9 swashbucklers drove, walked, or marauded their way to the Harpers Mill clubhouse for this weeks edition of The Woodshed. In store was a workout themed on the achievements and accolades of the East Carolina football program. According to the confused runners going by, this is more or less what happened.
In 1941 East Carolina Teachers College (which it was at the time) went undefeated under John Christenbury. – 19 merkins run length of the parking lot 41 squats x2
In their history ECU has 11 bowl wins – 11s Bobby hurlys and Carolina dry docks
Over the years a total of 7 conference titles (despite being an independent for mor than 30 years) – four corners – 7 burpees at each corner
Dowdy ficken stadium where they have played since 1964 has a 50k capacity. 50 two count flutters
Their greatest ever season was in 1991 in which they finished no 9 in the country with a peach bowl win over nc state. They had a total of 11 wins. -4 corners with 19 merkins, 91 side straddle hops, 11 WW2s and 9 squats
Former pirate Chris Johnson holds the record with 2509 all purpose yards in 2009
-20 lunges, 9 squats
He also set the record at the time in the 40 yd dash with 4.24 -2 sprints, one all out, one at 75%, 1 minute of stretching
-Thanks for the opportunity to lead. Have a great day fellas. And go Pirates!