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The Final Countdown

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The day finally arrived for our CSAUP, The FInal Countdown. The rainy weather was not ideal, but it helped keep the temperature and humidity down for ideal running conditions. 67 men participated in the event. Most groups participated in the relay. Ruckers and trail runners fought the elements and got their work done to.
Relay details:   The first Pax will run 3 miles and return to the starting point.  The 1st and 2nd Pax will run 3 miles and return to the starting point. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd runner will run the final 3 miles.  Each route will be unique.  If you get lost, just run 3 miles and return back to the park.

Total miles:  3+3+3 = 10 F3 math   (Runner 1 – 9 miles, Runner 2 – 6 miles, Runner 3 – 3 miles)

Inspiring stuff this morning. River Rat’s 2.0s ran the course like it was a lap around the track. Lots of guys ran distances they have never run before.
We’ve got a good pool of runners for the upcoming Dam to Dam Relay.

Great job by everyone this morning!

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Trail Rucked with hill climbing

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Pre-warmup
3 of us launched at 4:45a for a pre-ruck 1.6 miles
Warmup – None
The Thang:
Trail Rucked with hill climbing
Small Hill
Bottom of the Hill
15ea squats
15ea Moroccan night clubs
Top of the Hill
15ea squats
15ea Moroccan night clubs
*Rinse and Repeat 2x
Large Hill
Bottom of the Hill
15ea squats
15ea Moroccan night clubs
Top of the Hill
15ea squats
15ea Moroccan night clubs
*Rinse and Repeat 2x
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@Airwolf
was cool, calm, and collect as always. He shows and goes.
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@Dojo
was round house kicking trees down to make new paths. Monday’s are leg day.
@Ölaf
we need more Olaf’s.
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@Flounder
and
@Triple Lindy
went Bigfoot hunting while we were in the woods. No sightings but we did see a couple of deer.

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Finest 2nd F

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WARMUP: none
THE THANG:
Rucked around the loop 160, Brusters, Hubert Graham, gold hill

Lots of great 2nd F and We got to learn about Tinsels business and how he got started.

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Longest 11 ever

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WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Downdog
THE THANG:
Mosey to the school for a round of 11’s.
Breakdance merkins(double count) on one side.
Crunchy frogs(in cadence) on the other side.
Distance between points was approximately 0.2mi.
No one got through all 11. Maybe it was too far?

Thanks for the opportunity to come run with the high performance HIM’s of the Fort. I’m always impressed by the showing and the effort laid down.

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Graceful sandbag

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WARMUP: while we waited for the site Q, who had given a heads up he was “coming in hot”, we did a few SSH, cherry pickers, low slow squats, and merkins with hands on our rucks.
THE THANG: Started out by getting in a single file line based on height, then moved into side by side formation where the snake was still based on height (if that makes sense).

The mission, with a 40 lb sandbag, was to transfer the sandbag while in stride every .25 miles from shortest to tallest Pax. Path was to WEP, do the loop, and head back in under 1 hour…this meant for sub 20 min miles, and thanks to our site Q coming in hot, he challenged us to push limits to 15 min miles where we probably landed somewhere around 15-17 min miles.

A quick lesson on how to “gracefully” transition the sandbag while standing, and while in motion, we’re given before we took one step and while we were in formation.

Very good results on speed and transitions and a few lessons learned. Made our time hack, didn’t get hit by cars, and no one died.

Successful mission.
MARY: nada
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter is packed, pushed 10 year
COT: shower curtain was on our hearts, kids going to school, and patience as parents

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Convergence For Our Brother Shower Curtain

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WARMUP:
Four Lines: Toy Soldiers, Butt Kickers, High Knees, mosey with Q to first of four rotations
THE THANG:

Slapshot’s Pain Station:

Each Pax performs

50 Merkins
100 LBCS
50 HR Merkins
100 4-CT Flutters

Every minute a timer would go off and we’d run from one side of the “track” to the other. We would then do two burpees and resume the exercises.
Group 4 only had 3-4 minutes left so we did 10 Burpees OYO then Captain Thor until 5:55.

Badland’s Pain Station:

10 rounds Tabata – 45sec work 15sec rest –
SSHs, Freddy Mercuries, high knees taps, American Hammers, mtn climbers, laying Leg Raises, In and Out Plank Jacks, J-Los, star crunches, high knee goofballs

Punchlist’s Pain Station:

Light Pole Speed Drills –

5/10/15 Merkins
5/10/15 CDD’s
5/10/15 Bonnie Blairs

Bear-pees to finish

Shady’s Pain Station:

Sheet 1: 10 diamond Merkins, 20 Merkins, 30 Mountain Climbers, 40 Seal Jacks, 50 American Hammers, 50 Shoulder Presses, 40 Crab Cakes, 30 Flutters, 20 Big Boy Situps, 10 Flying Squirrels

Sheet 2: 10 Burpees, 20 Knee to Chest jumps, 30 Carolina Dry Docks, 40 Plank Jacks, 50 LBCs, 50 Squats, 40 Dips, 30 Calf Raises, 20 Wide Arm Merkins, 10 Dive Bombers

Each sheet ~50 yards apart. Do the top exercise on sheet 1, run to sheet 2 for first exercise, then run back to sheet 1 and do 2nd exercise…and so on. Furthest we got was 50 shoulder presses and 50 squats. And we had awesome music courtesy of Detroit.

Great job Qs

COT:

Today we came to support our brother, Shower Curtain. He is recovering from his injuries and will need our help and support for several months to come. More than a workout!

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Ruck fartlek

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WARMUP: lap around the parking lot. Each man had opportunity to lead an exercise in cadence.
If memory serves correct it was:
Squats,
Merkins,
Standing penguins,
Imperial walkers
Moroccan night clubs
THE THANG: Fartlek style repeats focusing on keeping feet quiet (meaning less impact and less putting on brakes), keeping head steady, keeping ruck close to body, quick short steps landing on a bent knee vs an outstretched leg. We did over 2 miles worth of speed work. Very proud of the guys for coming out and getting faster. Spare rucks are always available for guys to attempt The manly thing.
MARY: keep core tight during shuffle to reduce chance of injury.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: congratulations to my wonderful M for not killing me for the first 14 years of our marriage.
COT: Grout took us out. Prayers for @shower curtain

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Pick that up and let’s go

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WARMUP: SSH, merkins, cherry pickers, on the ground for hamstring and back stretching
THE THANG: We brought some extra weight where each Pax of course had their ruck, and then 2 Pax for .25 miles would also carry the 40 pound sand bag and either a 30 or 35 lb kettle bell.

At the 1/4 mile mark, we rotated the extra weight to 2 new Pax and kept rotating every 1/4 mile.

At our first 1/4 mile we did 5 merkins with our ruck. Next 1/4 we did 5 merkins + 10 squat thrusters with ruck; next 1/4 was same as above plus 15 ruck swings; next quarter same stuff + 20 ruck chest press; another quarter plus everything + 25 shrugs.

Added up quickly but old school pearls on a string plus the extra weight was a nice way to end the work week.
MARY: no time today
ANNOUNCEMENTS: lots going on in the fort! Dam 2 dam signups begin Sept 1
COT: keep praying for DiVinchi’s step dad

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