MJ Stands with The Commish

 Posted on January 27, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  264 words  |  

Pre-Blast 31 HIM (not including MJ) at Phoenix for The Commish’s co-VQ with YHC. This also marked a 6-Pack for Mr. Silver! Such a strong start…it’s no wonder MJ Stood with The Commish. The Warmup (Hi-Liter) Pledge of Allegiance at the flag. Mixed Run to the Community Center into extended Paint the Lines. Circle up for 25 each: SSH, Mt. Climbers, Hillbillies, Plankjacks, Imperial Walkers, St. Merkins, SSH. The Thang 1 (Hi-Liter) [Read More]
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19 Murphs in 2019 (3 of 19)

 Posted on January 25, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  76 words  |  

Pre-Blast

  • 11 HIM for the third of 19 Murphs (in 2019) at SWW.
  • 1 for EC
  • 2 for EC + EC
  • 8 for Coffee with Oofta (post Murph)
  • Stronger backs, stronger hearts in 2019.

The Warmup

  • Pledge of Allegiance at flag.

  • Run to the playground, circle up for a few GMs, SSH, Merkins.

The Thang

  • Do a Murph (run out and back .5 miles).
  • Run back to the playground
  • Mary: H2M, Side Plank Star Crunches

COT

bluewater  captain-jack  chinese-downhill  denali  hermes  hi-liter  joe-smith  oofta  shank  smokey  staubach 

The Burger King Effect

 Posted on January 25, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  458 words  |  

We’re all familiar with Burger King’s long time moto “Have it your way”. I don’t know that I have ever personally exercised my right to have it my way with their burgers but the options is there I suppose. It’s empowering to have options. There is ownership in the plan when those involved are given the option to choose what kind of experience they ultimately want. This fundamental idea was visited in this workout. [Read More]
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62 degrees with a 100% chance of rain

 Posted on January 24, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  295 words  |  

Its not often that a January 24th morning becomes a Tank Top Thursday. With a mixture of high temps, driving wind and non-stop rain,12 warriors departed the shovel flag, forming three 4-man indian run groups. Warm up - circle up at Thales parking lot 15 Side shuttle hops 15 Imperial Walkers 7 Good mornings 15 standard merkins 15 Mountain Climbers 10 Burpees OYO Back to the indian run groups, head to the pond in the Villages of Apex [Read More]
butt-fumble  gtl  meatloaf  milton-bradley  old-maid  parker  pet-sounds  smokey  staubach  stealth  sub  wonderbread 

Fini-Q - Double Duty 11’s was the flavor of the day.

 Posted on January 24, 2019  |  4 minutes  |  670 words  |  

Date: January 23, 2019 QIC: WWW AO: Tortoises PAX: Ashbury, Baiter, Biner, Blue Water, Clementine, Cool Beans, Crimson, Doogie, Ezekiel, FNG Fiddler (on the roof), Hotty Toddy, Imp, Intimidator, Meatloaf, Milton Bradley, Moore, Nerf, Red Ryder, Rooney, Sooey, Sub, Spartan, Theismann, Trike, WWW, Yogi Tortoise’s anniversary is coming up on Feb 2, 2019. Crimson approached me last week to discuss the plan via Slack. He actually twisted my arm saying since the anniversary is coming up, we should Q the rest of the Wednesdays until we have the changing of the guard. [Read More]
ashbury  baiter  biner  bluewater  clementine  cool-beans  crimson  doogie  ezekiel  fng-fiddler-on-the-roof  hotty-toddy  imp  intimidator  meatloaf  milton-bradley  more  nerf  red-ryder  rooney  sooey  spartan  sub  theismann  trike  www  yogi 

Four Fantastic Floundering Fish

 Posted on January 24, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  192 words  |  

A wonderful rainy day for Back in Black with four Pax. I guess the other 3 did not know who was the Q, even the Site Q’s were smart enough to stay away. Start off with a brief run in rain to find some shelter from the rain. When that failed we just stopped under and over hang and did some warm ups: 10 xGood Mornings 10x Side Saddle hops [Read More]
lite-brite  open-out  red-ryder  yoga-mat 

Speed-Dating

 Posted on January 24, 2019  |  4 minutes  |  668 words  |  

Lots going on at Shakin’ Not Stirred this morning. The Maynerds were off early, Insomnia runners, departed just after the last Maynerd group, and at 5:45 the Vesper and Bootcamp group were ready to get going. The Bootcamp hosted a baker’s dozen, and it went down like this: Tight circle and each man was instructed to identify a fellow PAX that he didn’t really know so well. That was to be your partner throughout the workout. [Read More]
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Into the Wilderness

 Posted on January 23, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  373 words  |  

6 PAX gathered at 228 Ambassador Loop for the best AO in Downtown Cary on a Tuesday evening. First exercise, the Pledge of Allegience. Jordan Lake Brewing Mosey down to JLB for warmups. SSHs, Cotton Pickers, Sir Fazio forward and back, Control Freak merkins and Plank Jacks. Then we want to use the very faded parking lot lines for a quick round of Bear Crawls with ascending Merkins on each line. [Read More]
disco-duck  freebird  kermit  red-ryder  theismann  traffic-cone 

The double Convenience Store!

 Posted on January 23, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  249 words  |  

I know Burt doesn’t like themed workouts so I kept my mouth quiet from the start. Warm Up - Jog to the school for the SSH, Good Mornings, and Planks Jacks. Enough of that. Large requested distance so we needed to start the Thang 7s - Merkins and Jump Squats to the light pole and back Jog to recover. 11s - Jump lunges and spiderman merkins Jog to the basketball court. [Read More]
banjo  burt  butt-fumble  callahan  chanticleer  coney  gtl  hi-liter  largemouth  mccants  michelob  nerf  old-maid  red-ryder  shank  stealth  sub  the-commish  triple-lindy  two-factor 

I would have stayed in bed, but...

 Posted on January 22, 2019  |  4 minutes  |  775 words  |  

It was a brisk, dark, chilly morning at Flirtin’ With Disaster. One stalwart HIM, Chipper, got in a little EC run while the rest of us slowly made our way to the parking lot. Well, most of us were slow, one of us were late. Everyone loves that late guy! It’s 5:30 AM and we slow mosey out of the park across the street and into the large Lowes parking lot for: [Read More]
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