Ten PAX gathered in the gloom of Stonebridge Village for an uplifting boot camp. We warmed up and floated over to Mill Pond dentistry an blew up a blimp in front of it while the proprietor was off wearing a BiB down the street.
The thang was a modified pain train starting at 5 reps and working our way down to 1
Burpees
Lunges
Imperial walkers
Merkins
Plank jacks
Squats

Headed back to the flag to find a very concerned Amway who worried about a potential asterisk, but we were on time for a Chillcut and COT.
Lots coming up this weekend and next.
Prayers for all
Enjoy your Thursday!

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Good times at JIU this morning! We traveled into the Valley with some warm-up along the way. The PAX were confused about the Q’s counting of 4’s and 9’s. Eventually, Tinker Toy guessed it that YHC recently turned 49 yrs young. In the Valley, we climbed out 4 times w/ 4 merkins at the bottom & 9 WWII’s at the top. We then picked up Hank at the bottom because there is no dog left behind in F3.
After the Valley, we headed back to the flag where some Easter eggs and spoons were waiting. Several Easter egg races ensued. It would take too long to explain, but Renfield won . Somehow being a dentist gave him an advantage . After that, we did some rock work and it was time to finish.

COT: Stations of the Cross workout Friday, CSAUP Saturday, prayers for Wah Wah’s father and for us all to live each day for God’s glory.

TY for the opportunity. Little rusty, but felt great to Q again!

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Where do I start? I planned an EC run to meet my Nantan and bring him back in to the flag.
The good news: I found my Nantan
The bad news: he was prairie dogging so bad, that he was walking back to the Circle K (not for coffee!)

10 HIMs joined me for the bootcamp while JP split home for an early conference or to clean his shorts. Not sure we’ll ever know for sure.

Warm-up lap through the hood behind the Teeter with two stops along the way for stretching.

Thang 1
After a successful game of chick across to Publix, the pax begin a snake around the lot with exercises increase the reps by 10% each time
10 T-merkins
11 American hammers
12 R (an exercise that started with R)
13 Incline merkins
15 Flutter kicks
17 F (a second exercise that started with F)

Thang 2
The pax rejoined with two mall walkers for 4 corners. Exercises were crowdsourced to give the appearance of no plan, but in fact there was a plan all along…
After 3-4 rounds of 4 corners, 4 corners was suspended for 90 days.

Mary
Back to the flag for 3 LBCs

Prayers for ankles, tick bites, wrists and Petey were lifted up.

Lead well and MIAGD HIMs!

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At the waffle-free zone of Marla Dorrel Park, we enjoyed this cool spring morning as follows:

Run to greenway / various warm up exercises
Run to bridge over 64, go to the far end with the curvy hill
–1 pushup at top, 6 LBC’s at bottom
–2 pushups, 5 LBC’s,
–etc.

Back the way we came on the greenway
Stop and do Tabata workout (20 seconds exercise, 10 seconds rest)
–squats
–plank jack
–crunches
–mountain climbers
(Repeat for 8 minutes)

Run back to park lot
Circle up for Mary

For COT, we were met by @WebMD and @TheSuper, who had been running.

Prayers:
O.R. has a pre-op appointment this week, procedure later this month

Thanks for a great workout, gentlemen. MIAGD!

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10 burrito loving souls set off to celebrate National Burrito Day.

Mosey to Millpond for warmups and painting some lines on the way to Chipotle for the ME.
The thang was ladder style OYO, starting with first exercise, then pickle, then first + second, pickle, etc.

Burpees
Up straddle hops
Rockette hillbillies
Reverse crunches
Iron squats
Teacher merkins
One arm pickle pounders

The PAX enjoyed a custom early 2000s alt playlist while sweating it out. A dab of 1996 was mixed it.

Certified black diamond, black bean experience.
Circle K on point as always.
MIAGD!

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This morning’s workout was pollen-free—thanks to Mother Nature finally doing her laundry last night!

Parking Lot Dash: unusual amount of cars as we ran lines in the Lowes grocery store parking lot.
o Side shuffles, because moving sideways is clearly more practical than forward.
o Karaoke runs, with form so impressive some guys nearly sang actual karaoke.
o Sprints, aka “pretend like you’re trying to beat someone else to not be last.”

Rocking the Rocks: Moved back to the park to pick out some rocks for a solid lift—because who needs dumbbells, when you can find random heavy stuff in nature.
o Curls for the Girls (Or Yogis preference)
o Squats, because “leg day” is every day.
o Overhead presses, avoiding dropping rocks on our skulls.
o Lunges, the universally acknowledged exercise of regret.
o Halos; still unclear if this makes us saintly or dizzy.
o RDLs—Romanian Dead Lifts (or Really Dumb Lifts, depending on your rock choice).

Wrapped it all up with some dips, step-ups, and calf raises.

Make it a Great day, remember: If your rock is heavier than your ego, you’re doing it right.

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With FNG Phillip present I was able to belt out our Mission but got help with the core 5 as we started our mosey. No pumpkins today. It would have been very unseasonal. Was trying to be tricky but the PAX saw right through it. Remarkable the memory of the PAX. Glad for the early leadership of our new FNG who reminded me of the FrogUp exercise (bottom of a burpee). We continued accelerating through a 10-cone street workout. Lots of other exercises, I can’t remember any except the burpees. But we did inflate each exercise for 55 by the 10th cone, an age I’m fast approaching, I think soon. Thankful for the leadership and memory triggers of other PAX like Water Wings who really has a ‘thing’ for left vs right; and of OTW for reminding me time does not stop for Q; and of our new FNG Phillip properly named OR. BTW – he’s a long time Cary-ite, a respect, and he’s not buddies with Enhancements. He was brought out today by Big Red and our visiting F3 Raleigh brother Vortex. They’ve been working on him for a year. Welcome OR! Did you know that Loch n Load is a Saturday….oops.

PS. After some delicate investigation this week HG has learned some of the inside workings of the upcoming Highland Game. Although sworn to secrecy I think it’s safe to say a few words about it. Every year it seems to me “how can this be topped”. So much effort goes into this stuff. But THIS YEAR… holy smokey….”prepare yourselves”.

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5 for a long dark string with approx 3 pearls. We cut through Audubon Parc to get to the lake, then cam back via Summerwinds and Waverly. The weight was heavy, but the company was supportive. Prayers up for Quiver’s dad and Wah Wah’s dad. Let’s be thankful for God’s provisions today!

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Four brave souls championed Big Mama (the affectionate name for the Stonebridge Village hill) for 11s. Merks and Jump Squats

Made it back to the flag for some Chillcut.

Praises for Gravel Mouth nearing the end of the “Hard 75”.
Prayers for Petey
Great coffee and fellowship!
HAND

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We were joined by a father son duo. One from out of town. One from Cary. Both Gator fans. Unreal!
March madness themed workout this morning. We revisited the age old question of which Gators team is the best team of all time. Of course the 2025 Gators made this a more complicated question. PAX split into two teams (’07 and ’25) to complete feats of physical and mental strength.
Gators won!
Prayers or Flintstones family and Bubba. MIAGD

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