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483 backblasts mention “Vuvuzela”
MINNOW POND · THU OCT 29
Tour of FM and 44 Reps
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…
6@6 · SAT OCT 24
Vuvu’s 45th Birthday Bash
WARMUP: old men stretching THE THANG: running, 4mi on the low end, 16 on the high end MARY: still a no show ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel, BBBB, trash pick up COT: pre 6 for coffee, Frittata and cinnamon rolls
CLYDESDALES · WED OCT 21
Figure 8's With Horses
WARMUP: Nope THE THANG: 2 "instructions" 1. The route: Attempt to run figure-8's through new/old Kingsley 2. Interval-style running which means .25mi quicker run and .25 just slower than normal run. Do this the entire…
FLIGHT PLAN · MON OCT 19
Bad Route
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
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…
FLIGHT PLAN · MON OCT 12
Harvest Pointe Hill
WARMUP: Mumblechatter THE THANG: Out and Back - Harvest Pointe MARY: no ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes COT: prayers and praises
6@6 · SAT OCT 10
Running and coffee
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…
FLIGHT PLAN · MON OCT 5
Morris Hunting
WARMUP: frowned upon at this AO THE THANG: head down Market until it changes names, keep going, turn right on Gardenia, turn right on Morris Hunt, hit the cul-du-sac and come back MARY: did a little yoga up till 0600…
6@6 · SUN OCT 4
Humid Oct morning
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
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
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
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
WARMUP: yes THE THANG: running MARY: no ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes COT: yes
CLYDESDALES · WED SEP 23
Some Running/rucking
WARMUP: THE THANG: big 4 mile loop around some unnamed roads MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Shelter next Thur. TACO Thursday! COT: happy birthday soup-to-nuts son turning 5 today! Prayers for all of our marriages…
SEABISCUIT · TUE SEP 22
We all made it back
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…
6@6 · MON SEP 21
Running in the Dark
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
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…
CLYDESDALES · WED SEP 16
Kingsley
WARMUP: THE THANG: 3.7 to 4.7 miles Munn to Kingsley, Sunbelt lot and around Kingsley then back to the Stadium to finish with lap. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
TRAINING GROUND · SUN SEP 6
Running at a rucking ao
WARMUP: start running THE THANG: ran back around the school and out towards Walmart(this is where we spotted gecko out after his 21 mile run yesterday) go around Walmart and out Hubert Graham towards Gold Hill, right on…
6@6 · SAT SEP 5
Flight Attendant INSTRUCTOR
WARMUP: very little THE THANG: little a this, little a that MARY: proud, very proud ANNOUNCEMENTS: always COT: always
MINNOW POND · THU SEP 3
Sweaty
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
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
WARMUP: THE THANG: Ran through Waterside MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
6@6 · MON AUG 31
The Velocity Vanguard Run
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…