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69 backblasts mention “Damien Croft”

BLOCK PARTY · THU MAR 19 Backblast! Hills and Pull ups Q: Stagecoach · 14 PAX WARMUP: mosey to Print shop SSH x 20 Imperial walker x 10 Hillbilly Walker x 10 Cherry picker x 10 Calf stretch runner stretch THE THANG: triple nickel from town hall up hill past church 5 Bonnie Blair’s 2 is 1 5 jump… COCKPIT · WED MAR 18 Backblast! Winter Closeout Sale Q: Pauly D · 8 PAX WARMUP: Cherry Pickers / Hillbilly walkers / imperial walkers / 40 ssh THE THANG: mosey to the hill at the top of Nims Village. Stopping along the way for pain stations. Mosey back with pain stations. Bear crawl/crab… COCKPIT · MON MAR 16 Backblast! 3 Leg Stool Q: Time Machine · 3 PAX WARMUP: I led us off in warmup of WM, CP, IW, HW, Up/Down dog, worlds greatest stretch and some merkins THE THANG: mosey to bus loop for a set of 7’s, Squats at bottom of hill, dips at the top bear crawl/crawl bear… BLOCK PARTY · THU MAR 12 Backblast! 2026.11 Minnow Pond Q: Tesh · 24 PAX Run up Massey hill, 20 bobjacks in Sisk parking lot, run to gas station for 10 merkins, run to Millstone park for 30 flutters, run to the millstone for 10 1leg air humpers (trying to put a foot on the wall). Repeat as… COCKPIT · MON MAR 9 Backblast! Shoulder pain Q: Esso · 11 PAX WARMUP: SSH, mosey Down the back hill, shuffle one way, flapjack, Carioca, flapjack THE THANG: Partner up, one does the exercise the other runs out and back. Merkins Step ups Derkins Irkins Run back up the hill stopping… SEABISCUIT · TUE FEB 17 Backblast! Pirates route Q: Time Machine · 10 PAX WARMUP: Run slower THE THANG: run faster (see map) MARY: run the parking lot ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lots of opportunities to go for runs COT: Patience, one key is setting aside your expectations. THU JAN 29 Backblast! Walmart Trip Q: Birdcage · 0 PAX - run to hardees for a less than warm up . wait for birdcage to arrive - run to walmart . wait for birdcage to arrive - partner work at walmart, 1 person plank and the other lap the parking lot - run to hardees. wait… BLOCK PARTY · THU JAN 29 Backblast! Walmart Trip Q: Birdcage · 22 PAX - run to hardees for a less than warm up . wait for birdcage to arrive - run to walmart . wait for birdcage to arrive - partner work at walmart, 1 person plank and the other lap the parking lot - run to hardees. wait… BLOCK PARTY · THU JAN 22 Backblast! 3 Mile Tour Q: Italian Job · 19 PAX We had 19 for a 3-mile tour at Block Party. Here’s what we did: Run to Fort Mill Church of God .3 miles - 10 Burpees - 20 Merkins - 30 Squats - 40 LBCs - 50 Calf Raises Run to Unity Presbyterian .4 miles - 10 Burpees … SEABISCUIT · TUE JAN 20 Backblast! Don’t get lost Q: Cyclops · 12 PAX WARMUP: Nope - it’s a running AO THE THANG: Run into Massey for 4-5 miles - Neff Ct to Dudley to Felts to Kingsbottom and back. MARY: Nope - it’s a running AO ANNOUNCEMENTS: always COT: 5th core principle It was great… COCKPIT · MON JAN 19 Backblast! Whoops I forgot Q: Deep Dish · 6 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: SEABISCUIT · TUE JAN 6 Backblast! You can run hills on your own time Q: Peach Stand · 8 PAX WARMUP: light stretching THE THANG: we ran through dominion bridge, taking the high line to avoid the large hill (I felt like having a flat run today). Exit the neighborhood on whites and turn left - follow to the… THU JAN 1 Backblast! Crossroads Between 2025 and 2026 13 PAX 10 Minnows, 2 runners (BassOMatic, Wegmans), 1 rucker w nutsniffer (Cake Boss and Jarvis) WARMUP: Nah THE THANG: Mosey on over to the corner of Academy and Withers, via Main to Confederate. Academy and Withers is the… SEABISCUIT · DEC 30, 2025 Backblast! Be sure to hit the fairway Q: LTrain · 6 PAX WARMUP: Nada THE THANG: Run from Blue Smokehouse down Doby's and take a left on Fairway Dr. Run until that ends, head back to Blue. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Blood drive in Massey on 1/10, Break the Dam is on 1/31! COT: AMERICAN JACKAL · DEC 22, 2025 Backblast! Welcome to Chilis! Q: JWOW · 13 PAX It was a beautiful morn at The Americal Jackal, the mumble chatter was off the charts. All the Q could do to dodge haymakers was lean into it and say thank you sir many I have another. We ran down to the track for the… SEABISCUIT · DEC 9, 2025 Backblast! Massey Christmas lights Q: Cherry Pie · 11 PAX WARMUP: MUST when it’s this cold THE THANG: 4.2mi Head towards 7-11 L on trail b/f Dobys Bridge to Neff Ct L on Dudley drive L on Thomas Knapp Parkway L on Felts Pkwy R on Callahan R on kings bottom Dr L on Felts Pkwy R… LAZARUS · DEC 4, 2025 Backblast! 12 Days of an F3 Christmas Q: Goose · 7 PAX WARMUP: Grandpa Jacks, SSH, and some stretchy things then mosey to the front of the theater. THE THANG: This Beatdown was brought to you by everyone’s favorite Christmas Song, the 12 Days of Christmas. We went through… SEABISCUIT · NOV 25, 2025 Backblast! Turkey Run Q: Birdcage · 9 PAX Turkey Run- DBES Get a teammate. 1 turkey recovery trott around the drop off loop. Partner turkey breaks out of the collar and sprints the outer school loop to get away. When the runaway turkey returns back to the… AMERICAN JACKAL · NOV 24, 2025 Backblast! Rosie’s magical bean ride Q: Rosie · 21 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Low slow squat, windmills, imperial walkers, merkins THE THANG: Line it up! 40 Yards of MOT, 60 yards sprint 1. Bear Crawls 2. Lunge walks 3. high knees 4. broad jumps 5. bear crawls In between rounds, 15… SEABISCUIT · NOV 11, 2025 Backblast! Ol Whitegrove, the OG direction Q: LTrain · 7 PAX WARMUP: no warmup, just run!! THE THANG: OG Whitegrove MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas party, it’s never too cold out to post COT: SEABISCUIT · NOV 4, 2025 Backblast! 6-8 thousand reps Q: Farmers Only · 17 PAX WARMUP: nope THE THANG: we ran MARY: nope ANNOUNCEMENTS: a couple. Read newsletter COT: Reminder to feed the good wolf. AMERICAN JACKAL · NOV 3, 2025 Backblast! Complicated not Hard Q: Esso · 15 PAX WARMUP: 105 SSH in Cadence THE THANG: - Bear crawls and jump squats - Lunge walk and merkins - Hill run + 6-count burpees in cadence - Hill run + LBC in cadence - Derkins, dips and incline merkins 3 minutes of Mary AMERICAN JACKAL · OCT 13, 2025 Backblast! Three lessons of leadership Q: Cyclops · 8 PAX WARMUP: Mosey to the lower lot by baseball field. Exercises in cadence were Windmills x 10 5 burpees OYO Imperial walkers x 10 4 burpees OYO Hillbilly walkers x 10 3 burpees OYO Low slow squats x 10 Hold peoples chair… OCT 7, 2025 Backblast! 13 YR Anniversary Convergence Q: Band Camp · 89 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: Here is my weinke - Assassin We had about 12 runners and 6 ruckers tackle the tundra of the paved loop around the schools. Starting at the front door we headed around the back, past the shop, past the…