Backblast – I’m fighting one!

Here’s a VQ backblast for YHC. Special props to Bing (see what I did there?) for co-qing today with me which included an enroute text that the normal AO was not open to friendly guys like us. A command decision took us to the UTC mall parking lot nearby with nothing lost other than the …

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The Murph

Pax: Jimmy Dean, Manziel, Gridlock, Brutus, Scrum, Chili Pepper, Deep Dish, Mahommes, ShamWow, Amazon, Canada (F5), Fireball (F5), Drake, Barron, LG, Yamaha, Trump, Pincher, Messy, Papa Smurf, Hurricane (F5), Scholar (F5), Gator, Force (F5), Free Spirit (F5), Geek Squad, Crab Cakes, Lancelot, Recall, Posh, One and Done, Big Mac, Bing Weather: SW Florida HOT 33 …

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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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Hindenburg BLIMPS

Weather – It’s Florida. 6 HIM rose early from the fartsack for a pre-run including a new routine of going postal at the end of the run, which includes hill repeats at the post office (hey, it’s the ONLY hill in running distance that gave us a whopping 82 ft elevation gain).  Launch time of …

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Magic Number 55

In honor of YHC double nickel birthday I figured there was no better way to celebrate than to have the PAX join in with the celebration…. Ripken enticed a group of the PAX to do 5.5 miles as a pre-run to start the festivities. Started off with the core principles and F3 disclaimer then we …

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Trying is the First Step Toward Failure…

Weather: 64F with dew point in the upper 50s. Not great. Not horrible. Pre-Run: Bing, Ripken and YHC launched at 0420 for a modest 4.5-miler to things rolling. Headed to the postal hill and then did the usual loop. Nothing fancy. Upon return to the parking lot, YHC casually asked, “Who’s Q?” To which a unison reply …

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Der Beatdown Drei Uhr vierundvierzig

Weather: 58 and clear As per usual, topics of conversation got progressively more unpleasant leading up to the 5.15 start time. Fortunately, we eventually got to 5.15 and so YHC recited the core principles and disclaimer, just in more detail due to Bing having just returned and maybe needing some additional time to process someone …

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Double Dora with a Cowboy Split

Perfect weather in the low 60’s for the 16 PAX Mosey High-knees Butt-kickers Karaoke Toy Soldiers Circled Up: Strawberry Pickers (1 minute) Side Straddle Hops (1:30 minutes) Moroccan Night Clubs (2:00 minutes) Mumbling was a rumbling, YHC reminded McNugget to keep those young arms up, 😉 Thang: Dora 1 with partner and 500 meter laps 100 …

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