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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… THE COACH'S BOX · THU OCT 29 The Smokin Cindy Violator Q: Cohiba · 8 PAX Warm-Up: SSH – 30 IC Imperial Walkers – 20 IC Windmills – 10 IC Strawberry Pickers – 10 IC Cheese Shredder Violator Mosey lap around Skillet Main Thang: Round 1: Cinder Strength 3 Rounds- MOT per Round: Round 1- Run… RING OF FIRE · WED OCT 28 1982 Q: Splinter · 5 PAX Birthday Week Q #3 in the books. I built the workout around the year 1982 and my upcoming age. WARMUP: Good long mosey around Nafo to the NEW Marching Pad behind the ROTC building. 44 SSH, Windmills and stretching. THE… 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… BLOCK PARTY · TUE OCT 27 Hills & Marching Around WEP Q: Splinter · 7 PAX Day #2 of Birthday Week Q's. Here we go! WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, Imperial Walkers, Stretching, Mosey THE THANG: Mosey over to the swings. Partner up and one partner does suspended crunches (feet in swing) 20x and the… CURRAHEE · TUE OCT 27 Merkins, Squats & a Nutsniffer Q: Cyclops · 9 PAX WARMUP: windmills, cherry pickers, imperial walkers and seal jacks. THE THANG: Rucks on and stoping every 1/4 mile for pain stations. Exercises consisted of merkins and squats in cadence. Which type and how many varied… FLIGHT PLAN · MON OCT 26 Guess What. Go run. Q: maximus · 12 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: Run to the end of Harvest Pointe/River District and back, adding more if time was on your side. Do 1/4mi - 1/2mi intervals. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes COT: yes 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… COCKPIT · MON OCT 26 Easy on the Shoulders, Not on the Legs Q: Splinter · 8 PAX This is my birthday week, so I'm trying to Q all 5 days. #1 in the books! WARMUP: Windmills, stretching, Moroccan NCs and a mosey down behind the stadium and school. THE THANG: Lamppost-palooza. Run to the lamppost… RING OF FIRE · MON OCT 26 Dorie - Partner Hero Workout Q: Fishstix · 8 PAX On December 7th, 1941, during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dorie was serving as a Mess Attendant aboard the battleship USS West Virginia. When torpedoes struck, he ran into the fight—carrying his mortally wounded Captain… 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… CLYDESDALES · WED OCT 21 Figure 8's With Horses Q: maximus · 14 PAX 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… THE BALLROOM · TUE OCT 20 Time to go dancing!! Q: Honkey Tonk · 6 PAX WARMUP: 20 Moroccan night moves 20 Windmills 20 Pickers 20 Walkers X2 THE THANG: DORA: 100 Lunges 200 Squats 300 Flutters Other runs to bench for 10 dips 4 corners: 20 LBC 20 Big Boy 20 Plank hold 20 Dealers choice X5… COLOSSEUM · TUE OCT 20 Q School at Colosseum Q: Italian Job · 7 PAX It was my honor and privilege to share some QSchool lessons learned with 6 of my brothers this morning. Please bookmark this backblast as you prepare your first Q. Many of us are here to assist as you plan and would… BLOCK PARTY · TUE OCT 20 Mozy Ruck 4 Q: Bam Bam · 7 PAX WARMUP:Moroccan Night Clubs, Strawberry Pickers SSH THE THANG: 4 Corn of Pain 20x Ruck Squats 20x Swings with Ruck sack 16x Lunges 8 each leg. Station 2 15x Curls 15x Merkins 15x Over Head Press Station 3 30x Flutters… 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 THE FORGE · FRI OCT 16 4 Corner EMOM avoiding the Harry Teeter dumpster juice Q: Sweet Baby Ray · 12 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Cherry Pickers, down dog, honey mooners, pigeon then mosey the long way to the back side of Harris Teeter. THE THANG: 4 corners EMOM behind Harris Teeter Four stations each with a different exercise listed… THE HIVE · FRI OCT 16 KB BOP for Farmers Q: Ruby Slippers · 15 PAX Site Q let me know there would be a shovel flag handoff this morning so expected a large crowd. Means different paces needed to be accommodated, perfect for a BOP. Arrived early to set-up and get a prerun in, because… SLOW BURN · FRI OCT 16 Dora & Mosey Q: Grout · 10 PAX WARMUP: BACKBLAST: NO SHORTCUTS, JUST WORK Warm-Up – Mosey to Lowe’s - Mosey to Lowe’s and circle up - 20 Side Straddle Hops - 10 Imperial Walkers - 10 Hillbilly Walkers - 10 Cherry Pickers DORA – Partner Workout - 100… SOUL TO SOLE · THU OCT 15 Ruck/Shuffle @ S2S Q: Ruby Slippers · 9 PAX Love this AO as the opportunity to fellowship with PAX is the main draw for me. You have time to get past the surface and talk about what's happening in each other's lives, sharing burdens or giving praise reports… LAZARUS · THU OCT 15 Nipple Fights Q: Birdcage · 7 PAX Minimal warm-up Maximum UNO Ultimate chatter BE GRATEFUL FOR ALL THINGS MILGA