Betty Blue has the Q Its not uncommon for me to ride good ‘ol Betty Blue (my wife’s cruiser with a cup holder and basket….great for my early morning coffee and a speaker or towel) to the Renegade AO as its just around the corner from my house. There’s usually a few bikers present. This [...]
June 30th Anniversary beatdown -19years and counting So, Its my 19th Year anniversary in the COVID 19 year….June 30th I took the Q at Ironman. I had ideas in mind that including pushing CMU blocks around the parking lot, each lap add another block, but I ran late and there was a ton of guys [...]
since COVID, my schedule has been all messed up. I tried to do a good thing by signing up for 4 or 5 Q's in advance but have been running so hard that I forgot which days are mine.... Today, again another bad habit of lately, I raced out of the house hoping to make [...]
8 Pax and then Blackberry showed up late... CMU exercises with a short jog ( carting your own weights) 100 merkin ( sets of 2o) 150 overhead presses 200 baby crunches 250 cmu curls 300 weighted squats ( we did not get to them) It sucked that morning, the next morning , and the morning [...]
A few months ago I Q'd Ironman, brought 8 cmu block coupons, and found a juicy little exicon called The Diego. Today, somewhat last minute prep for me, we would revisit. I was tired from the long weekend and how crazy busy and distracted my life has been lately that I slowseied into the disclaimer, [...]
since today (5/21) is the official LAST DAY of school at OPES I thought we would reflect back on what "school" is all about: Learning, Activities, Participation, and Fun/play time. 6 Pax got out of bed and got after it; Yogi, Dodgeball, Blackberry, Butter finger, War Chicken and Siri. Quick announcements and disclaimer Warm up: [...]
D2 needed some Zzzzz's. I took the Q. 10 Pax showed up. Somewhere there was a disclaimer. We ran. We did BBS and Merkins. We ran some more. Prayer for this county, country, and Nation . And there was Charmin! The End! Well, not so fast. We did a 3 part warm-up, with sSH, a [...]
Awakening: F3 SSI returns 2020.05.02 With COVID-19 very much a prat of everyone’s life; the stress, fear, sickness, and unknown; we (men of F3) can come together a few times a week and just let is go. Social Distance (a term now defining 2020) was our 11th man for this “awakening” beatdown, early Sat morning. [...]
It was cool, dark, and quiet. 3 of us met, warmed up and got after it. Simple: 3 laps around the Clements Circle green space with stops for 8 sets of 25 merkins, 25 lunges, 25 squats, 25 BBS. The Thang: Lap 1 - start with 1 set, run 1/4 set 2, run 1/4 set [...]
5:46 am. Heartbreaker, Yogi, I met at a predetermined spot...the stop sign near me. In almost full darkness we warmed up: ssh x ? (OYO) Tappy Taps x ??? (OYO) and a few fine kicks for old time sake. For what seems an eternity I have been balancing working from home, entertaining my kids (not [...]
