Cold, rain, miles, and misery: the perfect combination for a CSAUP to kick off 2025.
Here is how it all went down:
20 Ruckers and a few straight through runners (Doozy and Big Rig) set worth, with the remaining 16 or so Pax joining Hitch for beatdown #1.
Hitch Beatdown (stretch session). Dude. Thank you. Hitch basically warmed us on under the amphitheater and did helped get us ready for the run.
Interesting side story: During the stretch session, a popping sound, followed by smoke came from Beaver’s head. Well, turns out his battery in the headlamp exploded. Damn dude!
Grabbed the flags, ran to Punisher in freezing rain. Runners arrived around 7 a.m. Had a few snacks and sips of Gatorade or Water. Ready for whatever NTB had in store.
NTB Beatdown aka the never ending fire bucket brigade: I saw the GrowRuck-style sandbags and started having GTE 47 flashbacks, but it wasn’t too bad. We were basically shoulder to shoulder, with our backs against the wall, in a squat position—handing over three bags repeatedly around the entire perimeter of the school (which took about sixteen minutes). One bag (sand-filled) was heavy as crap and became even heavier as it got waterlogged. The other two bags were not too heavy, and there were many guesses as to their contents (charcoal, Lincoln Logs, COVID spike proteins?).
Looking around at the cold and soaked guys, Rosie and I could tell people needed to keep moving…off to Mary.
Run to Mary was fairly uneventful, runners arrived around 7:45 a.m. Triple claps to the pit crew who had all the refreshments ready to go!
Beaver Beatdown: Triple check on the basketball courts. Runner to the fence and back, other Pax on merkins and sloppy donkey kicks. Next up, a very wet and cold Beast (all abs) on the tennis courts. I think this is where everyone’s hands started to freeze.
Everyone was eager to get moving, so away we went for the final stretch back to Dog Pile.
Runners arrived at Dog Pile around 8:40/8:45 a.m. and very much ready to get out of the cold rain. Everyone back by 8:50 a.m.
Numbers/Names.
Very cool to have an FNG brought out by Broadway to join the Pax today. Former Army and retired police officer. Murtaugh (Lethal Weapon) was the perfect name. Even at 54, Murtaugh is “not getting too old for this shit.” Please watch this classic clip from Lethal Weapon 2
Announcements (and sorry for rushing these, I was feeling pretty miserable):
- April Hike/Ruck with Rodeo Clown to support Make-A-Wish.
- Beaver invited guys to grab some grub at Taco Bamba
- And most importantly, Belay joins Team America as a US citizen in the next few weeks!
Ball of man. Wildcat took us out.
Hey – Big Thank you to everyone that showed up today, pushed through the weather and physical challenge of Frozen Triangle. Made me proud to see all the HIMs out there this morning.
And…HUGE thank you to the guys that volunteered to stand in the rain and make sure the participants had refreshments. Bulkhead, Cornbeef, Faceplant, Fudd, and UpChuck.
Everyone deserves a nap!
Stats below: Looks like runners go over 10 and ruckers just under 9.
