BackBlast Birthday Block Blast

Birthday Block Blast

AO Bombsquad Conditions: High 50’s and amazing A couple of weeks ago Crossstitch reached out about this Big Brother/Little Brother Co-Q which is a great idea. I told him One Call EH’d me so he tried to get him out but schedules couldn’t work out so we went to me and Candycane. I did ask …

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BackBlast A lap around the block, with some blocks.

A lap around the block, with some blocks.

Cross Stitch is always coming up with new and exciting ways to keep the AO fresh. His latest idea was to encourage Co-Qs, with a theme. A pax takes a Q alongside the Pax who first EH’d them and introduced them to F3. YHC (Baggage) was lucky enough to become pretty good friends with a …

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BackBlast Boxcar-O’Douls Duet Debut

Boxcar-O’Douls Duet Debut

Conditions– Mid 60s and calm winds- beautiful weather Boxcar and I received a text from Cross Stitch last month to see if me and my man, Boxcar were interested in Qing during the Big Brother- Little Brother Q for the month of October. Boxcar was one of the PAX (along with Skidmark/Skid Kong or whatever …

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BackBlast #HeisenbergTribute…and football

#HeisenbergTribute…and football

On a dark and stormy night early in 2021, CrossStitch reached out to YHC to see if I would take the Q for this weekend. Of course I would. Apparently, YHC also agreed to bring a co-Q that EH’d YHC or that YHC EH’d. No problem. CrossStitch sent the reminder of Q text on Monday …

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BackBlast SaltyGears Sunday – Anything Can Happen

SaltyGears Sunday – Anything Can Happen

AO: SaltyGears Conditions: Perfect SaltyGear Sundays have been a blast the past couple of months!! We’ve had a variety of Pax join in fun each week. The rides are designed to be a bit laid back and more fellowship friendly then the blistering pace Billboard invokes during the rest of the week. As usual a …

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BackBlast “Q” IS FOR QUARTERS

“Q” IS FOR QUARTERS

AO:BombSquad Conditions:  Perfect YHC received a Sunday afternoon text from CrossStitch asking if I could take the Q for Boxcar who was DR today. Without hesitation I accepted and jumped into action to create a near perfect Wienke. It had all the necessary ingredients: A Theme, Trivia, Complete use of the entire AO, Blocks, Pax …

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BackBlast Set the Alarm!

Set the Alarm!

Started out the morning planning to run at 445 but apparently I needed to set my alarm for that! Woke up at 539am and was out the door by 544am ready to take on the morning without my 7 mile run 1 minute warning given disclaimer warm up included normal circle exercises such as SSH, …

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BackBlast THE 18TH Annual BLUE RIDGE RELAY – “Where to Begin”

THE 18TH Annual BLUE RIDGE RELAY – “Where to Begin”

For some reason, YHC was nominated to write a BackBlast for F3 GrandStrand’s Blue Ridge Relay (BRR) Team, “Worse Pace Scenario”. This is a daunting task considering that this CSAUP officially started Thursday at 1pm when 16 Pax converged in the back lot of BombSquad to load 2 Vans with equipment, water, snacks, and a …

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BackBlast Smoked Shoulders

Smoked Shoulders

It’s tough to beat an early Fall Saturday beatdown along the GrandStrand. Perfect weather today – mid 60’s, low humidity/dew point and plenty of #HIM taking advantage of it early with preruns! Quaker and Beefsteak put in an easy 7 miles, Bling ran his 2.2 from the house (which gave me the added bonus of …

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BackBlast Burpee Bags

Burpee Bags

Warm up: The usual suspects and some lines to go with them. Regulation cornhole board set up (possibly oiled before use based on results) Pax took turns tossing cornhole bags, the first of which was the dreaded Burpee Bag. Two bags were thrown per round. The reps were as follows: Make: 3 reps per corner …

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