It was quite Beige in the heart of Bradfords Ordinary

 Posted on July 13, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  395 words  |  

19 pax show up, everyone in one of Becky’s freshly pressed TT’s, no FNGs, gloves not required. Straight vanilla., or beige? 7 Rubberbands follow Angry Elf for stretching. The remaining 12 BOs head to the bank to warmup with various stuff. In plank position, Burt is called on …….. ? And he calls calf stretches. Yeah we were all thinking the same thing, waiting for it to sink in. Really? Shaking away the cobwebs, gathering his wits, he then has us going into a progression of calf stretches, merkins, and …. [Read More]
angry-elf  banjo  bartman  billy  bo-jackson  burt  chipper  coney  kermit  money-ball  pickles  press-on  prodigal  puck  roasters  sosa  speed-racer  the-commish  viking 

The Brown-Out Badge

 Posted on July 6, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  540 words  |  

When: July 6th 2019 QIC: Earhart The PAX: Parker, Banjo, Theismann, Ezekiel, Sub, Biner, Pierogi YHC Earhart 8 HIM gather in the warm, humid morning for an Earhart beatdown at the Green Mile. Sub comes rolling in after running something like 10 miles in 20 minutes. And he was not even gassed. All gathered, we mosey down the lower parking lot, mixing in butt kickers, high knees, and shuffles for some variety before we circle up for: [Read More]
banjo  biner  earhart  ezekiel  parker  pierogi  sub  theismann 

The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.

 Posted on July 6, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  205 words  |  

100% of the pax were committed to Extra Credit this am: Sub for 4 mile solo run, Free Lunch and Pierogi for 1+ mile EC run in from home, YHC for ECP. Well done men No extravagant plans today, more BRR inspiration. Pax mosey to bottom of Weston Oaks Court for various warmup exercises and stretches. YHC now remembers to start Strava. Backwards run up the hill and then run to the top of Bexley Bluff Lane for directions: [Read More]
banjo  free-lunch  pierogi  sub 

The Freedom Trail July 4th Convergence

 Posted on July 5, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  572 words  |  

@Qwerty, @Red Ryder and YHC met last week to plan the 2019 July 4th Convergence hoping to create something special. Our goal was to keep the PAX together in order to preserve fellowship and maybe a few exercises in-between. The disclaimer was disclaimed, the F3 Mission was delivered and Whitney Houston’s Star Spangled Banner put the PAX in a USA state of mind that included a Fly Over courtesy of Delta. [Read More]
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Rucking into Independence Day

 Posted on July 4, 2019  |  4 minutes  |  674 words  |  

6 BARs gathered at the Citizens’ Center in the glorious early July 4th morning for some ruck shenanigans. YHC showed up last (not unusual but a trend I am trying to buck), and prepared to get going. Thang 1: Pre-Convergence Coupon Ruck We promptly distributed 130 pounds of coupons in the form of two 40 pound sandbags and one 50 pound former-fire-hose-turned-sandbag. For the uninitiated reading this, “coupons” are the term for any additional weight that must be carried by the PAX during a ruck workout. [Read More]
banjo  bartman  build-a-bear  carvana  tecumseh 

If you want to be number one, train like you are number 2, yep, another BRR inspiration

 Posted on July 3, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  327 words  |  

No one claimed the clean gloves I picked up two weeks ago at wolverine, they are clean. Gloves are optional this morning. No new guys. Mosey to the Park Village pool parking lot to warm up with various exercises including runners stretch and pigeon pose. Recover Mosey to top of hill at the second island, on Park Village Drive. Low squat waiting on instructions: - Run to playground at bottom of hill. [Read More]
angry-elf  banjo  biner  bogo  build-a-bear  honeycomb  loom  macho-man  pbx  pivot  prodigal  random-house  term-paper  the-commish  torpedo  trike 

Frisbee-mania

 Posted on June 30, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  266 words  |  

Date: 6/28/19 PAX: 20 HIMs - Alamo, Banjo, Blueprint, Chicken Big, The Commish, Freebird, Hamm, Hotspot, Hotty Toddy, Imp, QWERTY, Parker, Puddles, Short Circuit, Slim Shady, Sour Mash, Theismann, Two Factor, Un-skinny Bop, WWW No FNG. F3 admin stuff, done. Pledge Allegiance to Old Glory, done. Led the PAX to my truck to retrieve some bricks which we will get really close to along the way of the workout. Mosey to circle for warm-up. [Read More]
alamo  banjo  blueprint  chicken-big  freebird  hamm  hot-toddy  hotspot  imp  parker  puddles  qwerty  short-circuit  slim-shady  sour-mash  the-commish  theismann  two-factor  unskinny-bop  www 

So String Theory says there are multiple dimensions, but nothing about Pearls

 Posted on June 29, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  392 words  |  

“It’s strange how pain marks our faces, and makes us look like family.” - The Green Mile - Beautiful weather this am as the pax roll in. Everyone is early, lots of fellowship. No FNGs but a new face for YHC, well, somewhat new. Hank Williams Jr [hate] was first named 3 years ago at DZ, YHC hasn’t seen him since. Enough reminiscing, grab your gloves, let’s go. 6.25+ mile loop Pearls on a String. [Read More]
airbag  banjo  biner  coney  hank-williams-jr  honeycomb  i-pity-the-fool  michelob  old-maid  one-four  pbx  pivot  snots 

You broke your cherry

 Posted on June 27, 2019  |  5 minutes  |  973 words  |  

It truly was a glorious morning at Bradford’s Ordinary…until my Co-Q decided to throw me into the fire. Having gone to Q School on Sunday, and living by the Boy Scout motto of semper paratus, I planned out what was supposed to be my portion of the workout - disclaimer, warm up, and Mary/COT. I even communicated my plans to my Co-Q for confirmation. I practiced my exercises and cadence calls with my 2. [Read More]
banjo  bo-jackson  burt  coney  dice  hello-kitty  hot-spot  press-on  prodigal  roasters  short-circuit  shut-in  sputnik  term-paper 

Who is really in charge here?

 Posted on June 26, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  446 words  |  

YHC quickly chums up with YOGI to confirm whose Q it really is. I get the, “what me? “ with a hug. After catching up on a few work things we begin to mingle with the ECP men and those arriving. Good to meet Alamo, been reading a lot about him. Great to see Traffic Cone, have not seen that man in a while. There will be no WWIIs or flutter kicks today. [Read More]
alamo  banjo  crimson  frisco  honeycomb  hottie-toddy  intimidator  kermit  traffic-cone  triple-lindy  yogi