YHC had the q for alcatraz. it was promising to be clear and sunny. late evening it looked like thunderstorms all morning, yhc prepared something overnight to work out under shelter for both supermax and alcatraz if lightning was overhead...
Read moreMAJOR apologies to Drip and Huck for the easy beatdown. OK, I’ll throw Cruiser in there too, but I suspect he appreciated the lack of leg work given his impending race shortly after. I dumbly thought some other runners would post since the...
Read moreThe Thang 0600 – The Murph @ Alcatraz12 HIMs showed up to throw down the standard of selflessness and sweat.1 mile + 100 pull-ups + 200 merkins + 300 squats + 1 mile = a perfect start. 0700 – IronPAX: Mythbusters EditionTotal PAX: 19The...
Read moreKnowing that YHC would be competing with Q school this Saturday, decided for a ‘Grad Q School’ theme. I consulted “Dr. Grok” on the idea, which he quickly wrote up and titled “The Dissertation Breakout” –...
Read moreYHC has spent the last two Saturdays in the high country, that lovely mountain town we know as Boone. Why? Squid (if your a FIA type person), AKA Mrs. Wobegon, AKA Molly, has signed a contract to be the Associate Dean for Collections at Belk...
Read moreYHC had trouble getting someone to sign up to lead March 15, probably because it was at the end of spring break. So YHC will Q and had a couple of options, bring back the Fibonacci beatdown or try out the long planned Bowling Beatdown. I think we...
Read moreTo start the day, 4 PAX assembled for #SuperMax which is a (modify-as-necessary) #Murph @dr. toot (WD) @Bagpipe (WB) @Spicoli @Rubber Ducky got at it each in their own way and made for a solid start for the day. ___ Fast forward to Alcatraz and 9...
Read moreTIME WASTERS. Please tell me that you didn’t come here to read how we “warmed up”. Something that should be done BEFORE arrival. BEATDOWN. Overhead Press (with cinder block) x 10 IC Rifle Carry Reverse Peloton from block...
Read moreCold morning for Alcatraz, but 5 brave Pax still made it out to the ROCC. We started with a mosey to the pull up bars where Rachel Ray and Hitchcock where finishing up their Murph. They joined us for the warmup and we picked up our frozen...
Read moreYHC checked the forecast and it looked like a cold rainy Saturday morning was forthcoming. All good – Alcatraz has shelter. YHC remembered a previous rainy Q where 3 man grinder devolved into a FUBAR and Rubber Ducky played with a hose in...
Read moreAfter being gone for a week for Christmas, YHC did not plan ahead. With the preblast being delayed, Rubber Ducky checked in to see if I needed help. Knowing that it was going to rain, I replied that I got it, I mean who wants to crawl through a...
Read moreGOOD MOOORRRNING….ALCATRAAAAZZZZZZ!!!! The Q rolled into the parking lot and noticed there were 2 warm bodies already there. ( Fresh off a brisk Murph, no doubt. ) I drove to the back of the joint to set up the instructions for the morning. Back...
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