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 400…again?

400…again?

CONDITIONS: Temp was in the low 70’s. Not as refreshing as the weekend but better than it has been for several weeks. As I pulled into the AO 12minutes early I realized that more than a few eager pre runners had beat me there and were already burning calories. THE THANG: YHC had been planning …

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BackBlast DROP DEAD LEGS

DROP DEAD LEGS

AO: BombSquad Conditions: Perfect Got a text from Candy Cane last night wanting to know if I was in for the Saturday Morning Pre-run from BombSquad. . . Answer: Yes! Do you want to go long? Answer: Yes. . . 8 miles maybe more? The call then went out over Slack that we would be …

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BackBlast Win, Lose, or Draw… or lose.

Win, Lose, or Draw… or lose.

CrossStitch: After Doughboy had to back out last minute due to feeling under the weather (I suspect explosive diarrhea), he put the word out on slack for a replacement and lo and behold, Quaker steps up. Note: A good way to make sure you don’t fartsack is to HC to lead Since we’ve challenged the …

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BackBlast Take a Ride on the PainTrain

Take a Ride on the PainTrain

The Thang: Conditions: High 70s, humid, and dark at 0515 at the Carolina Forest Community Church (CFCC) campus. YHC was asked to Q at #BombSquad by CrossStitch after hearing some mumble chatter about some of my previous Q’s at Warthog and Oyster.  I figured why not do it on a Manziel Monday. YHC arrived around …

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BackBlast May the 4th Be With You

May the 4th Be With You

Warm-up included Mericans, side straddle hop, little baby arm circles (also in reverse), tempo squats, cherry pickers, through the tunnels and some plyos while painting the lines. The Thang: Partner workout. One partner doing coupon work while the other bear crawled, crab walked, or jogged. Bent over rows 200 reps Chest press 200 reps Block …

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BackBlast Delegation beats preparation

Delegation beats preparation

Got the summons from Cross-Stitch that it was my turn to pay the piper at Bombsquad, so he signed me up for today on the Q sheet. Having frequented this ao, but yet to Q it, it gave me a little push to actually gin something up. Flipping through the exicon, I got some ideas, …

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BackBlast You Gotta Be Kidding Me!!

You Gotta Be Kidding Me!!

AO: BombSquad Conditions: 47 degrees, calm As YHC arrived at the AO I saw Drifter warming up, Billy Banks running like he stole something, and Boxcar & CrossStitch finishing their Roomba Pre-run with a nice easy cool down pace. The one Pax I didn’t see was Sunshine (who should have been here) planting the Shovel …

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BackBlast A Little UNC-dook History Lesson

A Little UNC-dook History Lesson

After having to swap my last #BombSquad Q when I landed on IR #DisneyFlu, YHC was excited to make the trek north and hopefully supply a worthy beatdown. The #BombSquad crew has been getting after it recently with pre-runs and rucks daily and that was the case again today. YHC pulled in at about 0505 …

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