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 Movie Quotes & Miles

Movie Quotes & Miles

AO: Elevation Runday Conditions: Perfect Our 1st round draft pick, Manziel (South), is out of town the next 2 weeks island-hopping in the Caribbean (I think) and was unavailable to host our weekly Wednesday “Run from the Sun” evening BRR training/pool party.  Sure this type of training may seem unorthodox to a mere spectator but …

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BackBlast BRR Training: Running up that Road, Running up that Hill, running up a Highway

BRR Training: Running up that Road, Running up that Hill, running up a Highway

AO: Elevation Runday Conditions: Perfect Lo & Behold, YHC was listed as the Q for today. I had no idea! In fact, I was convinced that Manziel would be leading today because Hamburglar said it was true!! So as I blissfully checked Slack to see what Manziel had cookin’, I kept getting messages for other …

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BackBlast Just another Manic RUNday

Just another Manic RUNday

EM is now ER or ERD or whatever…but we have turned it into a training session for the BRR in September. Eventually we hope to have all 12 runners along with alternates out there, and maybe our 4 drivers to bring us snacks and massage us between legs (of the race, not between the legs), …

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BackBlast What time does this start?

What time does this start?

AO: ElevationMonday Conditions: Clear and Cool. 54 degrees with a breeze. AOQ Boxcar sent the last minute Q request out yesterday looking for someone to take the reigns today. A couple of the usual EM PAX ran the International Drive Race yesterday so Valvano and Bling were not jumping up to Q. YHC has been …

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BackBlast Not too much Elevation

Not too much Elevation

I haven’t posted at elevation monday much and thought it was time to return to Q. We have been rucking with the MLK Challenge a lot and I realized that i am not in good rucking shape to do a ruck event. We went at it hard when prepping for the Grow Ruck in Myrtle …

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BackBlast Miles and Smiles

Miles and Smiles

Pulled in to the Hulk just ahead of OC and Lombardi.  Lots of other PAX are DR so it was just the three of us.  OneCall was sans Ruck due to his injury so we decided miles are never a bad thing.  Up and over the bridge and back for the hour was good medicine …

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BackBlast Miles & Smiles

Miles & Smiles

Got a chance to host elevation Monday so decided to hit up an old friend at the hulk. This bb is going to be brief. Conditions: 41, damp, dark, then drizzly, and gloomy. Perfect F3 Ruckin weatha Had an initial plan for my first elevation Monday, but when everybody but the brew crew, and dramamine …

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BackBlast Powerful and Mighty EM

Powerful and Mighty EM

Stardate- Jan 31st, 2022 (dang- Jan is over already!) 0500 Locale- Crown Reef Resort. Valvano and Boxcar finally let me Q again (since we got kicked off of Grande Dunes bridge!) and since Headgear was away and not hogging all the Q’s……  Decided we would make the trek back to Crown Reef and the dreaded …

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BackBlast Early Groundhog’s Day

Early Groundhog’s Day

Conditions Misty, 62 and quickly dropping As many know, and good handful of F3GrandStrand “ruckers” have decided to try their hand (due to YHC’s brilliance/idiocy) at the Blue Ridge Relay this coming September.  A 208 mile running(!) relay from Grayson Highlands, VA to Asheville, NC.  As such, #ElevationMonday has been featuring more running over the …

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