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SLOW BURN · FRI JUL 24 4 Corners and 11's Q: Old Bay · 7 PAX WARMUP: Lead by Snooker. Did a great job. THE THANG: Moseyed around a bit, then landed at a parking lot with 4 cones set up about 50 yards apart. The thang was to do 11's, but across 4 corners. Corner 1 - 10 Merkins… RING OF FIRE · WED JUL 22 Round About Q: Band Camp · 8 PAX WARMUP: Yea, interspersed with burpees THE THANG: A bit ADHD - 7s on the hill behind sugar creek - merkins, squats, and bulgarian split squats in front of the school - bear crawl the front wall of the elementary school… SOUL TO SOLE · THU APR 30 The Manion WOD Q: TINSEL TheFort · 32 PAX WARMUP: 29 squats THE THANG: Manion WOD: 29 squats with ruck and sandbag, 400 meter run/ruck/shuffle X 7 rounds (modify as needed) MARY: 5 minutes of AB lab, 10 minute broga ANNOUNCEMENTS: “greater than” event, bethel… THE COACH'S BOX · THU MAR 26 Three lessons for leadership Q: Cyclops · 8 PAX WARMUP: mosey to high school faculty lot and do the following exercises I/C Windmills Cherry pickers Imperial walkers Seal jacks THE THANG: Dora on the hill Mosey to the top of the hill of 21 100 Burpees - switched to… SWEEP THE LEG · MON MAR 16 Backblast! Sweep the 7s Q: Halfback · 11 PAX WARMUP: Side straddle hops, imperial walkers THE THANG: 7s between merkins and burpees. About .42 mile in between. MARY: running inspired stretching ANNOUNCEMENTS: Several events coming up including a trip to the DMV… DAWN PATROL · THU FEB 19 Backblast! Cougars and Gold Diggers Q: Band Camp · 8 PAX Stole from Spike: https://f3thefort.com/2026/02/18/hill-sprints/ WARMUP: yea THE THANG: see Spike’s stuff. I dropped many (NOT ALL) of the burpees by poplar demand MARY: flutters ANNOUNCEMENTS: lots in the newsletter… THE BALLROOM · TUE FEB 10 Backblast! Change is the Game Q: Double D · 9 PAX WARMUP: Cold morning required a warm up session for the Q so the rest of the pax got the same THE THANG: Mosey to basketball court on far side of school. Stopped on way at picnic tables for some step-ups and dips (3… COCKPIT · WED JAN 28 Backblast! Workouts Band Camp Would Call Q: Stagecoach · 11 PAX WARMUP: Mosey to the band parking lot SSH, imperial walkers, Jimmy Dugan, merkins, calf stretch and runners pose THE THANG: run to lot by the baseball field and get a partner. Partner 1 runs across the lot and back… BLOCK PARTY · TUE JAN 27 Backblast! Cold One or 6 on the Weekends Q: Stagecoach · 5 PAX WARMUP: Mosey around Pharmacy and down Tom Hall to St John’s parking lot. Side straddle hop Jimmy Dugan Merkins Calf stretch Runners pose THE THANG: - Triple nickel on Monroe White 5 Bonnie Blair’s @ confederate 5… BLOCK PARTY · TUE JAN 13 Backblast! Backblast! Q: Pocahontas · 18 PAX WARMUP: Side straddle hops, merkins, imperial walkers, windmills THE THANG: Mosey to church hill, partner up, one partner runs to top of hill and does 10 merkins, runs back down hill while partner does plank shoulder… RING OF FIRE · MON JAN 12 Backblast! The Hall Charge Q: Ruby Slippers · 6 PAX We honored Thomas Lee Hall this morning. Tom was a member of Fort Mill's National Guard, Co. G. Company G left Fort Mill to join the Old Hickory Division at Camp Sevier in Greenville during October 1917. The men knew… BLOCK PARTY · TUE JAN 6 Backblast! Stroll in the Park Q: Decibel · 14 PAX WARMUP: Mosey to pharmacy parking lot. Imperial Walkerx10, Hillbilly Walker x10, Windmill x10, Cherry Picker x10, Plank: HoneyMooner and Down Dog. MTN climber x15, Peter Parker x15 and Parker Peter x15. THE THANG: Mosey… FLIGHT PLAN · MON JAN 5 Backblast! Monday River Run Q: Assassin · 21 PAX · +1 FNG We ran down Market St thru Baxter to Grey Rock and back. Only 3 members of the ruck club today. THE ARMORY · DEC 1, 2025 Backblast! Surrogate BB for 12/1 Q: Sugar Daddy · 8 PAX WARMUP: while the posting numbers are inaccurate, due to the many folks that don’t find the BB system worth their time… Some of us enjoy seeing the numbers climb. Getting these done increases the accuracy of that, and… FLIGHT PLAN · NOV 24, 2025 Backblast! The hills are alive…. Q: Anchorman · 15 PAX Run. Run run run. Run. Stop walking. Run run run. :runner: Braden hill repeats. Run run run back. TRAINING GROUND · NOV 23, 2025 Backblast! Miles of OPRAHS Favorite Things Q: F3 DaVinci · 4 PAX WARMUP: I mean, we just started walking and stuff THE THANG: Ruck miles (a simple out-and-back on 160 with OPRAHS stops along the way: OP = Overhead Press x 10 OYO R = Rows (alt upright/bent over) x 10 OYO AH = American… FLIGHT PLAN · NOV 17, 2025 Backblast! Disruption to the Status Quo at FP Q: Pusher · 24 PAX Loops around Gardenia. Oof! BLOCK PARTY · NOV 11, 2025 Backblast! Veterans Day at Vets Park Q: Slapshot · 7 PAX Run to Parking Lot behind Amor 11 SSH 11 Windmills 11 IW 11 HW 11 Mnt Climbers Quick discussion on my Why? As in why I’m still in F3 Short answer is to run faster…(metaphorically as well as literally) I want to be good… FLIGHT PLAN · NOV 10, 2025 Backblast! Running, Monday, Flight Plan Q: Barry Manilow · 18 PAX WARMUP: jibber jabber THE THANG: Berkshire loop(s) MARY: more jibber jabber ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes COT: yes Looks like we made it, Barry Manilow FLIGHT PLAN · OCT 6, 2025 Backblast! Ruck Club Q: Assassin · 11 PAX We had 6 ruck club members and 5 runners which is a new ruck club historical marker. Thank you to all who made this accomplishment happen. Grateful to your dedication. Very specific running route instructions were given… SEP 25, 2025 Backblast! Don’t Carry Your Burdens Alone Q: Warning Track · 10 PAX Theme: How are you carrying your burdens? Think about these things: How the weight of your burdens feels as you physically move around. How hard would it be to carry multiple burdens at a time? How hard would it be to… BLOCK PARTY · SEP 23, 2025 Backblast! Murphy Q: Rolloff · 6 PAX WARMUP: mosey, ssh, imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers THE THANG: 3 corner block party- 20 pull ups at the print shop, 20 merkins and 20 squats and the train tracks and top of the hill MARY: saw quite a bit of her… FLIGHT PLAN · SEP 22, 2025 Backblast! River District out and back Q: Old Bay · 19 PAX We ran and/or rucked to the River District and back. VARSITY · SEP 12, 2025 Backblast! Friday date with Cindy Q: Keith Crockett · 4 PAX WARMUP: SSH Imperial Walker Hillbilly Walker Cherry Picker Windmill Peter Parker Parker Peter THE THANG: Mosey to Cafeteria in the back of NAFO 10x Step ups Derkins Incline Merkins with Claps Dips Bulgarian Split Squats…