3/5/19 Rooster Backblast

Q Mad Cow Pax: Wham O(R), Duece, Methane, Fridge, Pepperoni, Zima, Fungi, Sump Pump, PED, Tasty Freeze(FNG), Bigbird, Blueprint, Mary Poppins, Left Eye, Beano, Fergie Weather: Cold AF Disclaimer given and mosey around the reflection path. Thang 1: Merkin Mile to Mile and a quarter. 4 laps around the reflection path with 25 merkins betweenContinueContinue reading “3/5/19 Rooster Backblast”

3/6/2019 Blender Back Blast at The Mutt

Things get personal in the gloom. More about that later. Conditions: 17* and crispy Pax: Fridge, Pork Chop, Glen Ross, Plumb Bob, Wham, Snowman (Q) With the Mutt staying true to form, we had 2 pax at 5:28 and 6 pax by 5:30. After the disclaimer, We moseyed around to the parking lot for COP.ContinueContinue reading “3/6/2019 Blender Back Blast at The Mutt”

Back Blast 3/6/2019 Wednesday Heavy #BlackOps at #theCounty Crock Pot Q

05:30: County playground Weather: Cold. Dry. 15 deg F. Shout out to SkyQ who raised it to a manageable 16 deg F before we finished. PAX: McAfee, Big Bird, Valdez, Alexa, Wildflower, Peyton (DR PAX from NW Indiana – Welcome), and Crock Pot (Q) After welcoming our Down Range brother Peyton and laying a disclaimer,ContinueContinue reading “Back Blast 3/6/2019 Wednesday Heavy #BlackOps at #theCounty Crock Pot Q”

PreBlast – 3/7/2019 Sump Pump 1 year F3versary. The Extender at the Mutt

One year in and I’ve only learned a few things.  1) If you fartsack, you won’t get better. 2) We don’t get up for easy. 3) It’s Free! So if you decide to come out to the Extender in the morning, you WILL get better and it WON’T be easy, but it will still beContinueContinue reading “PreBlast – 3/7/2019 Sump Pump 1 year F3versary. The Extender at the Mutt”

Preblast. 3/7. The agony at the County.

Since reading “freed to lead” and listening to the F3 Nation podcast more regularly, I appreciate the unique use of letters and numbers to carry ideas in the F3 Lexicon. Whether it is D2X (dolphin, Daffidil) or LDP (leadership development program) or exercises named after numbers (21s) the format always sticks somewhere in my brainContinueContinue reading “Preblast. 3/7. The agony at the County.”

3/6/19 – Backblast – The Tank at The Vet – Fungi Q

Weather – cold (16 degrees, 4 Windchill) Gear – multiple layers PAX – Tony Malito, Newman, SweetTart, Vincent, FloJo, Scuba Steve, Shiplap, Fungi (Q) COP SSH – 25 IC Imperial Walkers – 20 IC Downward Dog – calf and hip stretches Thang 1 – Vet Trivia I’ve always enjoyed the scenery at the Vet butContinueContinue reading “3/6/19 – Backblast – The Tank at The Vet – Fungi Q”

03.02.2019. BB. BO Star Course Training Ruck. Angels in Disguise.

It was 9:30pm on Friday night, and I headed to bed. A few short hours went by, and it was time. 3:15am. My alarm went off, and I jumped out of bed knowing I don’t have the luxury of being a block away from the AO I was posting at that morning. Instead of goingContinueContinue reading “03.02.2019. BB. BO Star Course Training Ruck. Angels in Disguise.”

2/27 – B.B. Heavy BO at the County

Pax: Alexa, Wildflower, Jolly Rancher, Gilligan, Amelia, Big Bird, Bulletin, Hot Wheels (Q) My original plan was to use the tires they have at the County but these tires are ridiculously heavy. So I opted for a heavy circuit. Hopefully everyone got in a good WO. We had four exercises and the pax partnered upContinueContinue reading “2/27 – B.B. Heavy BO at the County”

3/4/19 – Backblast – Posh – Nice and Slow Q

On Friday night, Huggies asked me to fill in for him at the Posh on Monday morning.  I said “yes” without looking at the weather.  When I finally looked on Sunday night, I worried that no one would show up.  I was totally wrong.  In fact, 13 HIMs showed up. Temperature: 19 Degrees F withContinueContinue reading “3/4/19 – Backblast – Posh – Nice and Slow Q”

Backblast – B.O. at O 3/4

Great group of PAX on a brisk morning. PED (Q), Fergie, Digiorno, Pepperoni, Blueprint, Alexa. Gave disclaimer and mozied into the neighborhood toward Old Cannon’s Ln. Stopped in the street for some warmup: SSH (15-IC), Grass Grabbers (10-IC), Runners Stretch, Downward Dog, Cobra. Was going to continue to stretch but was too cold so gettingContinueContinue reading “Backblast – B.O. at O 3/4”

3/2/2019 Ruiner BackBlast

Conditions: not bad for March 2rd—starting to see more and more white tights Pax: (13) Penny, Deuce, Pope, Tammy Faye Baker, Nickelback, Wham!, Nugget, Sea Bass, Violet, Captain Insane-O, Tron, Vincent (respect) Glen Ross Q I picked up this Q a couple weeks ago after seeing that the Ruiner was having problems getting Q’s linedContinueContinue reading “3/2/2019 Ruiner BackBlast”

“Big Murph” at Big Mo – Back Blast 3.4.19

Simple. Brutal. Sweaty. Effective. The Murph is one of my favorite workouts, and since I got my new weighted vest, I tried to do this exercise several times, with some variations. Worm asked me to lead a Heavy at Big Mo, but I didn’t realize the weather was going to be so brutal in March.ContinueContinue reading ““Big Murph” at Big Mo – Back Blast 3.4.19″

Backblast 3/2/19 – Sump Pump at The Hurt

12 HIMs showed up this morning to perfect weather. It was dry and cool(d) 35 degrees. We even got to workout in the daylight. Glenn Ross reached out to me early in the week asking if I wanted to do an AO v AO, U v U type deal similar to what Mad Cow didContinueContinue reading “Backblast 3/2/19 – Sump Pump at The Hurt”

3/4/19 – Pre-Blast – South Posh – Nice-and-Slow Q

Somehow I got talked into filling in for Huggies without looking at the weather.  It is going to be cold, so bundle up.  Bring gloves and running shoes.  North Posh has the reputation of being the harder workout on Monday’s…we will give them a run for their money tomorrow…it will be a you vs youContinueContinue reading “3/4/19 – Pre-Blast – South Posh – Nice-and-Slow Q”

BackBlast – 3/3/19 #F3Runners Abacus

PAX met at The O normal spot (Seneca Park Tennis Courts). Normal disclaimer plus be careful and watch for cars on the run. Assume cars don’t see you b/c the driver probably doesn’t! PAX headed out to the Seneca Park Trails for a 2 miler down the hill / golf course. Then back up theContinueContinue reading “BackBlast – 3/3/19 #F3Runners Abacus”