Make A Merkin Great Again

Ripken took his anger out on the Pax.  After a bad night’s sleep, sugar withdrawals, a sore back and minor constipation, it wasn’t looking to be fun for the boys.  It was seemingly looking up, but after a trip to the latrine with no TP and only paper towels as a remedy, Ripken was really …

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Fun with Animals

Weather:  Hot and soupy The pax was fired up for a Saturday morning beatdown.  This being my VQ, I was looking forward to having an impact.  We had two FNG’s and a couple of pax return from an extended break.  All in, a solid turn-out. Pax started with a mosey of two laps around the …

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Balmy and 82

82 dagrees and probably higher humidity to bake us during the Monday beatdown! For our mozi we did two laps around in the dark and accomplished all the good mozi stuff. (Butt kickers, kerioke,high knees, back peddle and Nur….) The warm up Ssh,Wind mills,Imperial Walkers, Strawberry pickers and of coarse bad back stretches! The Thang …

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National Running Day Beatdown

Weather:  Hot and Humid, welcome to Southwest Florida! 3 Pax including Ripken (sort of), Gridlock and YHC went for a 3 mile pre-run in the soup like air, in an effort to kick off National Running Day the right way.  As we arrived back at the AO, the lot was full of excitement for what …

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Endless Summer Sooee-cides

Weather: 80F, relatively clear skies, 90% humidity, zero breeze. Yes, perfectly miserable conditions. The pax rolled-in as Ripken and YHC finished a nice little 3-mile pre-run. One pax was even kind enough to offer us a lift, but we graciously declined. YHC has made it a life practice to stay out of all vehicles that …

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Balls Out

I have a lot of balls laying around my house, so I decided to incorporate the balls into the workout. A teaser of the balls was posted Friday evening. Bing commented: “Oh Balls”. Yes. Balls. You got that right. I sorted the balls by color and packed up the balls in containers, it was a …

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Back To The 80s

Weather: 75-degrees and overcast with below average humidity. Love Bugs were in the air (and on our windshields) as 17 HIM pulled into the AO for a morning of pain.  The PAX were welcomed with music from Van Halen, which seemed to lift everyone’s energy levels, pre-beatdown.  YHC (sporting a radical GNR shirt and matching head/wristbands) …

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