YHC checked the forecast and it looked like a cold rainy Saturday morning was forthcoming. All good – Alcatraz has shelter. YHC remembered a previous rainy Q where 3 man grinder devolved into a FUBAR and Rubber Ducky played with a hose in...
Read moreAfter being gone for a week for Christmas, YHC did not plan ahead. With the preblast being delayed, Rubber Ducky checked in to see if I needed help. Knowing that it was going to rain, I replied that I got it, I mean who wants to crawl through a...
Read moreGOOD MOOORRRNING….ALCATRAAAAZZZZZZ!!!! The Q rolled into the parking lot and noticed there were 2 warm bodies already there. ( Fresh off a brisk Murph, no doubt. ) I drove to the back of the joint to set up the instructions for the morning. Back...
Read moreYHC has been diagnosed with Tricompartmental Osteoarthritis in his left knee due to an old football (and tennis) injury where he tore his ACL at age 15 and then his PCL at age 17. Now much older, the knee joint is “trashed” which is the official...
Read moreThe morning was perfect on Saturday, September 7th in the year of our Lord 2024. The usual bunch arrived for the Pre-Workout Murph and spirits were high. Lots of mumble chatter on the upcoming football games and lots to be excited about. YHC...
Read moreI 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...
Read moreC.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...
Read moreIt 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...
Read moreWarmoroma Side straddle hop Abe Vigoda Whirly with a clap The Work Mosey to the ticket counter. All pax purchased a ticket to the main event. Teams of two (2). PAX 1 farmer carries both blocks as long and a fast as his forearms will...
Read moreWhat a morning and what a turn out! For the Murph and the Beatdown. Always good to see so many pax posting. So cheers to it! I had no idea what the Murph was even though I could have googled it. I did not. Matter fact-I wrote the stupid...
Read moreAll was revealed this fine Saturday to the intrepid PAX. 11 is my M’s birthday and I REALLY like her. A LOT. So after the time wasting of warm ups we slow moseyed to the coupons and grabbed one for.. THE THANG: We met in 1981, so 81 squats...
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