Four became six today as Cauliflower showed us his bell warming technique borrowed from Bronx Bomber. Kitty Litter showed up delaying the start by 30 seconds, but we gave him a pass. Pick Up showed up at his usual time. Penalty burpees were not assessed because no one wanted to do them anyway.

We had a freshly descaled coffee pot full of hot brew. Contrary to what Astro says, a patina in an Aero Press is not a positive thing. Playlist was heavy into 90s grunge though we spanned 60 years of music history. We learned that Lady Gaga was a backup singer for Paul Simon on his greatest album ever, Graceland. The Pointe Break came in for Spade’s quarterly fly by.

Oh, and I guess we worked out. You know, kettlebell stuff. Thanks to the guys who showed up in solidarity and support. If someone crosses your mind, reach out, especially if you haven’t done so in a long time. You’ll probably make their day. Doesn’t it feel good when someone does the same for you?

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Solid turn out for the Sherpa special loophole EC, YHC not included. Maybe a debut for Punkin?
A few run broz did their highfalutin thing.

T-2 months until the Highland Games, so the other 19 of us embarked on a Mini Highland Games to get ourselves prepared. I swear our fearless facilitator OTW did not pay me to do this.

After the pledge we grabbed the flag and set out. 5 mini AOs were discovered along the way, most with a challenge. We divided into two clans in the spirit of competition. After warmups, challenge 1 was alligator merkins out and back. At the next step we had a jump squat relay race; Hermes and his brother Astro both had highly questionable form. The next stop brought us by the Hulk broz who appeared to be slinging some serious weight around. We embarked on an LBC challenge- which team can do the most reps in 3 minutes. The PAX did a total of over 2,800 LBCs which sounds super impressive. Last stop on our way back was a rock paper scissor challenge, loser does burpees.

Good push by the PAX to make it back for COT just in time. Props to all those who carried the quad-dent flag along the way.
MIAGD!

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Solid out and back, with a few hill repeats, through the lovely hills of Macgregor. PAX were challenged to take the crown on a tough 0.2 mile uphill Strava segment that required a 4:17 min/mile pace for which the record had stood since 2020.

It was really ugly out there. YHC picked up the 6 and jogged with a very slow, seemingly out of shape Joe Smith back to NYB. YHC was wondering “did Back in Black make ole’ Joe soft? I need to encourage that guy.”

Lo and behold, Stravas we synced at COT and would you believe Joe snatched that crown!!! What a stud! Round of free coffees was purchased for all in celebration.

Announcements – Lots, check that channel.
Prayer Requests – None today.

YHC took us out.

Oh, and we lost Flop’s FNG but then found him at coffeteria. Still needs to be named. This was his third post!

MIAGD!!!

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Miles covered and core circuits at intersections. More important the fellowship over coffee where stories were shared of monster truck first dates, accidentally sleeping on grandfather mountain with no gear and why she stayed with him, pink snuggly oodie’s (we left that alone), and exciting times watching the English Patient. We MIAGM.

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YHC had plan to cover some ground and knock the rust off after the Fartsack sick last week. But we modify as necessary and leave no man behind. Pledge. Warm up around the park while we wait for the six to join the workout. Pearls style warmup towards the border bridge. Pace was picked up on the hill.

7’s on the S curve hill. Merkins and LBCs.

Mosey back to the hidden park. Tricep ring of fire with legs to break it up. Irkins, dips, merkins, derkins. Squats and step ups. Irkins, merkins, dips, derkins. Mosey out.

Pearls ish in the way back holding for the six. Grisham enjoys the “hands on your knees” hold.

One last park lap, it’s the last lap of the Daytona 500, out of the last turn give it all you got to the flag.

Popcorn Mary with an actual HAND!

DDD Saturday, HG25 4.19, SCary picnic

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7 HIMs showed up to get in some miles and set a new personal best WTRR (words to reps ratio). Not surprisingly, the transcripts show that Mayor Kirkland had the highest WTRR for the group.

We traversed 2.7 miles down kildaire to Ritter greenway to regency to Tryon and back up to kildaire and then the parking lot where we ended with one squat, to avoid dividing by zero. World problems solved, heart rates elevated, one sandbag was carried by pax not named Astro. MIAGD, gents.

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Kept it close to home at CARPEX’s finest Tuesday AO Smoke and Mirrors.

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Just another vanilla Q. The goal was to get enough running in so @chipper could enjoy coffee after COT instead of having to run a few miles to “close his loops” (or whatever Garmin does). So we did a quick warmup lap and into the green for a few warmup exercises. The rest of the PAX arrived and we did some burpees. Then off to the big parking lot for 6’s corner to corner. Then up the secret staircase to the upper parking lot. There, @fruitloop chose “mike Tyson’s”. So we ran island to island incrementing by one till we got to the far corner. (I think there were 12). @gravelmouth suggested we do crab walks back and I suggested he was insane. So I asked @chipper to pick an exercise. He chose “boat canoe”. At the end we paused for a little stretching and then a little sprinting. Then we ran down for a little Mary. We discovered we had a little time left over and a little distance left to go so around Waverly we did run. We finished at the flag and all was well.
Trunk coffee was enjoyed by most.

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A formidable, potent septet at Krypto today ready to put in work. Pledge and take off straight into a 1+ mile warm up run ending up back at the big lot. Quick stretch then into the thang: 2×2 intervals. 2 min sprint (5k pace) followed by 2 min slow jog; repeat 5x.

It was fun watching from behind as Grease and Enhancements went toe to toe pushing each other each round. Indian Run back to flag in time for 4 minutes of merkins/flutters (I’m a workout until 6:15:00 guy….sorry Grease). Strong work all around, 4.7 covered.

100% coffee attendance with first class fellowship and discussion.
MIAGPD!

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I started by telling the story of my birth in order to give Astro enough time to get to the circle without penalty burpees.

Mozy to the Epic culdesac for warmups. Then back up the hill for the…

Walls of Jericho.
7 reps of 7 exercises 7 times running around the parking lot island.

Rock your body
Burpees
Bonnie Blares (Blairs?)
Foxhole Merkins
CDD
Bear Crawl Throughs (heard OTW call these “Dancing Bears”)
Monkey Humpers

We made it through about 3.5 circles so only half the wall fell.

Check COT channel for the many announcements.

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