One wild and crazy dude hit the mean streets of Plantation for the latest edition of The Clinic. Temperatures were 55 70 and sunny. According to the semi-frozen Nile lizard monitoring the run, the following might have happened:
Route: Circle, north, cross Peters, parking lot, Fudd, north again, past apartments, past temporary circus tents, Broward Blvd., reverso (minus the Fudd). Number, name, and YHC took himself out.
NMS:
“Where’s your little friend, snake man?” — Omar
5 Tampa PAX, 1 FNG, 1 DR Tallahassee PAX, and 1 DR RVA PAX converged upon the Tampa Convention Center. Here’s what happened :
Warmarama : SSH, Don Q’s, Peter Parker’s, Cherry Pickers
THE THANG :
11’s up a huge set of stairs in back of convention center : Started with 10 Merkins at the bottom and 1 leg lift at the top
Mosey to nearby bridge
Line up : Pax at the back does 3 Burpees then sprints to the front while the rest of the PAX bear crawl. At the top of the bridge, stop
On the way back down bridge, 5 Derkins at every other bench
Mosey to smaller set of stairs on the side of convention center
Partner Up for 3 sets of the following : Partner 1 does Toe Taps at the bottom while Partner 2 runs to the top and does 10 Star Jacks (Basically a Squat Jump flaring your feet out to the side when you jump up)
Mosey BTTF
Mary consisting of LBC’s, Dollie’s and Rosalita’s
DONE
Numbers, Names, Maverick took us out
NMMS : Small world of F3. Warden started F3 in Tallahassee this past August so I caught him up on how I started there and he told me what’s changed. Thought I would see Major Payne today who moved down from F3 DC The Capital to Tampa but he probably had work. Good to see Cyborg and Maverick again who I posted with in October down here. And great to meet the other guys
YHC was still Downrange in Roanoke and posted at The Pain Train with 12 other PAX. Piney was the Q and started out with what was thought thought to be the standard Side Straddle Hops until Bundy pointed out that he does them backwards. It took YHC a moment of watching with a puzzled look, before realizing what that meant.
After the standard warmarama we moseyed over to the fields for a Circle of Pain. One PAX would carry a Cindy to the light pole on the other side of the fields and back and call out an exercise for other PAX to do. Lots of exercises that will be coming to an AO near you. The final exercise was the Star Hop, which Piney was doing backwards as well. PAX got a good laugh watching this attempt.
Bttf for names and numbers.
Great PAX today! Looking forward to posting in the Noke again!
YHC was downrange in Roanoke and got a long run in for marathon training. Summitted Mill Mountain right at the 20k mark and it was a hard trip down the mountain. 16 miles logged then great to catch up with Legz (a former coworker), who got a training Ruck in for GTE. They finished their ruck a bit earlier then expected but he hung around for some coffeeteria with YHC. Thanks Legz!
4 PAX, led by LegKick, roamed from Central to West Philadelphia to visit the Palestra. Apparently it’s one of the oldest basketball venues still in use. 4.7 miles covered on the snow and slush covered sidewalks with some pain stations looped in. The people out in Philly at 630 in the morning are much nicer than those out at 630 pm.
Onsite coffeeteria post workout.
Visiting my parents in Wilmington NC and made my first downrange visit to Baywatch. Flight Nurse was the Q and 20 strong (including 3 FNGs) got to enjoy a beautiful morning on the beach.
We started at the basketball courts for warmups and the ran halfway to the beach for more exercises. Then we ran to the beach and did 11s (merkins and plank jacks) and then a combo of bear crawls and crabwalks. To make it interesting, the beach is under renovation and there is a 3 foot round pipe across the entire beach (to add sand). A sand hill got you over the pipe but it added elevation to all the workouts. BTW, Crabwalks on the beach should be illegal. We then ran back to the AO. Total of about 2 miles running back and forth to the beach.
After no shows Wednesday. I tried again with success. BTW bringing a nasty Merkin variant to a post near you. Very new Pax. Good dudes.
Here is copy and paste of the backblast:
BACKBLAST!:
Date: 2024-02-16
AO: #ao-Top City
Q: @Jack
PAX: @Bob Ross, @Mudflap, @Ultra Crunch, @ Heist
Count: 5
Warm-Up: Side straddle hops and stretching
The Thang:
25 count of:
Prisoner Squats
Shoulder Taps w/alternating Knee
LBC’s
Single leg RDL Left & Right
OH Press
Bicep Curl
1 min Skull Crusher, R & L
Mercan 2 Step
Run
Repeat
COT:, @Bob Ross, thankful for freelance work, full time employment, @Mudflap-Finances, @Ultra Crunch-Maintain positive thought patterns, @Heist- safe travel home.
One man waited, albeit very briefly, for a cherub to appear in the latest edition of The Clinic. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the Doberman walker, the following might have happened:
Northbound, Fudd, 58th street, reverso, BTTVSF. Call it 40 slow minutes.
YHC has been on his feet teaching all week. How do full-time teachers do this? Respect.
Number, name, YHC took himself out.
One young whipper-snapper whipped out of the Fart Sack to take on a gift from Heaven – 55 and clear in south Florida. Ok, temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the person running the stop sign at Peters and the parking lot, the following might have happened.
Route: North, parking lot loop 1, cross Peters, parking lot loop 2, further north, left at mall, pass the carnival set-up, bounce of Broward, and reverso BTTVSF. Number, name, quick chat with Omar, and a word of thanks.
NMS: YHC has been all over this week, so good to shake off the cobwebs and get the juices flowing. A cool Florida morning is not common, so never a thing to waste.
Write-up below is from my downrange Q today at “The Dump” in kansas city. I travel there for work alot and have got to know the guys and asked if they were interested in seeing how the big boys do it out east! The guys did great – I also had the pleasure of 2 work colleagues, my little brother, and an FNG joining! See below for deets.
12 hard chargers gathered for a State Farm downrange Q surprise! I tried to bring the pain train in from Richmond Va – but the F3Kc PAX were up for the challenge and not faint of heart. The following may have happened as the fog rolled in…