BACKBLASTS

Merkins in the time of Blue Ridge

Posted on August 22, 2020 | 3 minutes | 539 words |

I have never seen “Love in the time of cholera”. Now there is “Love in the time of Corona”. Haven’t seen that either. But Friday at DP, we had something better. Arm work in the time of run-heavy Qs. But as with many workouts nowadays, this one started the night before with mindgames from Headroom. EC at 5am tomorrow. Let’s get in some miles!!! Headroom… circa 8pm Sure, sounds good. HC. [Read More]

This Q reeks of BO

Posted on August 21, 2020 | 3 minutes | 508 words |

Let’s get things out of the way from the start. This was as thrown together a Q as I’ve pulled in a while. Was there an idea going into it? Sure. Did it involve more than “we’ll probably have a DORA”? Um… It all started about 14 minutes till 5. With intentions of meeting Coxswain for EC at 5:15, I was taking my sweet time preventing a Pet Sounds. Too sweet a time. [Read More]

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Honeycomb Hills 2.0

Posted on August 20, 2020 | 1 minutes | 110 words |

4 for EC run 3 miles: Honeycomb, Parker, Francois, Ramsey 19 showed for the beat down Intro, disclaimer, and pledge… 1 FNG Mosey over to the Apex Baptist Church parking lot for warm-up SSH Good Mornings Runner Stretch Plank Jacks Mosey over to the Apex Cemetery bottom of the hill The Thang 7’s on the hill split group up top and bottom to start, top of hill was Hudson Ave 6 World Worst Merkins at the bottom and 1 Star Jump Next… Split in groups of 5 for a Washington run back to the flag for Mary [Read More]

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Suicide-ish Triple Nickels and Emily Blunts

Posted on August 20, 2020 | 4 minutes | 741 words |

Some like the saying, ‘another day, another dollar’ or the ever popular in my world, ‘good enough for government work’. In prep for the Back in Black Q this morning and with a still to be determined BRR route on everyone’s mind, I knew we needed hill work. I knew deep down though no one really wanted hill work, but maybe that’s just YHC. I throw on some RATM ‘Bulls on Parade’ for the ride over to Koka Booth VIP lot. [Read More]

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Thorsday Fun: Dropping the hammer at Tin 2 Iron

Posted on August 20, 2020 | 5 minutes | 897 words |

Does it feels like your knees have been beat with Mjölnir? Man… do we have an F3 workout for YOU?! It might feel like most F3 is running with bootcamp workouts, but there are no/low run options out there, for folks who can’t take the beatings of mile upon mile. If that sounds like you, I am happy to tell you there are AO’s like Tin 2 Iron and Tortoises to help get our 3 F’s covered while we listen to our bodies. [Read More]

Honeycomb Hills

Posted on August 19, 2020 | 1 minutes | 115 words |

26 HIMs showed up today. This was my 2 year anniversary this week and this is original place i posted. Thank you Water Wings for bringing me out! Intro… Water Wings showed up late. 5 Burpees Pledge Mosey to the parking lot at Regency Woods for a warm up The Thang 7’s on the big hill (.2 downhill and .2 back up) We started with 6 Burpees at the top and 1 Burpee at the bottom Everyone finished this up and we set on a Washington run back to the flag Finished right on time… clocked 4. [Read More]

Record Breaking Hump Day #twss

Posted on August 19, 2020 | 4 minutes | 681 words |

YHC’s birthday Q week rolls on. I was excited to get after it this morning feeling strong after a long run last weekend and two solid workouts to start the week. Read all about them here and here. Upon arriving at Point Break, parking was limited. There was quite the turnout for ‘Das Boot’ or whatever the name is of the new long run option on a Wednesday that isn’t The Maynard. [Read More]

Bucket Handle Meniscus Tear? We report, you decide.

Posted on August 18, 2020 | 3 minutes | 529 words |

Wait there’s an AO in my neighborhood? Yes, yes there is. It’s a wonderful low impact AO designed to make men stronger with their own body weight and rocks. It’s also run by two high impact men in @Pickles and @Frisco. Who knows what @Frisco’s actual nom de guerre is today, as he and the site flag were MIA. Although he did give a head’s up that he might be absent due to working 0000-0400. [Read More]

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"Breathe" is yoga speak for DBB

Posted on August 17, 2020 | 1 minutes | 98 words |

4 Beige Bros for an EC run 0530 Welcome our FNG and off we go for a 3.25 mile run 0600 Yoga **COT **Odyssey is on for this year. More details to come Prayers for Parker & his family with the loss of their dog, Chewey’s recovery from back surgery and all the kids/teacher/parents starting school today Easiest BB I ever wrote. Forgot to read my quote this morning, but here’s one from Confucious [Read More]

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I Scream, You Scream, We all Scream for A-Team

Posted on August 17, 2020 | 3 minutes | 512 words |

Coming off the hill Repeatos, @Imp said it best on the jog back to the Mary lot. “I freaking love that hill. It’s the best part of this entire AO.” I happen to agree. Let’s see how we got there. YHC rolled down Laura Duncan with a little Madonna’s Like a Prayer blastin. There’s a good backstory to why YHC loves that song but that’s for another medium to be sure. [Read More]