WARMUP: SSH, WM, IW, CP, ground work
THE THANG: sandbag chase, 4 corners, man maker pillars of pain
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read your newsletter
COT:
WARMUP:
The Pax were disclaimed (sort of) and did 25 SSH, 10 windmills, and some leg and back stretches to warm up. The group split and the running group left Earthfare and jogged to the Brayden neighborhood.
THE THANG:
Hill repeats were done on 3 different hills in the Brayden neighborhood and Dave Gibson Blvd. On each hill, we started with an exercise on the bottom, ran up the hill, jogged back, did another exercise, and repeated it. 4 trips up each hill, with 25 reps of the exercises listed below (ab exercises were double count). The total distance covered was 4.2 miles.
Afton Way
Diamond merkins
Freddie Mercury
Lunges
Plank jacks
Len Patterson Road
Wide arm merkins
Hello Dollies
Sumo squats
Mountain climbers
Dave Gibson Blvd
Merkins
Flutters
Squats
Bombjacks (shortened to 10 reps due to time)
Mosey back to COT
MARY: See above
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas party on Dec 21 (registration closed), Clave Boss 5K/Christmas convergence at The Yard on Dec 24, Dam to Dam Bar, Jan 25 (?). Check your newsletter.
COT: Prayers for: Cicada’s friend Miss B’s son passed away, Pax struggles with family and marriage -doing the right thing and accepting it more easily, safe holiday travels for all
NMM:
I don’t post regularly at the running AO’s anymore, and I wonder if the Pax do hill repeats regularly. ‘Back in the day’, I used to do these once a week. They are grind to get through but are a good way to build leg strength and speed (no pain,no gain). Ideally, you want steeper hills than we ran today, but they got the job done. The Pax did a great job pushing through them this morning and we all got at least 1% stronger.
WARMUP: SSH’s waiting for a few late comers
THE THANG: Run Massey street, 35 Merkins, run back, 25 bomb jacks / repeat, Wide arms, Bobby Hurleys / repeat, hand release, jumping lunges
WARMUP: mosey to tour the different dora stations
THE THANG: Dora with 80 of each – calf raises and flutters run in between. Mosey to next station with 80 squat and diamond merkin. Mosey to next station with 80 step up and derkin. Mosey to next station with 80 lunge and lbc. Mosey to next station with 80 dry docks and 30 burpee.
MARY: yeppers
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yeppers
COT: prayers for mental health
WARMUP: A brisk jog that left the Q too winded for the rest of the stretches and exercises to be called correctly. The pax held strong and performed them correctly anyways.
THE THANG: Four corners of pain consisting of rows, presses, flutters, bag tosses, man makers, American hammers, front squats, deadlifts, curls and something called Bradley Presses (Q sited some website called onlyfans for where he found the exercise).
We bear hugged and lunge walked our bags to and fro.
Some slight delays during the work due to lack of visibility and eye sight (mostly eye sight) to read the repertoire of exercises on a homemade index card.
MARY: she wasn’t there, it was too cold.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: none
COT: praise your higher power whoever/whatever that may be it just ain’t you.
NASA asked me to Q Minnow Pond about a month ago and I accepted forgetting that I had Lake Haigler 12 hour 2 days afterwards. The plan was to take the Minnows to the trails and get some miles there but that will have to wait for another time to do that. It had rained the night before and there were a lot of leaves on the trails. Didn’t want someone to do a Superman like Dark Helmet did last time I Q’d here.
Took the fellas to Harris Street Park and as Strava describes it Harris Street Hell Hills. It’s almost a mile to the park from Veterans Park so keep that in mind for future Q’s.
We did hill repeats each way with 10 hand release merkins at the middle, 10 monkey Humpers at top of one side Harris Street and 10 Sumo Squats at Harris/21 Hill. Most got close to 4 miles total.
Had a group of guys carrying around fancy book bags filled with styrofoam peanuts and a few had actual weights in them. Maximus,Rebound,Dark Helmet,Farmers Only,Spider-Man, Crystal Lake, Wooden Leg and Anchorman all rucked I’ll let you decide who had peanuts and who had weight.
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WARMUP: Normal warmup
THE THANG:
RunNur (1 Run + 1 Nur per round):
Core
Run lap: 15 Flutter Kicks
Nur lap: 15 Freddie Mercurys
Upper Body
Run lap: 15 Merkins (regular pushups)
Nur lap: 10 Diamond Merkins
Legs
Run lap: 15 Monkey Humpers
Nur lap: 15 Squats
Cardio Burst
Run lap: 10 Burpees
Nur lap: 10 Star Jumps
Combo
Run lap: 15 Under-the-Fence Pushups
Nur lap: 15 Mountain Climbers
REPEAT (Backwards and up the board)
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dam-to-Dam Sandbar & Bethel
COT: Things were said and prayers were given.
WARMUP: YOG with stretches mainly to the groin region
THE THANG: 4 corner Loops round the parking lot with curls, squats, curls, and dead lifts.
Dora – Ranger Merkens 75, Overhead Press 75, farmer carry to other side of parking lot
MARY: no
ANNOUNCEMENTS: thanksgiving convergence and Christmas Party
COT: what happens stays
WARMUP: None
THE THANG: walk around WEP to Harris St, take a right down the hill, at the bottom the man with the bag starts walking backwards up the hill. Switched halfway, then back around WEP, around the loop back towards COT, finish with another round of klaw up Massey St. hill.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
WARMUP: Run Roads or trails
THE THANG: 5 PAX took the suggested 6mi road route and 3 PAX took a 9mi trail route.
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COT: