On Thursday, at House Wobegon, the alarm clock (AKA iPhone) won. Snooze, dead to the world, missed the EC and the beatdown. Ah well. It happens. It happens to me, at least. So, for my Q Friday at UA, we were going to beat the hell out of the...
Read moreThere was a theme, I swear. July 7th….7/7…1977…the year Star Wars and Smokey and the Bandit came into our cultural lives…but leaving the speaker at home killed whatever tentative connection there was to the theme…so we were deprived of...
Read moreToday is World Wide UFO Day, which just begs for a workout theme. Here is what we did: Warm-O-Rama was standard, and the sweat began. The Q fired up the speaker for our special edition Spacy Punk music playlist, and we got started. Welcome to...
Read moreYears ago, Hop and D-Day evaded the careful eyes of the guard stationed at the Wake Forest gate and picked YHC up to go to this workout thing that Hop kept pressing me to check out. I was curious about the non-traditional faith gathering aspect...
Read moreI’ve had a few parking lot conversations with some pax recently about the concept of a workout designed for those who are recovering from injury and want something less boot-camp-ish. It’s been done in other regions and seemed like an...
Read moreLet’s be real; it was a selfish Q. For my 49th birthday, I wanted to start the day with a beatdown and coffee with the boys. So that’s what we did. Knowing that weekday schedules make post-workout lingering a little tough, I knew we...
Read moreThe Dash Pax are going PLATINUM as a sponsor for the Ardmore RAH race! Blessed by the Nantan and the SLT, we are set to make this happen. This isn’t just a race; it’s our community roaring together for good. Think about the impact we...
Read moreThe beatdown? Simple. The real story is the mumblechatter. And, look, I’m not even going to try. But it was pretty amazing. At LEAST two un-typable phrases were suggested for the backblast title. Topics included Wendy’s as Halloween...
Read moreAfter a decisive 5-2 win at the Lenovo Center, a rainy drive home and the bedside table light going off at 12:15am, YHC leadped out of bed at the 5am alarm, fresh as could be, ready for some non-running good times. Warm-o-Rama, then let’s go get...
Read moreAfter a Q swap due to hockey tickets, my time has come to lead the most elite evening workout held on a Tuesday in Dash Pax-landia. So let’s get this workout in, get all the Fs, and get on with the evening. What a solid crew rolled in. It...
Read moreEaster Monday, that closest-to-official-but-still-unofficial-for-lots-of-us holiday. YHC really wondered what the turnout would be. Knowing my pace would be slow, I plodded out around 5:22 just ahead of the first wave. I arrived back at an empty...
Read moreThe Q jogged up from his epic 6-minute RIRO to find the pax ready and assembled. Brief warm-o-rama, and we head to the routine: Station 1: 10 LBCS, 10 Penguins, 5 crunchy frogs Circle by trailhead Station 2: 10 Shoulder Taps, 10...
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