WE PLANTED THE SHOVELFLAG IN THE GLOOM AND THE FAITHFUL GATHERED:
PAXORAMA: the general practice is to list the PAX by F3-name here Brothers, but sadly (Aye, it's bittersweet) McNulty can't do it today. We always wondered if there was a number after which a Paxorma would not be possible and it looks like we hit it today. 46 PAX with 6 FNGs is too much for the limited gray matter of McNulty. If you were at the Senator's Office this AM, you know who you are. If you weren't, than where the hockey-stocks were you Brother? Today was a big day. Aye.
THE THANG:
Run to Harper Valley
Warmorama
Run to Brickyard
Hey Johns (3)
Plankorama
Once around the track
Run to AG Lot
Six Minutes of Mary
Run to Troubled Water
Esau's Ladder
Lunge Walk
Piggy Back
COT--Flag Passer
NAKEDMAN MOLESKIN:
1. Six FNGs this AM: Drexler, Elevator Door, Taser, The Canadian, Barnabas and one more McNulty is drawing a blank on (somebody jump in here, Aye). Cobains to you Brother. Drexler was also the WarDaddy at 51 which kept him from being named "Bonnie". Aye Brother. Taser also avoided a less (ahem) manly nickname due to Moniteur's incessant shouting of "CMPD CMPD". Glad to have you with us Brother. You can hardly be in a group more appreciative for what you to do to protect kith and kin. TClaps.
2. CORE RIPPER: the explanation for all the core work today should be that McNulty thought it was what the Faithful needed, but the real reason is he hurt his shoulder throwing his kids around in the pool this weekend and didn't have a Pusherama in his six. Aye.
3. FLAGORAMA: Post the COT this AM, we presented ShovelFlags to the QICs of the new F3 groups who hit jump street this Saturday. TClaps to SixMke and RedLeg Six for making that possible. TClaps to the QICs for their willingness to lead. Leaders are as rare as hen's teeth Brothers. Thank you.
4. NO SIGN OF PROGRESS: for those PAX who wonder, the Hey Johns we do at the Brickyard were started about 2 months ago when SixMike reported to the Faithful that some FartSacker named John lives 20 meters away from the Brickyard and was contemplating a post. So, we did the shout out for a little encouragement. That was about 50 Hey Johns ago and we've seen no sign of John. But the tradition remains Brothers, the tradition remains. And the Faithful do not quit. Aye.
5. ROLLING HARD: McNulty declined to take the 1 second required to investigate whether the track gate was locked before deciding to jump over it. That's how we roll Brothers. The hard way, always the hard way.
6. LARRY BIRDS: many PAX (too many to count) nipped McNulty on the Esau's Ladder this AM, earning Larry Bird kudos. Good hustle. Aye, and no Larry Drews--all made it to the end.
7. BALL OF MAN:
McNulty EH'd a guy last night who said what they all say (at first): "gee wiz, that seems kind of early in the morning to do be doing something like that. I like to go to the gym in the afternoon (blah blah, insert whatever here)". Yes, we get it. It's completely unreasonable to post in the Gloom to work out when you can ride the Elliptical next to the Fern anytime--no Gloom required. The Fern is a 24/7 deal Brothers. It's always convenient for the Fern.
But look, the Fern may always be there, but the Fern doesn't actually care whether you post or not. So what's the point of relying something that's always "there", but never THERE when you need it? The Fern isn't going to Hey John you for 50 weeks in a row until you de-FartSack. The Fern isn't going to change your F3-name to L10 because you begged off in your boxers after hard-committing to a guy who had to get a babysitter to be there (sorry about that L10, but there's an instructive TruthNugget in that and McNulty was never in love with 74 as a name anyway).
So look, yeah the Ball of Man convenes at an unreasonable hour. And the Ball of Man gives you a hard time when you UA. And the Ball of Man gets wet when it rains and sweats more when its hot and shivers in the cold. But here's something else about the Ball of Man. You matter to it. And it has a place for you that is not just some empty place next to the Fern that any joker with a pulse could fill for an hour. Yes Brothers, the Ball of Man is us. It's why we post. It's why we do The Thing We Do. Aye.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
GONADS/RingRun--BackBlast.8/23/11--A Sustainable Pace
Aye, RoboCop planted the ShovelFlag (but, strangely, wasn't there for the RingRun) and the Faithful gathered in the Gloom for the final "late start" running of the RingRun.
Pax (17, plus 3 dogs):
Tooth on Top
MMOB (w/ Finnegan)
Spackler (w/ a dog whose name I did not get)
Moniteur
Six Mike
Red Warrior
MacDeuce
Nino
Kenyan Slider
PBo
OBT (w/ Fenway)
My Little Friend
Glad Hander
Chelms
Shamrock
Zoot
Girardi
The Thang:
The 4.5-mile Tranquil Loop. I'm told the leaders kept it right around or just under the Fellowship Pace Mendoza Line of 8:30, but I'll have to take their word on it; MMOB and YHC were loafing along way back in the peleton.
Spreadsheets from the Gloom:
_ Rumor had it that Dark Warrior and RoboCop were also on the roads early but peeled off to Freedom Park to plan this Saturday's mayhem. And some of the Faithful spotted Purple Crayon riding his bike along the backside of the Booty Loop.
_ Overwhelmed by enthusiasm after having finally screened "Caddyshack" last month and under pressure to name FNG Carl Cooke after he posted for the second straight week, YHC gave him ... Spackler. Take that, Crotch Rocket!
_ MMOB was on fire this morning, following another Government-TV televised hearing of his City Council Subcommittee on Sustainable Re-Engineering of the Human-Inhabited Environment. Among the news that should gladden the heart of Mary Newsom comes the nugget that we may be headed for a bike exchange program in Charlotte similar to those already in operation in Washington DC, San Francisco and other locations. If you thought Dredd's broken-derailleur Diamondback or Crotch Rocket's rusty '92 vintage mountain bike was clunky, wait'll you see these babies. Thank God MMOB's around to keep the Observer commenters foaming at the mouth.
_ The Bevrisket/Undercover Long Run crew of Nino, MacDeuce and RW rolled in just in time for the CoT (apparently Angrus peeled off before returning to the church lot), with Nino and MacDeuce in matching teal-blue Nike shirts. I think Nino's planning to buy one for Affirmation too, so the Smokeboot Trio can look really cool when they hit the bar at MPCC together on Friday nights ... If you guys can give me a couple days I can get them printed with an F³ logo too ... just $42.35, with the OBT markup.
_ Kotter to ... Zoot! Gearin' up for the GOAT, men.
OBT
Monday, August 22, 2011
F3/BHM- 8-22-2011: Bon Jovi or Twisted Sister?
Aye, we planted the virtual shovel flag in the Gloom and the Faithful gathered:
CR
Harley
Chris (FNG to all things F3)
Cougar
Mcgee
Gris
TD FNG
Moniteur
Red Warrior
Dark Warrior
Waco
Girardi
Two Toes
Super Dave
Six Mike
Tooth on Top
Bootleg
Cowbell
74........
Kit
Exeter
My Little Friend
Fish Hook
Shamrock
THE THANG
Run to the soccer field
Side Straddle Hop x51
Merkin
Little Baby Crunch
Run to end zone
Sprints
High Knee (skip)
Run to play ground
Decline Push up
Dips
3X
Run up hill to the hand rails
Donkey Kicks x15
Donkey Kicks x15
Donkey Kicks x8
Run to hill with the little hills
Walking lung to top of the hill
Merkins
Run down the hill
Carolina Dry dock
Side shuffle up and down the hill
Run to the hand rails by baseball fields
Pull ups on hand rails x10 x6 x6
Run to duck crap field
Bear Crawl
Crab Walk
Run to parking lot by playground
Moniteur led Mary (well done)
Run to gravel lot.
NakedMan Moleskin:
- If you did not notice but I was fully smoked 37 minutes in when I had to go to the bull pen to my partner in crime a saves leader in the AL Moniteur. Well done brother! Great ending.
- WarDaddy- Cougar- 1st time?
- WarBaby- Mcgee- 50th time?
- We might need to have a Side Straddle Hop instructional class. I saw about 15 different "styles". Not saying I do it right but I eventually had to close my eyes not to get dizzy at arms and legs heading in 50 different directions. Just sayin.....
- I am not one to ever comment on names but there was a motion on the floor for a name change. Tango Delta proposed a change of 74's name to Level 4. Due to the flagrant violation committed on Friday night. I am just sending it the flag pole to the powers that be. You know me keeping my distance from the on going name debate. Still love Peggy....
- Harley has been a quite force rising up in the gloom. Since his arrival several weeks ago he has not only been present at most workouts but has applied the emotional headlock to 3 new FNG's in the last week. Well done!
- Thought of the day: "Ambition is like a frog sitting on a Venus Flytrap. The flytrap can bite and bite, but it won't bother the frog because it only has little tiny plant teeth. But some other stuff could happen and it could be like ambition."
CR
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CR
Harley
Chris (FNG to all things F3)
Cougar
Mcgee
Gris
TD FNG
Moniteur
Red Warrior
Dark Warrior
Waco
Girardi
Two Toes
Super Dave
Six Mike
Tooth on Top
Bootleg
Cowbell
74........
Kit
Exeter
My Little Friend
Fish Hook
Shamrock
THE THANG
Run to the soccer field
Side Straddle Hop x51
Merkin
Little Baby Crunch
Run to end zone
Sprints
High Knee (skip)
Run to play ground
Decline Push up
Dips
3X
Run up hill to the hand rails
Donkey Kicks x15
Donkey Kicks x15
Donkey Kicks x8
Run to hill with the little hills
Walking lung to top of the hill
Merkins
Run down the hill
Carolina Dry dock
Side shuffle up and down the hill
Run to the hand rails by baseball fields
Pull ups on hand rails x10 x6 x6
Run to duck crap field
Bear Crawl
Crab Walk
Run to parking lot by playground
Moniteur led Mary (well done)
Run to gravel lot.
NakedMan Moleskin:
- If you did not notice but I was fully smoked 37 minutes in when I had to go to the bull pen to my partner in crime a saves leader in the AL Moniteur. Well done brother! Great ending.
- WarDaddy- Cougar- 1st time?
- WarBaby- Mcgee- 50th time?
- We might need to have a Side Straddle Hop instructional class. I saw about 15 different "styles". Not saying I do it right but I eventually had to close my eyes not to get dizzy at arms and legs heading in 50 different directions. Just sayin.....
- I am not one to ever comment on names but there was a motion on the floor for a name change. Tango Delta proposed a change of 74's name to Level 4. Due to the flagrant violation committed on Friday night. I am just sending it the flag pole to the powers that be. You know me keeping my distance from the on going name debate. Still love Peggy....
- Harley has been a quite force rising up in the gloom. Since his arrival several weeks ago he has not only been present at most workouts but has applied the emotional headlock to 3 new FNG's in the last week. Well done!
- Thought of the day: "Ambition is like a frog sitting on a Venus Flytrap. The flytrap can bite and bite, but it won't bother the frog because it only has little tiny plant teeth. But some other stuff could happen and it could be like ambition."
CR
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Sunday, August 21, 2011
F³/WB--BackBlast.8/20/11--MMOB Glory Daze
6 posted @ the F3-WB-MMOB Workout
mmob-QIC
honeybear
tater
hawkeye
flounder (FNG)
slippery(FNG)
spruntalicious (FNG)
MMOB posted under the sign that said " Town Hall" and waiting until 7 am. He stood in silence watching 3 girls and one male who apparently were getting ready to launch their own workout. crickets? chirp chirp? MMOB was getting desperate and thought of asking these sheilas and their sidekick to join me for my little thang.
It looked as if the streak was over and the WB shovel flag was yet a mirage. Desparate, MMOB even lobbed in a text to ChiaPet seeing if she would post? Just as that text was sent, Honeybear called, "WHERE ARE YOU?" Apparently I was at the front door, they were at the back door? After some connection confusion, the fourth WB workout was underway.
The Thang
Warmuporama: SideStadle Flop, Merkins, Mountain Climbers, Fence Hoppin'
Six-Minnows with Mary: BabyCrunchie, HighDollies, LowDollies, SlowBicycles, Flutterkicks low, Flutters high
PushoRama-in-the-House of Wood- a new wooden ampitheater is now open and a perfect stage for picture perfect merkins, wide arms, side to side, stagger, partner declines
Acrobatic Intelude- We located a handicap railway a la the Tango Delta for the vertical core slide up the poles. Bear Crawl down. Repeat. Backwards crab walk back. Lots of ass skidding on the way down.
Legorama Part 1- squat, lunge in place, mountain climbers, pogo sticks
Picnic-for-7- 2 x step ups on the benches follow by bench dips;
Trip to the V-Beach - legorama @ the volleyball beach with lunges + burpees
Nothing Chunky Pulluperama Tater passed the bathrooms with Honeybear commenting "he's not making a pit stop like last time." Musta been "nothing chunky" coming up and no signs of recycled merlot. Proceed to playground partner assisted pulls. 10 x 2.
Pulluperama Part 2- zig zag ampitheater jaunt to the softball field pull up bars. 10 x 1.
FireworksFinale- plank series for 3 minutes, side straddle floppers, swing kicks, jump shots, and the grandfinale BODY BLASTER.
Total time: 59 minutes.
On the final skip back to the parking lot, MMOB was a approached by a middle aged female wearing spandex who asked,
"Excuse me, are you all with Cross Fit?"
MMOB, without hesitation replied, "no mame, we're F3 and we're FREE" as he pointed at the F3 logo on his shirt.
MMOB
GONADS/Sunday SixShooter – BackBlast.8/21/2011 – More Butter
We planted the ShovelFlag in the Gloom and the Faithful gathered for the Sunday SixShooter.
The Pax:
OBT
Holtz
RoboCop
Smiley
Senor Chips
Crotch Rocket
American Pie
SixMike
The Colonel (BHWTU)
The Rock
The Cougar
Dark Warrior
BlackBird (QIC)
The Thang:
Slightly less than 6 miles, beginning at Alexander Graham (AG) Middle School, through Myers Park and a portion of the Booty Loop, ending at AG. Times ranged from less than 45 mins by the lead group of RoboCop, Holtz, Smiley and American Pie, to around 51 mins.
Naked Man Moleskin:
- Modifications. The Colonel, Dark Warrior and Smiley started early, put in 3 miles prior to the Pax's 0630 start, and merged with the Pax soon thereafter. After completing the SixShooter, The Colonel, Smiley and SixMike took off and logged an additional unknown amount of miles. Impressive. Modification of the SixShooter is encourgaged as a way to help get stronger, faster and to help prepare for other events. Kind of reminds me of an old coach who used to offer encouragement, in his southern drawl, by saying "We got to get more butter at ....". Interpreted to mean we had to get "better" at whatever we were doing.
- Nike, circa 2018. As I understand it, Dark Warrior was sporting new kicks that replaced his previous pair acquired 7 years ago, in 2004. Rumor has it that DW is scouring the athletic footware research reports, pirated from skunkworks located deep in the Beaverton, Oregon countryside, to gain a sense of what footwear technologies will be available in 2018, the next time he's in market for new shoes.
- Morsels aplenty. The lead group apparently had a fruitful and lengthy discussion concerning their experiences in running marathons compared to mid-distance races. What was most impressive was their ability to carry on any conversation at the pace they were setting.
BlackBird
The Pax:
OBT
Holtz
RoboCop
Smiley
Senor Chips
Crotch Rocket
American Pie
SixMike
The Colonel (BHWTU)
The Rock
The Cougar
Dark Warrior
BlackBird (QIC)
The Thang:
Slightly less than 6 miles, beginning at Alexander Graham (AG) Middle School, through Myers Park and a portion of the Booty Loop, ending at AG. Times ranged from less than 45 mins by the lead group of RoboCop, Holtz, Smiley and American Pie, to around 51 mins.
Naked Man Moleskin:
- Modifications. The Colonel, Dark Warrior and Smiley started early, put in 3 miles prior to the Pax's 0630 start, and merged with the Pax soon thereafter. After completing the SixShooter, The Colonel, Smiley and SixMike took off and logged an additional unknown amount of miles. Impressive. Modification of the SixShooter is encourgaged as a way to help get stronger, faster and to help prepare for other events. Kind of reminds me of an old coach who used to offer encouragement, in his southern drawl, by saying "We got to get more butter at ....". Interpreted to mean we had to get "better" at whatever we were doing.
- Nike, circa 2018. As I understand it, Dark Warrior was sporting new kicks that replaced his previous pair acquired 7 years ago, in 2004. Rumor has it that DW is scouring the athletic footware research reports, pirated from skunkworks located deep in the Beaverton, Oregon countryside, to gain a sense of what footwear technologies will be available in 2018, the next time he's in market for new shoes.
- Morsels aplenty. The lead group apparently had a fruitful and lengthy discussion concerning their experiences in running marathons compared to mid-distance races. What was most impressive was their ability to carry on any conversation at the pace they were setting.
BlackBird
Saturday, August 20, 2011
GONADS/Trail Run Challenge--BackBlast.8.20/11--Dirty Smokeboots
Aye, a subset of the Faithful gathered in the Gloom for the 10K trail race at the U.S. National Whitewater Center:
Warthog
Moniteur
Rook
Coop
Sleepy
The Thang:
A 10K race on the mostly single-track trails of the Whitewater Center. A lot of up-and-down and twist-and-turn. Moniteur led the way and finished and impressive second among men ages 40-44, 20th overall, in 46:48. Next was Warthog in 47:43, 23rd overall and fourth among men ages 35-39. Coop finished in 50:42; OBT in 53:55; Rook (along with the lovely MRook) in 54:27; and Sleepy in 55:42. Full results can be found here.
Spreadsheets from the Gloom:
_ Serious Smokeboots: 3xclaps to Moniteur and Warthog for going sub-50:00 on a very tough course. As YHC and Warthog rode out to the USNWC together, Warthog opined that he thought he would be faster running on trails than he is on pavement. The actual race disabused him of that notion, but rasies the question of just how fast he could be in a road 10K. As for Moniteur? Smokeboots, brothers ... smokeboots. The chatty Frog gas got some serious giddy-up in those skinny legs.
_ Worlds Colliding: There was a bit of personal Venn diagram overlap for this event, as OBT, Warthog, Coop and Sleepy were joined by several non-F3 co-workers on a team representing their MMIBB (Middle-Market Investment Banking Boutique). OBT and Sleepy (along with Rook and Moniteur) still made the point of sporting GONADS/F3 race jerseys for the event.
_ Man Down Report: OBT tripped on a root between miles 1 and 2 and got a bloody knee and a nicely filleted palm for his trouble. No other known injuries, though Moniteur did spend a lot of time complaining post-race about how dirty his nice white running shoes had gotten. It's called a trail race, brother ...
_ Note To The Wise: USNWC executive director (and GONAD) Jeff Wise may want to do something about the food service at the Whitewater Center; leaving the restaurant closed until noon kept Moniteur, OBT and Warthog from toasting completion of the 10K with a 10 a.m. beer.
Guess they just didn't want Warthog's money ...
_ Other Sightings: Running on the MMIBB team with his daughter Jessica was Zoot colleague (and noted triathlete) Gary Greene.
OBT
Warthog
Moniteur
Rook
Coop
Sleepy
The Thang:
A 10K race on the mostly single-track trails of the Whitewater Center. A lot of up-and-down and twist-and-turn. Moniteur led the way and finished and impressive second among men ages 40-44, 20th overall, in 46:48. Next was Warthog in 47:43, 23rd overall and fourth among men ages 35-39. Coop finished in 50:42; OBT in 53:55; Rook (along with the lovely MRook) in 54:27; and Sleepy in 55:42. Full results can be found here.
Spreadsheets from the Gloom:
_ Serious Smokeboots: 3xclaps to Moniteur and Warthog for going sub-50:00 on a very tough course. As YHC and Warthog rode out to the USNWC together, Warthog opined that he thought he would be faster running on trails than he is on pavement. The actual race disabused him of that notion, but rasies the question of just how fast he could be in a road 10K. As for Moniteur? Smokeboots, brothers ... smokeboots. The chatty Frog gas got some serious giddy-up in those skinny legs.
_ Worlds Colliding: There was a bit of personal Venn diagram overlap for this event, as OBT, Warthog, Coop and Sleepy were joined by several non-F3 co-workers on a team representing their MMIBB (Middle-Market Investment Banking Boutique). OBT and Sleepy (along with Rook and Moniteur) still made the point of sporting GONADS/F3 race jerseys for the event.
_ Man Down Report: OBT tripped on a root between miles 1 and 2 and got a bloody knee and a nicely filleted palm for his trouble. No other known injuries, though Moniteur did spend a lot of time complaining post-race about how dirty his nice white running shoes had gotten. It's called a trail race, brother ...
_ Note To The Wise: USNWC executive director (and GONAD) Jeff Wise may want to do something about the food service at the Whitewater Center; leaving the restaurant closed until noon kept Moniteur, OBT and Warthog from toasting completion of the 10K with a 10 a.m. beer.
Guess they just didn't want Warthog's money ...
_ Other Sightings: Running on the MMIBB team with his daughter Jessica was Zoot colleague (and noted triathlete) Gary Greene.
OBT
F³/AG--BackBlast.8/20/11--Subdivision Approaches
The ShovelFlag was planted at 0650 in the misty gloom for a final workout before the F3 Nation is sub-divided:
Pax:
Tryon
BlackBird (QIC)
Beckham
Spoons
Haywood
Exeter
Dark Warrior
SweeperBoy
Super Dave
McGee
Red Rider (Kotter)
Harley
Purple Crayon
Crotch Rocket
Kit
RoboCop
Glad Handler
Holtz
Waco (QIC)
Wichita
Snap Fade (Kotter)
Silver Truck
Tennis Whites (Kotter)
Joker
Antonio Table (QIC)
Tango Delta
The Cougar
Senor Chips
Peggy (FNG to F3 AG)
Carter (FNG)
Nathan (FNG)
Redding’s EH (FNG), sorry but we can’t remember his name
My Little Friend
Moses
Ann & Hope
and…wait for it…
The Colonel (BHWTU)
The Thang (3 groups @ 20mins each):
Antonio Table’s Cycle
Workout inspired by Latta: Table's Trails
- Run to side entrance of football field - Moniteur's Ladder: Ladder of Fire (x5) - 4-count donkey kicks at top, burpees at bottom
- Run to field behind Selwyn - Rock's Rock-Hard Ab-o-rama: Mix of bicycle, flutter kicks, high flutters, dollies, Rosalitas, little baby crunches
BlackBird’s Cycle
Run to side parking lot:
Side straddle hops (1st Group only)
Zuzanna (5 mins 1st Group; 4 mins Groups 2 and 3)
Run to Sen Ramos' Office:
Legarama
Squats, People's Chair, Squats
Run to Lower Field:
Robert Plants, in honor of LZ's lead singer's b-day today: (5x 1st Group; 3x Groups 2 and 3)
Waco’s Cycle
Warm-up (group 1 only)
Side straddle hops
Mountain climbers
Wichita’s Push-Up Ladder (all groups)
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 = 109 total
(each set followed by equal # of “Raise the roof”)
Partner Work (group 1 only)
Sit-up twists (one partner planked, holding down other partner’s feet)
Seal sit-ups
Misc (group 3 only)
Squats
Low Dollies
High Dollies/Rosalitas
Indian Run (All groups)
2 laps around AG track
Waiting for Group Convergence
Plankarama (Group 1, 2)
Little Baby Crunches (Group 1, 2, 3)
Imperial Walkers (Group 3)
Naked Man Moleskin:
- Tclaps to Dredd and OBT for their vision and leadership to create the F3 movement. Whether men realize it yet or not, F3 is a needed aspect to life…the growth of the F3 nation is a testament to that fact. We missed you out there today, brothers.
- WarDaddy was Tryon (48)
- WarBaby was Beckham (22)
- Abacus handy? - in celebration of the final Saturday combined AG workout, the Pax was separated today into thirds as opposed to its historical halves. After a few moments of considering how to do this, the Pax quickly gained its senses and separated itself roughly into thirds - just prior to intervention and a count off by 3s.
- TClaps to OBT, Moniteur, Rook and anyone else in the F3 Nation that participated in the 10K at the USNWC.
- The Colonel was sporting new gear this morning…camo cargo workout pants. Not sure if he misread the thermometer, hasn’t done this week’s laundry, is trying to be a trend-setter, or it’s just wishful thinking for Fall weather. Whatever the reasons, we’re glad he didn’t go TU in the heat.
- 74 incurred a Level 4 UA after hard committing to TangoDelta during last night’s late-night happy hour. TD even went through the trouble of securing a sitter, not an easy task as 6:30am is not a preferred time for college girls, only to be waved off by a boxer-clad 74 when TD made the carpool stop. (Note: The QICs had this as a "stiff Level 3 UA," but I'm going to take the liberty of upgrading to a Level 4. Any time you wave a man off after he gets a babysitter so he can drive you to the workout is obviously a serious situation. -- OBT)
- Tclaps to MDW. For the second time in 3 months, she tapped into her babysitting network for an early morning gig. This time wasn’t even to help her man, Dark Warrior, win the Last Man Standing Competition, but rather just to help out a brother in need (TangoDelta).
- Moniteur's name was taken in vain at the Jacob's Ladder he inspired during Table's session. "So he invented it, but he doesn't have to do it?" the Pax asked. (Another note: Actually, Dredd is the inventor of the JL; Moniteur is just its most ardent and vocal proponent. -- OBT)
Friday, August 19, 2011
Wilmington 8/16/2011 BackBlast: Learning How to Count Down from 20!
Aye, we planted a virtual shovel flag in the coastal gloom and the faithful gathered for the inaugural Tuesday Wilmington Workout (add name here).
Faithful:
Joker (co-QIC)
Crotch Rocket (co-QIC) War Daddy 43
Honey Bear
Tater
Mike Brown (needs name) War Baby 29
Blake (need last name but added to distribution)
Tha Thang:
1st Half Joker Led
COP
Side straddle Hop
Merkin
Little Baby Crunch
Run to the soccer field
Beast x3 (Merkins, Flutters, Jumping lunge)
Run back to parking lot
Jump ups on benches x10 x5
Dips x10
2nd Half CR Led
Run to basketball court
Randorama (merkins, dry docks)
Run a lap around sticks
Mary
Run a lap around sticks
Randorama
Run a lap around sticks
Walking lunges
Karaoke
High Knee skips
backward run
Run back to parking lot
NakedMan Moleskin:
- 1st off sorry for tardiness of this backblast but this week was crazy!
- I think we have a competitor with Tennis Whites. Tater came walking out of the gloom in the whitest tennis shorts I have every seen. The only thing that took the shine off was the bloody mary stain on the front....
- FNG's- All Faithful
-Location- This is a good spot for future workouts and a unscientific pole of the local faithful is it is convenient for mid week workouts. The only thing it lacks and it is true for every location east of I-95 is a hill. Just watch out for fire ants.
-WarDaddy- Yours truly for the first time. I will say it was close.
-WarBaby- Mike Brown 29 We hate you! (that's a good thing)
-Nicknames- Because of the issue with me and nicknames neither Joker or I was comfortable with applying new labels to the guys without names. I was thinking of "Mud", "Tire iron", "Foil" , "Garden Weasel". Just sayin....
-Counting- This group got way too comfortable at counting down from 20. Don't get used to it!
- I spoke to one of the faithful the day after the workout (his first) and here is his exact quote:
"I feel like someone beat the &%#@ out of me with a baseball bat! But I will be back."
- Thought of the Day: "A good way to threaten somebody is to light a stick of dynamite. Then you call the guy and hold the burning fuse up to the phone. "Hear that?" you say. "That's dynamite, baby."
Faithful:
Joker (co-QIC)
Crotch Rocket (co-QIC) War Daddy 43
Honey Bear
Tater
Mike Brown (needs name) War Baby 29
Blake (need last name but added to distribution)
Tha Thang:
1st Half Joker Led
COP
Side straddle Hop
Merkin
Little Baby Crunch
Run to the soccer field
Beast x3 (Merkins, Flutters, Jumping lunge)
Run back to parking lot
Jump ups on benches x10 x5
Dips x10
2nd Half CR Led
Run to basketball court
Randorama (merkins, dry docks)
Run a lap around sticks
Mary
Run a lap around sticks
Randorama
Run a lap around sticks
Walking lunges
Karaoke
High Knee skips
backward run
Run back to parking lot
NakedMan Moleskin:
- 1st off sorry for tardiness of this backblast but this week was crazy!
- I think we have a competitor with Tennis Whites. Tater came walking out of the gloom in the whitest tennis shorts I have every seen. The only thing that took the shine off was the bloody mary stain on the front....
- FNG's- All Faithful
-Location- This is a good spot for future workouts and a unscientific pole of the local faithful is it is convenient for mid week workouts. The only thing it lacks and it is true for every location east of I-95 is a hill. Just watch out for fire ants.
-WarDaddy- Yours truly for the first time. I will say it was close.
-WarBaby- Mike Brown 29 We hate you! (that's a good thing)
-Nicknames- Because of the issue with me and nicknames neither Joker or I was comfortable with applying new labels to the guys without names. I was thinking of "Mud", "Tire iron", "Foil" , "Garden Weasel". Just sayin....
-Counting- This group got way too comfortable at counting down from 20. Don't get used to it!
- I spoke to one of the faithful the day after the workout (his first) and here is his exact quote:
"I feel like someone beat the &%#@ out of me with a baseball bat! But I will be back."
- Thought of the Day: "A good way to threaten somebody is to light a stick of dynamite. Then you call the guy and hold the burning fuse up to the phone. "Hear that?" you say. "That's dynamite, baby."
GONADS/DoubleDown--BackBlast.8/18/11--Hellish Hills
Aye, we planted a virtual flag at Carmel Road Park and the BRR Faithful-in-Training gathered for the Thursday evening DoubleDown:
OBT (QIC)
Red Warrior
Dark Warrior
Sleepy
and ... The Colonel (BHWTU)
The Thang:
The route combined two of the most BRR-like stretches of hill you can find inside the CLT city limits: the run up Sharon View to the Mountain Brook neighborhood and the rollercoaster ride through that neighborhood down to Carmel, plus the long descent down Sharon View from Carmel to Olde Providence, returning back up that same hill to the finish. The Garmin had us at 6.62 miles in 54:14 (8:11 pace).
Spreadsheets from the Gloom:
_ 3x claps to RW, The Col. and YHC for hitting this in addition to the early AM SweetSix. That's almost 13 miles of hard road, brothers.
_ Nice to also get Sleepy out there, not to mention the frighteningly skinny looking Dark Warrior.
_ The run began and ended at Carmel Road Park for the personal convenience of YHC, as that is where 2.0's Pop Warner team was practicing. The Faithful got to cool down while watching 2.0 smoke the rest of his line in wind sprints -- go 2.0!
_ I'll plan to hit this same route the next two Thursday nights (8/25 and 9/1) as we step it up for the BRR.
OBT
OBT (QIC)
Red Warrior
Dark Warrior
Sleepy
and ... The Colonel (BHWTU)
The Thang:
The route combined two of the most BRR-like stretches of hill you can find inside the CLT city limits: the run up Sharon View to the Mountain Brook neighborhood and the rollercoaster ride through that neighborhood down to Carmel, plus the long descent down Sharon View from Carmel to Olde Providence, returning back up that same hill to the finish. The Garmin had us at 6.62 miles in 54:14 (8:11 pace).
Spreadsheets from the Gloom:
_ 3x claps to RW, The Col. and YHC for hitting this in addition to the early AM SweetSix. That's almost 13 miles of hard road, brothers.
_ Nice to also get Sleepy out there, not to mention the frighteningly skinny looking Dark Warrior.
_ The run began and ended at Carmel Road Park for the personal convenience of YHC, as that is where 2.0's Pop Warner team was practicing. The Faithful got to cool down while watching 2.0 smoke the rest of his line in wind sprints -- go 2.0!
_ I'll plan to hit this same route the next two Thursday nights (8/25 and 9/1) as we step it up for the BRR.
OBT
Thursday, August 18, 2011
GONADS/SweetSix--BackBlast.8/18/11--Dante Rising
Aye, 13 of the Faithful gathered in the gloom 'round the ShovelFlag:
Red Warrior
Nino
MacDeuce
Holtz
RoboCop
The Colonel (BHWTU)
Six Mike
Hammer (FNG)
Tooth On Top (FNG)
Kit Carson
OBT
Dredd
Dante (Kotter)
The Thang:
6.4 miles from Christ Church, up Providence/Third, through the center of the city, back along Morehead/Queens/Providence. The leaders did it in sub-50:00; Dredd, Dante and I brought up the Six at around 51:30.
Spreadsheets From The Gloom:
_ 3x claps to Tooth On Top, hitting his fifth FNG of the week (in order, F3/AG; Big Hair Monday; RingRun; Gamucci; SweetSix). And now he's lined up for a weekend of service to those in the community not fortunate enough to be able to afford dental care. 3x more claps for that (and to Nino and MacDeuce for their assistance).
_ 3x claps also to SweetSix FNG Hammer.
_ A Kotter to Dante, who struggled the last time he was out earlier this summer, got dropped on the hill up to the Jukebox Building and didn't make it back to the church, if memory serves. This time around, he stuck right on Dredd's and my Six the entire run -- an impressive step-up.
_ (Almost) Scrod Stop: Six Mike, a relatively recent convert to the Chia Train, made a serious rookie mistake this morning when he decided to fuel for the SweetSix with a pre-run shake of chia and OJ. For those who don't know, chia seeds are pretty much straight fiber, so if you noticed 6M hitting those final hills on Queens with a little stiffness in the glutes, well ... a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.
OBT
Red Warrior
Nino
MacDeuce
Holtz
RoboCop
The Colonel (BHWTU)
Six Mike
Hammer (FNG)
Tooth On Top (FNG)
Kit Carson
OBT
Dredd
Dante (Kotter)
The Thang:
6.4 miles from Christ Church, up Providence/Third, through the center of the city, back along Morehead/Queens/Providence. The leaders did it in sub-50:00; Dredd, Dante and I brought up the Six at around 51:30.
Spreadsheets From The Gloom:
_ 3x claps to Tooth On Top, hitting his fifth FNG of the week (in order, F3/AG; Big Hair Monday; RingRun; Gamucci; SweetSix). And now he's lined up for a weekend of service to those in the community not fortunate enough to be able to afford dental care. 3x more claps for that (and to Nino and MacDeuce for their assistance).
_ 3x claps also to SweetSix FNG Hammer.
_ A Kotter to Dante, who struggled the last time he was out earlier this summer, got dropped on the hill up to the Jukebox Building and didn't make it back to the church, if memory serves. This time around, he stuck right on Dredd's and my Six the entire run -- an impressive step-up.
_ (Almost) Scrod Stop: Six Mike, a relatively recent convert to the Chia Train, made a serious rookie mistake this morning when he decided to fuel for the SweetSix with a pre-run shake of chia and OJ. For those who don't know, chia seeds are pretty much straight fiber, so if you noticed 6M hitting those final hills on Queens with a little stiffness in the glutes, well ... a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.
OBT
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
F3/Gamucci--Close and Destroy.8-17-11
Aye, we planted the ShovelFlag in the Gloom and the Faithful gathered:
Six Mike
Harley
Tryon
Bootleg
Kit
Rook
MonkeyFeet
Hammer
Holtz
Mighty wind
Waco
Lauder
Achtung Baby
Zoot
Frankle Five Angels
SuperDave
Red Warrior
Pinch
Exeter
WarDaddy
Antonio Table
BlackBird
OwlBait
Sweeper Boy
Senor Chips
RoboCop
Dante
Mizer
Griswold
Cougar
Red Rider
OBT
McNulty
Lil' Mike
Tooth On Top (FNG)
Peggy (FNG)
Wayne (FNG)
Regular Joe (FNG)
and . . . The Colonel (BHWTU)
The Thang:
1. Run to Harper Valley
2. Warmerama
3. Run to Front Gate
4. The Mary
5. Run to Ramos' Office
6. Pusherama
7. Run to the Back Forty
8. Esau's Ladder
9. Run to Ramos' Office
10. Legorama
NakedMan Moleskin:
1. FNGs: Peggy (sorry Brother); Wayne (party on Garth); Regular Joe (Aye! Keep cranking out those Hello Kitty Mastercards Brother)
2. WarBaby: Dante (T-claps on your first 10k on Saturday . . . but we still detest your youth and can't wait until you're old . . . like us)
3. WarDaddy: THE WarDaddy--60, the man is 60. Think about that the next time you pull his six
4. Today's Chuck: Chuck Norris has no chin--just a third fist under his mouth
5. UA: Level 2 to Hitman who hard committed to OBT last night. Be careful in Pelosiville Brother--there's bad stuff there, bad stuff
6. Whose Counting? Forty PAX today Brothers. First time into that land. A record for the Gamucci f/k/a The Horse Puncher. Oh those bygone days of McNulty, OBT and Zoot watching Santiago Recycle Merlot all over Eastover Park. Aye!!
7. It's America: Who plays a better warrior than Russel Crowe? Remember the pentultimate scene of Master and Commander, when he is giving his crew their final briefing before the ship's battle with the larger and faster French ship they had been stalking. After walking through each man's role in the coming fight he reminds them all of that for which they fight, bleed and possibly die: it's England. They fight for England. And the ship, he tells them, IS England--wherever they may find themselves on the far side of the world. Like all warriors the Captain's job is to Close With And Destroy The Enemy. It is irrelevant to the Warrior that the Enemy is bigger, faster and more numerous. His job is to hunt the Enemy down and lay him to waste. Having gathered in the Gloom this AM and shared the daily DownPainment with the Faithful, are we not recharged with the fortitude necessary to close with and destroy the dragons stalking Trade and Tryon, the far side of the world or wherever we may find ourselves this day? Aye! It's America. We fight for America.
Six Mike
Harley
Tryon
Bootleg
Kit
Rook
MonkeyFeet
Hammer
Holtz
Mighty wind
Waco
Lauder
Achtung Baby
Zoot
Frankle Five Angels
SuperDave
Red Warrior
Pinch
Exeter
WarDaddy
Antonio Table
BlackBird
OwlBait
Sweeper Boy
Senor Chips
RoboCop
Dante
Mizer
Griswold
Cougar
Red Rider
OBT
McNulty
Lil' Mike
Tooth On Top (FNG)
Peggy (FNG)
Wayne (FNG)
Regular Joe (FNG)
and . . . The Colonel (BHWTU)
The Thang:
1. Run to Harper Valley
2. Warmerama
3. Run to Front Gate
4. The Mary
5. Run to Ramos' Office
6. Pusherama
7. Run to the Back Forty
8. Esau's Ladder
9. Run to Ramos' Office
10. Legorama
NakedMan Moleskin:
1. FNGs: Peggy (sorry Brother); Wayne (party on Garth); Regular Joe (Aye! Keep cranking out those Hello Kitty Mastercards Brother)
2. WarBaby: Dante (T-claps on your first 10k on Saturday . . . but we still detest your youth and can't wait until you're old . . . like us)
3. WarDaddy: THE WarDaddy--60, the man is 60. Think about that the next time you pull his six
4. Today's Chuck: Chuck Norris has no chin--just a third fist under his mouth
5. UA: Level 2 to Hitman who hard committed to OBT last night. Be careful in Pelosiville Brother--there's bad stuff there, bad stuff
6. Whose Counting? Forty PAX today Brothers. First time into that land. A record for the Gamucci f/k/a The Horse Puncher. Oh those bygone days of McNulty, OBT and Zoot watching Santiago Recycle Merlot all over Eastover Park. Aye!!
7. It's America: Who plays a better warrior than Russel Crowe? Remember the pentultimate scene of Master and Commander, when he is giving his crew their final briefing before the ship's battle with the larger and faster French ship they had been stalking. After walking through each man's role in the coming fight he reminds them all of that for which they fight, bleed and possibly die: it's England. They fight for England. And the ship, he tells them, IS England--wherever they may find themselves on the far side of the world. Like all warriors the Captain's job is to Close With And Destroy The Enemy. It is irrelevant to the Warrior that the Enemy is bigger, faster and more numerous. His job is to hunt the Enemy down and lay him to waste. Having gathered in the Gloom this AM and shared the daily DownPainment with the Faithful, are we not recharged with the fortitude necessary to close with and destroy the dragons stalking Trade and Tryon, the far side of the world or wherever we may find ourselves this day? Aye! It's America. We fight for America.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
GONADS/RingRun--BackBlast.8/16/11--The Big Cooldown
Aye, we planted a virtual ShovelFlag and 17 of the Faithful emerged from the Gloom for the weekly RingRun:
Six Mike
Dredd
Moniteur
RoboCop
My Little Friend
Tooth On Top
Carl Cooke (FNG, w/dog whose name I've forgotten, but a very pretty springer spaniel)
Hitman (w/ Maizy)
MMOB (w/ Finnegan)
OBT(QIC, w/ Fenway)
Gris
Black Bird
Holtz (Bevrisket + RingRun)
Waco
Iron Mike
Kenyan Slider
Nino (partial)
The Thang:
Out the backside of Christ Church to Malvern, to Sharon, to Queens Road East, to Selwyn, to Tranquil, to Westfield, to Queens Road West, to Hopedale, to Providence, back to the church. I had us at about 38:27 -- an 8:33 pace for the 4.5 miles.
Spreadsheets from the Gloom:
_ The Big Cooldown: It almost felt like September out there this morning. The starting temperature didn't even hit the 70 degree-minimum required for Six Mike to shed his shirt.
_ What Does the Rulebook Say About A Dress Code?: The Faithful encountered the world's angriest runner and BRR Ultra stalwart, Thom "Rulebook" Klingman, running the opposite direction on Westfield Road (part of his "Bug Six" route, according to MMOB). Despite shouted entreaties, he declined to join the Faithful -- thereby avoiding a grilling from Dredd, who found his outfit of no shirt and a hat to be incongruous.
_ The Blame Game: I was part of the peloton that arrived back the CEC parking lot find all sorts of finger-pointing going on among Robo, Moniteur, SixMike and Iron Mike as to who exactly was responsible for this week's breach of the over-8:30-pace rule. But, I have to concede Moniteur's point that, whatever the pace was, they ran, they talked, they had fellowship -- so it was the right pace for them.
_ 3x claps to Holtz for running a sub-8:00 5.5 miles with Nino, then running the full RingRun. Nino started out with the group, then dropped off somewhere before the turn onto QRE.
_ 3x claps also to FNG Carl, who got EHed by Hitman at soccer practice on Monday evening and posted on Tuesday ... with his dog. Impressive debut. Also debuting was Tooth On Top, who has now FNGed at AG, BHM and the RR in succession.
_ Safe travels to Hitman, who heads to my beloved Pelosiland for a long weekend of fun with some buddies that apparently doesn't include golf. Hmm ... 10 men on the loose in San Francisco ... no golf ... nah, nothing could go wrong, could it?
OBT
Six Mike
Dredd
Moniteur
RoboCop
My Little Friend
Tooth On Top
Carl Cooke (FNG, w/dog whose name I've forgotten, but a very pretty springer spaniel)
Hitman (w/ Maizy)
MMOB (w/ Finnegan)
OBT(QIC, w/ Fenway)
Gris
Black Bird
Holtz (Bevrisket + RingRun)
Waco
Iron Mike
Kenyan Slider
Nino (partial)
The Thang:
Out the backside of Christ Church to Malvern, to Sharon, to Queens Road East, to Selwyn, to Tranquil, to Westfield, to Queens Road West, to Hopedale, to Providence, back to the church. I had us at about 38:27 -- an 8:33 pace for the 4.5 miles.
Spreadsheets from the Gloom:
_ The Big Cooldown: It almost felt like September out there this morning. The starting temperature didn't even hit the 70 degree-minimum required for Six Mike to shed his shirt.
_ What Does the Rulebook Say About A Dress Code?: The Faithful encountered the world's angriest runner and BRR Ultra stalwart, Thom "Rulebook" Klingman, running the opposite direction on Westfield Road (part of his "Bug Six" route, according to MMOB). Despite shouted entreaties, he declined to join the Faithful -- thereby avoiding a grilling from Dredd, who found his outfit of no shirt and a hat to be incongruous.
_ The Blame Game: I was part of the peloton that arrived back the CEC parking lot find all sorts of finger-pointing going on among Robo, Moniteur, SixMike and Iron Mike as to who exactly was responsible for this week's breach of the over-8:30-pace rule. But, I have to concede Moniteur's point that, whatever the pace was, they ran, they talked, they had fellowship -- so it was the right pace for them.
_ 3x claps to Holtz for running a sub-8:00 5.5 miles with Nino, then running the full RingRun. Nino started out with the group, then dropped off somewhere before the turn onto QRE.
_ 3x claps also to FNG Carl, who got EHed by Hitman at soccer practice on Monday evening and posted on Tuesday ... with his dog. Impressive debut. Also debuting was Tooth On Top, who has now FNGed at AG, BHM and the RR in succession.
_ Safe travels to Hitman, who heads to my beloved Pelosiland for a long weekend of fun with some buddies that apparently doesn't include golf. Hmm ... 10 men on the loose in San Francisco ... no golf ... nah, nothing could go wrong, could it?
OBT
Monday, August 15, 2011
Big Hair Monday BackBlast - 08.15.11
We planted the ShovelFlag and the Faithful moseyed out for 50 minutes of pain. The Pax:
The Hit Man
Dredd (War Daddy)
OBT
Mizer
Shamrock
Sweeper (FNG)
Exeter
Dark Warrior
Girardi
Tooth on Top (FNG
Gris
Kit
Hammer (FNG)
The Cougar
The Crotch Rocket
McGee (War Baby)
Moniteur
Voice of Harold
Cowbell
MMOB
Holtz
My Little Friend
Six Mike
Hawk
Harley
The Thang:
Run to soccer fields
Warmup - side straddle hops (50x), merkins (10x), little baby crunches (10x), mountain climbers (10x)
Run to another soccer field
12 minutes of she hate me (zuzanna) - 20 lunges, 10 merkins, 10 half burpees
Run across bridge
7 minutes of Mary - knee ups (16x), high flutter (15x), slow bicycle (15x), little baby crunches (12x), low dolly (12x), high dolly (12x), flutter (12x), little baby crunches (10x)
Run across bridge to Nature Museum
Lurkers - 4x and plankarama
Run back to parking lot with break for one leg merkins
Spreadsheets from the Gloom:
3X claps to FNGs out today.
Several of the Faithful are providing free dental care to these in need at the convention center this weekend, and they are still looking for volunteers. If interested and available, check out http://ncmom-charlotte.com/message.html .
The Hit Man was pushing the Faithful through 12 minutes of she hate me, and Girardi was giving the QIC his fair share of smack. Dredd and Sweeper could be heard chatting it up the entire time - QIC thought they wanted more zuzanna but later learned that Dredd was extoling the virtues of Erskine Bowles.
Girardi, McGee, and MMOB hit the Lurker hard today - it might have been getting a little personal between Girardi and McGee. MMOB tried to lead the Pax into the Freedom Park lake after that. QIC, despite a desire to inflict pain, can't go that far.
Who says the PGA is isn't that interesting without Tiger and Phil? K. Bradley triple bogeys 15 to fall 5 strokes behind, but birdies 16 and 17, while J Dufner plays the last 4 in 3 over and treats the 18th hole and the TV audience to a little recycled merlot (or did he just swallow his smokeless tobacco), to win the PGA in a playoff. That's fortitude, brothers.
The Hit Man
Dredd (War Daddy)
OBT
Mizer
Shamrock
Sweeper (FNG)
Exeter
Dark Warrior
Girardi
Tooth on Top (FNG
Gris
Kit
Hammer (FNG)
The Cougar
The Crotch Rocket
McGee (War Baby)
Moniteur
Voice of Harold
Cowbell
MMOB
Holtz
My Little Friend
Six Mike
Hawk
Harley
The Thang:
Run to soccer fields
Warmup - side straddle hops (50x), merkins (10x), little baby crunches (10x), mountain climbers (10x)
Run to another soccer field
12 minutes of she hate me (zuzanna) - 20 lunges, 10 merkins, 10 half burpees
Run across bridge
7 minutes of Mary - knee ups (16x), high flutter (15x), slow bicycle (15x), little baby crunches (12x), low dolly (12x), high dolly (12x), flutter (12x), little baby crunches (10x)
Run across bridge to Nature Museum
Lurkers - 4x and plankarama
Run back to parking lot with break for one leg merkins
Spreadsheets from the Gloom:
3X claps to FNGs out today.
Several of the Faithful are providing free dental care to these in need at the convention center this weekend, and they are still looking for volunteers. If interested and available, check out http://ncmom-charlotte.com/message.html .
The Hit Man was pushing the Faithful through 12 minutes of she hate me, and Girardi was giving the QIC his fair share of smack. Dredd and Sweeper could be heard chatting it up the entire time - QIC thought they wanted more zuzanna but later learned that Dredd was extoling the virtues of Erskine Bowles.
Girardi, McGee, and MMOB hit the Lurker hard today - it might have been getting a little personal between Girardi and McGee. MMOB tried to lead the Pax into the Freedom Park lake after that. QIC, despite a desire to inflict pain, can't go that far.
Who says the PGA is isn't that interesting without Tiger and Phil? K. Bradley triple bogeys 15 to fall 5 strokes behind, but birdies 16 and 17, while J Dufner plays the last 4 in 3 over and treats the 18th hole and the TV audience to a little recycled merlot (or did he just swallow his smokeless tobacco), to win the PGA in a playoff. That's fortitude, brothers.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
F3/SixShooter--Four Angry Monkeys-8.14.11
The shovel flag was planted as four angry monkey's gathered in the gloom.
Pax:
Dredd
Spoons pka Jason Silverstein
Tango Delta
OBT
The Thang:
Pre-booty six miler run through Myers Park and round the Booty Loop.
Dredd & Spoons...47:30
OBT & TD...47:35
Naked Moleskine:
- DR...while the core enjoyed time on the sand, we pushed through the mist.
- Veal...Try as I might, I couldn't hold the boys back to an 8:30 pace this morning. Spoons simultaneously informed us of a 'calf injury' while pulling away from the pack.
- Let me count the ways...TD was full of wuss this AM with a combination of two weeks off, gimp knee and bad need of scrod stop messaging throughout.
- WWTDD...Do you like dags? Dogs, oh yeah, sure. I like caravans better. - What happened to Brad Pitt? There was some significant time spent on movies that OBT's mother would frown upon. Dredd really wants to know...
- BRR...GONADS vs. Twelve Angry Monkeys. Who is gonna find the bar first?
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