We ran down Market St thru Baxter to Grey Rock and back. Only 3 members of the ruck club today.
Vuvuzela sent a text around 1:30am saying he was still up and wouldn’t be able to Q. Since I was already covering site Q duties anyway, I did what any site Q should do when you have a no show Q—step up and Q yourself but I was able to use Vuvuzela route he provided.
The Thang (Run):
Route took us:
– Down Munn Rd
– To Harris St
– Right into Sutton Mills
– Crossed Sutton Rd
– Down Suttonview Rd
– Into Masons Bend
– And back to home base
Clocked roughly 4–5 miles at a solid, conversational pace.
PSA: Running AOs require constant awareness. Too many distracted drivers out there. We can’t control them, but we can control spacing, visibility, and keeping our heads on a swivel. Shady and Tiller can attest.
COT: Talked briefly about stepping up when plans change. Leadership doesn’t wait for perfect conditions—it responds when needed. That’s how trust is built and how groups stay strong.
Grateful for men who show up, adapt, and get the work in—no excuses.
WARMUP: The usual
THE THANG: DH-type-stuff
MARY: worked into Thang
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter & upcoming changes
COT: Lauren Hope Styles (sp?) – 21 RIP, Prayers for Geronimo & family. Reading from Ezekiel centered around helping others find their purpose
WARMUP:
SSH, Broga squats, hillbilly walker
THE THANG:
5 rounds of
5 pull ups
10 swinging derkins
15 squats
20 LBCs
Laps around playground
Mosey over to hill
7’s
Burpees at the bottom
Jump squats at top
Mosey down to pavilion
3 rounds of
Dirty Myrtle
Wall sit 10 count
Start working our way back to COT stopped twice for plank and American hammer
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read news letter
COT:
WARMUP: started out with a quick mosey, went into SSH then merkins, then more running and SSH and more merkins. Ran some more, then cherry pickers, and more merkins…also did some stretches. Ran over to pull up bars.
THE THANG: Grabbed a cindy. Planned for some 7s. 1 pull up, 1 manmaker, overhead carry down the hill, then 6s at the bottom of the hill for squat thrusters. Then overhead carry back up the hill- just did this for 1 round with the overhead carry’s.
Then 2 and 5, etc. This took a long time.
We then ran over to the benches for incline and decline merkins. Then did more merkins on the way to COT.
MARY: out of time like Marty McFly
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Xmas eve convergence and Jan 1 homeless shelter
COT: bingo, lots of praises and prayers, aging parents and holiday travel
WARMUP: zip unless you did some stretching
THE THANG: ran through Baxter (some of us got lost and then figured it out), ran down 160 to colosseum parking lot (or before), and turn back.
MARY: nope, maybe some stretching
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Xmas eve convergence
COT: of course! Lots of prayers and praises around the group!
WARMUP: marshmallows around a campfire
THE THANG: running
MARY: brought hot chocolate after the run
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Santa Claus is coming to town
COT: aye
Temperature was 40 degrees however it was a bit windy. The Pledge of Alliance was recited, the Pax were counted and instructions were given.
WARMUP: N/A for Minnow Pond
THE THANG:
Following the FM Christmas Parade route, Pax were to complete the following exercises at stops along the way:
10 burpees
20 big boys
10 lunges each leg
Stops were the following:
Unity Presbyterian
Corner of Main and Tom Hall
Corner of Main and White
Lot beside FM Town Hall
Lap around WEP
Once complete, Pax were to reverse the route with stops along the way until COT.
WARMUP: it was cold. we’ll warm up on the run
THE THANG: cover distance stop for:
5 burpees
10 merkins
15 squats
added some lunges once
did some leg lifts after a muscle up twice
bear crawled the length of Calhoun St. Parking lot twice too
covered 3.11 miles–except for Beaker (his strava only said 2.98, which feels like a failure on my part. see NMM below)
MARY: flutters in cadence for 1:30 to hit 0600
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Xmas Party 12/12, Bethel service tonight
NMM:
You ever just 3000% took care of everything and crushed it by all outward metrics, but you didn’t do it with JOY in your heart? So your wife, kids, or close friend noticed and it wasn’t the reaction you expected…even though the mission was fully accomplished
It isn’t enough to just do a good job
Handle the mess your kids created with success, but did it in a way that made them feel scared rather than safe? Failure
Take care of business for your family, but made your wife feel like it was a burden rather than a mission? Failure
Maybe it’s just me… 😉 Good thing failure is a way point and not an end point. Let’s stay after it!
It’s high-30’s & really, really wet. And?
WARMUP: Not so much.
THE THANG:
Run to the covered stage at WEP.
(5) 6ct Burpees
(10) Jump Squats
(15) Merkins
(20) Low Slow Squats
(25) Flutters I/C
Run to Ft Mill Church of Nazarene
(5) 6ct Burpees
(10) Lunges (ea leg)
(15) Diamond Merkins
(20) Calf Raises I/C
(25) Peter Parkers
Run to the small parking lot in front of Pike Electric
(5) 6ct Burpees
(15) Merkins
25yd Duck Walk
Run to the old Hardees
(5) 6ct Burpees
(15) Mak Tar Jai’s
(25) LBC’s I/C
Run to the Post Office
More stuff
Run to the parking lot formerly famous for Footloose
More stuff
Run back to the AO
More stuff
MARY: See above
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: 5th Core Principle & very intentional