GONADS/2FT--5-31-11.Return of the Fellowship Pace

PBo Posts:

The Gathering in the Gloom:
Dark Warrior
J. Elmo Fagg
Holtz
K-Slide
MMOB
PBo
Pomfret

The Thang:
Brisket
4.27 mi
29:45 duration
6:58 min/mi

Wiggler
3.32 mi
28:20 duration
8:32 min/mi

The Moleskin:

1. Fellowship Pace Redux: Not sure where the Fellowship Pace on the Wiggler went for a few weeks, but it is back to stay. PBo needs to make sure he has enough wind to respond to Dredd when being lectured about important topics such as cilices and the origins Benjamin Netanyahu's nickname.




2. Totally Smokebooted: The Fellowship Pace may be back for the Wiggler, but the top speed on the Brisket is fast as ever. That said, yours truly finished almost 3 minutes behind J. Elmo Fagg (without a scrod stop excuse either). Luckily the faithful waited for all Brisket stragglers before they started the Wiggler.




3. Calling Dr. JellyFinger: While cruising at Fellowship Pace Holtz snorted a bug through his nostril. Said bug set up camp in a vacant sinus cavity, causing several minutes of coughing and sneezing. Where is Dr. JellyFinger when you need him? (contribution from Dark Warrior)




4. And Spearking of Dr. JellyFinger...: Apparently Pomfret had an appointment with the man himself today. I believe that might warrant its own backblast. Also, I am curious to know if Dr. JellyFinger is as fascinated with us as we are with him.




5. Mullrich Mutiny: Suggestions of a later start time emerged in pre-run emails. Let's discuss the idea next week during the run(s). I don't think we should make any changes until after the public shools get out.

F3/Latta--5/30/11--Feeling A Whole Latta Pain

Aye, the ShovelFlag tilled new ground on Monday at Latta Park, where OBT planted it for a special Memorial Day workout.

The 21 Faithful in attendance observed a moment of silence in memory of those who fought and died for our country. The Rock offered up a prayer for them, for our men and women who have served and continue to serve in uniform, for they protect our freedom and make our country great.

The pax:

The Rock (co-leader) (WarBaby)

Antonio Table (co-leader)

The Crotch Rocket

Cougar

SuperDave

Kit Carson

Waco

SixMike

BlackBird

Haywood

Modest Mouse

RoboCop

OBT

74

Rook

Holtz

James Stouse (nickname needed)

William Taylor (FNG)

Henry Fulton (FNG)

Alan Banks (FNG)

Shawn Taylor (FNG)

The Thang:

First half – led by Antonio Table

Run from Dilworth Verandah to second bridge and back

Basketball court:

Side-straddle hops

Ninja jumps

Mountain climbers

Dollies

Hill by volleyball court:

2x:

Sprint up

Skip up

Karaoke each side

Run to concrete balls at Dilworth Elementary entrance

2x:

Leg lifts

Merkins (on balls)

Sit-ups

People’s chair

Calf lifts

Jog around shady half of soccer field to Dilworth playground

Ski jumps (2x)

Run to Wailing Wall

2x:

Dips

Incline pushups

Jump-ups

Second half – led by The Rock

Run to Dilworth soccer field

Suicides (2x): merkins, Carolina drydock, donkey kicks

Run toward south end of Latta Park

Circle of Pain:

Push-a-rama

Jumping lunges

Run to soccer fields by St. Pats

Plank-o-rama

Modified Jacob’s Ladder (announced as overly ambitious 7, reduced to 5)

Pull-ups at top of hill, burpees at bottom

Run back to Latta basketball court

Circle of Trust

NakedMan Moleskin:

1. Another four FNGs out for the workout, including a couple headlocked by the tag team of Cougar/BlackBird. 3x claps to all and also to Table and The Rock for doing a fine job showing off all the unique features of the Latta Park site.

2. Antonio Table tested out a new exercise: the Ninja Jump. It’s pure Zuzana – from her aptly named “Take It Off” workout (LINK: http://www.bodyrock.tv/2011/05/16/take-it-off-workout/ , best opened from home, probably after the wife is in bed). Pro: Good leg work. Con: Not so easy on the knees – dog-walking Dilworth neighbors likely had a good laugh.

3. The workout was a test of a new site. Send feedback to OBT and The Rock.

4. We need a better name than "modified Jacob's Ladder" for what Antonio Table and The Rock added at the end on the field at St. Pat's. Maybe it was the heat and humidity, maybe it was just that it came at the end of an already tough workout, but a Jacob's Ladder with pullups at the top and burpees at the bottom? Forget smoking -- that's full on char-grilling.

F3/AG--5/28/11--The Brickyard and the Beast

Aye, Crotch Rocket planted the ShovelFlag and the Faithful gathered, 29 strong, for the weekly AG PainFest.

The Pax:

SixMike (co-lead)
Cougar
The Rock
Antonio Table
Heath
Holtz
Red Warrior
I-Mike
Beckham (WarBaby)
WarDaddy (WarDaddy, of course)
SuperDave
MMOB
Crotch Rocket
Kit Carson
Girardi
Waco
SnapFade
Lee Haney
Senor Chips
OBT
Anthony Foxx (FNG)
Jason Burgess (FNG)
Mike Dixon (FNG)
Alan Heffner (FNG)
Chip Wasson (FNG)
and ...
The Colonel (BHWTU) (co-lead)

(I'm missing three from this list, not to mention the names of the New Beverly Guy, Red Warrior's B-i-L and the Fifth FNG -- someone email me and I'll update)

The Thangs:

SixMike -- The Brickyard 3-Zero

The Brickyard 3-0 (as in 30 minutes of pain)

Run to brick stash and grab a brick

Run to Folsom Prison Yard

· Side straddle hops Without Brick ("WOB”) – 20

· Dips With Brick (“WB”) – 20

· Step ups WB – 20

· Jump ups WB – 10

Run WB to Drop Off Circle

· Jumping star WOB – 10

· Dolly WOB – 20

· High Dolly WOB – 20

· Flutter kick WOB – 20

Run WB to The Rock's Laboratory

· Ski jumps WB over balance beam – 3x

· Merkins WB – 20 (switching hands at 10)

· Little baby crunch WOB – 20

Run WB to Robert Plant - 3x WB

Run WB to Field Of Discarded Clothing – plank-a-rama

Run MPX WB to Strawberry field

· Supines WB – 20

· Sit up WB on chest - 10

· Man makers WB – 10 left, 10 right

Run to brick stash – drop off brick and head for home.

The Colonel (BHWTU) -- The Beast

+ Warmup lap around track

The Beast:

6 reps x 6 sets x 6 exercises, including 200 yds total interval sprints (sort of) for each exercise (6 x 200 yds total).

+ Merkins
+ Froggies
+ Carolina Drydocks
+ Jumping Lunges
+ Diamond Pushups
+ Mt Climbers on first group, Burpees (3 reps) on second

Abopalooza

+ Dolly x 25
+ Flutter x 25
+ Luge x 45 seconds
+ High Dolly x 25
+ Bicycle Crunch x 25
+ Plank
+ Left Arm Plank
+ Right Arm Plank
+ One-leg Merkins (each leg x 10)

Spreadsheets from the Gloom:

_ In the interest of bipartisanship, MMOB was kind enough to bring a couple colleagues from the other side of the aisle out as FNGs (thereby running the risk that Andy Dulin would make a surprise appearance and create an unintentional violation of the N.C. Statutes Chapter 143, Article 33C). Both Mayor Foxx and Councilman Burgess were Man Down! by the end of the workout, raising suspicions about MMOB's true motivation, but we hope to see them out again soon.

_ I don't know about the rest of you, but these were both great workouts. I loved SixMike's experiment in Brick Parenthood Prevention and to follow that up with The Beast and whatever ungodly name The Colonel gives to his version of Six Minutes of Mary (Six Minutes of Bloody Mary?) left me smoked like eastern N.C. barbecue.

_ Remember, Monday's Memorial Day workout, led by The Rock and Antonio Table, will be held at Latta Park in Dilworth. We'll meet and plant the ShovelFlag at 0650 at the outdoor shelter near the splash playground on Park.

_ Finally, 3x claps to The Cougar for a) posting after what's surely been a very trying week for his family; and b) giving us an update on Mary Bryan and leading us in prayer. Great news on her health and recovery and please keep her and the whole Cougar Pride in your prayers.

_ Also, for your prayers -- the safety of Charlotte native and Beckham friend Matt Hill, missing in Washington D.C. since Tuesday. Hill works in campus ministry outreach at George Washington University for the Capitol Hill Baptist Church.

GONADS/SweetSix--BackBlast.5/26/11--The Morning Sausage

Aye, the Faithful gathered in the Gloom, planted the ShovelFlag and pushed off on the weekly SweetSix.

The Pax:
Angrus
Affirmation
MMOB
Dredd
RedWarrior
SixMike
Kit
DarkWarrior
OBT
PBo
Waco

The Thang:
The 6.4-mile MMOB City Loop. Times ranged from 47:30 at the front of the pack (the usual suspects) to 51:37 and up at the back (YHC, PBo and Waco).

Spreadsheets From The Gloom:

_ Not that anyone's counting, but ... PBo's detour diversion to the Kangaroo on 3rd Street marked the third time out of the last five SweetSixes in which he's had to veer off-course midrun. Perhaps a change in diet or pre-run routine is in order.

_ "Sir, here's your morning sausage. Just to remind you, sir, you do have access to the full buffet and return trips are welcome." -- Dredd, speculating on how the domestic servants at MAffirmation's Asheville retreat might serve breakfast in bed to Affirmation during this weekend's visit.

_ Man Down! Report: None this week, though the wound Affirmation suffered last week when he was body-slammed by MaxiDeuce into one of the oversized greenway planters remained alarmingly raw and open-looking one week after the fact. Perhaps you should think about Gorilla Glueing that thing back together, Affirmation.

OBT

Gamucci/Ramos--BackBlast.5/25/11--A Few Bricks Shy of a Load

Aye, the ShovelFlag was carried, Olympic torch relay-style, from Olde Foxcrofte, and planted in the soil of Ramos's atrium, where 31 of the Faithful gathered for the Daily Down Pain-ment.

SixMike

Kit

Rook

Moniteur

Waco

Wichita

Achtung Baby (WarDaddy)

Zoot (Off the DL, then quickly back onto it ... )

Frankie Five Angels (FNG)

SuperDave

LawnMower (need e-mail)

BoyMarlo

RedWarrior

Modest Mouse

Girardi

Lee (FNG) (need e-mail)

Antonio Table

HitMan

Brooks

BlackBird

MMOB

Haywood

Senor Chips

Dredd

Robocop

DarkWarrior

Mizer

Commodore Griswold

The Rock

I-Mike (FNG) (WarBaby)

OBT (QIC)


The Thang:

Run to Dropoff Area, for Side Straddle Warmup in Big Circle
Run to Folsom Prison Yard: dips; merkins; flutter kicks; slow flutter kicks; wide-arms; hello dollies; diamonds.
Run to SixMike's Stash Spot for brick collection; run with bricks to Back 40: Brick Turkish Get-Ups; Brick Manmakers; brick supines; brick crunches. Return bricks to SixMike's Stash Spot.
Run to Field of Discarded Clothing via Robert Plant: walking lunges, sprint back; bear crawls, sprint back; crabwalk to halfway, then walking lunges, jog back; sprint across and back.
Run to base of Jacob's Ladder hill. Split group between Dredd and OBT. One group did Jacob's Ladder to 5 while other group did Ramos-o-Rama in the Office. My group's Ramos-o-Rama: 1:15 of People's Chair; 20 froggies; little baby crunches; knee-ups; plank-o-rama.
Reunited the groups for CoT.

Spreadsheets from the Gloom:

_ Thanks to BlackBird for the update on MCougar's surgery, which sounds like it went well; she is scheduled to be home today. She, Cougar and the whole Cougar Pride were noted by name in the Shout-Out, also eloquently delivered by BlackBird.

_ We came up the proverbial few bricks shy of a load when dipping into the stash SixMike squirreled away under a tree after using them in the workout a couple Saturdays ago. We ran a brick exchange (much healthier than the needle exchanges so beloved in my hometown) to get through this morning, but SixMike has promised to borrow a few more from his backyard home-improvement project site for future use.

_ Frankie Five Angels (FNG, aka Joe Helweg) is the latest Hermitage resident to join the Wednesday morning carpool to Gamucci. The race is on to see whether Hermitage or Beverly Drive will be the first to run out of seats and have to rent a bus for the 5:05 shuttle to Selwyn.

_ Of course, the Hermitage guys might have run out of seats this morning ... if not for the Jar of Flies pulled by The Colonel, who most definitely went TU.

Here's the running email exchange that began yesterday:

The Colonel, Tuesday, 7:32 p.m.:

In, and I can drive.
Harold - want to meet at the bottom of the driveway at 5, then pick Hitman up?
MMOB - sounds like you are driving with guest?

Purple Crayon, Tuesday, 8:29 p.m.:

I'm out tomorrow. Have fun.

Hitman, Wednesday, 5:09 a.m.:

Saunders - you coming?

The Colonel, Wednesday, 6:21 a.m.:

Sorry about that. Just woke up. If my alarm went off at 445, mustve turned it off and rolled over. No memory of it. Great night's sleep, though!

_ Finally, a Kurt Cobain to Zoot, who ran to the workout from his home in Olde Foxcrofte and worked up quite a sweat doing it. Since the smell reminded me of how SixMike smelled a couple Friday mornings ago at SpartX following a big night at Selwyn Pub, I asked Zoot if he'd been drinking. "No, I've been sick," he replied, at which I rolled my eyes and made the old thumb-bottle to the mouth gesture to Nino. Poor Zoot hung until we got to Folsom Yard, where he puked and headed home. Totals for the day: 4 miles run, 102 side-straddle hops, one vomitorium and one baseless accusation of drunkenness. Like I said, All Apologies.

OBT

Qrusade/Campos--5-21-11.Fruit of the PitBoss

L-Nino Posts:


Attendees

Nino

Brixx

Neo

GX

DST

Pinch

Angrus

Mayo

Heat Mizer

Hitman

MacDeuce

Johnny Most

Collection Plate

Silence

FNG Chris – Silence’s friend

Shack

Q Ball

Trophy

Zoot/Lutha

Tino – mini Zoot/Lutha

PitBoss was also there eating an apple

Thang – Pre campout work

Warm Up Lap

-Just the Tip (Just to see how it feels) Shuttle / Plank / Just the Tip

-Mega Burpee – 10 burpees with 5 pushups each (Regular/Diamond/Wide/Stagger L/Stagger R) Repeat

-Failed attempt at squat set with Pullups, quickly moving on

-Ladder – up Thompson’s Regret, down Punta Maya (whatever) Burpee, up TR down PM 2 Burpees, up to 7

-Wall – 20 incline push ups, 20 dips, 15 incline pushups and dips, 10 incline pushups and dips, 5 incline pushups and dips

Reverend Diddy Brixx takes over

Run up the steps, down the hills

Peacock Pull Up Bars – couple sets of 20 supines, 20 (40) bicycles, 20 jumping lunges, 20 pull ups

Run to the amphitheater – the 4 poles – Bear crawl, Shuffle Right, Shuffle Left, Sprint, repeat

Plank it out

Think that was it, if I missed something it was probably more running which most of you really love

Last weekend for me and the Rev.  Not sure who’s in town but we’ll finish strong

If you’re traveling, be safe and enjoy the long weekend

GONADS/2FT--5-24-11.Alcatraz Prep

PBo Posts:

The Gathering in the Gloom:
Affirmation Jones
Dark Warrior
Pomfret
PBo

The Thang:
Brisket
4.27 mi
31:20 duration
7:20 min/mi

Wiggler
3.32 mi
26:59 duration
8:07 min/mi

The Moleskin:

1. Some Days Are Better Than Others: I'm not sure why, but there are some days when things just go well in a workout or run. And then there are other days when things do not feel smooth at all. Today was the latter for PBo. For some strange reason both runs were a real struggle. I certainly would not have gone nearly as fast if I had been by myself out there.




2. Alcatraz Prep: We had Affirmation Jones with us just for the Brisket today. He was doing a reverse brick which meant following up his 4 mile run with some time on the bicycle trainer. I can't wait to see how he, Hit Man and Heat Mizer do at the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon in June.




3. New Route Suggestions: Pomfret brought up the idea of trying out a new route for the Brisket and/or Wiggler. Potentially something with more side streets and less traffic. It certainly sounds interesting, however, I do like doing something similar every week so we can measure progress from one week to the next. Thoughts?




4. Dr. JellyFinger Sighting: Sadly, none to be had. And come to think of it, we haven't seen the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board Chairman recently either.

Big Hair Monday 5/23/11 BackBlast - 3 for 3 in the Humidity

Aye, the Faithful gathered in the gloom around the Shovel Flag at the East Blvd entrance to Freedom Park:

Moniteur

The Warrior Twins (Dark and Red)

Dredd

MMOB

Waco

Griswold

Achtung Baby

Kit Carson

CrotchRocket

The Thang - 45 minutes of pain:

Run to the concession stand for warm up under the big American flag:

Side Straddle Hops

Merkins

Little Baby Crunches

Run to the Train:

Pull ups

Decline Merkins

Dips

Jumping lunge

Merkins

Wide arms

Run to the MMOB pull-up bars:

Hanging crunches

Mountain Twists

Run thru the middle of the park and back to the train for more fun:

4 to 5 minutes of Mary

Dolly

High Dolly

Flutter Kick

Little Baby Crunches

Bicycles

Plankorama (led by Dredd)

Run to the big soccer field:

Lunge walk

Bear Crawl

Crab walk

Backward run

Sprint back to the baseline

Master P's 3X (ode to Mickey Thomas)

Sprints, Shuffles, karaoke, backward run and high knee skip

Suicides 2x (50 and 100 yd variety)

50 yd Bear Crawl with sprint return

Merkins

Little Baby crunches

Burpees 10 (led by Moniteur)

Run back to parking lot but 1/4 of the way back someone thru in more Burpees (just because)

Back at the parking lot we still had a minute left so Dredd led 25 Imperial walkers.

NakedMan Moleskin:

3 claps to Moniteur who has added a new workout that is going to stick. After 3 weeks we had double digit attendance.

It is official, the humidity is back in Charlotte for the foreseeable future. Yeahhhh........

Waco is quietly making a stand for all around participation trophy. He has not missed Saturday since the beginning of January and is 3 for 3 on Big Hair Monday.

Looking for leader volunteers. If I can lead anyone can lead.

CrotchRocket (that's CR to my kids)

F3/AG--5/21/11.The Two Horsemen

Aye, Dredd delivered the ShovelFlag before heading off to an early soccer game, and it was planted and the Faithful gathered in the AG parking lot.

The Pax:

I’ve managed to recall 33 of the 35 pax who attended, but am struggling for the final two – if I’ve forgotten you, a Kurt Cobain and please send me your name and I’ll update:

1. Waco (Neal Emmons)
2. Pascal (Bruce Bacon)
3. Dread Pirate Pender (John Pender)
4. The Cougar (Van Smith)
5. James Stouse (FNG)
6. Marshall Williamson (FNG)
7. Senor Chips (Walter Pringle)
8. OBT (Tim Whitmire)
9. Mickey Thomas (Andy Ball) (Co-Lead)
10. RedWarrior (Brian Hydrick) (Co-Lead)
11. Moniteur (Henry Duperier)
12. Expo (John Gullickson) (WarDaddy)
13. Warthog (Gordie Vap) (Kotter)
14. Crotch Rocket (Jim Cotchett)
15. Brooks (Randall Mountcastle)
16. RoboCop (Keith Roebeling)
17. Antonio Table (Tony Mecia)
18. Scott (FNG)
19. Holtz (Mike Drendel)
20. SixMike (Ned Austin)
21. Nortonberry (Bill Norton)
22. Wichita (Ralph Falls)
23. Nickname Pending (Geordie Walker)
24. Rook (Edison Cassels)
25. MMOB (Edwin Peacock)
26. Gris (Joe Schrader)
27. Kit (Josh Carson)
28. Heath (Sean Ledger)
29. Spoons (Brad Murr)
30. Mark Cooper (FNG)
31. Will Gaines (FNG)
32. Nickname Pending (Bo Tison) (WarBaby – kid’s 28 years old, people – hatecha)
and ...
33. The Colonel (BHWTU)

The Thang:

MickeyThomas

Two warm up laps

Wax on/Wax off for 1 minute each direction

3 X Modified Merkins (split leg, pushup, side hand raise) 10 times, 8 times, 6 times

alternated with 3 X 110 Wichita-on-a-budget pretend jump rope hops - alternating left, right and both legs

Indian relay 2 X around the track

3 X Master P on the field (sprints and backward runs on the verticals - side step, karaokes, skips, walking lunges on the horizontals)

(2nd group got only 2 Master Ps but we did hot footed lizards and walking planks to make up for it, sort of)

Some planks, dips ad bicep pushups thrown in as well as some ab work (little baby crunches, hello Dollys, flutters and squats) with group 2

Red Warrior

The Thang:

Run to Coliseum and Hop Fence

Side Straddle Hop x 30 (first group only)

10 pull-ups
1/4 track
15 merkins
1/4 track
15 elbows-tight merkins
1/4 track
up & down the bleachers
1/4 track

donkey kicks
mountain climbers
knee-ups
flutter kicks

1 lap on the track @ 90%

walking lunge - 50 yards
bear crawl - 50 yards
piggy back - 50 yards each with a buddy
modified jacob's platter (100 yd round trip with incremental burpees in the middle)

- 3x for group 1; 4x for group 2

Naked Man Moleskin:

_ Today's Chuck: Chuck Norris can cut through a hot knife with butter

_ Folks, the Rapture apparently did not occur on (some people’s) schedule Saturday, but the AG gang did meet two of the four horsemen of the apocalypse as MickeyThomas and RedWarrior made their leadership debuts and brought contrasting but equally challenging levels of pain to the crew. 3xclaps.

_ 3xclaps to five FNGs: James Stouse; Mark Cooper; Will Gaines; Scott Haenni; and Bo Tison. Nice work, men. Hope you’ll all be back.

_ A Kotter to Warthog, reappearing at AG at the front end of an 18-beer day that ended 18 hours later on a bus back from Charlotte Motor Speedway – Warthog

apparently none the worse for the wear.

_ Epsteins to: Dredd (soccer); The Rock (Longhouse?); DarkWarrior (!) (Falling Creek); SweeperBoy (rumored to be on the DL).

_ Jar of Flies to BlackBird. Where were you, brother?

_ From RW: It's hard enough to recall 35 names when you can see everyone; but with the soleil @ 45 degrees, vision was impaired for the Qrusaders facing east. Don't mind a little sweat but should we roll back the QAG 30-60 min as the dog days approach? If not, need to consider a horseshoe of trust formation. just sayin...

_ More from RW: While the second group was executing on the platter at the conclusion of the session, Moniteur felt compelled to add a burpee @ the start side of the platter for each lap, a clear indication that RW did not bring enough pain to the field this am as a FNQIC. Pain meter will increase next time. Just plannin.’

_ Growth Update: The Rock has been working away, holding lunches and sending emails on this. Please feel free to offline him or collar him for lunch or coffee if you’d like to give your thoughts on the best way to handle growth of the group and the best way to plant potential new groups.

OBT

GONADS/Ritchie-5-22-11.Dead Dinosaur

Aye, we planted the Emotional ShovelFlag in the Gloom and the Faithful gathered:

PBo

Uptown Fred

John Cantrell (FNG)

Dredd

Smiley

Thang:  12.23 miles (Ritchie Route) 1:40:31; 8:13/mile

NakedMan Moleskin:

1.       FNG:  TClaps for John Cantrell.  Frequent Ironman champion (Clydesdale Division) and community stalwart.  Aye.

2.       That Explains It:  After 11 miles of casual chatter and apparent painless prancing at a pace that (ahem) is a little brisk for Dredd, Smiley revealed that he just ran a 3:10 at Kiawa, thereby qualifying for Boston by a mile.  Well OK then, not feeling so bad then.  Aye.

3.       Emotional Shart:  OK, it’s one thing for Red Warrior to hard commit to the Richey and then yank his Justifier back out of the Circle of Pain cuz he stayed up all night hoping Dale Junior would start driving like Dale Senior.  I mean we’re talking about a guy from Dothan who went to Alabama on a football scholarship that included all the boiled peanuts he could eat.  Down with that.  He is after all, RED Warrior.  But what about OBT?  Forget about the fact that he CALLED the workout!  He’s the QIC for gosh sakes.  Then, at midnight, he texts “NASCAR race running late, M-OBT getting squirrely, out.”  What the heck?  Are we really supposed to believe that Ivy League edumacated OBT loaded M-OBT into the Prius (avec “I HEART OBAMA” bumper sticker) and burned all that Dead Dinosaur to get to Cabarrus County for a NASCAR race?  Not buying any of that.   I think he slept in and gave the Faithful an  Emotional Shart.  Clean it up Brother.  Just saying . . .

4.       Today’s Chuck:  Chuck Norris updates his DNA every five minutes.

5.       Today’s Goofy:  The body is a good slave but a bad master. 

Qrusade--SpartX.5-20-11.Dang Meercat

Dredd Posts:

Aye, we planted the ShovelFlag in the Drizzly Gloom and The Faithful gathered:

SixMike

Rook

Most (Johnny)

McDeuce

Antonio Table

Brooks

Dredd

Dark Warrior

Commodore Griswold

The Rock

OBT

The Thang: 

The QIC (TangoDelta) being caught up Spreadsheeting like a maniac, the Faithful were forced to move forward without him.  We did what we could Brothers, we did what we could.

Here’s the drill (45 minutes):

1.       Run to the first walkway on the Greenway—50 Dollys

2.       Run back to first bridge in the park—60 Flutters

3.       Run the big loop out to the Owl Bars—3 sets of pullup

4.       60 High Dollys

5.       Apocolypto, backwards

6.       25 Kneeups

7.      Swingset Orangutans

8.       Run to Fantasy Island

9.       Pushup Ladder

NakedMan Moleskin:

1.       WarBaby:  The Rock, 36

2.       WarDaddy:  Dredd, 47

3.       Uhh…Finally!  After much waiting, MMOB’s long-promised pull-up bars finally appeared on the Campos, and the Faithful took full advantage of the opportunity to shame themselves.  Triple Claps to MMOB for bringing the OwlBars on line, no matter how belatedly.  Now let’s start talking about the AG Brother.  Don’t take my vote for granted.  Aye.

4.       Today’s Chuck:  How did the headless horseman lose his head . . . you guessed it. 

5.       Sweat, Blood and Peers:  Admittedly, we went at it pretty hard this AM Brothers.  There was a little bit of hate (the good kind Brothers) being sent at the substitute-QIC, particularly when we went past 50 on the Flutter Kicks (Aye, it hurt).  But look, we’re getting ready for a pretty tough race here Brothers, where we can expect to spill a little emotional blood.  The only way to reduce that is to sweat more now.  More sweat now, less blood later.       As we found with the MudRun, the un-tender ministrations of QIC-Ryno produced great dividends as the Faithful left the shocked field in the dust—gray hair and long tooth and all.  Aye.  Which is the beauty of being peer-led.  We don’t have to pay a guy to hate.  We can hate ourselves.  Think of it as a little peer-based self-loathing.  It gets the blood moving.  Aye.

6.       Eye-Roe-Knee:  Those who have hit the X know that J. Most (safety-minded and ever-practical) likes to lean hard on the Emotional Safety-horn in the Apocolypto—shouting out multiple warnings to Rook to watch the roots E-T-C.  Today, as we entered the Gloomy Lypto, Sir Most was oddly quiet, leaving the powerfully built Rook to fend for himself in the twisty mire.  Thus, it was a great shock to the Faithful when Most himself tripped over a dead (and decomposing) Meercat, severely wrenching one of his knees.  You need to watch those Meercats Brother, they are a hazard live or dead—just warning . . .   

7.       OBT Under the Bus:  As the Faithful gathered, it was noted that OBT was uncharacteristically uh . . . tardy.  Dredd postulated that he might be doing some last-minute BigDeal Spreadsheeting.  Dark Warrior, who usually does very little Smackorama, immediately piped in:  “that guy ain’t closing a thing but the door to his shitter.  He’s probably just nursing his wounds after his boy Obama screwed the pooch with this Israel thing.”  A shocked silence descended over the Faithful while we tried to reconcile DW’s unexpected ad hominem outburst with the quiet Workout Duster wearing DW we’d come to know.  At that very moment OBT popped out of the Prius and into immediate confusion as to why the Faithful were so quiet and confused.  We never did find out why he was late, but the Faithful could not help but note that OBT was surly this AM, very surly.  Hmmmm . . . .

GONADS/SweetSix--5-19-11.Rumble Fish

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Aye, the ShovelFlag was planted and the Faithful gathered for the weekly SweetSix:

The Pax:
MacDeuce
Collection Plate
Dredd
SixMike
OBT
Kit Carson
Mizer
Oxburger
Doobie
Waco
Hitman

The Thang:
6.4 miles on the MMOB City Loop

The Times:
MacDeuce and CP led the pack in about 46:40.  Dredd trailed at 47:30. OBT and SixMike were in around 49:30.  Kit, Doobie and Oxburger were a couple minutes behind that, then Mizer, then Waco and Hitman.

Spreadsheets From The Gloom:
_ As we gathered pre-launch three cyclists sped by, headed south on Providence, one of them talking loud enough to awaken all of Eastover.  It could only be Rulebook, aka Thom Klingman.  We launched and headed up Providence, coming upon three cyclists stopped at the corner of Providence and Queens in front of the old Myers Park Hardware store.  Thinking this was Rulebook, Magellan (Jeff Wise) and their sidekick Selle who had circled back up Sharon Road and in on Queens in the intervening minutes (and once again failing a test of chrono-spatial relations), YHC told the somewhat surprised group of pastel-dressed strangers that the GONADS wanted to rumble with them.  One of the bikers allowed as to how we probably had "numbers," and YHC embarassedly realized his mistake.  I just need to learn not to pop off that early in the AM ...

_ Man Down! Report: No one went down (it's starting to get pretty light out for most of the SweetSix), but CP did suffer a nastly laceration on his side after MaxiDeuce hip-checked him into one of the giant white planters that guard the entrance to the greenway at Kings and Morehead.  GONADS beware -- as the weather warms up, MacDeuce's nasty-tempered, 8-foot-tall holographic alter ego gets friskier.

_ Fasrtsacking in the Gloom: DarkWarrior, encountered later in the day at an officially sanctioned Spreadsheeters' Marketing Event, admitted that for the first time since he started coming out to AG in January, the alarm went off and he decided to stay in the fartsack.  Between this and the rumor that he will miss the next two Saturday workouts, the Faithful are Officially Concerned.

_ Kotters to Doobie and Kit Carson.  Epstein's Mother to Nino/BoyMarlo, smokebooting them down in Tejas.

OBT