backblasts
Every workout’s write-up, newest first — straight from the Q’s backblast.
44 backblasts mention “Beacon”
THE COACH'S BOX · DEC 18, 2025
Backblast! The skillet; Hope&Joy
WARMUP: SSH, windmill, mosey around the perimeter of skillet (football yard lines in the parking lot for marching band practice) THE THANG: Start at one end of the skillet run 10yds and do an exercise. Ladder across…
CLYDESDALES · AUG 27, 2025
Backblast! Celebrating Tay Tay and Travy
Celebrating the engagement the night before of Ms Swift and Mr Kelsey by running rings. Pick your poison - munn>harris>trail to wep and run around that or hit old Kingsley for the familiar vibe of long term marriage. I…
DAWN PATROL · AUG 26, 2025
Backblast! 5 course meal with coupon for extra val
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…
CLYDESDALES · AUG 21, 2024
Backblast! Brilliant Fashion
WARMUP: No THE THANG: munn to left on Harris, left on Jackson, left on 160 and back to cot. Add in more of needed MARY: Huh ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter COT:
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…
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…
CLYDESDALES · JUL 17, 2024
Backblast! Coffee anyone?
WARMUP: THE THANG: Kingsley Spring Blvd to Wamsutta Mills Dr, into and around the Sunbelt Rental parking lot, back out to Textile Way, up the hill, through the parking lot on the back side of Starbucks and Panera…
CLYDESDALES · JUL 10, 2024
Backblast! Hills on repeat
WARMUP: none THE THANG: run down munn, left on Harris, cross 21 and down to bottom of hill. Run back up to the light, repeat. Or run wherever you feel like MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter COT: yup
MAR 15, 2023
Chesty deck o cards
Slackblast: Chesty deck o cards DATE: 2023-03-15 AO: ao-tallawah Q: Bonsai PAX: Beacon Cyclops Sugarbug FNGs: 0 COUNT: 4 WARMUP: Quick loop to warm up. It was 29 and wanted to get the guys warm before we started Did a…
COLOSSEUM · NOV 22, 2022
Slackblast:
Slackblast: Pole Dancing at Colosseum DATE: 2022-11-22 AO: ao-colosseum Q: NASA PAX: shower curtain Ruby Slippers Joe Lyons (F3 Long Duck) Incoming HarryCarry JWOW Rebound Barkley FNGs: 0 COUNT: 9 WARMUP: Ran to the…
OCT 27, 2022
The Nethers
Slackblast: The Nethers DATE: 2022-10-27 AO: ao-minnow-pond Q: darkhelmet PAX: Headspin Anchorman Barry Manilow Beacon Pusher Repeat Über Band Camp Cohiba Shady Vuvuzela Jekyll Bobber Stang Skipper Kermit FNGs: 0 COUNT…
THE YARD · JUL 9, 2022
Light Poles and Jack Webb’s
WARMUP: little mosey and then SSH, O/H Claps, MNC, MC, Imperial Walker THE THANG: 6 light poles and treat it like suicides with an exercise at each pole. 1st pole, 10 Wide Arm Merkins, 2. 15 CDD, 3. 20 Merkins. 4. 25…
AUG 31, 2019
Millstone pivots on a dime
YHC waited patiently in the Veteran's Parking lot thinking this may be a party of one and Omaha over to #TheFort to join the hype train down the street. Needless to say, 3 min before the opening bell, Boss Hogg rolls up…
JUL 11, 2019
Uno - Drop Thrill Rules - At Footloose
This morning rolled around yet another sweaty July day and twelve card sharks showed up to see what YHC had to deal out. With a Uno-inspired beatdown, that started a few months back because of something 3D came up with…
JUN 20, 2019
Remember your #
Another saucy morning for the PAX at footloose. Slight mumble chatter as YHC assessed the group. I had a plan but could I pull it off was the question. Gave a brief intro and disclaimer and we were off for our 5 second…
APR 4, 2019
1st Quarter Check-in at Footloose - Are You Accelerating or Going Backwards?
When a glorious morning of 51 degrees dawned on The Fort, I figured that there may be a decent size crowd at Footloose. The Pax did not disappoint. Put out some hype in the Twitterverse along with my man, Beacon, and…
THE BALLROOM · MAR 12, 2019
Light Pole Circuits & POW POW @ The Ballroom
***Cobains now for the 2 PAX that I missed. You weren't in the video and my memory "ain't what is used to be". Weather was near perfect for a "Pearls on a String"- inspired workout. Dropped the disclaimer, checked for…
JAN 10, 2019
Always Play the Hits at Footloose
18 at Footloose on a cool morning. Welcome, intro, disclaimer, lets go Mosey down the hill to the lot across from FM Church of God Dynamic warm up back and forth across the lot, exercise 1/2 way, jog it out to the other…
DEC 13, 2018
Footloose for a Post 1/2 Marathon "no-running" Bootcamp
15 PAX made it out for a not so moderate beat-down after I had a brief taper week from the Kiawah 1/2 marathon. Went through the disclaimer and the don't sue me stuff an off we went for a very brief mosey that lasted…
SEP 27, 2018
Carport Broga at Footloose
We had 16 pax brave the weather which ended up not being an issue. After a brief intro and disclaimer we took a short mosey to the first carport at church #1. Broga was the warmup for our first stop. The pax was…
SLOW BURN · AUG 31, 2018
Live in the Present and Feel the Slow Burn
Got Labor Day 2018 weekend off on the right foot with a strong group of 23 pax. Awoke to a thick, humid late summer morning and Q-drenaline got YHC to the AO early. Erected a shovel flag as I know that my friend the…
VARSITY · AUG 24, 2018
Varsity: Some HIIT for cool Friday Morning
Varsity 8/24 9 PAX including YHC arrived on this cool Friday morning for a taste of High Intensity interval training. Basically get the heart rate up and down for 45mins. I choose to do a "9round" type approach and fill…
AUG 9, 2018
Stairway to Heaven - 2
14 was the count this fine August morning at Footloose. That was 13 HIMs that did not know what was planned. No FNG's - quick disclaimer - mosey around the back of First Baptist Warmup: - SSH's in cadence - Low Slow…
JUL 7, 2018
If all else fails, SSH
Honored to Q at The Fort, thanks to Bonsai, 13 PAX and Old Bay for bring us an FNG, Sherbet Laminated post-it note in hand, and we're off Mosey around path, circle-ish, 10 SSH, 10 Imp Walker, 10 LSSquats Mosey to next…