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BackBlast 10Q at Timeshare with a Sunrise beatdown

10Q at Timeshare with a Sunrise beatdown

AO Timeshare  Conditions High 40’s and beautiful Q Number 10 this month. What a great place to end my Q tour. I sat down last night and decided I wanted to do a beach workout. What a great way to start the day. A sunrise workout on the beach. Nothing better. One Minute Warning Disclaimer  …

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BackBlast Appetizers

Appetizers

Candy Cane reached out to on Tuesday to ask about having a mini-convergence on Thanksgiving at Plantation Lakes Clubhouse in advance of the annual Turkey Trot. Word was put out about the alternate AO and start time. COP 10 Burpees OYO 15 Hairy Rockettes 10 Willie Mays Hayes 15 Thru The Tunnels 15 Don Quixotes …

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BackBlast On The Fly

On The Fly

Conditions: 46 F, clear but soggy. YHC had completely forgotten about being on Q this morning, the second time that has happened this week. Two long trips and the holiday schedule have left me all kinds of confused, but it was good to get back out to the Motherships after a couple months away. Showed …

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BackBlast Held OUTDOORS Rain Or Shine

Held OUTDOORS Rain Or Shine

With the forecast looking rough for the morning I woke up wondering if I was going to be solo but being AOQ and the fact that one of our core principles is that workouts are held outdoors rain or shine I went ahead and showed up to the AO with 5 min to spare. To …

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BackBlast Pumpkin Pie Burner

Pumpkin Pie Burner

AO: The Gavel Conditions: 60s and wet Well due to Pikachu grabbing every 3rd Q this month, options were limited towards the end of the month, but as usual the ever popular post Thanksgiving day Q was open at The Gavel so I jumped on it. Going back to my AOQ days at the Village, …

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BackBlast The Flop Signal

The Flop Signal

YHC posted to Slack that this morning would be miles and smiles. We’d keep a good pace, so load your ruck accordingly and go heavier if you want to burn a few more calories before tomorrow’s Thanksgiving feasts. Turns out, that announcement is the equivalent of shining the Flop Signal onto the clouds over the …

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BackBlast Tour de Warthog

Tour de Warthog

Upon chatting with a few of the guys last week I let them know yours truly was on the Q sheet for Warthog. Without even thinking about it TR and Anchor Man committed a week earlier. Upon texting the night before for HC’s TR stepped up to drive us all to make the journey south. …

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BackBlast Merkin Mile To The Beach

Merkin Mile To The Beach

Was wondering how many pax would post on a cold Thanksgiving day week and was glad to have 6 #HIM join me in the gloom! Traveling COP A mosey around the track ensued and we did 2 laps around stopping at different points to do our warm up exercises which included the following: Hillbillie’s, Through …

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BackBlast Full Body Burner

Full Body Burner

So after the big weekend with the guys at the Spartan Beast YHC got a text from Kiwi reminding me of my Q the following day and it was a good thing too because it had slipped my mind. After about 30 seconds I had a plan and I was able to sleep easy that …

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BackBlast Hour Long Penguin Huddle

Hour Long Penguin Huddle

Knowing that the Monday WaveRucker has been slow to takeoff, YHC was excited to see some HCs roll in on Slack over the weekend and even the chance of an FNG. The FNG submitted the typical excuse Saturday night, that 0500 was too early though, so we rolled with our solid group of 4 ruckers. …

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