Category Archives: #blackops

Back Blast 4/03/2019 Wednesday Heavy #BlackOps at #theCounty Crock Pot Q

0530: County Portico (near playground) Weather: 36 deg F, still and calm, no wind. PAX: Bulletin (R), Jolly Rancher, Big Bird, Crock Pot (Q) Disclaimer given, No FNGs. Warm Up: Since we’d be lifting, YHC wanted everyone to be stretched well. Emphasis placed on range of motion, not speed. Kendra Newmans (10 count forward, 10ContinueContinue reading “Back Blast 4/03/2019 Wednesday Heavy #BlackOps at #theCounty Crock Pot Q”

Pre Blast Heavy #BlackOps #theCounty 4/03/2019 Wednesday 0530 Crock Pot Q

The budget didn’t allow for any vacation travel on Spring Break, so this week’s Heavy will involve some Extreme Couponing. Don’t bring weights, but do bring gloves. We will do Tabata intervals of work & rest. Meet at the portico near the playground. And seriously, expect to have a coupon in each hand.

Backblast BlackOps @ Bayside 3/26/19

Pax: Fanny Pack (r), Charolais (r), Birdie, Grandpa Bear, Krystal, Shuttlecock (r) Weather: Same as like forever.  At least no rain. Side Shuttle Hops 25 IC Grass Grabbers 10 middle, 10 right leg, 10 left leg IC Merkins 15 Shoulder stretches Side Shuttle Hops 15 IC Plank stretches Thang 1: (55 burpees, 220 bear crawls)ContinueContinue reading “Backblast BlackOps @ Bayside 3/26/19”

3/20/2019 – BackBlast – Heavy #BlackOps at #TheCounty

Quick run down of the Bulletin Board list this week. 2 PAX in attendance: Crock Pot and Bulletin Q. Disclaimer given then warmed up with a mosey around the school and picked up coupons to help with the workout. Very simple workout – Try to complete the list on the Bulletin Board. We worked togetherContinueContinue reading “3/20/2019 – BackBlast – Heavy #BlackOps at #TheCounty”

Heavy Hump Day – Back Blast 3.13.19

YHC has enjoyed heavy workout ever since we started doing them at Sojourn. I missed them for a while but was excited when the Vets and County decided to bring them back. I Q’ed a Heavy a couple weeks back at Vets and when the opportunity came to lead one at the County I jumpedContinueContinue reading “Heavy Hump Day – Back Blast 3.13.19”

BO Ruck at the County 2-11-19

4 HIMs braved the cold rain in the gloom today. 57 degrees. PAX 4  – Huggies(Q), Airplane, Momma’s Boy, McAfee Gear – 30 lbs Rucker 2.0.  Rain Jacket.  MACV-1’s.  Airplane brought along an umbrella. (Not sure how much it helped but anyway) We did the pee wee valley loop.  Airplane showed us the way.  3.6ContinueContinue reading “BO Ruck at the County 2-11-19”

Back Blast – 2.3.19 – Parklands

YHC was looking for a ruck to continue building up to the Columbus StarCourse in April. PK had planned on this being a longer ruck (15+ miles). He had us meet up at the Parklands Pope Lick Park. PK wanted to start at 2AM. I was good with it, but you could tell that McAfeeContinueContinue reading “Back Blast – 2.3.19 – Parklands”

Sunday BO Ruck Training – 1.27.19

Since we are a little less than 3 months away from the Star Course, a couple of us wanted to get some mileage in while we had the time. I spoke to OJ and Kilo on Friday at the awards banquet about getting some mileage in. After OJ sent me a message on slack sayingContinueContinue reading “Sunday BO Ruck Training – 1.27.19”

1/30/2019 – BackBlast – Heavy #BlackOps at #TheCounty

I knew the cold was coming but I was a bit surprised by the amount of snow that was on the ground. I just added another layer and headed out to The County. PAX Big Bird, Amelia, Alexa, Bulletin (R) Q Disclaimer said, grab the coupons and a short mosey around the school for aContinueContinue reading “1/30/2019 – BackBlast – Heavy #BlackOps at #TheCounty”

1/27/19 BO 12-Mile Ruck Back Blast

PAX: Meter Maid, Vacuum, and Plumb Bob WEATHER: Upper 30s, Clear, Breezy, especially along the river LOCATION: Meet up at the base of the Big Four Bridge, traveled both sides of the river DISTANCE: 12 Miles TIME: 3:28 Huggies sent out a message recently about an on your own GoRuck 12-mile timed event.  That’s perfectContinueContinue reading “1/27/19 BO 12-Mile Ruck Back Blast”

BackBlast – 1/27/18 BlackOps Jefferson Memorial Forest SiltStone Training Running – Abacus Q

PAX – Little Jerry (R) and Abacus Q met at 0750 for a fun jog through Jefferson Memorial Forest along the Silt Stone and Scott’s Gap Trails. It looked like this, but the hills feel waaaayyyy steeper when you are running them. This was my first time on Scott’s Gap (see the little loop atContinueContinue reading “BackBlast – 1/27/18 BlackOps Jefferson Memorial Forest SiltStone Training Running – Abacus Q”

BB for 1/25/19 Black Ops @ Seneca

PAX: @FloJo, @ScubaSteve, @PewPew (Q), @Facade (FNG) Weather: 11 degrees with 5 degree wind chill. Disclaimer given; FNG welcomed. And we’re off… Warm up: Arm circles, 15 SSH, 15 grass-grabbers, Plank up with alternating calf-stretches, rotating arm stretches pointing to the sky for something that resembled a yoga pose. Note: when looking skyward, one couldn’tContinueContinue reading “BB for 1/25/19 Black Ops @ Seneca”

BO 12 Mile Ruck Sunday 1/27 @ Big Four

This pretty much explains it all.  Huggies posted this a few days ago and there seems to be some interest.  We will start on the Kentucky side of the Big Four Bridge at 5:00 AM.  We will travel on both sides of the river.  I’ve mapped out a path that (if the GPS and GoogleContinueContinue reading “BO 12 Mile Ruck Sunday 1/27 @ Big Four”

Bulletin #BackBlast Heavy #BlackOps at #TheCounty

Planted the Flag, unloaded the weights from the car, and then retrieved some coupons.  We set up under the awning behind the school.   Perfect setting for heavy day in the rain. PAX Big Bird, Valdez, Jolly Rancher, Bulletin (R) Q Disclaimer said and short mosey around the school for a warm up.  COP Grass grabbers,ContinueContinue reading “Bulletin #BackBlast Heavy #BlackOps at #TheCounty”

BackBlast – BlackOps at #TheO Blueprint Q 1/21/19

I woke up this morning feeling warm and cozy only to walk outside to a frozen truck and Seneca Park this morning.  I rolled in at 5:28 and there was only 1 car parked but one more lost soul rolled in to brave this cold morning. Temp: balmy 8 degrees with no wind PAX: BlueprintContinueContinue reading “BackBlast – BlackOps at #TheO Blueprint Q 1/21/19”

Back Blast – Posh Black Ops

PAX – Catfish with Little Jerry at the Q Conditions – Look out the window.  Cold.  Snow.  Ice.  We could tell how fast the temperature dropped last night by the ice under the snow.  Fortunately, with the cold, it was not slushy and our feet generally stayed dry. 10 meandering slow miles.  Had the parkContinueContinue reading “Back Blast – Posh Black Ops”

1/6 Backblast- “Stranger Danger” Ruck

  7 PAX met up at 5:30 to start a 10 mile ruck at the Posh. 4 of us were there on time…Meter Maid had technical difficulties and couldn’t get out of his house, so Airplane being a true HIM, swooped by and grabbed him on the way. In typical Momma’s Boy fashion, he cameContinueContinue reading “1/6 Backblast- “Stranger Danger” Ruck”

12/24 The O BO Back Blast

PAX: Plumb Bob (Q), Pope, Noxema Jackson, Gillespie, Tron, Deuce, Blueprint, Sump Pump, Nice n Slow As a I stated in the preblast, I wanted to give some men the opportunity to get out without doing 45 minutes of burpees. (Much respect to those that did!!) However, I did promise that we would do some burpees and that I would donateContinueContinue reading “12/24 The O BO Back Blast”

Christmas Eve BO at the O Pre-Blast

Come on out to The O on Christmas Eve to get your Christmas festivities off to a great start.  We’re starting at 7:00 so you can get a little more sleep. We’re going to work hard and we will do some BURPEES. I will donate $.10 per burpee to #burpeesforvets . So come on outContinueContinue reading “Christmas Eve BO at the O Pre-Blast”