Month: May 2024 (Page 1 of 12)

Seems like Wednesday morning was becoming the normal rain morning.   NIce to see this morning clear and daylight breaking as we wrapped up!!

4 Ruckers and 4 Runners turned this morning.   5:00 am, got in the pledge and head count.  Runners went one way, ruckers went the other.   Always good chatter on the Wednesday morning rucks.  Everyone returned safe.

Announcements:

Goonies Ruck

Extinction Run

Memorial Day Murph

Blood Drive, Tiger to provide details

Rice and Beans

Prayers:

Last day of school

Exams and upcoming graduations

Families of officers killed in the line of duty and all officers around the country

Turtle man, Anchorman, Termite, Kool Aid, Virus, Flintstone

The Usual suspects came out for a 5 mile run, other than @Buckeye.  Sargento showed up early (he’s started a new trend), Seuss complained about students (not a new trend) and gave me 10 bucks to list him 4 times in the PAX, hoping to easily secure another iron skillet.  G D humored us by acting like he was running (actually started sleeping at mile 2.5 while moving), and Fannie tried to get us to buy new houses in already overpopulated areas of Gaston County.

Enjoyed the banter and conversation, see you next week!

Multiple groups of runners with a group of ruckers and a late arrival this morning for a dirty dozen PAX at Members Only on a perfect Sunday morning. Lost one PAX and picked up a Tesla for Qsource, topic was Impact. Had some good discussion, there was a visual aid,  poetry, and a homework assignment. Fun was had by all. Main take away: life is not practical without combination with others; however, very few men are willing and able to initiate movement to proximity. At times you will move on the continuum from Survivor to Servant. First step is showing up for your fellow PAX, no matter where you presently find yourself on the continuum.

YHC loves a good birthday Q, but at this time of year, we are far away. However, behold YHC’s mother, who turned 86 on 5/29.

86 reps! This is going to suck, but 6 HIM posted to see what would happen. Here is how it went.

After the pledge and a warm-up, Pax headed to the track where The Sentinel had it all warmed up. Now, YHC know that 86 reps at one time means crap for form, but what about 10 x 8 + 6? After conferring with the spreadsheet, this would equal 86, so let’s see if the Pax can make it work.

8 laps around the track, 10 reps for each exercise after a lap, plus 6 reps to start. Exercises were:

(M)erkins
(O)utlaws (feet together and make big circles) 5 each direction
Mike (T)ysons
(H)ydraulic squats (squat, down on 1 knee, down on the other knee, up the same way)
Burp(E)es, because there is nothing decent beginning with “E”
(R)ussian dips (Cossack style)

What does that spell… MOTHER. Happy birthday Mom!

After 6 rounds plus the 6 at the beginning, time was called and Pax were gassed. We’ll make up the last 2 rounds another day.

COT

YHC took us out. It was an honor to lead. -Orangeman

Sargento stock  went through the roof today!! There was more whine at The Goat than all the wineries in California put together.
This was YHC VQ this morning.
19 HIMs which included 2 ruckers.
Pledge
Warm up:
On your six, Ham and calf stretches.
Gravel pickers and SSH.
Thang: Mosey around parking lot and head to lower lot. 15 calf raises, bear crawl first bridge and toy soldier second.
Already needed tissues for some PAX.
Lot set up for multiple rounds 10,20,30,40 reps.
Round 1
10 Burpees run to other side of parking lot
20 Merkins run back
30 Low squats run back
40 LBC run back
Caught a breather then round 2
10 CDD run to other side
20 Mike Tyson run back
30 Monkey Humpers run back
40 American Hammers run back
Round 3 More tissues needed!!!!
Stack both 10’s run
Both 20’s run
Both 30’s run
Both 40’s run
Really getting tired but more to come.
Round 4 4 HIMS calling an exercise and we got at it. Phew we are beat.
Time to head back across bridges so Toy Soldiers and bear crawl again.
Everyone pushed hard. Thank you all!!
Prayer request:
Jackson Curdy, Eh’Yall, Virus and others.

Pinto out.

5 jabroneys (you had to be there) gathered at the best watering hole in Gaston county this morning ready for some running. It was a cool morning and no clouds in site. Waterboy got some EC but still looked ready to get some as usual. Alma Mater got there early. Sargento was early also, especially by his standards. JJ rolled in looking well rested. We had 2 shovel flags and we started with the disclaimer and hit the pledge. It. Was. A. Perfect. Morning……and then we started running. Damn.

Five minutes into running the wheels fell off. It was ALMOST AS IF it was planned……

Waterboy and Alma Mater were just a bit ahead of me, Sargento, and JJ. We came upon some tree limbs on the sidewalk and as I stepped off the sidewalk, Sargento (closest to me) yells “STICKS” as I simultaneously break my ankle landing on the pavement. I have a red mark on my right shoulder that resembles a hand. At nearly the same time, JJ (again, Sargento is closest to him-coincidence???? I will let you be the judge) crashes into the sticks, falls to the ground and while I am not certain, possibly gets kicked in the head by someone (was it Sargento, I couldn’t say because I was seeing stars from the broken ankle) before recovering and getting back on his feet. After a few minutes of limping around by me and a tourniquet on JJ’s right arm, we continue on our route. I needed a few minutes to set my broken ankle back into place then resume the route at a slower pace. We finished the run. If memory serves me right, I believe Sargento finished first…..Damn.

Once we all made it back to start, we finished with COT. I told the group I might suggest a new nickname for Sargento but they would need to wait for the backblast to hear it. We had a quick prayer then JJ and I shared an uber to the ER.

thanks for the opportunity to lead at the pub for the very last time….

Whoopee

Sargento will now be referred to as Gillooly by me (for at least the next week).

Each year I always want to Q in May between the 13th and 17th, both days that I lost my Dad and Mom. With that said, after a short warm-up we begin:

The Thang:

Grab a coupon, at each light pole to the entrance to the park,

5 Tri-cep extensions

10 Squats with block

15 Curls

Drop the block run to the next light

20 LBC’s

Run back to block and rifle carry to next light.

After the 10 poles:

We did the pledge and

4 rounds of Cherry Picking

Mosey to the side parking lot and pick a partner

5 rounds of Booha Merkins.

Grab blocks and head back with 10 overhead presses at each light back to block pile to return blocks.

Head to COT

I shared about being at the End of Your Rope and gave each PAX a small piece of rope.

Several prayer request.

Pallbearer prayed us out.

Sarlacc Out

Disclaimer

Pledge

Warm up

SSH IC x 20

Gravel pickers x 20 IC

Moroccan nightclubs x 20 IC

Bearcrawl to the cones and mosey back

The Thing:

1. Curls x 20

2. Upright rows x 20

3. Squats x 20

4. LBC X 20

Running lap of parking lot

1. Round the world’s x 20

2. Bent over Rows 10x each side

3. Lunges 10 x each leg

4.  Dying cockroaches x 20

Running lap of parking lot

1. Dips x 20

2. Durkins x 20

3. Heel raises x 20

4. Freddie Mercurys x 20

Running lap of parking lot

1. Triceps extension overhead x 20

2. Merkins x 20

3. Lateral lunges x 20

4. Flutters x 20

Running lap of parking lot

Rinse and repeat

Announcements: PT test Saturday

Prayers: Turtleman’s family, Termite, Hei Hei’s church friend,  new graduates.

Thank you for the opportunity to lead. It’s always my please to be your humble guide and pushing myself harder.

Started with a few quick warm-up exercises and headed down to the lower lot for two rounds of Al Carmichael. Went through the first six exercises, and then on the second round, we took turns from the pax calling our next exercise spontaneously. After two full rounds of six exercises We started a set of 11s to finish out the Time before heading back up to the starting point.