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253 backblasts mention “gekko”
APR 11, 2019
1097 Day Review for Lake Wylie
[video width="720" height="480" mp4="https://f3thefort.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/20190411_060039_1.mp4"][/video] Today started off great. It was warm(ish) around 58 degrees. Set up at the Poopdeck and pulled in to…
JAN 29, 2019
3 Men and a Baby
Four men (three respects and one 'no respect') joined together on a fine SC morning to get their daily feast at the Golden Corral. Here is what they did: The Thang: Mosey out of the HT shopping center to the new…
COLOSSEUM · JAN 22, 2019
3 Miles and a Cloud of Dust
Best way to fight off Old Man Winter isconstant movement with some pain thrown in. Today's edition borrowed from old skool #GoldenCorral. After a roaming warm up showing the course we got started: - Start at GHMS- run…
DEC 20, 2018
13 at Footloose
Good group at Footloose this morning. Got some burpees in and a few good stretches. Ran over to Church of God and found the stairs where we spent a good amount of time looking them over and examining the exterior of…
MAY 21, 2018
Round and Round at Beyond
Sweatbox of a Monday. I was honored to be given the opportunity to Q a BEYOND workout. BEYOND, the brainchild of Maximus acting on the very definition of reverse flow incubator. See a problem/opportunity- create the…
AUG 11, 2017
8/11/17 Swamp Style
Conditions were sweaty and humid...it felt like August in South Carolina Gekko was the running and nobody ran with #HIM Cornhole had 10 for his Ruck Q I had 11 for the bootcamp 13 stayed for Romans 4 that Gekko Q'd All…
JUL 27, 2017
Tour of the Front 9 @ Tempo
I let Gekko's DM on twitter sit there all day. A call out to Tega Cay Pax that he needed a sub Q at Tempo for an injured Senator Tressel. Messages came in that several Pax were down range. You see, I had a scheduled…
JUL 5, 2017
11* at Tempo Tackle Molokai
Apologies to Gekko for the late BB but my vacation schedule has been a bear. Last Thursday 11 Pax met in the gloom, well 9 met at Trailhead Park while 2 (Gears and Maximus) were running in circles (intervals) already at…
CLYDESDALES · NOV 9, 2016
Clydesdales got options
This AO has become my new favorite. It has something for truly everyone. Yeah it's a running workout, but probably has some of the finest #mumblechatter in the Fort. Guys who do kettlebell, they post here. Ruckers post…
OCT 14, 2016
Old School Beatdown at the Swamp
Okay, I'm just as guilty as the next guy for trying to spice up a Q. I recently posted to a workout where I understood all the exercises, could understand the reps and counts and didn't need a demonstration. I completed…
OCT 1, 2016
Partner Day at the Deep
It was finally a cool day in Charlotte. It was surely the first day under 60 degrees at 6:30am since last winter! It was so "cold" that Witch Hunt refused to get out of his car early...and then put a sweatshirt on! I'm…
COLOSSEUM · NOV 3, 2015
Finishing Right is More Important Than Finishing Fast
10 Men answered the call this morning at Colosseum. No FNGs, Disclaimer Disclaimed, and we were off. The Thang Mosey around the lot, then back to the back lot for a quick warmup. COP including SSH, IW, Windmills, Peter…
ALCATRAZ · SEP 19, 2015
Mountain Goat Blues
Coming off a super high from the Blue Ridge Relay and a surprise trip to Disney World (rumor has it I vacation a bit), YHC was missing the hills of Western North Carolina, particularly leg 33 of the #BRR, or what I…