No particular reason YHC used that title just came to my head. Because I got some sleep. Because I managed to grab some Z’s while the other guys ran. In other words, I Q’d in the horizontal. Well, allright, actually all I did was come up with the route. Noonan took care of the rest …
Conditions: Moist but extremely warm for season Q arrives 2 minutes late: penalty burpees later. As always, this is extremely approximate. Tha Thang: 4 pax arrived after a very late night of college football (Geaux Tigers!!!) and little rest, so they could test themselves against…Machines!!! . (Ok, so actually, this was a theme workout with …
Conditions: 35 degree and clear Disclaimer Tha Thang: A scrawny 4 pax converged at Sbux for a long Wednesday “run”. Despite my current injury status (no running x 6weeks and counting), I was already on the Q list and wasn’t about the cancel. Remember, we aren’t just there for ourselves, but for our brothers. If …
Conditions: October 1st, and we’re still swimming through the soup Tha Thang: 8 gathered for what YHC promised was going to be the exact opposite of the Ironpax Challenge. While it was a great stretch for us and I’m glad to have done it, those workouts were painful partly because they were so mindnumbingly repetitive, …
Conditions: Pre-Hurricane, a few drops, and the breeze helped Tha Thang: 14 idiots gathered in the Target parking lot for a #blitzvergence to be forgotten. Most were present for last weeks IronPaxChallenge Week 0 workout. While it was bad, and caused a lasting soreness in the groinish area, it was not horrific. So, most returned. …
Conditions: relatively cool but humid Tha Thang: Disclaimer Warmup/COP: Ssh, LBAC, windmill, ISW. WEEK 1: 50 Squats 40 BigBoy 30 Merkins 20 Bonnie Blairs/Jump Lunge, count only left leg. 10 Burpees 400m run. Repeato x 1. About 15 minutes. Mosey to Crabby Corner. Flutter for the 6. WEEK 2? 6 minutes of these: Every …
Conditions: Coolish but humid The Thang: 10 pax collected at Starbucks. Most returned. Some excellent times this morning for a longer run, including near 10K PR’s on just a regular Wednesday. Folks getting better. The route: Go West, go South till you can’t go no more, turn right, turn right, Go North til Devine, …
Conditions: Soupy Tha Thang: 8 pax descended upon Starbucks to embark upon a promised exciting and wonderful and fun journey………… …I lied. ….It wasn’t fun. Nor exciting. Nor wonderful at all. But we got better anyway. GF – Hampton Hill- Kilbourne – Shady Lane – Quail Lane – Trenholm – Beltline – Devine – Endex …
Conditions: Damp but nice Tha Thang: 20 of Columbia’s finest dads and 2.0s showed up for the 2nd edition of this summers F3 Dads workout. Fun was had by all, and some lawn clippings. Disclaimer Mosey to COP. SSH, Merkins, Squats. Split into teams. Remember, winning has its privileges! Winners of each competition did 3 …
Woohoo! Conditions: Relatively cool, somewhat moist Disclaimer Tha Thang: So, everyone was warned this was YHC’s 5 year anniversary Q, and there may be some back to the future element. For years, I was known for having extremely thematic and interesting Qs, but I got a little burnt out from that. I touched on some …
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