lotsa left turns

WARMUP: disclaimer
THE THANG: wander through FMHS past the baseball field and pullup bars to get to Harris st. LEFT…. run to Walden Park entrance….. LEFT…. hug the LEFT curb and keep making LEFTS until you run every bit of Walden Park and arrive back at Harris St. Some made a right and headed back to COT. Some crossed Harris and continued the LEFT theme, running a couple more streets on the opposite side of Harris before returning to COT.
MARY: Some had a couple minutes to do some strider/sprints. Highly encourage runners to do this occassionally – your running mechanics and body benefits from sprinting from time to time.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter
COT: Yup

Sorry this backblast is late…. Sorry the video post to slack was late….

As often happens in the journey of life – better late than never.

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Very creative

WARMUP: nah, we pledged the flag
THE THANG: ran to FMHS and back with 2 exercises at the stops below – exercises were 10 merkins, 10 big boys.

  • John’s gas station at the top of Massey
  • Little baby Jesus church
  • Park at the bottom of the hill
  • Light at the top of Harris
  • At the pull up bars
  • Split the group for 10 pull ups – one group ran down to the light at the school entrance, one group did a lap around the back parking lot – then each group swapped and ran the route and did the pull ups
  • Back to the bottom of Harris
  • To the top of Harris at Aubrey
  • To the parking lot at pike

Finished up with down the hill at Massey, then up at 90%
MARY: nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: csaups and newsletter
COT: uhaul, kids growing up, Harry Carey’s wife’s bday!

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Q school

WARMUP: mosey to Kimbrell’s lot
Exercises in cadence -‘seal jacks, windmills, Cherry pickers, imperial walkers, merkins, shoulder taps and 5 burpees OYO – just because.

THE THANG: mosey to St. John’s UMC lot for partner Dora 50-100-150
50 burpees
100 squats
150 4-count flutters

Mosey to First Baptist lot for four corners with varying MOT’s
Corner 1 – merkins
Lunge walk to corner 2
Corner 2 – sumo squats
Bear crawl to corner 3
Corner 3 – hand release merkins
Power skip to corner 4
Corner 4 – lunges

Mosey to pavilion downtown
Incline merkins and dips in cadence on the bricks of the statues.

Mosey to COT

MARY: varying pax led exercises
The mule called and led American hammers
Italian Job called flutters
Cohiba called Hello Dollys
That took us to 0600

ANNOUNCEMENTS: always – and read your newsletter too.

COT: My why for F3 is simple we can give others a path to being better while doing so ourselves. In our lives, there are things that make us better off, or worse off. The mission is simple and compelling.

Prayers were lifted up for U-Haul and his family and DD & his M going through cancer treatment.

Praise for Sofrito turning 50 and respect.

This was a Q school workout. Reminders shared wi the pax are below. Thanks for the call Cubbie 👁️

Q-school Tips: 3-31-26
1 – when running fitness levels vary widely; 4 corners is great.
2 – calling cadence demonstrated
3 – scout your site beforehand if possible
4 – keeping the group together: run-exercise-run-exercise-run-exercise
5 – 5 minutes of Mary – great way to have a new pax call an exercise and lead in a cadence
6 – have a modified exercise in reserve if fitness levels vary widely – ie: burpee modified down to a flying squirrel or a squat into a plank and return to upright. Modify as needed to avoid injury; don’t modify to avoid effort
7 – partner work (ie: Dora) – encourages pax and takes cadence off of Q (freed to lead…..and delegate)
8 – site q is responsible for site; q is responsible for the outcome of the workout: Credo part 1 – leave no man behind
Credo part 2 – leave no man where you found him

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Expedited Tour of Fort Mill w/Pain Stations

WARMUP: Mosey to FM Animal Hospital, SSH, Merkins, Calf Stretch, Runners Stretch
THE THANG: Run to Walmart, 7s with merkins and dry docs, run to CVS, 10 merkins, 10 squats, 10 lunges (repeat 3x with a lap around CVS in between rounds), run to print shop pull up bars for 7s with pull ups and burpees, back to COT for a steep hill run, quick run around pharmacy to hit 3mi
MARY: 2 min plank
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yes
COT: Prayers & Praises

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Hills and Pull ups

WARMUP: mosey to Print shop
SSH x 20
Imperial walker x 10
Hillbilly Walker x 10
Cherry picker x 10
Calf stretch runner stretch
THE THANG: triple nickel from town hall up hill past church
5 Bonnie Blair’s 2 is 1
5 jump squats at church each passing
5 Freddie Mercuries
X3

Go to print shop pull up bars.
5 pulls ups
10 merkins
15 squats
Lap around print shop

MARY: 38 Flutter kicks
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT:

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The Stronghold

WARMUP: SSH, Arm Circles, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, runners stretch, warm up mosey around parking lot
THE THANG: Thrust/Swing/Merkin descending ladder, 3 station circuit with KB Chest Presses, Curls, Swings. 11s with thrusters and deadlifts. Cool down mosey around parking lot.
MARY: Mountain Climbers, flutters while holding kb, simbas, LBCs
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Waterside ruck to support Uhaul this Tuesday
COT: Prayers/Praises

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Kingsley & Back

WARMUP: N/A
THE THANG: The suggested route was run to Kingsley, create a loop, and run back. There were several modifications around the sunbelt parking lot, some ventured on highway 21, and a few ventured on 160 which may have been a bad suggestion by the Q. 3.5-4.5 miles.
MARY: N/A
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethels, upcoming CSAUPs, etc.
COT: Prayer and praises

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Better Late Than Very Late

PAX arrived via vehicle. Parked car. Chattered and mumbled. Weird warmup. Mosey. Ran up and down big hill. Skipper left. Did some exercisin on and around pull up bar. Masterpiece left. Hung out in parking lot and played by the basketball hoops. Closed in mumbling and chattering. Praised and prayed. PAX got in cars. Left.

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Homestead Route

WARMUP: Not at this AO. But YHC did jump a lot from 5:10-5:14 (Q-drenaline)

THE THANG: Run to WillowBrook and back via Orchard Park Elementary. Proof: https://www.strava.com/activities/17574144266

MARY: Might have passed her on the route, not sure.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Sign up for Bethel Men’s Shelter THIS THURSDAY! The need is great, the workers are few.

NMM: I articulated the route as starting out towards the QT, but then immediately ran the wrong direction. Nobody said anything. 😥 (Retread and I corrected the route, but come on men!)

When the leader doesn’t do what they said they’d do, other leaders should speak up. Our community needs your voice. Hold each other accountable.

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Much like Heroin

WARMUP: brief
THE THANG: tried a couple of things. Didn’t feel like YHC did a great job articulating. We moved to the next station and tried a few more.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Will gravitate to a WOD sorta format rather than a Pearls on a String for my next Kitchen Sink Weinke

Only 2.5/5 ⭐️ for this one today

But much like heroin Pollo Hermano will not get addicted to running

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