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B.O.M.B.S Away!

After many days and more sleepless nights of relentlessly preparing for what I prayed would be a perfect VQ, I woke up to a beautifully, wet, muddy and demeaning Gloom, courtesy of the Birdcage. Nonetheless, 16 strong braved the weather and duck-filled fields to get covered in sweat and dirt. …

Who Fartlek’d??

Pre Thang: After having shoulders and arms blown up at WPM and The Mothership, YHC decided to focus on the legs this fine morning. The plan was almost thwarted when the M needed a ride to the airport at 04:30 this morning—since the actual departure was 04:55ish… Thanks to RY …

Always better with a rock

YHC wanted to test the hypothesis that Any exercise can be made better WITH A ROCK.  Today’s experiment?  The Dirty McDeuce. 10 PAX gathered around the shovel flag at Pontiff in the morning gloom.  YHC’s opinion – the weather was just about perfect.  Cool, but not cold.  Enjoy it – …

Oklahoma History Lesson

YHC has spent a lot of time in OKC since the beginning of the year.  (Side note: if anyone finds themselves in OKC, give Rudy a call – I’ve found some good F3 workout areas around town.)  This week, I ended up spending an extra day in OKC due to …

Bear-pees on the Mountain

Pre- Thang: The breezy 50 degree gloom brought out 16 pax ready for a post Mardi Gras beatdown at WPM. At 05:30 after the disclaimer we went to work. Mosey out and around to TU front lawn for warm up COP: Forward Arm Circles Standing on Left Foot and Forward …

Three Real Men Post

YHC let someone else take the flag at Okwata, so we were stuck with a VSF at the Uptowner. However, that Pax posted elsewhere, so no harm done.  WPM must have been Shovel Flag aplenty on this day! Upon arrival at the OA, YHC came across Kim Chi, and was …

Hey DJ, drop that Beat!

“It’s not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.” – Thomas Paine Windy gloom today, but that wasn’t even an issue… well it could have been if Cowbell posted: The real problem was no Q showed this morning.  After checking the records courtesy of Rudy’s spreadsheet, it looks …

At 50 you earn respect

Four brave men woke up early on a Fat Tuesday not to save a spot on a parade route but to better themselves on this day. There was a discussion on who should take the Q since nobody in the PAX signed up for this day. Tool volunteered and then …

Q at the Foundry?

For Kimchi’s streak of 51…..Who’s got the Q? FracSac, “I think it’s you…” Okay…DISCLAIMER and let’s mosey to the Baby Foundry (aka Refinery). First, the Warmup COP: -SSH x 30 IC -IW x 30 IC -Mountain Climbers x 20 IC -Arm Circles x 30 IC (15 ea dir) -J-Lo’s x …