The rain moved out, the fog rolled in, and 5 pax made the hard decision and got better at Woodshed this morning. The Thang: Warmup – 20 x Side Straddle Hop in cadence; 20 x Imperial Walkers in cadence; Little Baby Arm Circles (forward and back), Overhead Claps & Overhead Press 10 x each in …
AO: The BullQ: PipelinePAX: Spot, Backstop, TapeWorm, Handlebar, Prodigal, PipelineFNGs: NoneCOUNT: 6It’s The Bull. You know it, you love to hate it. Your reward is the best view of any AO in town, getting more work done before 7am on Monday than some people do all week, and today the pax enjoyed a surprisingly fresh …
4 faithful showed up to conquer the concrete beast. However, only YHC actually touched the beast, with the rest choosing the Bullseye, 2/3 weighted. No complaints here, as YHC joined them for a couple laps too with weight. Sure makes a difference. Disclaimer Tha Thang Announcements: Gump runvergence August 27th at Stumble Prayer requests: None …
12 pax paid their respects to the #ConcreteBeast and to America’s fallen with 1 hour of work early on a holiday. Conditions: Mugfest The Thang: AMRAP one of the following options for 1 hour. That’s 15 extra minutes if you’re counting. Gather at the corner of Blossom and Bull Streets. Run to the top of the …
YHC’s first day at the reins was a “raging” success. Conditions: 68 and muggy. #Kotters to summer The Thang: Gather at the corner of Blossom and Bull Streets. Run to the top of the Bull Street hill stopping at Devine Street. Hang a left and enter the first of three garage stairwells. Climb to the top …
If the Woodshed pax will not go to #TheBull, #TheBull will come to Woodshed. Conditions: 50 and damp The Thang: Mosey in the general direction of #Martha, stopping periodically. COP (on the fly): Flutter kicks x20 IC (at each stop) Imperial Walkers x20 IC Squats x20 IC Squat walkers (Squawkers) x15 IC Squat jacks x15 …
Conditions: Warm and humid Disclaimer (especially relevant today, but we had a dentist and a doc on-hand) Tha Thang: 6 pax tested the market today at the Bull and Bullseye. Their portfolios sank instantly. Standard Bull rotation/locations/counting, including LBCs at the bottom of each tower. At the top though, sub American Hammers for merkins. Why …
9 grizzled ranch hands (some more grizzled than others) from across the Tri-Region Area put in solid work for YHC’s first time at the reins of the Bull. Conditions: 70 and damp The Thang: Like the standard Bull, with the following varrrriations: Carolina Dry Docks x13 at the top (reducing reps by 1 each lap …
05:30 Start – 06:15 Finish Weather: A windless and partly cloudy 73 degrees with 90% humidity. Modification: Staying in the lower tower only: 1) Climb the stairs and run down the parking deck back to the starting location. 2) Climb the stairs and run down the parking deck performing ‘Mericans at each stair landing, starting …
We ran the Bull backwards. The idea behind it was that you should be able to run the same elevation faster as you have a psychological boost of being able to sprint most of the uphill by running shorter distances between the towers. One thing I didn’t consider though is taking that first tower without …