backblasts
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SLOW BURN · OCT 11, 2024
Backblast! Over-The-Hill? I don't think so
Six men showed up on a chilly morning to watch Tesla's charging for the 45 minutes. Between that we squeezed in 8 corners (4 pain stations visited twice) with lunge walks and sprints in between them. Started with Warmup…
CLYDESDALES · OCT 9, 2024
Backblast! Walmart Run
THE THANG: Trail Route Ruckers Road Route was a round-trip run to Walmart not for a honey do list which was around 4.5+ miles, shorter route was a little past the post office ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Party, Volunteers…
6@6 · OCT 5, 2024
Backblast! Changed it up this week @6@6
WARMUP: vodka/redbull THE THANG: this week, instead of running, we went running MARY: mary quite contrary ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes COT: PRE
SLOW BURN · OCT 4, 2024
Backblast! The Twister Special
WARMUP: Moroccan NC, Windmill and Sun Salutation THE THANG: Mosey to Baxter Exchange Building for Dora up and down steps with 100 merkins, 150 dips, 200 flutters, 250 SSH and 300 LBC - follwed by wall sit OHC and MTJ on…
THE FORT · SEP 28, 2024
Backblast! Fort 12 Year Anniversary
THE THANG: Liberty led boot camp, 3D led Kettlebell and Time Machine led run MARY: Dark Helmet rambled about cadence and people not keeping up with the rhythm of his glorious mane ANNOUNCEMENTS: NASA presented the…
SLOW BURN · SEP 20, 2024
Backblast! The Slowest of Burns
WARMUP: SSH, Cherry Picker, Moroccan Nightclub 1. THE THANG: Mosey, 50 Big Boy, 10 Imperial Walker, 10 Hillbilly Walker, 10 Merkin, Mosey, 50 Hello Dolly, 10 Imperial Walker, 10 Hillbilly Walker, 10 Merkin, Mosey, 50…
DAWN PATROL · SEP 17, 2024
Backblast! Ruck crushers
3 crushed a downtown route with heavy rucks.
THE BALLROOM · SEP 17, 2024
Backblast! Smokin Merkin Fest
WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, Imperial Walkers, Morrocon NC and Strawberry Pickers THE THANG: Phase 1- Chesse Shredder (2 Rounds) Phase 2- Round 1 (10 reps)= Merkins, Irkins, Derkins; M.O.T.= Bear Crawls; Round 2 (20 reps)=…
CLYDESDALES · SEP 11, 2024
Backblast! VQ Running AO Q - Spectre
WARMUP: Got at it THE THANG: Munn Rd. To Harris To White To 160 - 4ish miles MARY: None ANNOUNCEMENTS: 12 year convergence Iron Pax Acceleration Project COT: Show To Know
6@6 · SEP 7, 2024
Backblast! 16 minute miles
Disclaimer and routes provided WARMUP: None THE THANG: All paces of jogging :running: Started after the whistle Hwy 160 to Spratt to Harris to Munn and back to COT at some point. Some got 4ish and some got 8ish, and…
SLOW BURN · SEP 6, 2024
Backblast! Old School Weinke in a Sandwich baggie
WARMUP: Standard Old School SSH X 25, IW X 10, Squat X 10, Merks X 10, MTN Climbers X 10, Moroccan NC X 10, HB Walker X 10, Peter Parker X 10, Plank JACK X 10, SSH X 25 THE THANG: Mosey to Indian restaurant lot, circle…
CLYDESDALES · SEP 4, 2024
Backblast! The hump day run(s)
WARMUP: Rolloff and YHC put in some pre-run miles and Bandcamp ran to the AO from home. Besides that just the standard jaw/mouth warmups aka a lot of mumblechatter THE THANG: 4ish mile route - head across I77 and take…
SLOW BURN · AUG 30, 2024
Backblast! Stone Cold Crazy
Nine men met at the Fort Mill Lowes for 45 minutes of Slow Burn to get ready for the weekend. Here's what they did: THE THANG: The Pax were disclaimed and then mosied around the parking lot until we found a good spot…
CLYDESDALES · AUG 28, 2024
Backblast! Kindley Run
WARMUP: run THE THANG: Route. Run to new Kingsley down to Sunbelt Parking lot back up accross 160 to run the Old Kingsley loop and back to new Kingsley. Most of the runners stayed doing loops and the new Kingsley…
FLIGHT PLAN · AUG 26, 2024
Backblast! Great bootcamp weather for a run (10 de
Walmart Route
SLOW BURN · AUG 23, 2024
Backblast! No garbage truck today
WARMUP: ssh, windmills, iw, hw all in cadence THE THANG: 4 corners around the empire pizza/ Persis building Corner 1: squats Bear crawl to corner 2 Corner 2: squats and big boys Run to corner 3 Corner 3: squats, big…
FLIGHT PLAN · AUG 19, 2024
Backblast! Running amongst the AOs
WARMUP: THE THANG: ran through Baxter to front st, out to 160, through the earthfare lot to the turnaround at Gold Hill Middle - 4.5 mile round trip MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
6@6 · AUG 17, 2024
Backblast! Tortoise and Hare pre-yog
Accepted this Q invite before I realized it was same day as the Tortoise and Hare CSAUP. No worries - all bad decisions can be compounded with other bad decisions so decided to let her rip. A few PAX were out running…
SLOW BURN · AUG 16, 2024
Backblast! Slowly Burning
WARMUP: stretching and Mosey to adjacent lot for IW, HW, merkins, SSH & Windmill THE THANG: Dora - 100 merkins, 200 squats 300 flutters. Injured my calf while running so had to audible to 2 sets of Jack Webb. 1st was…
CLYDESDALES · AUG 14, 2024
Backblast! Can BAMA Stop the Run?
WARMUP: Disclaimer Provided, Pax Count, and Routes Shared THE THANG: Some did trails, some did their own thing, most went on the "Alabama Run". MARY: She was missed ! ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tortoise & The Hare, Read Your…
SLOW BURN · AUG 9, 2024
Backblast! Going for the Gold!!!!
8/9/24 Slow Burn Q Warm-Up Start with the Mission statement, 5 Core Principles, the injury disclaimer. Today’s beatdown theme will be Summer Olympics trivia. Various Quad/Leg/Glute stretches 15 SSH IC, 15 Tappy Taps, 10…
CLYDESDALES · AUG 7, 2024
Backblast! Whoops
WARMUP: THE THANG: 160 into fort mill, left on main, turn around at old Hardee’s for 3, go up to summersby for 4.5 MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
BLOCK PARTY · AUG 7, 2024
Backblast! Webb-o-Rama Around Downtown
Mosey to a nearby parking lot: WARMUP: - SSH - Windmills - Imperial Walkers - Squats - Mountain Climbers Mosey to the park across from Little Caesars . THE THANG: 4 cones set up along path heading from Millstone Park…
CLYDESDALES · JUL 31, 2024
Backblast! Clydesdales went everwhere
Nice crowd today due to the anticipation of what the Q had to say. Set the route, and about 5 out of the 20 something took it. Others went wherever they wanted. Two things mentioned in COT: First- AirPods…Grab the case…