Cain was Able

The time finally came for YHC to take the keys of the AO closest to his house, literally a baseball’s throw from the front door. Warmarama: SSHs, Cherry Pies, Abe Vigodas, Whirlies The Thang Short mosey to AARP area for 20s!: Pullups x 20! For...

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Rowing Facts and Good Pain

Coming off a few weeks of stress and 14-hour days, I took the Murph off on Saturday and did Alcatraz which was perfect because it was a strength work minimal running workout to save my knees a bit.  I looked at the calendar on Sunday and messaged...

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A Group of Failures

C.S. Lewis said, “Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward towards success.”  Today was a journey through failure.   I learned from a neurologist friend that the human body has mechanisms that...

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Schlitz B-day Smash

Man these thick humid morning truly blow. lol however I’m glad we all still manage to get out of bed and into the misery together. This particular morning, burns and post hole joined me in the Winston flattest 5k for a little seasoning on today’s...

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Cult adjacent, maybe?

The rain held off, and the cars rolled in. Looks like Schltiz had his own personal EC run, good on ‘em. It went like this: Warm-O-Rama SSH, Whirly, Overhead claps, Seal claps, Arm Swirly Things, Calf Stretch, Abe. Everyone loves Abe and the Calf...

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The Token PAX

YHC was called in from the bullpen late last night to substi-Q.  And yeah, I have a couple hundred old backblasts stored in Google Drive that I could have pulled from, but I also have this nice sack of freshly minted exercise tokens that we can...

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3S

Cruiser asked at Alcatraz for a Q on Monday. When YHC got home, I thought I could do that. Thought of a simple plan. Then saw weather report, chance of rain. Okay, have Tabata back up plan. It did rain briefly but felt really good. Lots of good...

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Toughest Mile

It was a muggy morning on the 20th of July in the year of our Lord 2024.  I slept harder than I can remember from going to bed early the night before.   I knew this one was going to be a doozy.  I have been flirting with the idea of the “Toughest...

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