WARMUP:
THE THANG: Alabama
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
After a week of living the beach life for spring break, I was a bit unsure how my body would react to resuming physical activity.
WARMUP: a few Pax did a pre-run of about 2.25 miles from Earthfare down to Richard’s Crossing and back.
Fishstix grabbed his Ruck so that Flounder would not be solo.
THE THANG:
Head towards gold hill middle school via Dave Gibson – stopped 3 times:
1) Plank – up/down dog – merkins IC – MtnClimbers IC
(this is point where Bandcamp began questioning in his head if I actually had a plan or was just winging it)
2) Al Gore – seated MNCs IC – Squats IC
(this is point where Bandcamp verbalized his previous thoughts)
3) LBCs IC
(this is point where I started winging it just a little bit)
Moseyed to bottom of Athletic Fields entrance to Gold Hill Middle (hill with lightposts)
run to light pole 1 and do 5x merkins, LBCs, Squats. return to beginning light pole.
run to light pole 2 and do 10x merkins, LBCs, Squats. return to beginning light pole.
increase reps by 5 through the 5th light pole where 25 reps were completed.
(this is point where I kinda winged it)
Original plan was to make it to 6th pole for 30 reps but YHC could barely make it through the 25 reps without breaking so modification necessary- starting at bottom do 5x reps of same exercises at all lightpoles in run up the hill (7 lightpoles)
(this is point where I totally winged it)
Mosey back to middle school with a stop at the basketball court for some Bobby Hurleys.
Head back toward CoT with 3 stops:
1) Wide arm Merkins
2) Sumo Squats
3) Freddy Mercuries IC
Arrived back at CoT with just less than 3 minutes to spare
MARY:
Wide arm Merkins IC, Sumo Squats IC, Freddie Mercuries IC, Plank
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read your newsletter
COT: each shared a prayer or praise
Thanks for the mumblechatter and push this morning fellas.
WARMUP: Easter Egg hunt of windmills, burpees and ground work
THE THANG: snatch squats, step ups, dips, pull-up bar circuit, sprints.
MARY: box cutters and only box cutters
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read your news letter.
COT:
WARMUP:
– Mosey the track loop around Runde Park
– Peter Parker x10 cadence
– Merkin x10 cadence
– Windmill x10 cadence
THE THANG:
Part 1:
– Separate into 2 groups. One group starts at YHC’s truck and the other group starts at the batting cages
– Each station will have two sets of exercises. The first exercise will be done when the count is and odd number and the second exercise will be done on the even number.
Batting cage:
– Wall paver stones native to the AO. The general consensus was that they weighed about 70lbs.
– Odd: Bent-over Rows
– Even: Squats holding the massive paver
Truck:
– “Hell Pavers” as previously labeled by Dark Helmet. Equivalent to a cinder block but more compact.
– Odd: Curls
– Even: Overhead Press
Rd 1: 15 count of the Odd exercise at the station your group started with. Then run to the other station and do a 15 count of the Odd exercise for that station.
Rd 2: 14 count of the Even exercise at the station your group started with. Then run to the other station and do a 14 count of the Even exercise for that station.
– Continue decreasing the count as you complete the exercises.
– We called it after the 7 count to be sure we had sufficient time for Part 2.
Part 2: Half-Pipe
– Ran to the bottom of the big hill. Once there we were nicely positioned at the bottom of 2 hills on either side of us….like a half-pipe.
– The moderate hill had 5 cones positioned moving up the hill. And the steep hill had spots marked with duct tape at various points up the hill with the last one at the top.
How the half-pipe works:
– Run to the first cone on the moderate hill. Complete 2 merkins. It was called out that if you were not matching Funhouse’s form, then you were doing it wrong.
– Run back to the bottom and up to the first marker on the big hill. Complete 2 burpees.
– Run back to the first cone on the moderate hill and complete 2 merkins. Continue to the second cone and complete 4 merkins. Run back to the first cone and complete 2 merkins facing the way you are running. This makes them derkins.
– Run to the first marker on the big hill and complete 2 burpees. Run to the second marker and complete 4 burpees. Run back to the first marker and complete 2 burpees facing downhill. Coming up on those while facing the downhill sucks on the legs!
– Continue the series for the 5 stations on each of the hills.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Read your newsletter
– Prayers and Praises: Parenting, health, job searching
WARMUP: None other than most excellent pre-run mumblechatter and then giving the route. The former warmed us up more than the latter.
THE THANG: We ran. Some faster than others but that does not matter as long as you are there. Route was L on Munn, L on Harris, take Harris to the end, L on Massey, L on 160 then take it to COT. Extra credit – old Kingsley loop.
Without EC – around 4 miles
With EC – about 4.9
Hills are in both versions.
Mr Harris can get in your head. He is a daunting hill. Just keep after it and DFQ. Get him out of your headspace to conquer him!
MARY: My Mom’s name. Love it.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yes there were. READ THE NEWSLETTER!!
COT: Plenty.
Special prayers towards one of our own – Cable Guy – and his family, loved ones. Today marks the one year anniversary of the way too soon passing of his much beloved son Noah. He was a great young man in many ways. We love you CG!!!
WARMUP: Run from Earth Fare to end of Ben Casey Drive.
THE THANG: Complete 8 windmill merkins. Run through adjacent parking lot down to end of Patricia Lane. Complete 8 inch worm merkins. Run to end of Gold Hill Middle parking lot. Complete 8 curb burpees. Run back to Patricia Lane. Complete 8 inch worm merkins. Run back to Ben Casey Drive. Complete 8 windmill merkins. Repeat all of the above AMRAP until 5:57AM.
Run back to Earth Fare.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: I opened the newsletter at COT. Too many things happening to share… so read your newsletter!
Variation of the Manion WOD. 7 Rounds, 29 Reps, 400m Ruck or Runs. Exercises included Ruck Squats, Merkins, Irwin’s, Derkins, Ruck Swings/Curls, Leg lifts/Flutters, Sandbag #60 MedBalls-Over the shoulder & Bent over row.
WARMUP: Naked and Afraid led in cadence. He’s still got it.
THE THANG: NaF tried to hand off, but I didn’t let him. So, he called 50 burpees and got himself gassed enough so that I would take over.
We did some partner dora-esque work including:
50 burpees
100 CDD
150 LBC
Bulgarian Split Squats
Bear Crawled with additive merkins
J-Los
Flutters
PAX discussed what brings us out to the gloom.
Among the answers:
The desire to be better for our families
The fellowship
Knowing we wouldn’t do this in isolation
The leadership training
Connection to Q-source
The mentorship
Starting the day up 1-0
The accountability
Associating with a group of men striving to be better
Imagine what kind of sad clowns we’d (I’d) be otherwise
An honor to lead today. Great to have NaF answer my text last night and step up to post and Q the warmup!
Beautiful March weather (seriously it was a perfect day) for the 0800 launch of the Eröffnung Jäger. PAX were assured by Grinder that the routes were well marked and there were no Zima-miles. This proved to be 99.9% true (you could still get lost if you wanted to…)
The premise was solid. 4 man team (2 Ruckers, 2 Runners). Runners had longer routes and teams met at checkpoints for team exercises before they could head to the next station. The pain stations were tough. Lutefisk about killed the PAX at the first one. (Oh, that was just me?) Triple Lindy had us loading munitions. Cake Boss brought candy, but it was not a sweet treat. (Could have also been that the leg leading to Alison Park was soul crushing….) Tinsel forgot it was a CSAUP and thought he was prepping for a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs wresting match.
The finishing team results:
1.) Vuvu/Beaker (for the record you were suggested to have a 4 man team…)
2.) Cobra Kai’s crew (that included the mythical Gekko)
3.) Camp 3D’s Sugar Shady Band Bug
4.) Cornerstone’s posse
5.) Poppins’ Chimney Sweeps (seriously impressive that Badlands ran back from the final pain station to connect with his teams’ Ruckers)
6.) The Entourage around Shield
7.) Slow Jams and the Lake Ridge Wanders
8.) Lake Wylie’s Wild Thing drinking Whiskey and enjoying a Big Mac (great to see these guys from across the bridge here for the CSAUP)
Afterwards at the Print Shop, we celebrated the Dam 2 Dam fundraising effort where The Fort is sending $7,500 to Defend the Fatherless, $7,500 to Autism Strong, $7,500 to the Fort Mill Care Center, and $10,000 to the F3 the Fort endowed scholarship.
It is an honor to be part of The Fort alongside some amazing high impact men. On behalf of Grinder and the entire planning crew, this backblast is respectfully submitted by the smallest cog in the Jaeger machine—Band Camp.
For reference:
The Preblast: https://f3thefort.com/2023/01/31/preblast-jaeger/
YHC’s Strava tracker: https://www.strava.com/activities/8697393033
The Jaeger will hunt again next year. Send any feedback to: jaeger.csaup@gmail.com
WARMUP: No warmup
THE THANG: Headed to Baxter for a big loop with PT at each Stop Sign- Alternate 10 Merkins 10 Squats and 5 Burpees 15 LBC. Change direction when you get back to the start, pick up the 6 and they all follow.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Jager!! Read your Newsletter
COT: Finished with The Lords Prayer