castle Gloom. The North Face awaited. Conditions: 42 degrees and very windy Disclaimer Warmup: 20 SSH IC 25 LBAC fwd and Bwd IC 20 mountain climbers IC 20  vertical mountain climbers IC The Thang: Each man gathered 2 bricks and a big block 15 sit-ups with bricks 20 more mountain …

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Stomp Speed: 1200s

2.33 Palmetto 200 runners and 2.67 others with FOMO written all over their faces posted for some speedwork at Stomp. Tclaps to the 2 Mediocre runners for posting for some post-CSAUP work. Great having Good Hands out there with us. He’ll be a regular leading up to the Carolina Reaper. It was also great meeting …

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4 Corners

  7 PAX posted on a chilly morning in March.  Work was done by all. Warm Up: 30xSSH 30xOAC 20xTTT   The Thang: PAX mosied over to the football field and did the 4 corner suicides. Starting at the first corner of the end zone, pax completed 10 merkins, ran 100 yards to other end …

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A little morning mosey

8 Pax posted in 38 degree conditions under clear skies.  Numbers were obviously low because they knew who was Qing.  🙂  Don’t be scared fella’s! Start with a prayer: Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ under my feet, Christ beside me, Christ over me, let all around me be Christ.  With Christ in our …

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Sweating To The Oldies

8 PAX emerged from the #Fartsack on this first morning of spring in search of a way to #GetBetter. With the storms clearing out and perfect conditions on tap, YHC came ready to offer up his services to the PAX of #SwampFox following a gracious invitation from Prom. On this morning, it was YHC’s plan …

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Thunderstruck

7 PAX claimed their first victory of the day by beating back the warmth of the fartsack and sounds of thunder storms. They dominated the Gloom with a Thunder of their own. They didn’t use excuses of “Tapering” or weather. They simply           GOT. IT. DONE. Conditions: Soggy ground, dry skies …

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Nail Pop returns

Posted by Wee Wee on behalf of Nail Pop. BOM: Prayer by Nail Pop. Weather: Little muggy after some rain overnight. 12 PAX posted at Surge for a little upper body work since the P200 is right around the corner. Jog around the parking lot for a little warm up and headed back towards the …

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Tabata Time

After an early morning thunderstorm threatened to shut down this morning’s workout, we received the all-clear to commence with the beatdown as planned. I was excited to help Quisenberry celebrate his final bootcamp in his 30s. We all had a great time mumble chatting him up throughout the entire workout. Thankfully, he’s a good sport! …

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Meter’s Equinox Q

Cloudy and wet; perfect An equinox is the moment when the plane of Earth’s equator passes through the center of the Sun’s disk, which occurs twice each year, around 20 March and 23 September. In other words, it is the point in which the center of the visible sun is directly over the equator. On …

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400s

An attempted Q hijacking Sunday evening couldn’t stop the men of The Bounty from getting a little faster this AM. Wisely, the P200 runners took it a little more easily than normal, except for Iron Mary. He busted it as always. Conditions: 55 degrees, slightly moist The Thang: Disclaimer BOM Warm up mosey around track …

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Moist Shank Fly By

Weather: Moist but no rain mid 50s 6 Pax did the harder thing despite the call of the fartsack.  The pax denied the temptation of “TAPERING” since P200 was this weekend. Disclaimer Prayer The Route: 5mile route Left on N.Lake Left on 378/Hwy towards Ford Dealership Left on Chariot into Duffie (Adds1 mile with 2 …

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Goodbye, Carl

The threat of Cantore couldn’t keep these three stubborn PAX in their fartsax this morning.  We lucked out with a break in the rain, which meant no impromptu WOD in the Lex parking garage. Welcome, Disclaimer, and BOM The “Route”: https://www.strava.com/activities/1460607840 Prayer Requests: *Dear Diary *BarCrawl’s FIL Announcements: 03/23-24: P200. 03/30: Good Friday Crossruck – …

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Goodby, Carl

The threat of Cantore couldn’t keep these three stubborn PAX in their fartsax this morning.  We lucked out with a break in the rain, which meant no impromptu WOD in the Lex parking garage.   Welcome, Disclaimer, and BOM The “Route”: https://www.strava.com/activities/1460607840 Prayer Requests: *Dear Diary *BarCrawl’s FIL Announcements: 03/23-24: P200.   03/30: Good Friday …

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Trying to Score

Warm Up 1) Side Straddle Hops in cadence: 15 4) Empirial Walkers in cadence: 15 2) Wood Choppers in cadence: 15 5) Squat on your own: 15 3) Little Baby Arm Circles in cadence: 15 forward & 15 backward Groups of 3 people for entire workout 1st Base = at the Fountain Arms Legs Core …

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MAYHEM MADNESS

Conditions: 43*  78% humidity Intro: It’s 7:00 & we have a lot of work to do so let’s get started! Disclaimer: I am not a professional. Modify as needed. Warm up: SSH   x   25 IC TTT   x   25 IC LBAC  x  25 IC  forward & reverse Merkins  x  25 OYO The Thang: 4 Corners Starting …

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10 Yards at a Time

Conditions: 50* and Clear Intro, Disclaimer and Prayer COP 20 SSH 20 TTT with behind the back claps 10 Merkins The Thang: The PAX of CAT were blessed with a rain free, crisp morning to get better. We took full advantage of this opportunity as everyone left better for having come. Although we are a …

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A Favorite

With a majority of #theherd PAX training for the P200 Saturdays Jumanji numbers have been small.  Today 4 responded to the call to get better on a cool, clear morning for YHC’s favorite workout. After disclaimer and opening prayer the PAX moseyed to the walking track for warm up of SSH, hip rotation then bear …

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Let’s go Bulls!

8 pax ventured out of the fartsack this Friday morning to celebrate the beginning of March Madness! YHC being a Buffalo Alum, wanted to celebrate the biggest upset of the tournament (biggest upset at that time anyways), Buffalo over Arizona! COP: SSH x 15 IC TTT x 15 IC Little Baby Armcircles x 10 fwd, …

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Ultimate March Madness

Another great turnout today for Ultimate at Snakepit, particularly with 5 2.0’s in attendance.  The Pax were divided into 4 teams for a little round robin tournament style play, and while one team ended up being all young, tall, skinny people, YHC is sure none of that was planned.  There were multiple highlights all around …

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Lucky 13

This was similar to the Lucky 13 Q I did on February 13th, but I modified it to 13 warm-up exercises and changed from merkins to burpees between them. Conditions: Clear and a chilly 31 deg. Crescent moon rising at the end of BC. The Thang: Disclaimer Pledge of Allegiance Prayer A. Warmup – (13 reps …

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Reunion

The AOs of Speedtrap and the Roost took to a reunion of sorts with a mini-convergence at the original Chapin F3 stomping grounds of Crooked Creek Park. 13 PAX overcame the warm confines of the fartsack to join in the reunion and get better. We’re in the middle of March and it’s still freakin’ freezing …

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A little up, a little down

Solid effort on a chilly March morning. 6.75 mile route: Leave SPC on Woodrow to Blossom Left on Blossom to Bonham Left on Bonham crossing Devine to Sweetbriar From Sweetbriar right on Heathwood Circle Heathwood crossing Devereaux to Cedarwood Cedarwood turns to Heatherwood Heatherwood crossing Trenholm to Bucanhan Bucanhan to Trenholm then left Down Trenholm …

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The FLOOD March 2018

Conditions: Low 30’s and chilly The Thang: Mosey to the sign at the entrance to the school.  See link to map for more details. Flood layout At every red box the exercises rotated between hand release merkins/LBC’s and squats/BBSU’s.  We ran from red box to red box and performed a burpee at each light pole …

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20’s

  Warmup SSHx20 TTTx20 Overhead arm Clapx20   Mosey over to the planters and do the following exercises.  After each set run to the steps by the track and run back. 20xmerkins 20xsquats 20xBBSU 20xstep-ups 20xdips Rinse and Repeat until time was called.   On the way back to the shovel flag, YHC thought it …

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BULLDOG’S AMBUSH

Thank you to Juice for tweeting out last night that I had the Q at Ambush.  Totally had forgotten.  So, thank you to Juice for reminding me.  Really glad I got to make this trip to Ambush.  Tight group and every second with Paper Jam is entertaining. Conditions:  34 degrees with a real feel of …

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Loops and Holes

When we say “all paces welcome,” we mean it. We had Pickle and Kukoc representing the 6.5 min/mile pace. Recall and Knozit represented the 8 min/mile pace. Candy Stripe and Meatball represented the high 8s pace. The rest of us were taking it easy at around a 10/min pace. The route had some built in …

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Amble Sprints

8 PAX posted this early Monday morning to put the final touches on P200 training or just preparing for the upcoming challenges they will face.  YHC was glad to have this time with these guys because some in attendance are participating on our over 40 P200 team!  Proud of their commitment.  Here’s the THANG! Conditions:  …

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Three Amigos

Three brave souls posted at Sandlot for an all-50+ workout. (Young bucks in the Northeast must love extra jammy time on a cold morning?) Warmup: Mosey to Summit Fountain Arm Circles Carolina Drydocks Squats Lunges SSH Imperial Walkers Bend & Reach Mosey to Hot Tub Hill: Squats at the top x 25 Run to flagpole …

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March Madness Trivia

5 pax were tested both mentally and physically today.   Tonight is the official start of the NCAA Tournament but the real madness begins on Thursday.  So YHC thought it may be fun to help the pax brush up on their March Madness facts.  Shout out to basketball historian Tuber.  A regular Bill Raftery.  Who knew? …

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