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358 backblasts mention “Badlands”

SEABISCUIT · SEP 2, 2025 Backblast! Tour of Schools Q: Splinter · 11 PAX WARMUP: Instructions THE THANG: Fort Mill Pkwy → Catawba Ridge HS → Forest Creek MS → back through Doby’s. Route covered ~4 miles. - Lead Pack: Badlands, Vuvu, Grout, Farmers Only — looked like they were late for… THE ARMORY · SEP 1, 2025 Backblast! Badland's 2025 KB Quota - met Q: Badlands · 6 PAX Warm-Up: Side Straddle Hops (IC x 20) Arm Circles Forward/Backward (IC x 10 each) Windmills (IC x 10) Imperial Walkers (IC x 10) Main Event: 4 rounds, farmers carry between rounds for active recovery Circuit (8 moves… AUG 28, 2025 Backblast! substi-Q at the pond Q: Badlands · 27 PAX My boy Poppins blew out his hammy doing something in the shower... sounds wild... so I figured PAX could chase me around for 45 minutes instead. Pledge at 5:14 brief disclaimer and LFG Out and back route up main street… DAWN PATROL · AUG 26, 2025 Backblast! 5 course meal with coupon for extra val Q: Minuteman · 11 PAX WARMUP: Dora on parking lot hill - Hors d’ouvres Run up hill and back while partner does: 1. Side Straddle Hops 2. Hillbilly Walkers 3. Moroccan Night Clubs 4. Windmills THE THANG: Mosey to hill in far corner of park… TRAINING GROUND · AUG 24, 2025 Backblast! Solid start to a Sunday Q: Badlands · 7 PAX Rucked up and headed out down through gold hill schools and up past light poles to Walmart parking and left onto stonecrest. Turned around at 30min. Finished close to 3.8miles. Solid mumble chatter and fellowship … 6@6 · AUG 23, 2025 Backblast! It Just Running Q: Twister · 14 PAX WARMUP: None THE THANG: Trail Running - no idea where they went, Rucker again no idea, Runners were supposed to go via the Candy Cane forest, gumdrop lane, past the goat house, up a hill to the old mill, downtown and… SLOW BURN · AUG 22, 2025 Backblast! toilet paper options are plentiful Q: Badlands · 12 PAX Standard CoP warmup IC - SSH, WM, IW, broga stuff Dynamic warmups to take us past the f45 suckers paying to workout at 5am... high knees, buttkickers, toy soldiers, karaoke Pyramid style workout... run up and perform… FLIGHT PLAN · AUG 18, 2025 Backblast! Mondays for the boys Q: Poppins · 20 PAX WARMUP: nah THE THANG: harvest pointe and back MARY: one burpee ANNOUNCEMENTS: golf tournament, care center, invergence COT: prayers for DDs M and marriages SNAKE PIT · AUG 12, 2025 Backblast! No breeze in the Pit Q: Kermit · 6 PAX Arrived at the Snake Pit at 0505hrs to a steady down pour of rain. Noticed that a couple of vehicles were unoccupied, but a couple of vehicles still had PAX sitting inside, most likely contemplating how they got in this… SWEEP THE LEG · AUG 11, 2025 Backblast! Deconstructed Burpee Ladder 9 PAX WARMUP: Quick lap around the main parking lot (not going behind the stores), then circle up for the following, 10 of each: - SSH - WM - IW - MNC - Strawberry pickers Then mosey not too far from COT for.... THE THANG… AUG 7, 2025 Backblast! Pit and the Pendulum Q: Time Machine · 26 PAX THE THANG: Harris St Hills, pendulum from 21 to Audrey. 10 Mike Tyson’s at Audrey, 10 Am Hammers at the park and 10 Jump Squats at 21, repeat until legs are shot or time for COT ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel and Naked Gun COT… SEABISCUIT · AUG 5, 2025 Backblast! Swim @ The Biscuit Q: Grout · 3 PAX WARMUP: NONE THE THANG: This Morning’s Run Recap ?‍♂️? Original plan was to hit Fairway Dr and pass Esso’s place, but with all the rain overnight, I called an audible to stay off the slick roads and low visibility… 6@6 · AUG 2, 2025 Backblast! some ran, some rucked, some coffee only Q: Barry Manilow · 20 PAX WARMUP: grunting, groaning and stretching (respectables mostly) THE THANG: old man rucking, speed rucking, trail running, road running MARY: I asked who had signed up on Gloom Schedule the day before, then proceeded to… JUL 22, 2025 Backblast! The NOT SO Sweaty Barry Q: Cake Boss · 35 PAX If I missed your name, feel free to edit it in.... The weather did not agree with us, but I hope everyone had a nice evening at The Barry (aka The Sweaty Barry). I'm really not sure how a person could not have a good… SWEEP THE LEG · JUL 21, 2025 Backblast! 5,4,3,2,1 Bank Run Q: Spectre · 12 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: Exercises: 1-Burpee 2-Lunges each side 3-Windmill Merkins 4-Penguins each side 5-Peter Parker’s Stops: 5 Banks between STL and Gold Hill Rinse and repeat on the way back MARY: 10 LBC IC ANNOUNCEMENTS… JUL 17, 2025 Backblast! The While Zipper Q: Crystal Lake · 17 PAX WARMUP: Mosey to Fort Mill Pharmacy parking lot, Moroccan nightclubs, low slow squats, and 9 burpees Mosey around Clebourne to next parking lot and 5 diamond merkins in cadence Mosey to next parking lot and 5 jump… 6@6 · JUL 14, 2025 Backblast! 6@6 07-12-2025 Q: Fogerty · 16 PAX WARMUP: none THE THANG: Run trails or Run Road MARY: Nah ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yep COT: Amazingly proficient SWEEP THE LEG · JUL 14, 2025 Backblast! Bad Decisions on Gardenia Q: Badlands · 12 PAX Been a while since Q'ing and not in my best shape but felt like we all needed a kick in the teeth and had some bad ideas... WARMUP: Sasquatch and YHC ran about 2.5 mile pre-run down Dave Gibson, past school, and up… JUL 10, 2025 Backblast! Not All Heroes Wear Capes Q: Italian Job · 19 PAX YHC brushed off the cobwebs from a weinke from 2017. It was hard then and even worse this time. Here’s what we did: Warm-up - 10 Low Slow Squats (IC) - 10 Mountain Climbers (IC) - 10 SSHs (IC) Run the Main Street to… SWEEP THE LEG · JUL 7, 2025 Backblast! Simple but Effective Q: Spectre · 10 PAX WARMUP: 30 SSH IC 10 Windmill IC THE THANG: Lightpost BLIMPS Ladder Odd light posts each have a new exercise 1. 5 Burpees 3. 10 lunges (each leg) 5. 15 Imperial Walkers (each leg) 7. 20 Merkins 9. 25 Plank Jacks 11. 30… 6@6 · JUL 5, 2025 Backblast! Embrace the ISH Q: Barry Manilow · 11 PAX WARMUP: not really THE THANG: mostly running MARY: there is no one hear by that name ANNOUNCEMENTS: SLT is having a wet t-shirt contest COT: yes Looks like we made it …. ALCATRAZ · JUN 28, 2025 Backblast! Alcatraz - Worth Swimming To The Island Q: maximus · 9 PAX I picked this Q up from Badlands just the other day due to a scheduling conflict on his end so I knew, at least I told myself, I should honor him with what would most likely have been a good workout. He probably… SWEEP THE LEG · JUN 23, 2025 Backblast! 2025.26 Sweep the Leg Q: Tesh · 12 PAX 4 corners down Emory Lane: 1: 10 Line dancing Merkins (at top of merkin tap hand to opposite foot) 2: 10 Apolo Ohno's each side 3: 10 burpees then sprint up the Brayden Pkwy hill 4: Plyo split squat 6@6 · JUN 21, 2025 Backblast! When we are dancing tip to tip ! Q: Sofrito · 14 PAX WARMUP: None. We stretched THE THANG: Two Routes Provided = Trails and Road Ruckers Rucked. Sydney Swam MARY: She was missed ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel, Convergence 4th of July, Fort Mill Care center lawn, Newsletter, Trout…