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Pretzel AMRAP

Only Blackbird could return from a week of backpack elk hunting in the Utah mountains refreshed and ready to humble the Covington PAX.  EiEi is used to it by now but welcome Steve to the geriatric Covington PAX where sextuagenarians abound, and bound, and jump and crush and inspire the …

Ruck the Foundry

We stepped off with seven and finished with eight. Wait! Who is this we see but Out For Justice. After convincing us he knew it wasn’t Saturday, we stepped off. DISCLAIMER and let’s mosey. Pax with rucks head straight to Foundry, those without run to Carrolton and then the Lil …

Traffic in Audubon

Must be October based on all the foot traffic/bystanders in Audubon Park this morning (just not sure mother nature has gotten the message yet- still hot/humid!)  We made a good impression- lots of “good mornings” as we mosey’d here and there  (usually RY does the most park outreach, but the …

The Spartacus Thriller

As some of us continue our training for the GoRuck, the rest get to train along with us. Six of us followed the normal protocol while Rudy modified and ran the whole time as he is training for a Half Marathon. Warm-up COP: -SSH x 20 IC -IW x 20 …

A circular square

Where was Hawg? Shorty? Cowbell? Tool? Bogey? Bubba? HVAC? YHC will assume that they were helping SFx find a new house in Philly, but YHC digresses. With an enthusiastic FNG, YHC was forced to try to be articulate (sometimes a difficult thing). After a more thorough than usual Disclaimer, the …

“There is something in October sets the gypsy blood astir: We must rise and follow her, When from every hill of flame She calls, and calls each vagabond by name.” – William Bliss

It took half a week to find an October quote to lead-off with… Anyways…’twas a nice morning for posting; somewhat cooler, and less humid than normal. And two posted, to work on their stalwartiness…. warmup 20xIC jumping jacks 20xIC windmills 20xIC imperial walkers 20xIC donkey kicks 20xIC arm swings 10x …

Get the RUCK outta here!

Eight of F3 NOLA’s finest gurus posted in City Park Wed am for a humpday fix.  Several of the recent workouts have honed in on GORUCK training so YHC felt obliged to do the same and accommodate the die-hards that signed up for the November GR event.  Ironically, the suggested …

610 Stomp #60

“Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.” — Marcus Aurelius The Thang Mosey/ruck to the track.  Since we had 3 Rucks and 5 Pax, we split into 2 groups so we could share our rucks. Group #1: Rucked one lap OR ran two …