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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Beatdown in Winter Wonderland

Conditions 58 degrees, dark and calm. Mozi We stared with the bridge lap and all the usuals…. NUR, butt kickers, high knees, kerioke and back for the warm up. The Warmup SSH, Strawberry pickers,  Michael Phelps, arm circles, Merkins, Imperial Walkers and BBS. The Thang Time to head to Wonderland… The Pax headed down the …

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The Randomizer

Weather: cold (for FL, 55F) and blustery with a steady drizzle. Yes, perfectly random conditions for a random beatdown. Pre-run: YHC considered not posting until just before 0515 beatdown, but saw Ripken’s feeler for an 0420 pre-run. YHC decided to posted for the pre-run, but then became reluctant given the cold and damp conditions. Once out …

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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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Let’s get a little Savage

Friday Morning. November 8th, NBP in Sarasota. The temps are perfect at 71 degrees and the humidity is low for the Gloom. This should prove to be a great morning for the Gloom I have planned for the Pax. Pre Run Warm Up: I arrive early and start my Pre Run Warm up as usual …

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10 for miles of smiles

Weather: 71 and great Pax: Ricky Bobby, ShamWow, Mr Clean, Bing, Goob, Crabcakes, Deep Dish, Lambeau, Chili Pepper, Sir Wallace Routes were determined and the pax set off for varying distances. Kudos to those setting PRs and pushing themselves entirely out of their comfort zone. 5.3 miles for Lambeau, Ricky Bobby embracing the pain on …

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Teamwork Friday

Conditions 75 dark and humid. Mozi We circled the bridges and did the usual… butt kickers, high knees, Nur, kerioke. Warmup SSH X2, strawberry pickers, arm circles, Michael Phelps, wind mills and Bad Back Stretches. The Thang After working through some over prepared logistics we were on our way with a Dora. The exercises included the following: 100 …

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Running is over-rated. It’s bad for the knees and makes you all sweaty. So we decided to do an entire beatdown without any running. Olympus got things started with an energetic warm-up. He cheated a little … we moved about 10 yards doing the warm-up. We did a series of exercises, each one interspersed with …

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