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YHC/QIC rolled up to Danger Zone to see 13 men awaiting in the Gloom. True Gloom too: moderately dense fog settling over the men and the shovel flag, and mild cool brisk air. I really needed to consult with one of the site Qs, but alas, there was no sight Q in site. Burt exclaimed he was an old site Q and offered his guidance. I was unsure if he utilized the adjective “old” meaning ‘former’ or ‘age’, but nonetheless I absolutely declined any guidance from Burt. [Read More]

Asystole, Yogi, disco duck, banjo 4 pax gathered around the flag, and the ceremonies commenced. To honor and glorify Disco Duck for stepping up and taking over site Q responsibilities for Rush-Hour, Banjo delivered the Wrecker Scepter and hoisted and mounted the reflective Wrecker to the top of the flag. As the ceremonies wound down prayers were delivered for wise leadership from disco duck, then the pax were off. Jogging to the parking lot between the tracks and circle up for: SSH, Good afternoon, Windmills, Imperial Walker, some arm stretches, cat-cow yoga shoulder stretch, calf stretches, and finished off with 10 Merkins Oyo. [Read More]

Stepping up in the gloom this morning is WWW for his first Q! 12 PAX show-up to support our man including YHC for co-Q if needed. No FNGs (at this time), we head out for our limited run around the parking lot and down the hill and circle-up under the light for the: Warm Up Sir Fazio Arm Circles Arm stretches Good mornings The Thang Finish warmup, Q instructs PAX to go behind the shed and get a CCB and circle back up under the light. [Read More]

8/28/17: 64 degrees, limited humidity, 29 men for a little hill work this AM. Flag planted at the gate. One FNG. Forgot my cape and boxing gloves. We are off to the ball field parking lot for a warm up. Warm Up GMs x 10 (you’re welcome Nature Boy) SSHs x 52 Jog over to the top of the grass hill under the power lines 5 Burpees, OYO Mosey to the bottom of the hill Thang 1 [Read More]

9/5/2017 This was a co-Q with Free bird and Nature Boy today at FOD. Driving into the Q it was apparent we were really close to a full moon, so hopes were high. Upon further review, it was only 99% full on a waxing gibbous. (Full moon on September 6th) I don’t pretend to know anything about the phases of the moon but I knew if that was my intro, some useful facts may be beneficial. [Read More]

19 PAX showed up for the inauguration of SWW on 09/01/2017. Must have been the promise of some good ol’ Midwestern casserole that brought them in. But it was the surprise bagels and lox that really won them all over. As an added bonus SWW lived up to its name (I knew it would) with a very tolerable occasional sprinkling of rain. Here’s how the morning went: Jog to shelter parking lot (farthest lot from houses) for warm ups: -Good mornings -Side Straddle Hops -Hello Dollys -Flutter Kicks (Low Slow Flutters) -Freddie Mercurys -Homer to Marges -Std Americans – I mean Merkins [Read More]

A confluence of circumstances conspired to germinate the 9/2 Phoenix workout, including: My observation that nobody had signed up to Q the day before The holiday weekend, with plenty of PAX expressing beach-bound intentions, making YHC think that the recent trend of impressive Phoenix numbers would experience a temporary reversal Rucking permanently on the brain, but more so as of late Hello Kitty’s expressed desire to do something other than run My seeking to justify to the M the purchase of yet another ruck My desire to fartsack until 0630 rather than pre-ruck at 0545. [Read More]

11 Stallions including YHC met up in the gloom on a damp morning. YHC needs to finalize his BRR training and since we are in the Peak of Good Living - we must do some hill repeats. -Warmup - jog over to the basketball court 30 SSH - and then 10 more and a result of some early mumble chatter 10 Good Mornings, some hillbillies, some mtn climbers and some calf stretches. [Read More]

With Yogi on the sideline (rest well sweet Prince) the run-and-gun (hold on that run) duo of Hello Kitty and Pierogi were the next men up to lead an All-American beat down at Danger Zone. Warmup: Kitty led the PAX for a warmup lap around the pickle at a noticeably low-slow tempo. Circle up in honor of the 10-year anniversary of the Mighty Mountaineers defeating the #5 ranked Michigan Wolverines IN THE FRIGGIN’ BIG HOUSE, 34-32: [Read More]

PAX: 19 (FNG Lite-Brite) Excited to hit up some BO this morning. YHC has been on the low low when it comes to Q-ing so I’m happy to get back in the game. With all of the new AOs the opportunity to lead a workout can only increase! So just as my Twitter #PB announced I arrived at 0530 for some #TTT. Stretched for quite a bit before the next cars mosey’d onto the lot. [Read More]