Oh the Terror
This Q had me shaking in fear like night. I was not intending to Q this morning. I had made plans with Hawg to swap Qs. I would take his birdcage Q in early April, and he would take my Q in early June. I filled in admirably for him …
Jingle Vader
Pushing through
YHC hadn’t been to the Uptowner for almost three months–not since he banged up his right arm at the end of the Tough Mudder on St. Patty’s Day. Walleye said it’d take two months or so to start to feel right again–he was right about the “or so” part. But …
Bring Sally Up – again
Humidity is a reality right now. The constant feeling of sticky sweat – and living in a dog’s mouth. We ran a loop by the golf course. Then circled up at the bandstand in Audubon. SSH x 20, Imp Walker Squats x 20, Mtn Climbers x 20, Dead bugs x …
Rocks, History and 11
Lovely Monday morning at Rock City: cool crisp 80 degree air, with 90% humidity. Great way to start the week. Pulling up to the park, I see the train on the tracks – is this going to be a repeat of last week? Momentary panic sets in – but moments …
Bridge Over Stagnant Waters
Leading 20+ men on Saturday beat-down is a tall order, so Your Humble Correspondent (YHC) needed to prepare. On the afternoon before the workout, my 9-year-old son and I took I bike ride to City Park to survey any hidden corners typically overlooked during Mothership workouts. Whenever the Pax moseys …
#crowdpleaser
At 05:30 YHC gave the disclaimer and we were off. A quick mosey over to Touchdown Jesus for the warmup: SSH x 51 IC Mosey to WPM for an Indian Run to the top. Quick round of Mary: LBC’s x 51 IC Mosey down one level to the base of …
Wolfpack Mtn intro to the Deck of Death
A little slow with the bb but here it is nevertheless… Inspired by the new for sale deck of death – and realizing that as far as I know – the Uptown crew has never lived a Deck of Death. So I brought a deck and we did the deed …
The Great 8
YHC was going to fall short by a tenth of a point in the ISI challenge for the month of May. But yesterday YHC saw an opportunity to take the lead, but was careful not to taunt Shooter from the Northshore and chance getting crushed! Those NS Pax are relentless! …
Memorial Day Murph
Growing up, Memorial Day represented the first weekend of summer. This was the first time we would pack up the car, hitch up the boat, and head to Lake Norfork on the eastern side of the Ozarks; a ritual we would repeat every weekend until Labor Day. I loved Memorial …
Teamwork
Mosey over for a quick warm up in the great lawn. 15x Plank Jacks IC 20x Elevator Merkins IC 20x Peter Parkers IC 20x SSHs IC Partner up for some Dora 1-2-3. 100 Burpees (at the Great Lawn) 200 Mayweathers (at NOMA) 300 Squats (NOMA neutral ground) Mosey over to …