3 SCary bros were part of a dozen or so runners out for day 1 of the Maynard 100. Promo left us in the dust and crushed his first Maynard.

Highly recommend getting out there for a least one or more Maynard’s between now and next Wednesday. Great way to gauge your fitness level heading into run season.

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This beatdown was brought to you by a Trucker Coffee Shop playlist and ChatGPT. Lots of whiners (and Weiners) this morning at Hulkamania, but that’s how you know it’s a good one. ChatGPT provided an outline which YHC modified (can’t let the machines take full control) but the playlist was all mine. You don’t like the music? Sign up to Q. Also, despite what anyone might say the pledge was executed before the clock rolled to 531 so I was in fact on time.

Pickle and some fairly standard warmups, including some Rick Rudes, to get us limbered up and ready for what some are calling the greatest kettlebell Q of 2025 so far.

Thang 1 – Ladder-time
Ladder of 2-4-6-8-10-8-6-4-2
Goblet Squats
KB Swings
Rows (each arm)
Single arm overhead press (each arm)
This was crushed in a surprisingly fast fashion. Well done everyone.

Thang 2 – The highlight of everyone’s monring – EMOM MADNESS
15 minutes of EMOM fun.
10 High Pulls + 10 L/R Lunges every minute, on the minute.
The pax had so much fun here they just couldn’t contain their mumblechatter. Tears of joy were shed.

Finish up with a recovery pickle and MARY consisting of american hammers, ww2s, plank pull through, and hollow hold.
HAND and the pax wept because the fun was ending.

Major announcements were announced.

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Beautiful and crisp Monday morning. It’s like we are back in time. Great to be at 88 mph with a stellar PAX. We said the pledge and then off to a warmup jog around Twin Pines mall, I mean Waverly mall.

We ended back underneath the buildings close to where this years Highland Games started and ended. A quick warmup of 1 merkin, 9 squats, 5 forward sir fozzio arm circles and 5 reverse sir fozzio arm circles. Back in time, we used to do a lot of DORA’s, so what better time to get back to the basics. Standard 100 merkins, 200 squats and 300 LBCs. The pickle was the two straight aways under and back around the building.

Next we moseyed over to center point for, you guessed it, another round of DORA. Switch partners and this time 100 overhead claps, 200 low slow flutters and 300 dips. Pickle was up the steep stairs by Two Roosters and back down the ramp and around.

After a quick mosey around to the PB lot, we needed to get in 88 overhead claps to get back. Back at the flag we performed 1 merkin, 9 squats, 8 forward sir fozzio arm circles and 5 reverse sir fozzio arm circles. All is well back in good old 1985, I mean 2025.

Prayers and praises were said and a few announcements mentioned. Great to be out there with you fine HIM this morning. MIAGD!

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Some studs kicked things off with the Sherpa loophole EC, YHC not included.

For the ME we set off to the medical complex/old folks home. I was alerted that for 3 who attended 88mph this would be the second time this week. Perfect reason to attend an alternate Monday mid-tempo SCary workout! But I digress…

Theme of the Thang was “Spiraling Downhill”, an homage to our lives. After a few audibles to find the right pickle length, we settled into a non-standard DORA with the pickle being up the stairs and spiral back down the ramps.

We capped that by performing 1 McDuck. The PAX really struggled with the name.
Hustled back to the flag in time for a bit of Mary.

Great coffee and discussion of .
MIAGD!

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A few did a variety of ECs and subsequently 8 gathered at the flag to jumpstart the morning.

Mosey, a quick warmup and then to the one and only thang: BBB-LLL-III-MMM-PPP-SSS while hitting every single cul-de-sac in the Birklands neighborhood.

Minimum 5K was covered and a lot of sweat equity was spent. Great group of guys as always and thoroughly enjoyed it.

COT: SCary picnic, signup!!! Various prayers and praises mentioned and unmentioned.

MIAGD!!!

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Here it is. The backblast you’ve all been waiting for. What a day men. Just want to start with some acknowledgemtn of all the HIM that made this day possible. All the guys that stepped up to Q sites, Jigglypuff for taking the SAG Q, and the entire SAG team. Without those pax none of this would have been possible. TY4YL!

Let’s get at it though. What a gorgeous weather day for this 2025 version of The Highland Games. Couldn’t have dialed it up any better. After getting every checked in and assigned their clans for the upcoming festivities we kicked it off promptly at 0545-ish with Squeeze Bag on the bagpipes. THANK YOU Squeeze Bag for coming over and absolutely crushing it on the pipes this morning (check Nextdoor for a glowing review). Announcements made, pledge pledged, and Squeeze Bag played us off on our way.

Over to the Point Break side of Waverly for some warm-ups led by YHC. Pax were high in spirit and full of mumblechatter at this stage of the Games. Once properly warmed, including a full set of SCary Stretches which blew our visiting pax’s collective minds, off we set for the first proper thang at FWD.

Thang 1 – Homegrown took the lead at stop one assigning each clan a task. The tasks were, shotput across the back field, coupon carries down the greenway, dips/irkins/derkins at the bunches by pavilion, and rockwork. Each clan rotated through each station and crushed it. Nobody was taken out by a flying stone, so off to a good start. Let’s continue!

Thang 2 – Lengthy mosey all the way to the home of the premier 0530 Friday AO, Shepherds Watch, for some Ultimate Frisbee led by the pax formerly known as Spayed. The clans paired up and had admittedly a ton of fun. Lot’s of slipping, sliding, spectacular defense, amazing catches, and of course, plenty of burpees for drops. Both teams claimed victory in the end and perhaps the true victor will never be known. In higher spirits than ever off the pax set for the next stop.

Thang 3 – Cross Tryon and head down to the top of the hill before the tunnel. Pax were gathered and WebMD took over. Pax were instructed to storm the tunnel complete with battle yells while running through. This was definitely one of the high points and the effect was truely nailed. Well done Web. Grab the rope and mosey down the greenway a ways for some…. tug of war led by WebMD and rookie of the year candidate Promo! Clans were paired up again and multiple rounds of tug of war were completed with a sprint in between each round. Pairings changed each time and resulted in some riveting mtachups. Indigenous peoples run to the end of the greenway and then regular mosey onto the next stop.

Thang 4 – Amway took the lead at the bottom of the dam hill, where lo and behold pain sticks were awaiting us. Pain stick dora-esque beatdown ensued. Each pax in the clan took a turn carrying the pain stick to the top and completed overhead presses to failure for points (one rep = one point). Bring the pain stick back down and the next pax goes. Pax at the bottom completed a Dora of 100 squats, 200 curls, and 300 rows. At one point Yogi decided to come up with his own method of returning the pain stick and almost broke multiple pax’s ankles, but thankfully nobody was hurt. Score was actually somewhat accurately kept and the winner was determined to be the Blue clan (Let’s go Blue clan!). Next up…. SAG STOP!

SAG team crushed the refreshment pit stop even if Chris R’s music did upset a gentleman who apparently sleeps in his polo shirts. Also, unfortunately (?) no plantains this year. Properly refreshed and refueled off we go for…

Thang 5 – One of the newer AOs launched in SCary is the Saturday morning 3rdF – The Accelerator that runs in conjunction with Loch N Load. The Accelerator is a 4-5ish mile run with a purposeful 3rdF discussion topic selected by the Q that week. Amway gave an overview and clans stuck together to discuss the topic of, “Which of the 3 Fs do you need to focus on most in your life right now?” I can only speak for my clan but the conversation was great, thought provoking, and really encouraging to hear other guys share. TY4YL in launching this great addition to our region Amway!

Thang 6 – Our Accelerator portion ended at Lochmere Village where none other than Fruit Loop was await us with a bucket of golf balls, how very Scottish. Next up was a golf ball relay race. Legs consisted of bear crawl golf ball push, merkins while holding the golf ball between your knees, bunny hopping while holding the golf ball between your hands with your palms down and not using your thumbs, and finally a lunge walk followed by tossing the ball into a bucket (10 penalty burpess if you miss). This was a ton of fun and resulted in many good laughs. But the fun wasn’t over, off we go!

Thang 7 – As we rolled into Ritter Park, the (un)official home of SCary, Kitty Litter took the lead. Clans were paired up and completed caber toss and giant tire flipping. At one point a tiny dog was almost impaled or flattened by cabers until successfully captured by HGTV (who proceeded to tell the lovely lady what all these crazy dudes were doing). Throwing logs and flipping tires is always a great time and this was another highlight for many of the pax. After we were done throwing heavy stuff around Shipyard stepped up and had a surprise for us… We needed the logs at the next stop, and there was only one way to get them there. One log per pax, and lets mosey. But don’t forget the flags!!! This ended up being quite the task and admittedly a lot harder than I thought it would be. TClaps to all the pax for carrying the logs and flags, nice work!

Thang 8 – Around we made our way to the back lot of the adjacent office park for what promised to be an experience with Shipyard at the helm. And boy did he deliver. With the help of CPR construction some pallet sleds had been created and were staged at one end of the parking lot. Our task, use the logs as rollers and pull the sleds to the other side, heaviest pax on top of the sled. At this point a lot of rule bending occured, but the Blue clan absolutely crushed it and completed the task to the letter of the law, and blue everyone out of the water. Well done Blue clan. Apparently according to Shipyard though, everyone lost and had to carry everything back to the start. This was arguably even worse than rolling the sleds down. Done and dusted time to head for home.

Our fearless SAG guide Astro on his trusty segway scooter led us back to Waverly where we were greated by the sweet, sweet sounds of Squeeze Bag serenading us with the bagpipes once again. Simply lovely. And with that it was a wrap.

COT: SCary picnic 4/28, 4-7pm, eating at 5:30p. See Sbarro for the sign-up sheet. SIGN UP!!! Several prayers lifted up.

Thanks again to each and every one of you for coming out this morning and making the effort to be there. Even moreso, thanks to each of your families and friends for putting up with us and the crazy stuff we do, the true heroes. It was an outstanding morning and an honor to your HG Q this year. F3 and this group of guys is incredibly and I’m lucky to have found my way here (shoutout to Astro for the EH almost two years ago now!). Way to crush it this morning!!

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Only two letters of the alphabet were needed this morning as our workout featured a whole lot of S’s and W’s and even more W’s.

Quick warmups featuring South Cary Stretches and an overview of the exercises to come.

We worked through those exercises at different parking lots, with the exercise names corresponding to the letters we were making in Strava art. Stifler’s mom’s, Star jumps, Squats, Side straddle hops. Worst merkins ever, WWl’s, WWII’s, War hammers, Wide grip merkins. Back to the flag for a set of Astro jacks because…..well, you know.

Of course the pax suspected something was up, but none could quite figure it out.

Many prayers were raised up. Announcements included Stations of the Cross at SWW on Friday, and the upcoming SCary picnic. No other representatives from any other events were present, so there’s probably nothing else going on. MIAGD.

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Wasn’t entirely sure how this morning would go after rolling my ankle yesterday but it was a terrific morning in the gloom. At first I thought the cold had chased everyone off and we were going to have a small group but the pax poured out of the woodwork as the clock inched closer to 0530. Intro, disclaimer, pledge and off we mosey.

Long way around to the field for standard warm-ups then back behind the medical buildings for a….

Merkin pain train

The pax were overjoyed by the prospect of this, and the very detailed instructions YHC gave on how to execute said pain train. Lots of questioning about the necessity and wisdom of this choice but naturally that was just the pax’s way of expressing their gratitude. Once that was completed and those early finishing pax were fussed at for simply standing around waiting off we go to thang 2.

Four Corners of Mary in the 88 MPH lot, with rounds of V-Ups, Box Cutters, and Low Slow Flutters. Then off to thang 3 back at the field.

Partner up. Partner 1 calls an exercise and partner two does that AMRAP while P1 runs the small ramp pickle. Switch. After P1 and P2 complete AMRAP + Pickle, P2 gets to call an exercise for the next round. Some masochistic pax called merkins as one of their choices….. Lots of mumblechatter and concern about time and getting back to the flag by several pax including two overly concerned site Qs. After round 4 we moseyed back for an expertly time HAND.

SIGN UP FOR THE PICNIC (and the Highland Games).

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Rain? What rain? I cannot begin to tell you how disappointed I was to get up this morning and see dry ground outside. I was so looking forward to moist and gloomy workout! Ah well…

After a quick 5 core values quiz, a discussion about my opinion on gloves during warm weather, and the pledge, we got moving with a trot to the upper lot. Once there, we played a quick game of “where the F is that food service truck going” while executing a fairly standard B-A-B warmup.

Thang 1: A loop that included BOTH sets of stairs, and the elevated walkway. WME’s on the Elevated section, WWII’s at the top of one set of stairs, Body Weight rows behind the fountain, “Logo Removers” at the top of the other stairs. We did this for approximately 20 minutes.

Thang 2: Legstravaganza. A quick set of 20 calf raises on the stairs, then over to the turf for Single leg step downs (10 each leg), 10 proper deep squats, single leg reverse lunges (10 each leg). After that warmup, we got 20 more calf raises followed by a full set of Lt Dan on the turf. With a minute remaining, we did calf raises/Biner Hops until time ran out!

Announcements: Highland Games and SCary Picnic coming up and deviously planned for while YHC is out of town. Travis Manion next week at FMJ.

YHC closed out with a brief leadership thought for the day; Fault vs Responsibility.

Fault focuses on who is to blame, but does not present a path forward. Responsibility focuses on the path forward. As leaders, it is most important to focus on responsibility. Be responsible! One example used this morning is if you wake up in the tomorrow to find someone has left a baby on your doorstep, that’s not your fault. What happens next however, IS your responsibility.

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Headed to Alderaan for a nice morning jog with the Green Level crew. For the record, this AO is in Chatham County. They were gracious hosts. Logged ~6 on the tobacco trail and might have even set foot in Durham County.
MIAGD!

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