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417 backblasts mention “Grout”

MINNOW POND · THU OCT 29 Tour of FM and 44 Reps Q: Splinter · 19 PAX Birthday Week Q #4. WARMUP: Pledge of Allegiance and Directions-ish THE THANG: Run for 5 minutes-ish then do 11 Squats, SSH, Hammers and calf raises all ways. Main St --> Springs St --> Summersby -->Unity St -->Hill St… SWEEP THE LEG · MON OCT 26 Getting Loopy Q: Badlands · 13 PAX WARMUP: mosey towards berkshire loop with a stop on 160 for IC monkey humpers THE THANG: berkshire loops with 10 squats 10 merkins 10 LBCs at each stop sign. MARY: nah ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter COT: yup SEABISCUIT · TUE OCT 20 Balmy 40 degrees at liftoff Q: Jason Mills · 7 PAX WARMUP: Sat in warm cars until launch THE THANG: Mosey through the neighborhood over to Catawba for a lap around the high school then head down White street to Peacan ridge, down and back. Extra jug handle loop at… FLIGHT PLAN · MON OCT 19 Bad Route Q: Time Machine · 20 PAX WARMUP: Too cold to warm up so we just ran THE THANG: YHC posted a route the night before, was all downhill, but driving up Sutton realized there was less sidewalk and minimal shoulder to safely run on so quickly… MINNOW POND · FRI OCT 16 I felt like running Q: Pocahontas · 18 PAX WARMUP: pledge THE THANG: ran a lot, some pain stations throughout at humble cup, American legion, church of God were we did merkins, squats, big boys and a few of us did bear crawls MARY: flutters, hammers… SLOW BURN · FRI OCT 16 Dora & Mosey Q: Grout · 10 PAX WARMUP: BACKBLAST: NO SHORTCUTS, JUST WORK Warm-Up – Mosey to Lowe’s - Mosey to Lowe’s and circle up - 20 Side Straddle Hops - 10 Imperial Walkers - 10 Hillbilly Walkers - 10 Cherry Pickers DORA – Partner Workout - 100… FLIGHT PLAN · MON OCT 12 Harvest Pointe Hill Q: Fogerty · 19 PAX WARMUP: Mumblechatter THE THANG: Out and Back - Harvest Pointe MARY: no ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes COT: prayers and praises SEABISCUIT · TUE OCT 6 Small loops , bigs speeds Q: Rolloff · 8 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: laps around 7/11 and blue, one lap on one lap off, rinse repeat MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: RING OF FIRE · MON OCT 5 Loredo Q: backdraft · 0 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: 6 rounds- 24 squats, 24 merkins, 24 walking lunges, 400 m run MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: prayers for our kids mental health 6@6 · SUN OCT 4 Humid Oct morning Q: Fogerty · 13 PAX WARMUP: 100 humidity THE THANG: 3 mile loop past Print shop, Ft mill church of God, and reverse Alabama MARY: nope ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: prayers and praises. MINNOW POND · THU OCT 1 Skipper zipper Q: Skipper · 22 PAX THE THANG: Zipper route starting at Elliott St. 10 merkins and 10 jump squats at the end of every street. 5 burpees each time the pax cross Springs St. Pax logged 3.5-4.5 miles. CLYDESDALES · WED SEP 30 Boiler up Q: Shady · 9 PAX · +1 FNG WARMUP: nah THE THANG: Runners were told to go old Kingsley to new Kingsley for big loops. Ruckers did old Kingsley and small loop at new Kingsley. MARY: nope ANNOUNCEMENTS: men’s shelter!! COT: we did it! Prayers for… 6@6 · SAT SEP 26 Running with scissors Q: Barry Manilow · 14 PAX WARMUP: yes THE THANG: running MARY: no ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes COT: yes 6@6 · MON SEP 21 Running in the Dark Q: Barry Manilow · 15 PAX WARMUP: some THE THANG: some did some, some did double digits MARY: some ANNOUNCEMENTS: some COT: yes FLIGHT PLAN · MON SEP 21 MCHale’s 4 miler Q: McHale · 20 PAX WARMUP: OYO THE THANG: Harvest pointe Market street Cross Sutton to Founders st Straight onto Settler heights dr Straight onto Stratford run dr Cross new gray rock to Harvest pointe Down to the end and back 4mi MARY: no… SEABISCUIT · TUE SEP 15 The Forest, Forest, Forest Q: Pauly D · 7 PAX WARMUP: OYO THE THANG: Run to The Forest and do 1-3 laps. Totals of 3-5 miles were had MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: FLIGHT PLAN · MON SEP 7 Quiet Morning Q: Grout · 6 PAX WARMUP: Nope THE THANG: 5+ headed down Richard’s Crossing all the way to Dave Gibson back to Gold Hill Middle then back. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: SLOW BURN · FRI SEP 4 Keep it close Q: Peach Stand · 11 PAX WARMUP: windmills, cherry pickers, planks, down and up dogs, Peter Parker’s, shoulder taps - many in cadence THE THANG: stations were marked in a row of parking spaces. In each was written an exercise. Pax selected a… MINNOW POND · THU SEP 3 Sweaty Q: Warning Track · 19 PAX Massey to Harris to McCammon to Clebourne to Main to Veteran’s Park Exercises at following: John Boys FM Pharmacy Veteran’s Park 10 Merkins 10 Squats 10 LBC’s CLYDESDALES · WED SEP 2 Missing in Action Q: Stagecoach · 20 PAX Munn then right on Harris. Enter neighborhood past Sam smith and run to masons Bend dead end and circle back to cot SEABISCUIT · TUE SEP 1 Waterside Q: Grout · 11 PAX · +2 FNG WARMUP: THE THANG: Ran through Waterside MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: 6@6 · MON AUG 31 The Velocity Vanguard Run Q: Barry Manilow · 16 PAX WARMUP: admiring my handy work on the new base for the flag THE THANG: after oooo-ing and awww-ing for quite some time, we ran MARY: did not give a rats tail about my handy work ANNOUNCEMENTS: 6@6 has a new spot to put… TRAINING GROUND · SUN AUG 30 Winding Down Q: Grout · 6 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: 160 to Stonecrest, Right @ roundabout on Hubert Graham all the way back to Gold Hill. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: FLIGHT PLAN · MON AUG 24 First time for everything Q: Assassin · 23 PAX Missed the Q … nice … Bonsai took it… nice … They ran to Walmart … some rucked to wherever … nice … COT: We have guys with kids that are struggling. Real stuff. We are blessed to be able to get together and bring these…