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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 COCKPIT · MON OCT 12 2026.42 Cockpit Q: Tesh · 9 PAX Running segments with a push (cinder block) on one end and legs on the other Merkins with recovery bear crawls Farmer carries with cindies And that's how 45 minutes goes by really fast. Q SOURCE · WED OCT 7 Q4.1 Q: Shady · 5 PAX WARMUP: nada THE THANG: sua sponte leadership!! MARY: not today ANNOUNCEMENTS: na COT: na Q SOURCE · WED SEP 30 Q4 Launch!! Q: Shady · 6 PAX WARMUP: Review the previous quadrants THE THANG: Solid discussion around Legacy MARY: had a little lamb ANNOUNCEMENTS: Shady needs help moving in-laws COT: 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… BLOCK PARTY · TUE SEP 29 FORTeen Years Q: Double D · 85 PAX WARMUP: 14 Burpees THE THANG: Mosey to center of WEP Pax rotated into center based on year of 1st post (ie Class of 2026, 2025, 2024, etc). Varied exercises were performed by all including Burpees, Partner Derkins… LAZARUS · THU SEP 17 Kumquat Q: Band Camp · 17 PAX WARMUP: BC led that....it involved burpees in cadence, but only after some creative running THE THANG: Split into 3 groups, was gonna be 4, but Tesh was late. Rotated at Esso's whistle. Band Camp's job was to travel the… KITCHEN SINK · WED SEP 16 Yup Q: Fishstix · 5 PAX Warm-ups began with some SSHs, WMs, IWs. Next, Partner exercise - partner 1 farmer carried sandbags around the small parking lot loop, partner 2 ran in the opposite direction and switched out when they met up. Two laps… SWEEP THE LEG · MON SEP 14 Post BRR good ideas Q: Shady · 10 PAX (Courtesy of DH, thanks buddy!!) 10 came to Sweep the Leg to celebrate the one day of the year that I get to run near the front of the pack… the Monday after BRR. It was a veritable party… Q: Shady Pax: Shady 38 Special… CLYDESDALES · WED AUG 26 Kingsley Loop by Hominy Q: Hominy · 19 PAX I rucked. Others ran. Around Kingsley and back. 6@6 · SAT AUG 22 Harveste Point and back Q: Fogerty · 14 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: 3miles out and 3 miles back - two options to choose. MARY: None ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes COT: Prayers THE HIVE · FRI AUG 21 35lb Moderate 24kg Hard Q: Band Camp · 14 PAX WARMUP: Yep THE THANG: Move to parking lot: Single Arm Deadlift Clean Squat and Press Overhead hold and March did 5 reps on the right, then 5 on the left We did some type of travel between round. I think we hit 4-ish… MINNOW POND · THU AUG 20 3 exercises on repeat...for 4 miles Q: maximus · 25 PAX WARMUP: Non existent THE THANG: Super simple...running with push-ups, V-ups and American Hammers. At every stop, the PAX would perform: 5 V-Ups, 10 Merkins, 15 American Hammers Here's the route we took: Up Massey and… FLIGHT PLAN · MON AUG 17 Welcome Baby Owen! Q: Cherry Pie · 23 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… MINNOW POND · THU AUG 13 Badland's 1 yr MANniversary Q: Badlands · 15 PAX Turned 41 today... 1 year anniversary of becoming a man they say. WARMUP: train going through town at 0510 caused a few late arrivals. Did pledge and then 41 ssh IC while the stragglers got parked and over to the flags… CLYDESDALES · WED AUG 12 2x Kingsley Q: Barry Manilow · 17 PAX WARMUP: OYO THE THANG: old and new Kingsley, with side pieces to add up to 4.6 MARY: no ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes COT: yes 6@6 · SAT JUL 25 The Hills Had Moist Eyes Q: Stang · 12 PAX WARMUP: Nope THE THANG: We ran down Harris Up Sam Smith to Baxter and Ran down then back up Gardenia. It rained the whole time it was perfect. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: 6@6 · SAT JUL 25 it rained, still running Q: Stang · 20 PAX WARMUP: it was raining THE THANG: some did 3.2, some did 6, some did 15 MARY: does not go out in the rain ANNOUNCEMENTS: generally, yes COT: yes, COT was very nice ALCATRAZ · SAT JUL 18 No Complaints, Just Work Q: darkhelmet · 12 PAX WARMUP: Dark Helmet on Q for the 1st half: A lap around the park with a stop at the pull-up bars for everyone to knock out a few then over to the wall behind the backstop. We performed a set of dips on the wall then… CLYDESDALES · WED JUL 15 NASA? Q: Cherry Pie · 19 PAX WARMUP: OYO THE THANG: MUNN -> Harris -> ardrey - WEP -> trail back to Harris -> munn 4mi +/- MARY: no ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter, la grama, BOLO new AO trailhead coming this fall - see McHale COT: health/ dr visits…… Q SOURCE · WED JUL 15 Q3.1 shared leadership Q: Shady · 12 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: FLIGHT PLAN · MON JUL 13 Loops, loops and loops Q: Cyclops · 22 PAX WARMUP: Nope - it's a run/ruck workout THE THANG: Richard's Crossing to Front Street to Berkshire Heights, loop 1, 2 or 3 times and return the way pax got there. MARY: No sir - open to all men ANNOUNCEMENTS: Always COT… CLYDESDALES · WED JUL 1 The Suggested Route Q: Cohiba · 8 PAX WARMUP: Reviewed the running route THE THANG: 4.18 mile route around Downtown Fort Mill MARY: She doesn't like to run ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter COT: Prayers and Praises ALCATRAZ · SAT JUN 27 Battle Buddies Reunited Q: Ruby Slippers · 6 PAX · +1 FNG Partner Q is the theme at Alcatraz. Enjoyed the opportunity collaborating with my battle buddy from the Greater Than CSAUP on this one. I took the first half of the workout and concentrated on upper body while Shady…