What does Memorial Day mean to you? Some think of a 3 day weekend, or hanging out w/ family and friends, good BBQ, beverages, corn hole, you name it. Others take a step back and let the reality of what this day truly means resonate – there are over 1 million military members dating back to the Civil war that have lost their lives defending this great nation we call home. That is 1 million…
3Been wanting to do something like this for some time and was waiting for an hour workout to give it a try. 13 pax (and 2 pre-runners) got there early and we started right on time. Warm-up – feels weird, but we needed to get stretched out for what was to come. Quick sets of imperial walkers, Moroccan night clubs, cherry pickers and then headed out. We moseyed the full car line across the street…
2Thanksgiving brings many thoughts each and every year. It’s a time to look at your life and consider how lucky we really are, and give thanks to everything we’ve been blessed with. It’s a time that generally kicks off the Christmas season. It’s a time for families to get together and share a full day of delicious food and fellowship together. And it’s a time to wake up at the crack of dawn, go meet…
0Here we are – it’s time for what some call the hardest CSAUP in South Carolina. Others call it stupid. Pointless. Painful. We would agree w/ all of those things. The Nessie is back and its bigger and badder than ever. October 23rd – Final Details: Start time: 5:30a ruckers launch, 7:30a runners – PLEASE ARRIVE BEFORE THESE TIMES TO GET READY AND THROUGH ANNOUNCEMENTS Start / Endex: New River Church (136 Carroll Cove, Lake…
8First of many black diamonds to come kicked off at Nanny’s Mountain where 4 brave souls did non stop hill work for 45 min. The pax did well and arrived about 10 min before the start to get plenty of stretching / warm up in, except Capt Jack, who didn’t need it, because he ran to Nanny’s from his house!!!! Crazy Jack, always pre and post running. Black Diamond rules – 1x per month, Q…
5I was tapped to Q as the Fort’s Hardwood had a local buddy that he had been working on for some time and for some reason he thought I’d make the guy want to almost vomit enough that he’d come back a second time. I’m not going to say it worked, but Sashimi (Aaron FNG) sounds like he’s game. Lives in Paddler’s Cove along w/ about half the other Lake Wylie Pax. Pulled in w/…
5Calling on Lake Wylie, the Fort, Rock Hill, York and Gas House to see what you got. Who lives in the most patriotic neighborhood across our regions!?? If you don’t live in a neighborhood, that’s ok too. Grab a buddy, and hit his neighborhood, or scope out one w/ some patriotism. Super simple – mark a 5K route in your hood. Run a 5K stopping at every sign of an American Flag, and do 5…
7Here we are, 10 days later, but better late than never. Quick and dirty backblast – 4 years ago I did a similar Q at the Deep, leveraging their track and football field. We had to change it up this time around to not tear up that field, but I think it was effective. Here we go: Long mosey to warm up the 24 boot campers in attendance and stretched / side straddle hopped, etc…
3And the Co-Q’s in Lake Wylie continue…O’Reilly and I paired up for a Q at one of the OG Lake Wylie AO’s, and our immediate plan was to make it heavy. I think we accomplished that. Official Tire Count – 10 “normal” tires (thanks Clutch) and 4 tractor tires (2 of which were Goliath and my tire that is as tall as me). At 5:13a we had 16 pax, so we started w/ F3 principles…
4Calling all Grow Ruck 24 participants AND all Pax who want to step up and do something a little different than what they’re used to. We’re doing this – we’re getting a coupon ruck simulation set up in Lake Wylie, with plenty of hills, inclusive of a not so well known MOUNTAIN. You will get wet. You’ll be tired, because we’re going to do this after you’ve already posted for the day, and after you…
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