Big DEAC

YHC had the Q this morning at #UrbanAssault — one of my favorites! Once again, YHC is not quite as a creative as my dad, @Starfish, when it comes to planning and executing workouts, but I at least tried to live up to his reputation with...

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Happy Beans Day

This week YHC completed a 43rd lap around the sun. As a personal gift to himself, YHC signed up to Q and have the beatdown revolve around him 😎 A couple of key elements to today’s workout: 6 Friendly Group work Leave No Man Behind, But Leave No...

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IPC is Coming

YHC posted the plan for this morning on the #IPC2024 channel on Slack as a preview of the pain that was to beset the pax this morning. Despite (or in spite of) that, 11 knuckleheads rolled up to Southwest Elementary to get their blockwork on with...

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An Impossible Situation

A last minute Substi Q allowed me to take the reigns from Boo Boo. With no plan in mind, I decided to wing it for the morning. We warmed up. Then the PAX was given a choice: Left, or Right. Toot, the wise wunderkind he is correctly deduced that...

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Hurts So Good

Sunday afternoon, Rubber Ducky messages me if I’m good for tomorrow. Wait, what? I thought my Iron Throne debut Q was in October. Okay, I can throw something together. I’ve had in the back of my mind a pain/hurt theme beatdown; there’s a lot of...

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Adobes Running Retirement Party

I am WAY late posting this Backblast, but it was a heck of a week… I guess, technically, this routine should have been called “Catch Me If You Can”, but it’s not exactly the same as the one of F3 Exicon. You know...

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Jumping around at Purgatory

Honored to be asked to lead the esteemed Purgatory, YHC thought through various options: first weekend of high school and college football, the numerology of the date 8/24/24, or “fake fall” cooler temps, but the Q eschewed all the...

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Rocking 22s at the Quarry

The 8th iteration of our 22-challenge series brought YHC to The Rock Quarry for the first time. Obviously, we had to use our rocks, and the original plan had us never leaving them. Upon realizing that would take over an hour, things were…...

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Reynolda Village, We Love You

A wonderfully cool taste of fall air greeted the pax as they gathered in the gloom at a lost-but-not-forgotten-and-seldom-used AO. Reynolda Village really is an ideal WIB AO – a .3-.4mi loop and centrally(ish) located. Let’s do this...

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An Urban Assault

A gloriously chilly morning for a fine few folks who meandered downtown for a beatdown of urban proportions. Warm-O-Rama 20 SSH, 15 Imperial Walker, 10 Hill Billy, 10 Whirly, 6 Abe Vigoda The Thang Mosey to the bridge on the greenway. We did a...

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Gridiron Geriatric Greatness

It’s cooling down now, so that means it’s time for football season!  As said in my other Q for High Life, these workouts have been pretty strong. I don’t want to break that chain yet still let’s have a little fun.  For...

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