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Man in the Arena

Beautiful Fall weather and 7 PAX converged on the Mandeville lakefront this morning for a beatdown celebrating EiEi’s 40th birthday.  YHC threw down Teddy Roosevelt’s Man in the Arena’s speech to kick things off in recognition of EiEi’s transformation from a fartsacking sad sack to a regularly posting Man in …

Rockin Cardio

6 men gathered in the gloom (which was surprisingly pleasant) to get better.  Hawg had the flag and decided not to bring it out, so we had to settle for the virtual flag.  It draws a similar theme to Cowbell being awake today and decided not to post, so we had …

Trailhead AO Going Strong

Four Northshore F3 veterans met in the increasingly crisp morning air at the Mandeville Trailhead. Warmup Mosey loop on Tammany Trace with three stops Stop 1 – IW x 20 IC,  SSH x 20 IC Stop 2 – Plank Jacks x 20 IC Stop 3 – Slow Squats x 10 …

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 …