A Crafstman In All Of Us

YHC forgot about his Q at WIB until a group of regulars messaged YHC asking where it would be. “Let me guess, Sears?” quipped Turnover. Why yes, yes, indeed. YHC enjoys the simplicity of the “Craftsman” format. High distance and high rep count...

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And the Pips came to BnW

As YHC spent time pondering the plan of action for today’s Q at the premier kettlebell workout, the song Jessica by The Allman Brothers popped in my head.  An iconic song suitable for all sorts of occasions – road trips, movie...

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Covers at BNW

YHC have become very bad about posting backblasts, but when it came time to prepare to Q BNW my appreciation grew for the PAX who do regularly post a full backblast. In September of 2020 BNW migrated to Greenbrier Farms from Reagan High School...

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RNG

9 Pax for a pleasant jaunt around Buena Vista.  We took care of a steep hill early and otherwise had a fairly flat 3.33 mile route.  Happy to see Crash make his first appearance at RNG as he prepares for the Mistletoe Marathon.   About 12...

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B&W 4x4s

Although I asked for a cooler low humid morning – the former was present, the latter not so. After a traditional Warm-O-Rama and some essential stretching, a Jimmy Buffet memorial launched us into the 4×4 fun.  4 minute EMRAP with 10...

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Semi-bulls in the Ring

Ever Q’d an AO you’ve never been to?  Life’s about adventure.  A glorious morning for outdoor work, and up until 5:28 I thought i was going to be alone.  Here comes a pack of mean looking guys so looks like game’s on. ...

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WIB 08-24-23

WIB – 12/12/19 Lowe’s Foods – Robinhood Rd Round 1 x 5, add 5 per round #1 Low flutter (each leg) Alternating Shoulder Taps jump squats #2 Mt Climbers (each leg) Crucible Merkin (hands turned outward) Apollo Ohno’s #3...

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No Trails for these Pax!

The Ragnar trails of West Virginia were missed (not a typo) this morning when I showed up at Speas and it was hot, humid, and muggy. Take me home West Virginia where we can go back to the 60s! Fall can’t get here soon enough. We did the classic...

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WIB Things

WIB, where we do WIB things.   We warmed up in the Food Lion parking lot with SSH, Imperial Walker, Abe Vigoda, and Whirly. Then we mosied to the corner of Magnolia and Lyndhurst. Here we did 5 Burpees, 5 Merkins, 5 Mike Tysons, and 5 Things...

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Stupid People of Winston-Salem

BEATDOWN. 4 stations in a straight line down the side parking lot of Calvary.  Stop at each station, do the exercises.  When complete with the round, run uphill to station 1 and start again.   Station 1 (burpees): 10 Double Clap Burpees...

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6-packs for 6 PAX at WIB

This morning, 5 PAX descended upon the called AO for WIB. 0730, and still no Q. Turns out our Q, Turnover, had some A/C issues at home that caused him not only a great deal of stress, but also to sleep through his alarm due to fan noise covering...

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Whip It Good

YHC was first in this morning at 0441 but then cars kept pouring in for the 0445 pre-ruck/pre-run launch.  @BAM, @Bluto, @RubberDucky and @Chubbs strapped on rucks for a 2.25 mile pre-ruck and meanwhile @Turnover, @Burns and @Doublewide took off...

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