A whole new element

Weather: 70’s and windy QIC: ShamWow/Bing Pax: Cupcake, Bing, ShamWow, Crabcakes, Goob, Lambeau, Sir Wallace, Mr. Clean After a simply inquiring by YHC, the run AO quickly turned Ruck AO for this fine Gloom.  We welcomed Cupcake, visiting Pax from Naperville, shared the core principles and disclaimer, and went along our merry way.  Goob and …

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Rainy Day Saturday

Rainy Day Saturday kept some PAX away and some were resting for the 1/2 marathon tomorrow, but for those that showed up they will feel it the rest of the day. There were 13 plus an FNG that “braved” the weather. FNG – Disclaimer We are a peer led non-for profit group that uses public …

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Which way is Bradenton?

Date: 1/27/2020 Weather: 56 degrees and moist (in too many ways to count, unfortunately) QIC: Manziel Pax: Bing, Brutus, Goob, Lambeau, Manziel, Mr. Clean, Ricky Bobby, Ripken, ShamWow, Sir Wallace, Stage Coach The good news: 5.15 rolled around right as Bing was launching into a tale of strange events on the pre-run with Ripken, allowing …

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2020 New Year Convergence

Weather: 60’s and cloudy QIC: Bing, Drake, Ripken, Sir Wallace, Chili Pepper, Rowdy Pax: Ace, Sterling, Diesel, Sir Wallace, Manziel, Tex, Banjo, Trane, Messi, Pincher, LG, Big Mac, Smudge, Dirt Dart, ShamWow, Rowdy, Drake, Bubbles, Snapshot, Ozzy, Coop, Lambeau, Fin, Rock, Papa Smurf, DeFib, Aquaman, Wahlburger, I-Beam, Flash, Deep Dish, Cotton Tail, Lancelot, #Law, Dash, …

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On the 12th Day of Christmas, F3 Sent to Me

Christmas is almost here, gentlemen. This morning’s beatdown was a festive combination of exercises and bad Christmas music (if you haven’t heard Bob Dylan’s take on Christmas music, you’re missing out). The centerpiece of the beatdown was a “On the 12th Day of Christmas” routine: Inchworm Elf on the Shelf (touch the floor, then reach …

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Mot Def Poi

Weather: Perfect — 50F. Pre-run: Several pax got in a pre-run. From what YHC could tell, Mr. Clean, Lancelot, Ripken, and Trump all made the gloom runner friendly (sorry if I left anyone out). Welcome: The parking lot filled-up quickly as YHC put the finishing touches on the beatdown (20 pax in all). At exactly 0515, YHC stated …

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White Flag Beatdown

Weather: Perfect — 55F. Pre-run: YHC and Defib commenced a pre-run at the lovely moment of 3:44. The Rx was a warm-up, 3×1200-meters at HMp with 2-minutes rest after each rep followed by 4×400-meters at 5Kp. We finished with a 1-mile cooldown. It was fun, and no, we didn’t see any action on the “sex bench,” Ripken. …

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Leadership Quadrants – and Hills

Weather – Beautiful with a slight sprinkle QIC: Bing Pax: Sir Wallace, Ace, Brutus, Steel, Ripken, Mr. Clean, Backdraft, Cotton Tail, Ricky Bobby, Papa Smurf, Eye Spy, Condenser, DeFib, Lancelot, Ringo, Trump, Bing The parking lot was occupied earlier on with a number of different folks taking on various distances of pre-runs, all returning just …

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