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698 backblasts mention “Time Machine”

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… COCKPIT · WED OCT 28 Racing at the Pit Q: Ruby Slippers · 9 PAX Always an honor and a privilege to lead my F3 brothers in a workout. Like to try and mix it up a bit for the PAX so I researched the backblasts for this AO. Reached out to the Site Q to inquire what kind of gear is… THE ARMORY · MON OCT 26 His ass is like a pile of muscle Q: Time Machine · 3 PAX WARMUP: SSH, IW, HW, Up/Down dog and world’s greatest stretch THE THANG: 4 rd Tabata AMRAP. Goblet Squat Swings Single Arm Rows Lunges Romanian deadlift Thrusters Hammers Plank pull through MARY: Nope ANNOUNCEMENTS: A… THE YARD · SAT OCT 24 Circle of Fun and Indian Run Q: Float Bridge · 9 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: - 12 station circle of fun 45 secs exercise 15 second rest - Indian run - 12 station circle of fun 45 secs exercise 15 second rest - Indian run - Dora MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: - 4 B's - Bethel - 401k run… COCKPIT · WED OCT 21 Why do we keep running past the destinations Q: Peach Stand · 7 PAX WARMUP: walkers, windmills, Peter parkers, up and down dog stretches THE THANG: We visited 6 different locations making a full loop around the CRHS property Each location had a start point, a destination point, an… 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… 6@6 · SAT OCT 17 Raining an running Q: Barry Manilow · 8 PAX WARMUP: chit chat with Twister THE THANG: running, all runners MARY: was not present (again) ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel and BBBB COT: coffee LAZARUS · THU OCT 15 Nipple Fights Q: Birdcage · 7 PAX Minimal warm-up Maximum UNO Ultimate chatter BE GRATEFUL FOR ALL THINGS MILGA RING OF FIRE · MON OCT 12 Army Staff Sgt Steve Butcher Jr Q: Cherry Pie · 10 PAX WARMUP: ssh, WM, MNC THE THANG: AMRAP: 3 (# tours of duty) - Burpee 5 (month of death) - jump squat 23 (day of death) - big boy sit ups 27 (age) - plank jacks 97 (high school graduation yr) - yards run Completed ~15… 6@6 · SAT OCT 10 Running and coffee Q: Short Sale · 9 PAX WARMUP: avoided the rain for some, marathon miles for some THE THANG: coffee for some marathon miles for some MARY: not really ANNOUNCEMENTS: some COT: pre Vuvuzela and his merry band of marathon trainees were there, I… COCKPIT · WED OCT 7 Running Season is Here Q: Double D · 10 PAX WARMUP: Mosey down hill behind school with various movements until reached the road loop at the bottom THE THANG: Running and exercises until finish First "mile" = Burpees followed by a lap, 4 total starting with 20… 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: SWEEP THE LEG · MON OCT 5 Groundhog Workout Q: Time Machine · 8 PAX WARMUP: Warmed up before if needed THE THANG: Mosey across the street to the bottom of Brayden Hill. 5 Burpees at the bottom 10 Jump Squats at Emory Ln 10 HR Merkins at entrance to Inizio parking lot 10 Hammers at… THE YARD · SAT OCT 3 Noah’s Ark - Just the Animals. Q: Pauly D · 10 PAX WARMUP: very warm already THE THANG: mosey around the islands of parking. Stop at one side and establish our workout area. The theme is Noah’s Ark so we did as many animal related workouts as we could do (and do it… 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. COCKPIT · WED SEP 30 A hill and sauerkraut Q: Grinder · 9 PAX WARMUP: - SSH / IW / WM - mosey to hill behind the school THE THANG: - modified suicides - 5 stops with increasing exercise count: 10/20/30/40/50 - exercises: squats, shoulder taps, monkey humpers, imperial walker … 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… 6@6 · SAT SEP 26 Running with scissors Q: Barry Manilow · 14 PAX WARMUP: yes THE THANG: running MARY: no ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes COT: yes THE YARD · SAT SEP 26 Prime Time BOP Q: Ruby Slippers · 12 PAX WARMUP: We did that THE THANG: Prime Time BOP MARY: None needed ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your NL COT: STK! THE COACH'S BOX · THU SEP 24 Queen Cindy Q: Time Machine · 6 PAX WARMUP: Exactly 1 4-count SSH THE THANG: Mosey to some benches, 10 each of Irkins, Dirkins, Dips, Step ups (each leg) and squats. Mosey more to the ROTC Cindy’s grabbed one and passed around. Started off with 20… COCKPIT · WED SEP 23 Q-School Q: Cyclops · 11 PAX WARMUP: Disclaimer and mosey down the hill to a warmup circle with the following exercises in cadence Windmills x 10 Cherry Pickers x 10 Imperial walkers x 10 5 burpees OYO Hillbilly Walkers x 10 4 burpees OYO Seal… SEABISCUIT · TUE SEP 22 We all made it back Q: Peach Stand · 8 PAX WARMUP: a few of us had 3 ish miles of pre-run fun to warm up, the rest of us showed up as warm as we were prepared to get THE THANG: left the parking lot and cut through the dominion bridge neighborhood - taking the… COCKPIT · MON SEP 21 Bert Q: Deep Dish · 11 PAX WARMUP: Brief tour of our 0.25mi loop THE THANG: 50 burpees 400m run 100 merkins 400m rub 150 lunges 400m rub 200 squats 400m run 150 lunges 400m run 100 merkins 400m run 50 burpees I believe all pax made it through at…