GONADS/SweetSix--6-30-11.Yahweh Style

Aye, we planted the ShovelFlag in the Gloom, and the Faithful gathered—with OBT still in Delco waiting for clear weather, McNulty posts:

PBo

Uptown Fred

Kit

BoyMarlo

Red Warrior

Pomfret

McDeuce

BlackSperm

Hitman

Dewey

Dredd

MMOB

Papillion

Dante (FNG)

Dark Warrior

Lil’ Mike (FNG)

The Thang:  The tried and true 6.4 miler City Six first mapped out by MMOB:  “Behold my City!!

NakedMan  Moleskin:

1.       WarDaddy:  Pomfret, 50 and feeling fine.

2.       WarBaby:  Dante—28, you bastard, you killed Kenny.

3.       FNGs:  Lil’ Mike and Dante.  They travel as a team.  T-Claps.

4.       PR:  RedWarrior again hit a personal record, dusting the Chase Group and giving BlackSperm a bad moment.  T-Claps to the Big Alabamian. 

5.       Vice Notes: 

a.       No prostitutes were seen lurking outside the Hilton. 

b.      McDeuce appeared to be sober.

6.       Today’s Chuck:  Chuck Norris is the only man that Maxi-Deuce will not look in the eye.

7.       Nameorama Delight:  Brothers, McNulty believes it was Cougar that first unilaterally altered the tried and true methodology of the Nameorama by announcing himself as THE Cougar.  Today, we got a new wrinkle when Hitman, Yahweh Style, said “I AM the Hitman . . . .”  T-Claps for the I AM.  No reason to be meek Brother.

8.       Shawshanking:  MMOB and Papillion joined us at the Saki Dispenser.  Papillion seemed pretty overjoyed have been let out of the trunk of the MMOB L-91, although he was kept on a short tether.  Baby steps Papillion.  Freedom doesn’t come in a day.

9.       A Favorite from the Pelosi No-See List:  McNulty, in a Dark/Red Warrior sandwich of pain in the last mile, was reminded of the movie “Warriors”, specifically the scene where the troglodyte bangs two beer bottles together and chants “Warriors Come Out and Play”.  Except for Pomfret and The Sperm, this drew blank looks from the rest of the Faithful.  McNulty specifically recalls whaleboating the old Impala down to the Danbury Uni-plex to watch that one on the big screen. 

a.       Red Warrior:  “uh, I think I remember my parents talking about that one”

b.      Dark Warrior:  “I never saw it, but has to be on OBT’s Mom’s Pelosi No-See List.”  True.

c.       Papillion:  “Woof!”

GONADS/RingRun--BackBlast.6/28/11--Under The Sanctioned Umbrella

Aye,

With the imprimatur of sanctioned respectability, the Faithful turned out en masse for the inaugural edition of the RingRun (as in "Fellowship of the ... "; Tolkien geeks rejoice):

OBT (QIC)
MMOB/Finnegan (route leader)
Angrus/Black Sperm
Dredd
Girardi
Dark Warrior
Red Warrior
Tennis Whites (!)
The Cougar
Waco
BlackBird
Holtz
Pomfret
Gris
Six Mike
Tango Delta
(apologies for waiting too long, I've forgotten the other four Faithful who gathered -- send me an email and I'll add you -- OBT)

The Thang:
MMOB called this a reverse Hickory Six -- departing Christ Church along Colville, cutting down Twiford to Museum Drive until you hit the Mint; out Eastover to Cherokee, Cherokee to Providence, Providence/Queens/Selwyn to QRW/E intersection; left on QRE to Sharon, right on Sharon to Malvern; left on Malvern to Hampton; left on Hampton and back to the church. I clocked it at 4.78 miles in 39:18; just under 8:30.

Spreadsheets From The Gloom:
_ I've had positive feedback on the time, place and pace from the Faithful, so we'll go with this for a while. The intention is that this will be a recovery run and a day to take it somewhat easy in between hitting it hard at Big Hair Monday, Gamucci, SweetSix, etc.; a chance to get in a workout and some fellowship at a relaxed pace. The intention is to keep the pace between 8:30 and 9:00/mile.
_ For those who want to get a pre-RingRun Brisket in, there will be a separate, 30-minute, fast-paced run leaving at 5:30 from a location and with a QIC to be determined. More on that later in the week, but this will be structured so that folks will have the ability to roll straight from the Brisket into the RingRun if they desire.
_ Dogs: MMOB brought Finnegan. Shirtless: Six Mike started with his on but I believe lost it somewhere along the way.
_ Man Down! Report: Waco tripped on the sidewalk somewhere on Queens but recovered impressively with a Dredd-style roll-and-recover on the grass. 3x claps.
_ Twice during this run we passed a group that included Campos stalwart Neo (Brian Craver) and sometime-F3er Shaggy/Fishhook (Tommy Hunter). Negotiations are under way to to perhaps consolidate the groups, but as with all matters of diplomacy there are sensitive issues to be discussed and a "lamestream" media blackout will be maintained until there is a formal agreement in place. Stay tuned.

OBT

F3/Gamucci--6-29-11.Paved Paradise

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

SixMike

PBo (Kotter)

Fargo (Kotter)

Kit

Rook

Neo

TangoDelta

Cougar

Wichita  (Kotter)

Achtung Baby (WarDaddy)

MightyWind (FNG)

Frankie Five Angels

SuperDave

McDeuce

BlackSperm

Hitman

BlackBird

MMOB

Haywood

Senor Chips

Silence of the Silence

Dredd

Mizer

Commodore Griswold

McNugget

DST

IronMike (WarBaby)

The Thang:

Run to Trophy Court

-Side Straddle Hops (lost count, lots of  them)

Run to Flag Court

-Dirty Nasty McDeuce (It burned)

Run to Brickyard

                -Hey Johns (3X—still no response)

                -Stinkorama

Run to Harper Valley

                -Six Minutes of Mary (it’s supposed to burn)

Robert Plants (4X)

Run to Ramos’ Office

                -The People’s Chair (aye, Young Lust)

NakedMan Moleskin:

1.       War Daddy:  Achtung Baby—51 and feeling fine. 

2.       War Baby:  Iron Mike—29, you bastard.  You killed Kenny.

3.       Today’s Chuck:  Chuck Norris did the Death Race with a 40 pound weight vest he borrowed from Ryno.

4.       Kotters: 

a.       PBO:  With ABO back in CNC, PBO is back on the Gamucci.  Welcome Back.

b.      Fargo:  He’s been following Michelle Bachman around like a groupie, but now he’s back.  Welcome Back.

c.       Wichita:  He was hanging around Chip Edens’ villa in Umbria for the last three weeks until Chip finally told him to get back to CNC or sabbatical somewhere else at least.  Welcome Back.

5.       FNG:  Looking like Kenny Letts’ older brother, MightyWind blew in with MMOB and Cougar this AM.  In the gloom, McNulty mistook his Taylor Hick-esque silvery mane for that of Sweeper Boy, and harshed him to get back in cadence—Cobains Brother, we don’t harsh on FNG’s until Day 2.    TClaps  and keep coming.

6.       UA—Level 2:  After hard committing to Haywood last night, Sweeper pulled an Irish Hello and no-showed him with a text message that it was “too wet to  be safe out there”.  C’mon Sweeper, they Paved Paradise, we did it in the parking lot.  Don’t it always seem to  go?

7.       Epstien’s Mother: 

a.       THE WarDaddy is in Leeds buying an abandoned coal mine to add  to  BAML’s inventory of unsellable RealPro.

b.      The Rock is in Buckhead helping set up  for Freaknick.

c.       OBT has the fam at  the Motel  Six in Delco waiting for clear skies so 2.0 can get in the pool.

d.      Zoot has earned a day off after doing the Spartan Run on zero training.  TClaps to MoonPie.

8.       In Memory:  All right Brothers.  Independence Day is upon us again.  It goes without saying that the men who signed the Declaration of Independence had full skin in the game.  To tell the sovereign of the world that you opted out was to  sign your own death warrant—and for many that was so.  Without that selfless act of supreme commitment, we wouldn’t  be  sucking up weenies and  Budweiser this weekend.  We would be  doing what the rest of the world does, laboring helplessly in tyranny.  Even those misguided souls would not be free to burn the Flag that so much blood was shed to protect.  Despite the turbulence of late and the equivocation of many, this  remains a great nation and beacon of freedom for the rest of enslaved world.  “There is no doubt—I love this land—God Bless the USA.” 

Peace Brothers—travel safe and love on your families.  See you on the backside.  

F3/Big Hair Monday--6-27-11.Recruiting Poster

Posted by Kit (a/k/a the BabyFaced Punisher):

Aye, no shovel flag was planted but the Faithful still gathered in the Gloom this morning:

Cougar

Dredd

Rock

OBT

Waco

Antonio Table

Achtung Baby

Hitman (FNG)

Cowbell

Tango Delta (FNG)

SixMike

Fishhook (FNG)

Bootleg

74

Griswald 

Warthog

Red Warrior

Dark Warrior

SnapFade

Kit

The Thang – 45 minutes of pain:

Run to Flagpole

-          51x side straddle hops

-          25x squats

-          50x mountain climbers

Run to Bridge near Playground

-          Plank-O-Rama: 3 minutes of plank, cross plank and right-hand/left hand plank

Run up Hill to Cement Picnic Tables

-          Standing jump to bench (x10) followed by dips (x15)

-          Standing jump to bench (x15) followed by dips (x20)

-          Standing jump to bench (x20) followed by dips (x25)

Run over Hill to Railings leading down to Snack Shack

-          Mule kick variation (x10): holding railing with hands, jump to other side and back for one rep

Run down to Pond in front of Pavilion

-          Tip of the Cap to the Colonel with Variation of The Beast: One lap around lake with six exercise stops

o        Lap 1: 20 merkins, 10 wide-arms, 10 diamonds, 10 staggered (RH), 10 staggered (LH), 10 Carolina dry docks

o        Lap 2: 5 burpies, 10 knee ups, 5 burpies, 10 little baby crunches, 5 burpies, 10 burpies

Run to Grass near Train for Mini-Mary

-          15x Dollies

-          15x High Dollies

-          17x Flutter Kicks

-          17x Little Baby Crunches

Run back to Parking Lot

NakedMan Moleskin

FNGs:

      TangoDelta:  Aye, the old veteran posts for BHM quick off a Spartan Torture Fest--hair, of course, remains perfecto.

      Fishook:   A recent and so-far unamed FNG at the Campos.  Not looking for dueling nicknames, but gotta give the boy a handle.  Few know that Fishook spent his boyhood summers guiding the Kennedy brood into the (ahem) deep water off of Nantucket, trolling for (um) fish (yeah, that's it).  Aye Fishook.  

     Hitman:   Longtime F3 veteran and monkey-footed D1.  Aye Hitman.

-          May have set a BHM record today pushing the participation level into the two-handle zone

-          ManDown: None, though a serious trip heard early on.  Never got a name but must have been a solid recovery.

-          Lots of chatter today about the “talent” at Spartan race.  “As Spartan-like as those girls looked in the finish line picture, they were even more Spartan-like in person”; rumor has it this dialogue is a recruiting ploy to get numbers up for the next race

GONADS--Spartan Race-BackBlast-6.25.11

GONADS/Spartan Race/Carolinas-6.25.11

Spartans:

OBT
SixMike
Girardi
Antonio Table

Johnny Most
Rock
Rook

Dredd
RedWarrior
TangoDelta

Shack aka Eutaw
Zoot
BlackBird

Silence

The Thang:

Run...8 miles of badass cross-country single tracks, ravines, creeks, ponds, mud pits, and hills...a lot of hills.

Obstacles...in no particular order...failure of any required 30 burpees.

- fire jump

- waist deep water pit crossing under floating barrels

- 6 ft wall jumps and 'through the hole' tire wall jumps

- cinder blocks on rope pulleys

- monkey bar swings

- 20 ft cargo net tent climb

- lilly pad hopping (crossing a field of telephone poles, of varying height and spacing, implanted into the ground by jumping from one to another without touching the ground)

- 50 yd swim

- 50 yd travertine rope water crossing (single rope suspended between two trees on opposite sides of the pond - hang underneath by hands and ankle hooks)

- tire run (you guessed it...pickup a tire and run hills while carrying the tire)

- sand bag run (ditto)

- 15 ft cliff dive (just like you see in Acapulco...without actual diving, blue water, speedos, etc.)

- soul suckers (think crawling up and down numerous steep, red clay, motocross jumps back to back with slick mud pits at the bottom of each...brutal)

- 50 yd barbed wire crawl

- javelin throw

- greased tent (12 ft high greased plywood lean-to with ropes)

- mud hole rope climb (10 ft vertical climb out of mud/water hole using a rope)

Naked Moleskine:

- Team - Your fellow men rocked this course. It was tough and awesome. We all pushed and pulled each other through. Each of you should join us next time. It is a legitimate challenge that may prove to be your personal catalyst.

- Trouble in Paradise - OBT and Dredd go into the woods pre-race...OBT comes back alone. When Dredd finally reappears, it looks as if he was attacked by the same pygmy mountain lion that went after Moniteur last month. We later found out that OBT planted him facedown in the poison ivy after Dredd mocked his parents' late 1960s/early1970s passion for show dogs one time too many.

- Banana Hammock - Johnny Most doing a flip off the high dive. (Didn't see it, sure wish I had. *OBT)

- The Return of Zoot - Undertrained? Perhaps. Injured? Probably. Always welcome in any GONADS bus/van? Absolutely. (*OBT)
- GONADS - The guy who, when passed by another team shirt with GONADS on the back, said, "God, how many GONADS are there in this race?" (*OBT)
- Fillies - Gentlemen...the field was impressive. Reeeeaaally impressive. It seems that each team had numerous opportunities to lock in the 'ol tractor beams on spandex pace cars before, during and after the race. Although all in the crew are likely guilty, SixMike and I have borne the brunt of the accusations from our fellow teammates while on the course. I did not have the pleasure of racing with SixMike, however know that one or two of those pace cars pulled me through some particularly trying times. RedWarrior also deserves some credit for waiting at the top of the cliff dive no less than 3 mins to ensure that the green topped lady was safe...as it turns out she was afraid of heights and ended up doing some sort of back flip triple lindy maneuver into the pit instead of just jumping.
- Man down - Aside from OBT's pre-race attack on Dredd, there were numerous tales of men down along the trail...booby trap ankle vines, head gouging branches, toe breaking stumps, etc. SixMike claimed the 'Two Left Feet Award' for reportedly going to ground 4x.

- The battle rages on - Each of you should pick a side in the Phish vs. Widespread Panic vs. Grateful Dead competition and then go to Johnny Most with your opinion. There is no wrong answer.

- All hail the Minister of Transportation - 3x claps to Table for a dogged, determined effort -- if last month's SF Bay to Breakers race (at 7+ miles) was at the time the longest race he had ever completed in his life, then I would assume the Spartan is now the lifetime long -- and let me assure you, the Bay to Breakers is no Spartan ... (OBT submitted images from the B2B race in SF. Be thankful that I spared you the visual scars.)

- Aint no I in TEAM - SixMike, OBT, Giardi and Antonio Table all hit the final obstacle wall before the finish at the same time. It would have made one heck of a picture. That sort of teamwork is why we do this crazy stuff. Nice job, gentlemen.

- Tavern - Post-race pints and fellowship (and wings) at Ed's.

- Evidence - I have some photos for distribution and am working on the best way to post.

F3/Latta--BackBlast.6/25/11--Julie-Ann's Regret

The ShovelFlag was planted at 0650 at Latta Park and the F3 Faithful gathered.

Pax:

Bootleg

Dante

Dark Warrior

Exeter

Iron Mike

Kit Carson

Little Mike

Marshall Williamson (needs a nickname)

McNugget

Monkey Feet

Red Rider

Senor Chips

Spoons

Super Dave (QIC)

Tennis Whites

The Cougar

The Crotch Rocket

Tryon

Waco (QIC)

War Daddy

Warthog

Wichita

The Thang:

First ½ lead by Waco – Back to Basics:

Warm-up

Side straddle hop (35x)

Mountain climbers (15x)

Crunches (15x)

Squats (15x)

Partner / Prison Workout on park benches

Shrugs (10x) w/partner while he was planked on the bench

Shoulder press (10x) w/partner while he planked on the bench

Run to Big Balls Alley (I believe The Rock refers to it as Chuck Norris Alley)

Decline push-ups (feet on top of ball) (10x)

Ab twist (feet under ball) (10x)

Wide-arms (10x)

Merkins (10x)

Crunches (20x)

Diamonds (10x)

Suicide Lottery – Pick 25 (on Soccer Field)

· Lunge walk ½ field, back pedal back, run full length and back

- Monkey Feet finished first, chose 25 burpees for the Pax

· Sprint length and back

- Little Mike finished first, picked 25 crunches

· Sprint length, 10 pushups, sprint back

- Kit Carson finished first, picked 25 knee-ups

Finished it out w/ Squats (20x)

Second ½ lead by SuperDave - Born to Run

Run back into the park to wall/benches for the E-Street Shuffle:

• 15 Jump-Ups; then 15 Dips.
• Rinse, lather, repeat.

Run Up Hill and down the Backstreets to clearing in the woods for "several" minutes of Mary, Queen of Arkansas:

• Hello Dolly x 25....hold it...

• Raised Hello Dolly (the Rosalita) x 25...hold it
• Flutter kick x 25...hold it...drop.
• Plank
• Plank with right leg raised
• Plank with left leg raised
• Peter Parker x 10 (each leg)

Run through the Jungleland, up and over the mighty fallen tree, to yet another clearing in the woods:

• Side straddle hops x 51 (straight count)

Run Further On (Up the Road) to The Promised Land for the 10th Avenue Freeze-out:

• Climb Jacob's Hill (10 Merkins)

• Continue climb to clearing (15 side straddle hops)
• Loop around and descend (10 squats)
• Finish circle and begin again...
• 2nd loop = 10 wide-arms>>15 side straddles>>10 jumping lunges
• 3rd loop = 10 push-ups of choice>>15 side straddles>>10 squats

No Surrender:

• Hello Dolly x 20...hold it...

• Rosalita x 20...hold it...hold it....

Indian Run back up Thunder Road to where it all began.

Naked Man Moleskin:

• 2nd half dedicated to the late Clarence Clemons...a Big Man with a big horn...may he rest in peace.
• Whole LATTA stuff to do out there; great venue.
• Who knew Monkey Feet was so swift? Impressive; however he may have lost a friend or two with the 25 burpee throw-down in the 26th minute...left a mark for sure.
• TClaps to Little Mike, the big man proved he can move by winning the 2^nd round of Suicide Lottery. I guess Monkey Feet’s 25 burpees in Round 1 (…oh no he didn’t) lit a spark.
• TClaps to Kit Carson and Little Mike for posting this morning on their respective birthdays ---hope they enjoy the rest of their day’s celebration now that the workout is behind them
• For two leaders whose intention was to keep running to a minimum today, the group logged 2.6 miles this morning nonetheless. Just confirms that Latta Park is a big-ass place.
• WarDaddy was the War Daddy (59)…never ceases to inspire as he commuted on his bike to today’s workout.
• Dante was the War Baby (28)

· Kotters: Marshall and Tennis Whites…welcome back brothers.

Triple Claps for our Spartan brethren...hope the day went well. Looking forward to the BackBlast.

GONADS/SweetSix--BackBlast.6/23/11--A Ragged Affair

Aye, Waco planted the ShovelFlag in the rain-softened soil of the CC parking lot and the Faithful set out for the SweetSix. With the Spartan race looming, it was a bit of a ragged affair this AM:

The Pax:
Affirmation Jones
MMOB
Angrus
Dark Warrior
OBT
Tango Delta
Waco
Zoot(!)

The Thang:
The MMOB City Six. MMOB himself (sans shirt), Affirmation, Angrus and DW did the full 6.4-mile loop, with the leaders finishing in just under 49 minutes.

TangoDelta, Waco and OBT took the McDowell Cutoff/Spartan Taper Option and logged 5.2 miles. I finished in just over 41 minutes.

Zoot started late and finished first (LIFO!), taking the Eastover Cutoff/Spartan Taper Option.

Spreadsheets From The Gloom:
_3x claps to Waco and DW, both of whom pulled the HDHH/SweetSix double. Waco didn't stay at HDHH much later than I did, but word has it that DW took my place on the back porch of Ed's for the entire second shift, which ended after 11 p.m. Apparently he and Dredd were able to come to agreement on the need to immediately overthrow the government but remain divided on whether it would be possible for anyone to lead a united nation in the aftermath of said revolution.

_ There were surprises around every corner of the run this morning. We set out from CC with five us in the pack -- a throwback to the size of group we had last fall for the initial runs on the City Loop. Then MMOB popped up at the Sake Dispenser (another nostalgia-inducing moment; it's been a while since he pulled that trick). As we came out from under the 277 overpass on Third Street, Tango Delta caught up to the pack, bum knee and all. And at the finish we came upon Zoot, who hadn't heard about the Great Summer Hours Reversal of '11 and thought we were launching at 0530.

_ Kotter (and a big one) to Zoot, making his triumphal return to the SweetSix just in time for the Spartan and the start of BRR training season.

_ Epstein's Mothers: All the HDHHers -- Dredd, Rook, BlackBird, Silence.

_ Man Down! Report: None today, but Tango Delta was hobbled by a bad knee and I was working through some right foot pain. We'll both be ready for Saturday's Spartan, however.

OBT

F3/Gamucci--6-22-11.Tomatoes and Thumbscrews

Aye, we planted the ShovelFlag in the drizzle and the Faithful gathered:

SixMike

Red Leg 6 (FNG/WarDaddy)

Tryon

MaxiDeuce

Kit

Rook

Neo (FNG)
Waco

Achtung Baby

Frankie Five Angels

SuperDave

Red Warrior

McDeuce

Giardi

Exeter

Antonio Table

Hitman

BlackBird

MMOB

Sweeper Boy

Senor Chips

Dredd

Mizer

THE Cougar

THE Rock

Zook (FNG)

McNugget

DST

Iron Mike (War Baby)

OBT (whoops, no wait he wasn’t there—not at all)

                The Thang:

Run to Harper Valley

Randorama

Run down Robert Plant (too wet) to Back Forty

Stinkorama

Run to Senator Ramos’ Office (Ola!)

Six Minutes of Mary

Run to Harper Valley

Plankorama

Run to Warrior Court

Pusherama

Run to Senator Ramos’ Office (Olay!)

Legorama

NakedMan Moleskin:

1.       FNGs:

a.       Neo:  Qrusade vet and disgusting thin-body—Aye!

b.      Red Leg 6:  The ranking member of F3 in both age and grade—Aye!

c.       Zook:  Brought to the dance by THE Rock, who nonetheless could tell the Faithful nothing about him except some vague mumblings about Danny Weurfell—Aye!

2.       WarDaddy:  Red Leg 6—51—Tclaps

3.       WarBaby:  IronMike—29—damn your eyes!!

4.       Epstein’s Mother:  THE WarDaddy, who hit the Fern in Wilmington DE (reason? . . .unknown)

5.       Kotter:  SweeperBoy—after a six-week absence in recovery from a nasty yeast infection, SweeperBoy returns and easily straps the SmokeBoots on.  Welcome Back . . .

6.       Today’s Chuck:  Chuck Norris can start a fire by rubbing two ice cubes together.

7.       Unexcused Absence:  OK, in this space we usually roast a guy who has been pretty steady and suddenly fails to post with no apparent excuse—happens quite a bit—McNulty is guilty of one of these himself (but only one).  A Level Two UA occurs when a man fails to post after a Hard Commit—happens once in a while.  A Level Three UA occurs when a man fails to post after a Hard Commit and it turns out that he was working out somewhere else (next to the Fern for example)—this is a rarity.  But, a Level Four UA, where a man fails to post after a Hard Commit to be the QIC the next AM.  While this transgression has been on the books for quite a while, there has never been an actual violation—until now.  This AM, OBT failed to post after volunteering . . . no, demanding actually, to be the QIC this AM.  Compounding and exacerbating the violation exponentially is the excuse.  OBT stayed home this AM because he claims to have been “very upset by last night’s extreme weather.”  C’mon Brother, that is just plain unacceptable. 

8.       Electronic Monitoring Bracelet May Be Necessary:   Last Friday the Faithful could not help but note the plethora (lotsa, that is) of Tomatoes in the Sun at Freedom.  Unfortunately, that is the last time anyone has seen Silence (other than a brief and unconfirmed sighting of a man answering his handsome description who was spotted circling the Booty Loop in a windowless white panel van driven by MaxiDeuce in the wee hours of Sunday morning).  He claims to be “working out on his own” next to a Fern in a unknown location, but McNulty has not successfully confirmed this.  Frankly, there is cause for concern.  Anyone with information regarding Silence, missing Tomatoes or the Thumbscrew that was stolen from SixMike’s Dad’s warehouse last weekend, please advise McNulty off-line.  Seriously, let’s get to the bottom of this Brothers.   

GONADS/Fellowship--BackBlast.6/21/11--Running With The Pack

So, we went a little rogue today. SixMike emailed me to see if I wanted to run this morning, we set it for Christ Church at 6 a.m., then MMOB called to see if I wanted to run with our dogs and then we added Hitman in too because he likes to run with his dog. So ...

The Pax (et Canis):
OBT & Fenway
MMOB & Finnegan
Hitman & Masie
SixMike
MacDeuce (joined in progress)

The Thang:
6 miles from Christ Church at fellowship pace (about 8:45); 54:01.
Route was a rough Figure 8, up and around the Booty Loop, then back down Sharon to Wendover and back up Providence to the church.

Spreadsheets from the Gloom:

_ MMOB showed up with his dog and shirtless. Then SixMike goes shirtless because, you know, it's his rule that he can go shirtless if it's over 70 degrees. So the pack is four guys, two of them with no shirts on, and three dogs. As we're coming around the Booty Loop on QRW, we encounter MacDeuce headed the other way. He turns around and joins us for the rest of the run, which was a great relief to me because by having his shirt on (a super-manly GONADS shirt, no less) and not having a dog he singlehandedly raised the heterosexuality quotient of the group by about 50%.

_ Another MacDeuce note: The orange glow from his Turks & Caicos tan was visible from two blocks away. He was so far into summer vacation mode that he didn't even bother bringing MaxiDeuce (the 8-foot-tall holographic cyborg representation that is id to MacDeuce's ego) with him on the run.

_ Also encountered headed in the opposite direction on the other side of QRW was (shirtless) Shack -- we yelled at him to join us, but he waved us off and appeared to have a radar-lock on Home as his destination.

_ Running through Myers Park with SixMike and MMOB (both Charlotte natives) mixes elements of Jeopardy!, the Social Register and a good old-fashioned dick-measuring contest. "Ah, here's the modest home where Doctor So-and-So lived for all those years." "This where Hottie McHotterson grew up! She was the cutest girl in the second-grade class at Myers Park Elementary." "You don't know Abe Froman, the Cotton King of Charlotte? You grew up in this town, didn't you?" Good stuff, people.

_ We may do this again. As Dredd coincidentally noted in his 2FT BackBlast, men need to run in a pack during the dog days. This certainly qualified. More to follow.

OBT

GONADS--2FT.6-21-11.No Wax

Aye, with so many GONADIANS DR, only the hardcore of DarkWarrior and Dredd posted in the Gloom. 
     
     Thang:  with the looming Spartan Run this Saturday, Dredd was determined to taper the Brisquet, but DW would have none of it.  Stripping the wax off that candle, DW forced the pace out to 31:28.

     NakedMan Moleskin:


     1.  BabyDaddy:  Pretty simple, DW is the War Baby and Dredd the War Daddy.

     2.  Today's Chuck:  When Chuck Norris stares at the sun, it is the sun that goes blind.

     3.  Dog Days:  As the days draw longer and hotter, a man becomes distracted.  Better to run with the pack Brothers.  These are not good times to try to hunt solo.  Aye.

Big Hair Monday: Back Blast 6/20/2012 Moniteur owes 50

Aye, we planted to shovel flag by the rocky pit known as, the parking lot across from the East Blvd entrance to Freedom Park, and proceeded into the gloom.

The Faithful:

SixMike
RedLeg Six (FNG)
Bootleg
CrotchRocket (QIC)
Waco
Red Warrior
Girardi
Antonio Table
74 (War Baby)
BlackBird
MMOB
Cowbell (FNG)
Dredd
Dark Warrior
SnapFade
The Cougar
Warthot
OBT (FNG)
I think we have left one off. Please let me know. Oxygen deprivation.

The Thang:

Run to the soccer field behind the concession stand and close to the big flag. COP
Side Straddle Hops X50
Merkins X15
Little Baby Crunch X20

Run to the field with the long grass (in honor of the US Open) near the playground.
COP
Burpees x10
Burpees x10
Burpees x10
Mountain Climber Crossover (I know there is some official name)

Run to Fantasy Island

5 Minutes of She/Hate/Me
Burpees x10

Run to hill
Lunge up the hill and run down
Backpedal up the hill and run down
Sprint up the hill and you guessed it run down
Backpedal up the hill and run down

Run to little field next to lake
Bear crawl
Crab walk

Run to Baseball Field

Pull ups on hand rails x10
Little baby crunch

Mary (Dredd led)

Run Apocolyto

Run to parking lot by playground
Burpees x10

Run park to gravel parking lot.

Naked Man Moleskin

-Once again Big Hair Monday continues to grow. We had our first COT today but probably need to do it in the grass next time. The gravcl is not good for the ass-less amongst us.

-Moniteur owes the faithful 50 Burpees which were excuted in his honor.

-Kit Carson will be leading next week but looking for others to step up to lead this group. For those of you who have not led any group and are looking to cut your teeth this is a good place to do it. 45 minutes move quickly.

-There were several good groups of Tomatoes in the park this am and we executed several fly byes getting as close as a couple of feet.

- Don't mess with Bootleg. He carries a full quiver of spears on the top of his Tahoe!

- Thought of the day: Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you’re a mile away and you have their shoes.

Have a good week.

CR

GONADS/Ritchie--6-19-20.Three Amigos

Aye, an oddly matched threesome gathered about the ShovelFlag in the sunshine: Pomfret, Red Warrior and Dredd

The Thang: 12 something miles at 1:40.

NakedMan Moleskin:

1. The WarDaddy arrived at the end of the run on his bike having ridden his age. Aye.

2. A reluctant Epstein's Mother to OBT who went FartSack because he ran double marathons last weekend. Whatever.

3. Excuse Bag: my legs hurt from yesterday's BH2 at the PRM. But, so did Red Warrior's I guess, so . . . .

F3/AG--BackBlast.6/18/11--Jason Priestly Negotiations

Aye, we planted the ShovelFlag in the virgin soil of Park Road Montessori in the first of a series of tests of potential new sites.

The Faithful:

Red Warrior (QIC)
Girardi (QIC)
OBT
Wiki (aka 2.0)
Red Rider (formerly Lawn Mower)
Dredd
Achtung Baby
Dante
Waco
Snap Fade
Six Mike
Crotch Rocket
Ledger
74
Senor Chips
Little Mike
Big Mike
Super Dave
Tryon
Haywood
Robocop


Group 1 - Girardi
Warm Up
Run Greenway towards Park Road Shopping Center

COP (25x)
Side Straddle Hop
Dolly
Flutter Kick
Baby Crunches
Side Straddle Hop

Indian Run back to School

Shakespeare's Theater
Dips 15x
Jump Ups 15x
Bench Planks
Side Bench Planks
Peter Parker

Field of Dreams
Beast Workout
6 cones
6 reps
6 times

Group 2 - RW
Warm Up
Warm up run around Field of Dreams (1st half only)
Side Straddle Hops (1st half only)
Field of Dreams - COP

Circuit of Pain (modified for 2nd half)
Subgroup 1 - parallel bar dip walkers
Subgroup 2 - pull-ups
Subgroup 3 - Jump Ups
Subgroup 4 - Run around baseball field and finish with 10 burpees (5 burpees for 2nd half)

Beverly Hills 28209 (modified for 1st half; Full Monte for 2nd half)
- start @ far side of flat field
- run across flat field - run up hill & loop around & run back to the far side of the flat field
- first lap - 2 burpees upon returning to the start
- second lap - 8 burpees upon returning to the start
- third lap - 20 burpees upon returning to the start
- fourth lap - 9 burpees upon returning to the start

Naked Man Moleskin:

- Spartan Race preview - In advance of the upcoming Summer Solstice, Dredd started the morning with an exposed torso to demo the Spartan look much to the chagrin of OBT and the silent majority. After providing the Faithful with a Greek history lesson, 2.0/Wiki kindly informed Dredd that the Spartans covered their torsos with bronze breastplates ( cuirasses ). Maybe a tank top would be more appropriate?

- Jason Priestly Negotiations - after unveiling Beverly Hills 29209, the 2nd half group challenged the 20 burpee lap and suggested that a 2 burpee lap and a zero burpee lap might be more appropriate for the exercise. After surveying the hill and weighing the options - 2 laps with 2 burpees vs. 1 lap with 20 burpees - the original design was chosen.

- The Indian Run - Still can't remember the Q-name for this fun little drill. I'm still biased to the Swedish name "Fartlek", not because it means speed play but because we are a group of guys and any chance to say "fart" is still pretty cool by me.

- Field of Dreams - Appropriate that Girardi was able to spend a good chuck of this workout leading the group on a baseball field. Go Yankee....ur... Go Giants! :-)

-John Wooden Quote of the Day - "The star of the team, is the team" Great team effort today!