WARMUP: none
THE THANG: Run trails or Run Road
MARY: Nah
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yep
COT: Amazingly proficient
7 ruckers and 3 runners this morning thru Baxter. All enjoyed immensely. Thank you for your attention to this matter. RPJ Assassin
Please sign up for lawn care (link in the newsletter)
Trash pickup fellowship is Sat July 26. (See newsletter)
Original NASCAR loop was Omaha’ed due to construction :construction: . When in doubt just run to Kingsley. Miles were had, smiles were enforced.
JWow
WARMUP: not really
THE THANG: mostly running
MARY: there is no one hear by that name
ANNOUNCEMENTS: SLT is having a wet t-shirt contest
COT: yes
Looks like we made it ….
Swole Chicken with a Side of Mary
WARMUP: Ruck to lot behind Starbucks
– SSH
– CASBAH #2’s
– CHERRY PICKERS
THE THANG:
– Ruck to the stairs up and down to the hotel for Irkins.
– Ruck back to the amphitheater. More Irkins.
– Ruck to the roundabout. More Irkins.
– Ruck up to “21” and about face.
– Ruck to the roundabout. More Irkins.
– Ruck back to the amphitheater. More Irkins.
– One more time up and down the stairs
– Back to COT for some Mary
MARY: Round Robin U-Call-It
– LBCs
– Flutter press
– Box cutter
– Big boys
– Dolly Partons
– Heel taps
Mary left and some called out arm work
– Curls
– OH Press
– Lat extension
– Dead lift
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Shelter tonight (5:30 Curtis St -Rock Hill), Independence Day convergence, Sweaty Barry (he got new shoes BTW)
COT: prayers for the job hunt, for school transition, court hearings, family, growth, freedom and healing.
WARMUP: None
THE THANG: Munn to Harris to Sam Smith through Sutton place to Sutton Rd. Some went back some crossed to Settler Hights to Mills to Sutton back to COT! Ruckers did something else.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence, Sweaty Barry
COT:
WARMUP:
None
THE THANG:
160 to Sutton
Sutton to Sutton Place
Right on Drew or Davis (who knows), third right
Right on Harvester
Back to front of Sutton Place and back to COT.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
Minute Man rolled in at 6:02 — just early enough to technically make the “6ish” window.
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?♂️ Road Warriors:
• Fogerty, Bass-o-Matic, and YHC tackled Sam Neely to Harvest Point and back — locked in a crisp 10K (6.2 miles) before most people even hit snooze.
• Peach Stand took the scenic route: Sutton, Baxter, Starbucks fly-by. 4.25 miles and the quote of the morning: “6 miles wasn’t in the forecast.”
• Tiller and Minute Man completely ignored the Harvest Point turn like it never existed.
• Tiller hit the Dam and flipped it at 8 miles.
• Minute Man nearly made it to his own driveway before realizing we weren’t behind him — turned back at Dam Rd for 9 miles, crushed That Hill™ like it was flat. Savage move.
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? Trail Gang:
• Vuvuzela and Roll Off delivered a trail-running masterclass:
• Vuvuzela lost a shoe mid-run, went full archaeologist to dig it out, and still gutted out 9.5 miles.
• Roll Off sprinted those same 9.5 miles like he was racing the time clock — controlled chaos at its finest.
• Sasquatch went full beast mode: prerun from home to Lake Haigler, ran the workout, then ran home. 10.66 miles — just showing off at this point.
• Everest and Cobra Kai casually dropped 9 miles like it was a warm-up jog.
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? Ruck Ops:
• Wegmans did his thing — 3.6 Kingsley loop miles with weight on his back and grit in his soul.
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? Shoes were lost. Hills were tamed. Coffee was earned.
?See you next week — no map needed (but maybe bring a phone just in case).
WARMUP: SSH, Stretches, Merks, Mosey, Squats, Walkers, Nightclubs, and some core work.
THE THANG: Ladder work w some cones that labeled the reps and exercise. We all started with BombJax at the bottom of the ladder and added one rep each Time we returned.
Moved to a WallSit with the pax jumping out of line to knock out some Merks.
Moved to a 4 set series of exercises with a mosey to the end of parking lot and back to break up the series.
MARY: 2 mins of Mary
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence for the 4th, Bethel Shelter each month, 3rd Qtr litter pick up coming soon, and res the newsletter.
COT: Prayers for aging family, marriages, summer travel, and F3.
4 runners: NASA, Double D, Sprocket, Cubbie
4 ruckers: BassOMatic, Fogarty, Crab Cakes, and THE Twister
WARMUP: Yes, mother nature warmed things up for us, a very swampy 78 deg start at 0515.
THE THANG:
The ruckers went off holding hands and singing camp songs, while the runners went to the lot between the football field and the school. It was partially under construction but still provided a 400m loop where we did pyramid Fartleks:
5 min easy warmup run, then hit the intervals:
2 min hard, 1 min off
3 min hard, 1 min off
4/1
5/2
Then back down
5/2, 4/1, 3/1, 2/1
Then a 3-4 min cool down run to COT, where the ruckers met us along the way there.
Everyone crushed it, even though it felt like we were running inside a steam sauna. Zero air movement too. We all left some water weight behind.
MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read your newsletter and get involved!
COT: mentioned Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month again and had a brief discussion on that. Lifted up P&P.
Speed work is the way to becoming a better runner. It is not just for sprinters, and it does more than just improving your average run pace. Endurance, leg strength, lung capacity, VO2, aerobic capacity, anaerobic capacity, threshold limits, and more all benefit from speed work. Ideally it is done regularly in ones running plan, like monthly or bi monthly. You won’t expand your limits unless you push your limits.
Thanks for the opportunity to lead.
SYITG and Blessings,
NASA