Recon #3 of the new up and coming AO Boom Town Central aka BTC.  You may be thinking to yourself, “A third recon for a new AO?” Well you’d be surprised. This new AO should be called a MEGA-AO for all of the potential pain stations it possesses.  Make no mistake, the BTC will be a Boot Camp/Run AO because of the distance you must travel to get to all of the painful goodness.

To recap: The 1st Recon we just rolled with just what was around this area, with no idea what was in store. If I remember correctly the PAX that posted for that recon were impressed with the 3.1 miles of pain.  The 2nd recon Apache discovered a new trail that led to an area we determined most at least one or two PAX would need to bring a head lamp to traverse. That brings us to the 3rd recon.

THE THANG:

After a quick #TurkeyPunch & #EH of a South Carolina State Trooper wondering what in the world we were doing out at 5am, we stretched our legs before we moseyed.

We took a left at the loop of Tech park stopping at a hill just before the Comporium Building.

Mini-Quadzilla –

• 1 Merkin then NUR up the hill 1 Merkin at the top Run down
• 2 Merkins then NUR up the hill 2 Merkins at the top Run down
• 3 Merkins then NUR up the hill 3 Merkins at the top Run down
• 4 Merkins then NUR up the hill 4 Merkins at the top Run down
• 5 Merkins then NUR up the hill 5 Merkins at the top Run down

Mosey for a little light pole dealers choice did the following at each light pole we encountered

• Merkins
• Low Slow Squat
• Lunges
• LBC’s
• Al Gore (2 rounds)
• Plank while one PAX run to the next light pole and back
• 5 Diamond Merkins + 5 Reg. Merkins + 5 Wide Arm Merkins

Mosey to the Trail entrance

Italian Job took point at lead spider web catcher since he was the one with the head lamp. IJ turned off the head lamp to prove if a future Q uses this trail he will need some form of light to guide the way.

Moseyed to the Baxter Hood Center.  New undiscovered AO territory – At the first parking lot there were signs for 30 Minute Parking so at each parking spot we did 30 of the following

• Merkins
• Squats
• LBC’s
• Over Head Claps

Long mosey of the perimeter of the Baxter Hood parking lot. To the road behind and around York Tech College. Still undiscovered territory. Bazinga told the PAX to give all you got for about 100+/- yard to the stop light.

Mosey back through the Arrow Point Credit Union Parking lot so YHC’s runkeeper map would make a nice connected circle. That’s Q-OCD I suppose.

Finished up at COT after 2.85 mile run/boot. Not to shabby.

We will have, yes, one more Recon of the MEGA-AO of the BTC next Wednesday if any PAX would like to join in. Tentative launch of the BTC Boom Town Central Aug 3rd.

PS: for future BTC Qs – There is a grumpy old Bull Frog at the first bridge of the inner loop trail around Tech Park. We have decided to pay homage to the believed to be 100 year old frog and apologize to him for walking him up by doing 10 Groiners if he croaks at us for waking him up.

AYE!

Popeye OUT!

14 PAX descended upon The Fort despite YHC being the Q today.

Weather Conditions – hot and humid with 100% chance of PAIN. Board of Pain that is.

FNG was present (thanks Bolt for the EH), so full disclaimer was given.

The Thang

Mosey lap around the park stopping at the first drill bit for:

20 x SSH
10 x Windmills
15 X Imperial Walkers

Continued on the Lap with some high knees, butt kicks, and karoake before arriving at the Board of Pain. Told them this BOP would be done with a partner. Partner A does the exercise while Partner B runs the 1/4 mile. Keep Switching back and forth while completing the reps of each exercise.

100 Burpees
150 Calf raises (50 regular, 50 in, 50 out)
100 Ski Abs (back and forth counts as 1)
100 Merkins
100 Squats
200 LBC’s
100 Carolina Dry Docks
100 Russian Twists (left then right equals 1 rep)
100 Mac Tar Jai’s
100 Jump Squats
100 Mountain Climber (2 count equals 1)
200 Shoulder Raises/Press
100 Mary Catherines
200 Hello Dollys
100 Wide Arm Merkins
100 Squat Jacks
100 Nipplers
100 Burpees

Mosey Back for COT/BOM

Announcements – Invergence September 30th more details to come, Jay’s Run on July 22nd, Star Command Convergence and F3 Picnic at Spitz/Sweeper’s farm on July 23rd.

Prayers – for this country and all the divide/hate/tension going on within it.

Moleskin
1. Thanks to Ginsu for the Opportunity to lead this morning. Always fun to punish the PAX on a Saturday morning at WEP.
2. Big Welcome to FNG Todd. aka Dojo. Not one ounce of complaint this morning given the BOP can eat you up and spit you out.
3. Speaking of complaining, thats all Twister did. He was warned yesterday, he posted anyways. And even though he complained the entire time, he DID NOT QUIT!! That’s what makes him a true HIM!!
4. Thought for sure either Ginsu or Peabody was gonna splash this morning given they were up playing cards and drinking bourbon last night. Neither splashed and Ginsu and MacGyver were on Nipplers when time was called. 5-6 more minutes and I think they would’ve finished the BOP. Maybe next time we will skip the warmup and go the full hour.
5. T-claps to both Bolt and Kid Rock. They both posted to Cindy Lou’s Mary Lou’s Black Diamond prior to taking on the BOP.
6. T-claps to Spitz. Rucked in Rucked out.
7. Hollywood. Good Meeting you today and even better having you as my partner.
8. Great conversation with Bolt, Double D, and Deacon at Chicateria. Really got me thinking.
9. The BOP is hard, The BOP is challenging, the BOP at times will make you want to quit. Kind of sounds like life doesn’t it? I did it partner style for a reason. It’s still not any easier or painful. Burpees still suck. Merkins still suck, and what the heck are Nipplers. You are constantly moving. Either running or doing the exercise and yes, after an hour you are thankful its over. Just in life, it isn’t easier just because you have someone there to help out. But I do know this. You will get further along in life with someone there to help you and to encourage you when things are tough and painful. It may be someone in F3. It may be a coworker. it Bay be someone you don’t even know yet. But find that someone that you can turn to when things aren’t going the way you want them to go.
10. There is the other guy you can turn to as well. HIS name is GOD. Zechariah 1:3 – Therefore say to them “thus says the Lord of hosts ‘return to Me’ declares the Lord of hosts, so that I may return to you,” says the Lord of hosts.

Longshanks out!!

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Way back in 2014 Worldwide Leader threw out THIS preblast. It described an eight mile course that, according to most of the comments, sounds absolutely crazy. 17 PAX gathered on that glorious morning and crushed the course. Little did they know, that they had started a painful tradition for the PAX from The Fort and surrounding regions.

Then, last year, Pusher published THIS preblast. It describes a 12 mile course. Once again the PAX embraced the suck and 75 men pushed themselves to the limits over the 12 miles and 5 pain stations. You can catch Solid State’s awesome backblast HERE.

Well, a couple of months ago Zima asked if Cerrano and I would take the helm and help coordinate this epic CSUAP to a new level. Zima already had the course in mind and with a few tweaks, it was stretched from Tega Cay to Rock Hill. It spanned over 14.5 miles with five pain stations and a triumph finish at the top of the Old Town parking deck! Then Zima threw a curveball and introduced the 12.5 mile (ended up at 14ish miles) rucking option! Plenty of options to get your red pill in this CSUAP!

An event of this scale required a 2nd F venue the likes of which the PAX hasn’t seen before. So we reached out to the best social coordinator among us and Apache answered the call! This brother got with his buddies at LRB and coordinated the most well organized 2nd F ever!

Now, part of this CSUAP was a race named the Armadillo – the stretch from the Hills of Gloom to the Old Town parking deck with one pain station in between. If you recorded your time please enter it HERE.

We had several photog’s on the course and their images are being compiled in THIS album. Please join and share you images as well, we all love to have proof we completed the insanity!

Big T-Claps to Legal Remedy for opening their doors early for the PAX and hosting a 2nd F event the likes of which had not been seen!

In total, 20 souls braved the rucking option and ~60 took the 14.5 mile running option.

These events continue to get larger, harder, and better! I’m pretty excited to spend Father’s Day weekend 2017 recovering from the 4th annual Hog & Coyote!

Aye!!

Catfish