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129 backblasts mention “Royale”
JUL 14, 2023
Slackblast:
Slackblast: Flexing DATE: 2023-07-14 AO: ao-the-stockade Q: Band Camp PAX: fishstix SouptoNuts Peta Badlands Esso Sprocket Shady Slapshot photobomb Joe Lyons (F3 Long Duck) Mainframe, Joe Blow FNGs: 0 COUNT: 12 We spent…
VARSITY · JUL 14, 2023
Flexing
Slackblast: Flexing DATE: 2023-07-14 AO: ao-varsity Q: Band Camp PAX: Slapshot fishstix Mainframe Shady Sprocket Esso photobomb Badlands SouptoNuts Joe Lyons (F3 Long Duck) Peta, Joe Blow FNGs: 0 COUNT: 12 We spent most…
MAY 20, 2022
Miles and Smiles
WARMUP: we put on our rucks, started our Garmins and took off into the gloom. THE THANG: we walked around for 45 mins and had great conversation ANNOUNCEMENTS: trash cleanup; Royale’s farewell party Saturday COT…
MAY 13, 2022
Danger Zone, B.O.M.B.S, ABC's
WARMUP: 10 - Side Straddle Hops 10 - Windmill 10 - Moroccan Night Club 10 - Cherry Pickers 10 - Merkins While moseying to The Circle Fountain... Danger Zone PAX runs while Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins plays in the…
CURRAHEE · APR 20, 2021
One mile "Casualty" carrying
Last week of heavy training before Dirty Myrtle and I have 3 Q's lined up back to back starting with this one. 7 Pax showed up for some Tinsel Utensils WOD; two multi-position ladders were used as stretchers with two…
JUN 12, 2020
Webbs on Webbs on Webbs
It felt so good to see my brothers on the west side. It has literally been too long. YHC was all smiles as the cars rolled up this morning. Lately YHC has been reading a book titled The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, so…
THE BALLROOM · SEP 17, 2019
Lead where you are - 2 years have flown by @ THE Ballroom
What a beautiful, steamy fall morning as the gloom saw 19 of The Fort's finest show for our Shovel flag Hand-off at THE Ballroom. Can't believe that it was over 2 years ago when Cake Boss asked YHC to take over Site Q…
SEP 11, 2019
Remembering the First Responders on 9/11
Getting the opportunity to Q on 9/11 is a big deal. I'm happy to see that all the men who were given that chance took advantage by creating a tribute to those who lost their lives on that day 18 years ago. I was not…
SEP 10, 2019
Sea Legs - Guess what we did?
6 of us showed up, we ran to the round about, we ran back. Extra credit was small sprints in the parking lot. Total distance around 5 miles. COT Praises and Prayers, each man had something on his heart. ~fin Royale
SEP 3, 2019
Running at Sealegs
We ran... there were 3 terrible hills that we've set up for Strava segments. I hated it...but felt better when it was over. Total 5.2 miles, went over by 2 minutes to COT. We got better together! ~ fin Royale
AUG 27, 2019
Concentrica Cornhole... with Kettlebells!
Today was my opportunity to lead the men at Cannonball. This place has become a PAX favorite. Many of the men enjoy the Peg Leg pre-run before the standard start at 5:15am, so I was setting up with plenty of men…
AUG 24, 2019
Tinsel's Utensils rolled in the Deep
Great morning to bring all the props out, we had 17 PAX (4x2.0's) kids have become "regulars" at the deep, we also had the visit from EZ rider from the Gas House Region. We started with a slow mossey around the parking…
AUG 17, 2019
Shovel Flag Handoff @ The Deep
What a day! This morning was a beautiful sight to see. 30 men came out to see the passing of the shovel flag from YHC to O'Reilly. I have been lucky enough to call myself Site Q of The Deep since March(?) 2018 and have…
JUL 26, 2019
Q School Week 3
We've had some pleasant mornings this week and I was thankful that today was no different. I was grateful for temperatures in the upper 60's and lower humidity. It felt great out there. Anyways, enough about the…
JUL 24, 2019
Reminisce about the "Pain"theon
I haven't been to one of my old favorite AOs in WAY to long. We start to get spoiled with so many great F3 options that it gets easy to stay close to home. I love Funhouse's idea of Ass Kickin' April and getting out to…
JUL 19, 2019
Q School 201 - The Weinke at Bermuda Triangle
I was the privileged Q that was able to lead week #2 of Q school following behind Wild Thing. I got to the AO 10 minutes early to set up, guys were already pre-running... nobody ever seems to sleep in Lake Wylie! By the…
JUL 15, 2019
Virtuous Leadership at Crows Nest
15 men made it out to Crow's Nest. Here's what they did. Sorry to hear that Survey Says had to leave because he rolled his ankle during the pre-run. COP IWs – CDDs – SSHs – Ranger Merkins – Broga – MNCs – Mountain…
JUL 12, 2019
Lake Wylie Q-School 101
Class is session with YHC at the helm for Q School 101 in Lake Wylie. Today's Lesson Plan: Disclaimer, 5 Core Principles, Counting Cadence, Scouting an AO and a little bit of pain. Starting promptly at 0515 we dropped…
JUN 18, 2019
Buddies and Bells
I've definitely had my fair share of Q's at this point, but I still get a little nervous before each and every one, not out of fear, but desire to give everyone a good workout. The PAX trust me with their time and I…
JUN 17, 2019
Bringing the Pain to Crows Nest
Having never been to Crows Nest before, YHC arrived at 0445 to get the lay of the land. It gave me some time to get a few things setup and wait for the Pax to arrive. Temp was around 73. Folks started arriving by 5:10…
JUN 12, 2019
If Wilt Chamberlain met Nicole (well he probably did)
It was cool morning and 11 showed up for my Q at the Abyss. I gave a brief but full disclaimer. We did a fast mosey, because they don't always have to be slow (I picked this up from a Backblast where Duck Dynasty…
MAY 28, 2019
No Turkish Get Ups
16 PAX met in the gloom for my KB VQ. I wasn't sure how it would go, so I came overprepared. The Q scheduled couldn't make it, and I managed to get it from Two Ferns before Royale, who wanted to do 45 minutes of Turkish…
MAY 21, 2019
Kettlebell Rounds
Cannonball - May 21, 2019 I was a bit nervous coming up with a routine at Cannonball. I had never done a ‘Q’ at a place where we use weights so I pieced together a workout that would hopefully benefit chest, arm, back…
MAY 21, 2019
Hour long Q's are hard on everyone
Had a little challenge on my hands for this one - a group of the Deep regulars including the site Q were taking on the Savage Race course, so for those who were not peer pressured into participating in that, I had to…