The Wood Memorial

Weather: 75 and humid QIC: Manziel Pax: Barron, Big Mac, Bing, Brutus, Crabcakes, Goob, Lancelot, Manziel, McNugget, Mighty Mouse, Mr. Clean, Ripken, ShamWow, Sniper, Thor, Trump Last Friday, Papa Smurf shared some pretty disparaging news about all of us in the 40 & older crowd. Sadly, the backblast for that workout hasn’t been posted yet, …

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SuperFly (renamed: To Wax, Or Not To Wax, That Is The Question)

On a wet, yet awesome morning, YHC set out at 4:40 to go postal with Bing, Goob, Trump & Crabcakes.  Jimmy Dean and Cottontail did 2 miles while casing random neighborhoods. Trump made an early exit…nature calls. Being sufficiently saturated, the Q started the mozy promptly at 5:14:30 noting the punctuality of this workout.  In …

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You Can Get Anything You Want

Weather: Humid and upper 70’s QIC: ShamWow Pax: Bing, ShamWow, Brutus, Ripken, Sniper, Bubbles, Chili Pepper, Manziel, Goob, Trump, Lambeau The pax assembled in a well lit parking lot of Nolan, eagerly awaiting the 2nd beatdown by the one and only War Daddy, ShamWow.  One never knows what to expect, other than the possibility of …

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Total body beatdown

Weather: Just right to break a sweat QIC: Sniper Pax: Barron, Big Mac, Bing, Desani, McNugget, Sniper and Trump   It had been quit a while since YHC had Q’d a beat down so I was looking forward to bringing a challenge to the Pax.  As the time neared to give the disclaimer and core principles …

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Nolan Soccer Beatdown

Last week’s Nolan beatdown was cancelled due to to lightning.

This week, 16 Pacs turned up on the hottest day of the year so far.

It was my (Posh’s) VQ. We did a soccer-themed beatdown with a focus on leg exercises. It could be worse: the alternative was a Spice Girls theme.

PS: I was surprised how many Pacs were ready and willing to sing parts of Spice Girls’ songs.

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109 year Father’s Day anniversary celebration

Temperature:  75 Humidity: varying reports of 80%-92% based on source (muggy) QIC:  Goob   Oh what a day! 13 posted for a beatdown this fine gloom not knowing their fate. The Mosey: 2 quick laps around the parking lot including high knees, butt-kickers, carioca each way, and toy soldiers (though Goob did his best to …

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1-9-7-3 Redo

Weather: temp was 68F and dew point 65F. Yes, great weather, so let’s have fun and run and get beatdown a bit! Pre-run: YHC failed to launch for the usual Nolan pre-run.  No word whether anyone ran pre-beatdown or not. Oh well, sometimes things happen. Welcome: At exactly 0515, YHC mumbled the 5 Core Principles and a …

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1-9-7-3

Weather: temp was 68F and dew point 65F. Yes, it’s FL and yes, it’s humid. Let’s run! Pre-run: YHC launched at 0410 for a quick 6+miler to get the blood flowing.  Upon circle-back, setup the basketball courts from 1-9-7-3 fun. Welcome: YHC barked-out the 5 Core Principles and disclaimer, then launched the pax into a quick 2-lap mosey …

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