Another good turnout of F3 race fans and regulars. In round of Mary, they got a taste of ‘picking cherries’.
Month: February 2024 (Page 2 of 16)
A bunch of F3 guys from out of town, in town for the Daytona 500, were present along with some regulars. Strong workout if you can make if you are every down this way.
Body is aching and tired but that’s no excuse I said I’d Q this morning so here I am. Started with The Pledge. We then did a lengthy real warmup before heading out to the park to get in some strength and conditioning along with lots of recovery work between rounds. This was a Push, Pull, Legs Style workout. There were Pull-ups. There were several variations of Merkins and Squats. Hell we even got in several rounds of running and core work before heading back to Pelicans to finish everything up with a few rounds of sprints.
Finished up with Announcements, Prayers and Praises
Thanks all who showed
12 PAX (2 runners and 10 boot campers) at Midoriyama for YHC’s inaugural Q at this AO . Mixing up fun and fitness, we kicked things off with warm-ups before scavenging blocks from the woods and relocating to the nearby outfield.
We split into two teams – the seasoned vets and the young bloods – for a round of kickball. But before the game got rolling, each team tackled a quick fitness test borrowed from the New Year’s Day convergence. First up, burpees, then onto an inning of kickball, followed by a round of merkins.
Team Respect, led by Purple Haze, Slaw, Chili, DeFib, and Broke, showed the young guns who’s boss, racking up nine runs to one by the 2nd inning. We kept the kickball and curls/big boys going until Team Respect claimed a victory blowout. Shoutout to Chili for toughing it out with a knee injury – hope it heals up soon.
Wrapping up back at basecamp, Montross and Sargento crushed their many many-mile run. Closed out with some prayers and announcements.
Assessment results on tab 2 HERE
Ran, did warmup, did exercises, ran, did plank exercises, did exercises going up stadium seating, did 11’s, did calf raises (modified for squats, thanks to Watts Up), ran, stretched, COT
15 men gathered in the gloom at the Storm for a signature weak sauce Q administered by YHC. After a quick intro on a rather mild morning for February, we get going.
Warmup: Seal Jacks, Gravel Pickers, stretches (non-specific to avoid a possible patent violation), arm circles.
PLEDGE
Thang:
Mosey to the corner of the school for the longest mile. At the school, perform 10 burpees. Run down the hill to the roundabout for 10 squats. Run down the dark road (more on that later) to the parking lot for 10 merkins. Run up the hill on the edge of the parking lot for 10 WW2’s. Rinse and repeat for 4 rounds total. Olsen, Dr. Seuss and Maybelline were rolling at a fast pace. The Q hung with them for 1 round, then backed the pace off to make sure I had enough gas in the tank to Q the rest of the workout. As I was on round 2, I was alone on the dark road that runs from the roundabout to the parking lot. As I began to perform my Merkins, I heard a rustling sound behind the guard rail in the edge of the woods. Startled, I stopped to investigate the disturbance to see what initially looked like a homeless person rolling in the pine needles. As my eyes grew accustomed to the low light condition, I noticed the homeless person was wearing a Titleist golf hat. He was also wrestling to open a pack of wet wipes. I said “Breaker, is that you? Are you OK?”. In a hurried frantic tone (like a guy about to crap his pants), Breaker Breaker said “Yeah! I’m fine! I’ll be back in a minute”. He then scurried down the hill into the cover of the trees to take care of business. On the last round, he emerged from the woods running like he had taken a load off. The leaders finished round four and did some core work until the six was in.
We then headed a few feet over to the parking lot beside the school for some CORA 1,, 2, 3. Partner up and perform 100 Big Boys, 200 Flutters IC, 300 Crunches. The other partner runs 2/3 across the parking lot, performs 5 SSH, then returns to swap out until all reps are complete.
With 5 minutes left, we circled up at the flag for some Mary called by the PAX.
Announcements:
- Q school at Gashouse on 3/2. Broke and JJ leading the charge.
- Rice-n-beans 2nd week in March.
- Community Foundation run on 4/13. This is a speed for need event. We have 2 track commanders. We need volunteer runners to help push. Purple Haze has the Q on this event.
- Extinction run on 4/20 after the morning workout
Prayer Requests:
- Breaker Breaker’s Aunt is dealing with health issues. He also had a praise report-his step dad is recovering from hernia surgery that was giving him a lot of pain. He’s feeling better.
- Anchorman
- Turtleman
- Cherie Berry and dealing with the loss of multiple loved ones
- Maybelline’s Grandpa. Broken Hip.
- Termite has lab work on 3/2
YHC took us out in prayer.
Remember when you’re at the Storm and you hear strange noises coming from the trees. I could be a bear pooping in the woods, but than likely it’s Breaker Breaker. Big shout out to Fannie Mae who keeps wet wipes in the car for this very reason. He prevented Breaker Breaker from having a really crappy start to his day!
L8R SK8RS,
Slaw
This morning marked a 3 year journey of being the site Q at the Bulldog for a humble Spiderman, who wishes to thank each and every dude who showed up, put up, and crushed it at The Bulldog. Thank you to Timeframe and Voodoo who kept the fire burning before me.
Bulldog was my anchor through a gnarly neck injury (2022) and about the only OA I posted at for a year. I thank the guys who stuck around and toiled through the messy routines. Squat Curls Presses will go down in the Hall of Fame.
Special shout out to the regulars and semi-regulars over the past 150 or so weeks:
Tube, Nutria, Orangeman, Watts Up, Timeframe, Heremes, Clavin, Hunchback, Dryrub(for a bit but not recently), Maybelline, and then recently Flintstone, Winehouse, and all the other periodical drop-ins, always glad you joined.
I’ll see you at the new local on the new day!
Miles were ran , days have past I don’t remember much more…
Prayers given
Qsourse completed
I was on Q at Shipwreck in Lake Wylie on February 7, 2024.
In honor of the SuperBowl coming up, I stole a workout from Bos known as Touchdown Beatdown, but before the fun we had to mosey and circle up for some stretching.
Touchdown Beatdown:
Bear Crawl from the end zone to the 10 yard marker. 10 Merkins.
Lunge Walk to 20 yard marker for 20 Alternating Shoulder Taps (count one side)
Run to the 30 yard marker for 30 Squats
Bear Crawl to the 40 yard marker for 40 American Hammers (count both sides)
Lunge Walk to the 50 yard line for 50 SSH.
Run to the 40 yard marker for 40 American Hammers (count both sides)
Bear Crawl to the 30 yard marker for 30 Squats
Lunge Walk to 20 yard marker for 20 Squats
Run to the 10 yard marker for 10 Merkins and bear crawl into the end zone.
Take a lap around the parking lot.
Rinse and repeat for 35 minutes.
Aye,
Radar
There was a passing of the Flag in Lake Wylie Monday evening at “Black Flag”, so I posted to support the new Site Q leader (Dunkaroo).
We had 16 PAX show up for the 45 minute workout at Field Day Park.
Tweety was on Q. Other Pax in attendance were (myself, Kaboom, Taser, Austin Powers, Nickelback, Cut Bait, Captain Jack, Quasimodo, Nature Boy, Green Acres, Wolverine, GP, Dovetail, Shades, Dunkaroo, ACP)
According to my Strava I ran more than 2 miles and burned more than 400 calories.
Evening workouts in Lake Wylie are every Monday and Wednesday beginning at 7:00 p.m. at Field Day Park.