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7th Callahanniversary

Posted on June 1, 2021 | 8 minutes | 1590 words |

Seven years is a significant amount of time regardless of how many years you’ve racked up to this point in your life. For me, it represents over 20% of my existence on this earth. I spent some time the last few days considering how much I have changed in that span of time. A 27-year-old, working as an inside sales rep at a failing wood mill is were it started. Sam, the salesman. [Read More]

Any STP fans out there? We went to Church on Tuesday....

Posted on June 1, 2021 | 2 minutes | 323 words |

Father’s always smokin’ And your mom’s at church on Tuesday And your brother’s always drinkin’ and dyin' I’m not a big fan, but I remembered this Stone Temple Pilots song as we had fun in Downtown POGL this amazing morning! Post holiday thin crowd but we made the most of it! Here’s what went down after the mission & pledge…. mosey across town a bit to the north side of the church for: [Read More]

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Flirtin' With High Tempo

Posted on June 1, 2021 | 3 minutes | 469 words |

AO: Flirtin’ With Disaster Workout Date: 06/01/21 YHC was looking to mix things up with a set of Number of the Beast (lifted from Jimmer’s Ambassador Q), but I couldn’t find a good area with six clearly defined stations. I did check out the shopping center parking lot on my prerun, but ultimately I couldn’t get over how well the Flirtin’ With Disaster parking lot was set up for 7-11s. [Read More]

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It's Only Ruck and Roll

Posted on June 1, 2021 | 3 minutes | 498 words |

AO: Rolling Stone Workout Date: 05/28/21 After Qing Quickhatch, YHC wondered how much PT was expected at a Ruck workout. The Quickatch guys were happy to just ruck a couple of miles and my called exercises seemed like an awkward novelty. I reached out to site Q Bartman to get an idea for Rolling Stone and found PT would be preferred. With a big demand for PT, I opted for the weinke and did some internet searches for good ruck exercises. [Read More]

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Madness In The Method

Posted on June 1, 2021 | 3 minutes | 468 words |

By trade I’m a project manager. I always have a plan. But many times, I don’t actually finalize Q plans until minutes before the event actually starts. For the FMJ Q today, I must tip my proverbial hat to Suck Up. Unbeknownst to HIM, the plan was nearly finalized while on the playground at Kelly Road park while completing our Memorial Day Murph. In typical Suck Up fashion, he was smiling a lot and finding ways to talk trash while being super nice. [Read More]

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Garbage Plate

Posted on May 29, 2021 | 2 minutes | 385 words |

13 pax weren’t about to let a little rain stop us from enjoying this beautiful morning. Warm-Up Mosey to the end of the lot and circle up for daisy pickers, hillbillies, Sir Fazios, copperhead merkins, copperhead squats and control freak good mornings. The Thang Mosey from the south entrance to the north entrance with two merkins at each light pole. Continue our mosey to the big, beautiful soccer field. Using only half the field mosey to each corner for ten squats, with a return to the center for three burpees between corners. [Read More]

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Redemption. And socks

Posted on May 29, 2021 | 3 minutes | 510 words |

It’s easy to become complacent. And get in a rut. We all do that from time to time. Do you ever find yourself only posting at the same AOs, week after week? Well, then weeks turn into months. A few things were in play that led YHC to grab the Q for Gran Torino for May 28. First of all, I’d not Q’d this workout since last year. In fact I hadn’t been here in months. [Read More]

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An(Un)limited MASH Run?

Posted on May 28, 2021 | 1 minutes | 194 words |

Dang it. It’s 4:45am and I’m awake. With 75 mins to kill before the the 6am start time of over at MASH I’m torn on what to do. Who am I kidding, no I’m not! I get up, get dressed and head over to the AO for a lil 1.5EC. Some time passes and 14 other HIM show up and join me for some fun stuff… starting with the disclaimer (1 FNG) and the Pledge [Read More]

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Day 28.

Posted on May 28, 2021 | 2 minutes | 228 words |

We Murphed. It was glorious. Almost exactly 1 mile run to a playground at Mama’s Boy’s neighborhood pool. There were tunes. Hello Kitty doesn’t much care for the Rolling Stones. Nobody argued with him. Joe Smith is STRONG at pull-ups. STRONG. By the way, Dazed & Confused is back at Apex High School. Try to park as far away as possible as not to upset teachers with assigned parking spots. And circle up off to the side so incoming teachers don’t run you over. [Read More]

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Merlot, 3 Honors, no Murph, no coffee, blood, 1 bud light, & counting can be so freakin' hard!

Posted on May 27, 2021 | 3 minutes | 491 words |

Wow – crazy fun morning at BO! So very much was happening & I’m not sure if I can capture half of it…. here’s my version, my truth…. Men gathered at the flag, grumbling was evident as Flacco’s presence looms large these days of May…. Murph on the minds of the PAX. We did the mission, the pledge, & were off to tour the town. Loop around & head to the bank for warm-ups – executed under extreme mumble chatter – it was awesome! [Read More]

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