11 PAX took a global trip on the cheese ladder (ederlee loop) and paid homage to the 6 categories of cheese.

Brie – northern France. Soft cheese. pairs well with crackers, pastries and burpees. X 5

Mozzarella – Italy. Fresh cheese. Made from buffalo milk, and pairs well with pizza, caprese sandwiches and merkins. X 10

Butterkäse – Germany. Semi-soft cheese. Pairs well with meats, beer and Bonnie Blair’s. X 15

Swiss – Switzerland. Semi-hard cheese. Pairs well with sandwiches, pasta and SSH’s. X 20

Pecorino – Italy. Hard cheese. Pairs well with honey, jams, grapes and H2M’s. X 25

Stilton – England. Blue cheese. Blue veiny cheese that pairs well with plum bread, mango chutney and LBC’s. X 30

Announcements – slack has you covered. CSUPs, camping, and bowling (2F).
Prayers – Morpheus’ neighbor Sam and his loss praises for Anways’ 2.0 Armstrong choosing to be baptized this Sunday!

MIAGD Gents!

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10 HIM tested fate this morning at Jack It Up. The three ECers got a sneak preview, while the rest had to wait. No flag as it was in Spade’s “other truck” so off we go. Mosey down and around the sheep loop. Standard warm-ups then the fun began.

The Wheel of Pain came out of hibernating and was ready to dole out a solid beatdown. Each PAX took a turn with fate and per typical wheel magic we hit every slice. HG gave us the final spin and ‘somehow’ it magically ended up on burpees. Pickle between each round, pax choice, sheep loop or small pickle + plank hold while waiting for the sheep loopers. 5k covered for some, rock solid abs achieved for others.

Odyssey in October, Culture week coming in November.
Prayers for Gravel Mouth’s fire academy test coming up.

Stick around long enough at coffeeteria and you might even get to meet someone considering becoming Senator Mark Kelly’s personal assistant.

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10 for shoulders at the rock pile and shoulder 7s.

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13.25 PAX accomplished a Figure 8 stair climb at Waverly. WebMD ran. Dukie made an appearance and left.

Warmups
Figure 8 up stairs, down the path through the middle, up the other stairs, rinse repeat ~30+ times.

Calf raises a few times.

LBCs and stretching to close.

This day means something to everyone. For me, it’s my birthday. 42 years old today. Thankful we get to do this. Take a moment for those who matter most in your life today.

8 Stair Climb at at Waverly.

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12 men joined me for a journey. A journey that went around and back again. There were trials, there were foes, and there were many manholes.

Pledge, mosey to cul-de-sac for warmup where I got reprimanded for my enthusiasm for the side straddle hop. Mosey to the Greenway for 7s of LBC and heels to heaven. Then continued on the journey with indian run. Paused in cul-de-sac to make sure we all made it. Then down into the depths of Lochmere.l golf course Greenway. 20 pushups at each manhole=100 total. Round the way and back up to the flag with star jumps and some fellowship on the way.

Good work men! Honored to lead.

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After the mission and core principles Yogi brought out a deck of cards and a challenge for the PAX. His claimed record is getting within 3 cards of completing the deck during a workout, and he wanted to improve upon that today. However, what he failed to disclose until afterwards is that his record happened at a 1 hour workout. The deck remained uncompleted today. While this was all happening 2 went out and run clubbed it.
Prayers for Bubba and highs and lows of life.
AMBRR and 9/11 Stair Climb coming up.
Welcome FNG Bobby Hull!
MIAGD!

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Today, YHC became the first South Cary Pax to hit 500 posts since the launch of our region. And what better way to celebrate this fine morning than with 500 merkins. 50 sets of 10 merkins, pearls-on-a-string style. I had led a similar workout a couple of years ago and it went over so well that it seemed like the perfect opportunity to do it again. This time the route was an out-and-back to the place where it all stared for F3 South Cary: Loch n Load. Round trip was 2.7 miles. I almost merlot’d shortly after the mid point. Our fearless Nantan Jigglypuff held strong and helped me find the strength to get through without any spillage. Shipyard, Joe Smith, and others kept up the encouragement. We all got through it together. We visited the Swwingers crew for our final set of 10 merkins. I think we interrupted their COT (sorry about that) which they were already in the middle of, even though it was only 0628.

Our COT went a little long. Lots of announcements and prayers and praises. Punch Out brought out yet another FNG (TYFYL). We named him Biles because he told us that what he does for a living is “probably over our heads”. He’s a runner–watch out!

The Swwingers crew came over to join us for a celebratory coffeeteria. They even brought extra coffee. Big thank you to Kitty Litter and Jigglypuff for really going out of their way to get me some sweet merch and some even sweeter Duck Donuts. Apparently Bagels was working this morning so he played a role in all this too. Really feeling blessed to be part of such an amazing group of men. I cannot thank you all enough.

Random thoughts:
– Term Paper was there for the original 500 merkins beatdown but he wasn’t there this time, and I’m sure he’s happy about that.
– Joe Smith is probably an above average attorney, but don’t tell that to FNG’s.
– Most Pax agreed that “football season” did NOT start last night.
– The first college football game was played in 1869 between Princeton and Rutgers. You’re welcome. Love, New Jersey

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Nice cool morning at SW. 15 bootcampers and 2 walk broz.

At warm-ups, the pax were given a choice between heading south for more exercises or east for more running. The pax were split so YHC decided to head east for the adventure of a lifetime!

We headed out for merkins/squats on a string up Jones Franklin and down Tryon to the Bryarton Village townhouses to cross the bridge into YHC’s (and Spayed, Olsen, and OTW’s) old neighborhood. Apparently that bridge has been closed for years and is structurally unstable. We did not let this stop us and found a way…and can confirm it is unstable. Stopped at Olsen’s house for monkey humpers to check a box. Moseyed on to silver lake neighborhood for our next problem. A fence with a no trespassing sign did not deter YHC, but being unable to get the gate open did. Fortunately another route was found and we made it to and around the lake. Then back to Tryon for the jaunt back home with monkey humpers and squats/merkins along the way. Grateful for the Pax pushing through…though some lamented the option chosen and pined for the southern workout that could have been. Always enjoy leading this group and doing something new.

Did y’all hear the AMBRR is coming up? Prayers for Jax and DEET. MIAGD, gents.

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YHC Ghost Flag Tour! Well kinda, because shortly after gathering at the Thunderstruck Flag, it was asked, “Where is the Ghost Flag”…Dammit! It’s in the car. I can show you later!
No FNGs, Pledge and we’re off.
YHC didn’t travel far from the site that he has never been to, so we lapped the parking lot and warmed up off in the corner. Standard GMs (while the PAX said a quick origin story of their F3 name! And that’s how I learned @Snip will not have any more kids.) Calf Stretch, Runners Stretch and SSHs.
Off to Thang 1: The Beast…6 exercises, 6 stops, 6 times! Jump squats, Spider Merkins, Low Slow Flutters, Burpees, Monkey Humpers, and LBCs.
Off to Thang 2: Cinderblock Loop. While grabbing the blocks from my car…LOOK there’s the Ghost Flag! Groups of 3-4 One PAX call exercise and takes off with the block around the loop, while the PAX AMRAP said exercise. Rotate and repeat for 2 trips with the block each!
Back to the Flag for MARY! PAX choice.

Announcements: AMBRR run! HGTV is looking for a few more SAG guys.

Prayers and Praises: Brie shared with about DEET and his family about their daughter!

YHC lead in prayer! MIAGD!

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18 HIM’s got after it this am. The morning was filled with Merkins, LBC’s Low Slow Fluters, WWll’s and everyone’s favorite Star Jumps. Over 2.5 miles was achieved. Prayers for all the kids going back to school and remember we have the AMBRR coming up on the 9/7 and Shark Nado this Thursday at BIB. MIAGD

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