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70 backblasts mention “Mater”
VARSITY · JUN 7, 2024
Backblast! Battle of Midway
June 4, 5, 6, and 7 in 1942 was the battle of Midway. Started with a mosey run to parking spot #19 and did: SSH, Windmills, Imperial Walkers, Moroccan N/C. Then ran to spot #42 and did Low slow squats, arm circles…
VARSITY · MAR 3, 2023
Just a Board
Slackblast: Just a Board DATE: 2023-03-03 AO: ao-varsity Q: Italian Job PAX: HarryCarry Gears Maximus Anchorman Ruby Slippers CakeBoss SouptoNuts Esso, Tap Out, Slash, Headspin, Senator Tressel FNGs: 0 COUNT: 13 13 did…
FEB 20, 2023
Honoring Battan Death March Survivors
Slackblast: Honoring Battan Death March Survivors DATE: 2023-02-20 AO: ao-honey-badger Q: Splinter PAX: Shield Headspin Ruby Slippers Saw Dust HarryCarry SouptoNuts FNGs: 0 COUNT: 7 WARMUP: The usual THE THANG: Honoring…
THE YARD · DEC 10, 2022
Mississippi Mud
Slackblast: Mississippi Mud DATE: 2022-12-10 AO: ao-the-yard Q: JWOW PAX: Dojo Anchorman Barry Manilow Bitcoin Double D Ruby Slippers tater HarryCarry Shatner Fogerty Sprocket OldBay, Yo Yo Man FNGs: 1 none COUNT: 14 It…
SLOW BURN · FEB 28, 2020
Heads Or Tails
Friar Tuck put it out on Slack that he needed a substitute Q for Slow Burn today. No one had responded so I figured i would take my 2nd Q in a 2 week span. Im starting my taper for my upcoming 50k next weekend and…
APR 25, 2019
Remembering Family
Thought about this one at the last minute. April was a great month for me as I celebrated Easter with my family, Spring Break, my mother's birthday, my 8th wedding anniversary, accepting an offer on my house and so many…
COLOSSEUM · MAR 19, 2019
Preparing For the Storm
I was excited to be the Q at The Colosseum this cool morning and my attempt to push the Pax at one of The Fort well known challenging AO’s. Being one of the older pax, I wanted to push everyone physically and also share…
SLOW BURN · FEB 8, 2019
SlowBurn - Wegman's Send off to Chimbote
Today at SlowBurn it was about Wegmans and his choice to say YES to a calling to serve. He heard this calling and it spoke to his heart and he accepted the opportunity to be vulnerable, uncomfortable and go into the…
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…
JAN 15, 2019
Challenges at Golden Corral
Finishing my Golden Corral Q a week late with this backblast. Late sub Q for NASA. Late tweet evening before. But arrived early at GC to set up cones for 2 loops, a smaller inner loop and larger outer loop. Had to…
NOV 8, 2018
Can we just get along?
Life is not always how we thought nor visioned it would be. There are a lot of personal experiences YHC could pull from, but as I reflect back to our COT, who would have thought that we would have another mass shooting…
DEC 20, 2017
The DaVinci Cones® Redux
Forecast called for a warmish start for December, but a high chance of rain, so I wasn't sure if we'd have a crowd or just a few. Very glad to see a bunch of cars when I pulled up. We ended up with 14 including YHC. The…
THE RANCH · AUG 17, 2017
4 Corners of Body Destruction
No, we did not do the Body Destroyer for 45 minutes, Birdcage! However, there was consistent feedback that this was a brutally different workout. Welcome to "ya never know what ur gonna get with Straight Up!" A big…
SNAKE PIT · APR 10, 2017
New Q...reuse The Tomahawk workout
YHC showed up to The Tomahawk to find a few HIM already defeating the day and waiting to post for a little kettle bell. When the digital watch hit 0515, we had 6(…the other 2 will come in). Now your YHC hasn’t posted to…
THE ARMORY · APR 3, 2017
Arming each other at the Armory
10 men arrived for a Chicken Hawk stand in Q for Assassin while he is bicoastal. It was less than impromptu but plenty of opportunities to modify. The Message: - What areas of your life do you have a hard time…
JUN 27, 2016
Your Response to an Audible - "Quagmire Style"
WARM O RAMA (slow jog - b/h Wine Shop) - SSH – 15 - Windmills – 15 - Legover L&R Stretch (10 count) - SSH – 20 - Burpees - 10 oyo - SSH – 25 - Monkey Humpers – 15 - SSH - 30 (Fire Marshall Bill - VQ - count to getting…
THE ARMORY · JUN 6, 2016
Improv at the Armory
Monday morning and it was 4:55, YHC jumped into the F3 StankWagon with PinUp in the co-pilot's seat and blasted out of the driveway neglecting all preflight checks, to assure arrival at the AO a few minutes early. The…
JUN 2, 2016
Something for Everyone at Tempo
10 Men came to conquer the hills of Tega Cay at Tempo this week. After the obligatory grumbling about hill repeats we got after it and in the end every man left stronger than when he got there. The Thang: Half mile run…
COLOSSEUM · APR 19, 2016
Back on home turf
There are many things I want to say about the opportunity to Q but I said this morning and for those in attendance, you know how important it is to me. I was hoping to get 10-12 guys joining me today but to have a total…
RING OF FIRE · MAR 23, 2016
No Plan...No Problem.
Temps are rising and so are the numbers posting at The Coop. Finished the Pre-Coop warm-up run with a few minutes to spare and PAX were already circling up. No FNGs, so short disclaimer which included the warning that I…
JAN 18, 2016
Back to Basics
Didnt much advertise that it was my Quagmire #VQ, but nonetheless a dirty dozen, including an FNG that qualfies as triple-hate material, posted for a classic beatdown on the holiday celebrating the work of Dr. Martin…
BLOCK PARTY · MAR 24, 2015
Just say "YES" to a runner's #BLOCKPARTYF3
Disclaimer and welcome to #BlockPartyF3 and no this will not be a 5K week. This was supposed to be Audit and my Q, Audit is busy with work… hence the name “Audit” and keep him in your prayers as he “enjoys” a busy…