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That's No Moon!

Posted on October 19, 2020 | 2 minutes | 289 words |

9 Pax made it out to the gloom to get their beatdown on for day! YHC got there a little early to set up for the ME, which I knew was gonna suck ever since I found it on the Exicon. (In a good way of course). When the time came the disclaimer was given, the Pledge was recited, and we were on our way to the other parking lot around the corner for the warm up! [Read More]

You got anything better?

Posted on October 7, 2020 | 1 minutes | 201 words |

Solo EC run to check out the AO Bolton’s 2.0 a(nd FNG) Tripp came out to “join” the “fun.” Mosey to the warm-up **Warm-Up **Good mornings; Windmill; SSH: Steve Earles; Mnt. Climbers; Plank Jack **Thang One **Two groups of 5 Indian Run around the neighborhood. Each time the lead runner gets back to the front of the line, stop and complete 1 rep of 3 exercises. Increase the number of reps each time you stop. [Read More]

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Music Delete

Posted on September 24, 2020 | 3 minutes | 449 words |

The best plans often go astray. Today was a lesson in adapting to a failure in my pre-blast: I planned Music, Merkins, and Mumblechatter. Good on two of those. A recent Andriod 11 update rendered my usual music playing app useless. In hindsight I should have tested this the night before. Lesson learned. The PAX were disappointed by the silence. I tried to figure out how to stretch the workout because I planned a nice, new thang to a song. [Read More]

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Candyland

Posted on September 16, 2020 | 2 minutes | 296 words |

Perfect morning to start at #Whoville. Cool and calm. @Clementine brought the flag and long sleeves. The location brought inspiration for a Candyland theme workout. Started of a little rough. YHC is still new to all of this. No FNGs – I asked and no one claimed to be an FNG – deserved mumble. Pledge. Run to the light – all 50 yards. Warm up and stretching with some reminder on how to play Candyland. [Read More]

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Horton hears a...Who understood what Tang just said?

Posted on September 2, 2020 | 3 minutes | 474 words |

Day 2 of Tang’s Return Tour resulted in sweat angels, confusion, and Bolton nearly dying. We had 10 PAX post, mostly all between 0528-0530, so I was pretty nervous for awhile about working out alone…I had a month of that in Cali and wasn’t about to repeat again. Nevertheless, the PAX rolled in, and after a few intros we set off. Bolton wasn’t sure at first about rucking or bootcamping, but he was persuaded to be our 9th camper…a decision he voiced many times that he regretted throughout the workout. [Read More]

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Pre-measure... then measure twice

Posted on September 1, 2020 | 2 minutes | 232 words |

Looking up stretches and yoga exercises last night, I realized that more “experts” (read: Runners World and similar publications) suggest that one should stretch BEFORE a run as much as AFTER. Yes with Measure Twice (and pretty much all other F3 workouts) what little stretching happens, happens after. Sure, there may be some SSH and GM’s for a warm up, but with most of the Hi-Tempo and Running workouts, that’s a rarity. [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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If I Can, You Can

Posted on July 28, 2020 | 2 minutes | 294 words |

YHC has made posting at Measure Twice a priority. I mean one 30 minute stretch session should fix me for the whole week, right? Every time I’ve been I’ve been impressed by the Q. And everytime I’ve been I’ve thought I’m MONTHS away from EVER Qing this site! Fast forward (or rewind I guess) to Sunday night. The empty Q slot was just calling my name and saying, “Do it. Doesn’t matter if you don’t think you can. [Read More]

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Measuring 2x with Music

Posted on July 21, 2020 | 3 minutes | 619 words |

Music has always been a core part of my life. Piano lessons starting at age 6, leading high school youth group on guitar, dancing like a fiend at Phish shows, and most recently mountain biking at Lake Crabtree classic rock (thanks to Road Rash for the tip). I knew once it was time to VQ I’d want to find some way to incorporate it into the gloom, at the very least to honor my namesake. [Read More]

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Merkin LBC Madness

Posted on October 11, 2018 | 2 minutes | 265 words |

Thirteen studs braved the elements to celebrate the VQ’s of Sudafed and Badlands. Here is what we did. Pledge of the Allegiance Warm-Up Sudafed: 25 x SSH IC Sudafed: 10 x Burpees IC Sudafed: 10 Good Mornings IC Badlands:15 Imperial Walkers Badlands: 15 Merkins Badlands:15 Mountain Climbers Mosey to the elementary school for the thang. The Thang Part 1 (Sudafed): Partner up for Bear Crawl 1-2-3’s 1: Bear Crawls to the island (100 feet? [Read More]

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