Author: Saab

  • FTLOBD

    A lucky13 embarked on a route around westham….I’m certain the precise directions are in a prior backblast somewhere….

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  • 45MOM – Wedding Edition

    8 gents arrived to wish Mary well on her upcoming nuptials. This is what transpired, more or less….

    • Run around the circle/square/block while partner does a series of exercises: LBC, HR Merkins, M-Climbers, Squats.
    • Tennis Court Crawls: Bear, Crab, Crawl-Bear, Polar. Pause for exercises between each court
    • 2 Trees out and 1 Back: Traversing field while back and forth exercises (Merkins and J-Squats)
    • Triple Check: Balls to wall, WWII, Run out and Bernie Back
    • 5 Minutes of Mary

    Moleskin

    YHC appreciates the well wishes on his daughter’s upcoming event, and condolences regarding the state of his checking account. Enjoyed observing Hitchhiker learning the stark economic differences between Korean weddings and those of the USA…

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  • Singer giving away t-shirts for $30

    Run past ball stadium to College, then to University.  

    4’s take University to Westham and head south to River Rd

    5’s and 6’s take right on Wood.  5’s take left on Lakewood to Westham then head south to River Rd

    6’s stay on Wood to Waveny, then get on Westham and head south (see above)

    All cross River to Country Squire to South Ridge then on down to Westham Station.

    4’s climb Old Bridge to Highland – turnaround when it crests back to Westham Station.

    5’s and 6’s take Highland all the way to River then turn around back to Westham Station

    All return toward shopping center then through Bat Cave.

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  • Merkel Wears Her Lederhosen…

    A fearsome 14 appeared for a run with a slight chill in the air. Here’s the thing…

    Base Route (4,5,6’s): Up to campus drive, left toward Boatright. Take access road toward Bandy Field. Dog-leg across Three Chopt to Hanover…quick left onto Ripley, head toward Patterson, then head east on Patterson. Right on Maple, Right on Ferguson which then turns to Henri. Take Henri, cross Three Chopt to Iris on down to the golf course…..

    4’s: Take Iris along golf course to Ridgeway. Left on Ridgeway along golf course then back to commons.

    5’s and 6’s: Take Iris then up-then-down on Tapoan. Take right on Ridgeway to Roselawn. Left on Roselawn and back toward commons.

    6’s: After getting on Ripley from Hanover, take immediate right onto Stuart. Take it all the way until it returns on Kensington and drops back onto Ripley.

    NMS:

    • Welcome Sprockets
    • Kudos to TYA, Shakedown, Swiper, and Anthrax on their completion of the Grand Canyon ultra. Quite an accomplishment fellas!

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  • Dolly vs Rosalita

    4 gents debated the form and function of certain exercises during an off-campus field trip to the outskirts of Mary. Some counted for no apparent reason. Doras and Lindsays were modified to accomodate the location, low turnout, and YHC’s whim.

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    Rosalita

    Ab exercise done laying on back, legs raised to 90 degrees. Keeping legs perpendicular to ground, separate legs outward then return to start.

    Dolly

    Ab exercise done laying on back, legs raised about six inches from ground. Keeping legs parallel to ground, separate legs outward then return to start.

  • Interplanetary Bleaching

    10 juveniles and 1 geriatric descended upon Mary to see what she had to offer. This is what transpired, more or less…

    COT: Ball Lickers and other fan favorites, with an intermittent celestial anal-bleaching observation.

    Four Corners (bro code), Descending Doras, Alternating Derkins/Dips, Tennis Court Crawls, D-Kicks/B-Crawls/Out and Back. All of the aforementioned involved copious running mixed with various Merkins and Ab-work.

    Announcements: Ramp building continues.

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  • Lindsay-Light

    6 Stallions and 1 Gerry descended upon Mary just to be taken elsewhere. This is what transpired more or less…

    Warmup: Helicopters, DM-Hang, SSH (YHC does them correctly for a change). Run to Windsor Farms: Red Barshetta (exercise not the song), mosey, WWII, mosey, flutter kicks, mosey, Lindsay Lights (increment/decrement by 10…box cutters and Merkins across church field. Continue mosey. Bear crawls, crab walks, polar bears, and intermittent stops for various exercises. Back to field: Tree Suicides doing alternating merkins and WWIIs on the out and back. Finish with a couple rounds of donkey kicks/bear crawls, run our and bernie-back.

    NMS:

    A question was posed by TYA: Are woman referred to as chicks because they produce eggs?….or because they prefer cocks?

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  • A Festivus for the Rest of Us…

    14 friendlies and one shape-shifter showed for a display of feats-of-strength and an airing-of-grievances, of which there were many. This is what transpired more or less…

    Deadman Hang, Merkins, Scorpion Kicks (much maligned), Ball-Lickers (Fan Favorite). Dips and Merkins/Derkins, station to station, 4 iterations. Descending Doras (LBCs, Flutter Kicks, Merkins) with run/bernie across courts. Chicken Peckers, B-Crawls, run out and back (3 iterations). Courts: Bear Crawl, Crawl Bear, Crabwalk, Polar Bear, then classic suicides. Feats of strength: Pax performs exercise while member does pull ups.

    Announcements/NMS:

    • Bodos’ house guest could not reconcile the concept of attending a pre-dawn workout in sub-freezing temperatures
    • TYA took the Q repeatedly during YHC supposed lapses…said-person told repeatedly what he could do with himself
    • Gomer made a brief appearance before disappearing into the ether…
    • Look for those Festivus Miracles wherever they may occur

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  • A Guy Walks Into a Bar…

    A lucky 11 descended upon Mary to see what the resident geriatric had in store. This is what transpired more or less:

    COP: various stretches, HR Merkins, Ball-lickers. Pavillion: Partner does flutter kicks/Dollies while other runs out and back. Mosey to asphalt and hold 6 inches while Q tells poorly received joke at the same time an FNG joins our group. Do 3 rounds of donkey kicks, bear crawls, merkins, then run out and Bernie-back. Start at increments of 10 and finish at 30. Two Stations: Derkins and Dips. Perform 10/15 at each until visiting each 3 times. Run to courts: Bear Crawls, Crawl Bears, Crab Walks, Polar Bears. Classic suicides covering all 4 courts. Finish with a few minutes of Mary.

    NMS:

    Nice to have an FNG join us in the midst of the workout. YHC’s timing of telling an offense joke at the same time our visitor arrived was impeccible. Unfortunately the name given (Radar) was already taken so the Q will rely on feedback in this BB and pick the final.

    Welcome Packing Peanut…named for his work on eco-friendly package-filler

    Announcements: Beer Mile (see Handshake or Faceplant…the two are the same to me). Blood Donation: Please see Pigskin. Bear Creek 10 Mile.

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  • Wax Off…Wax Off

    ~Ten gents arrived at Mary to see what she had in store. This is what transpired – more or less…

    COT: (Geriatric-friendly). Curb Crawls/Crawl Bears (kept it brief). Run through neighborhood with intermittent stops (LBCs, J-Squats, merkins. Doras without the count (cycle through 3 exercises: Merkins, Flutter Kicks, M-Climbers, while partner runs a circle. Triple Check that turned into a partner check (Q-Cluster-F): Donkey Kicks while partner bear crawls then runs out and Bernie-Sanders back. Lindsays (J-Squats and WWII’s) while advancing through the neighborhood back to flag.

    Announcements:

    • Field Day (Saturday)
    • Lab Rat would have been the Better-Q

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