You can run hills on your own time

WARMUP: light stretching
THE THANG: we ran through dominion bridge, taking the high line to avoid the large hill (I felt like having a flat run today). Exit the neighborhood on whites and turn left – follow to the waterside roundabout and turn right. Follow that road to the first roundabout. This is the turn around point for a little over 4 miles. Pax modified to make the route longer or shorter, and some added in the dominion bridge hill just for fun. Some of us also are taking a wait a see approach with the Clemson rehiring of Chad morris as their OC, despite the Deja-vuness of it all.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: break the dam everyone – tshirt deadline approaching. Also Massey blood drive this weekend
COT:

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Crows Nest was A Virgin

Warm-Up:
SSH – 20 IC
Imperial Walkers – 20 IC
Windmills – 10 IC
Moroccan NC – 10 IC
Strawberry Pickers – 10 IC
Quick mosey around parking lot
Cheese Shredder

Thang 1:
Set 4 corners ~ Stay together with the HIMs in your corner throughout the exercises and mosey between each corner. 2 Rounds

Cone 1 – 15 Burpees
Cone 2 – 15 Squats
Cone 3 – 15 Carolina Dry Docks
Cone 4 – 15 Jump Squats

Thang 2:
Four Light Poles ~ Mosey between light poles. 3 Rounds.

Light Pole 1 – 10 Merkins
Light Pole 2 – 20 LBCs
Light Pole 3 – 30 Lunges Total
Light Pole 4 – 40 Mountain Climbers Total

Thang 3:
Eleven’s
Mosey up and down.
At bottom: Diamond Merkins
At top: Big Boy Sit-Ups

Mary:
American Hammers – 15 IC

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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Audible at O-Dark-Thirty

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.

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MILGA WRAP at Lazarus

Last WO of the year at Lazarus.

Poppins had EH’d an F&G, so a proper disclosure was given with an introduction to FOOPC. We did a short warm‑up in the parking lot while getting to know F&G, then headed to the circuit.

Mapped a quarter‑mile loop using Google Maps’ measure feature, with four stations and four different exercises at each station, each with a proper rep count, just enough where form matters and not enough if cheating yourself. My rough math made me think that would total two miles, but it’s actually just one mile, another reminder, not a professional.

Kept the group together in lieu of letting spring chickens run for fellowship and FNG welcoming. Goose was hungry for EC, had a taste and back to COT for MARY.

Proper interrogation of FNG led to name Elmer Fudd.

Prayers for better parenting, aging family members, and discernment in season of waiting.

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Merkins on Merkins

WARMUP: mosey around the parking lot with karaoke, high knees, toy soldiers, butt kicks. Circle up for SSH, cherry pickers, windmill, imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers, plank, etc.
THE THANG: Mosey to practice band/football lot – mode of transportation was lunge walks, stop at the 10-20-30-40-50-40-30-20-10 yard lines and do half that amount of merkins. Mode of transportation on the way back was bear crawls, stop at the 10-20-30-40-50-40-30-20-10 and do that amount of LBCs. Mosey to benches and complete – 20 dips, 20 step ups, and 20 calf raises – repeat 3 times. Mosey back to mary.
MARY: ab exercises until 6
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Party
COT: prayers and praises

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King’s Bottom loop

WARMUP: OYO
THE THANG: We Ran Dudley to Kings Bottom Loop & Back (4 to 5.5 miles)
MARY: No
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Eve convergence, Break to Dam 5k/10k, shovel flag / site changes.
COT: Columbia bus crash, Salisbury Firefighters and loved ones that are not doing well or we have lost.

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A cold day in American Jackal

WARMUP:

SSH
Merkins
Broga
Peter Parker’s
Windmill
Imperial Walkers
Hillbilly Walkers

THE THANG:
Hardest quarter mile:
100m – burpee broad jump
100m – lunge walk
100m – bear crawl
100m – sprint

Mosey

Top o’ the hill
10 – merkins
10 – squats
10 – flutters

Mosey

10 – wide arm merkins
10 – calf raises
10 – box cuttahs

DORA on far side of FCMS
100 – SSH
200 – squats
300 – LBCs
MARY: nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Massey Christmas lights

WARMUP: MUST when it’s this cold
THE THANG: 4.2mi

Head towards 7-11
L on trail b/f Dobys Bridge to Neff Ct
L on Dudley drive
L on Thomas Knapp Parkway
L on Felts Pkwy
R on Callahan
R on kings bottom Dr
L on Felts Pkwy
R on Thomas Knapp Parkway
R on Dudley drive
R on dragon way
Loop around DBES and back to trail cut thru to 7-11 and home to Blue.

MARY: no
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas party Friday, 4.01k charity run for Crisis Response international Saturday,

COT: men’s mental health – Speak up – you have a purpose. You are not alone. Be the light. Check on a friend.

Prayer and Praise for wedding anniversaries, baby announcements, loved ones passing, safe travels, new jobs

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The Winter of Wegs’ discontemt

WARMUP: Too cold
THE THANG: in the words of Rev. Al Green, “Take Me To The River”runners ran to the River & back. Ruckers did they own thang
MARY: nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Usual
COT: prayers & praises

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