Month: <span>January 2018</span>
Month: January 2018

Krazy Ivan 2018

The events depicted in this Backblast are completely stupid and utterly pointless.  Any similarity to events which are neither stupid nor pointless is purely coincidental.   No animals were harmed in the running of the Krazy Ivan. The Inagural Northshore Krazy Ivan CSAUP went off as planned, sort of.  The Northshore …

Defrosting the pipes

In case you didn’t notice, it was a bit nippy last week.  The PAX count was correspondingly a bit low.  The plumbers will now be gainfully employed in overdrive for a few weeks.  So it’s time to get back to work.  The THANG. Warm up with mumblechatter: SSHs ICx25 Frankensteins ICx25 Low …

Sub Zero Pete

They call me Subzero Pete I’m the king of the Burpee beat When I call the pax I go Chic-chic-ky-boom Chic-chic-ky-boom Yes sir, I’m Subzero Pete I’m the craze of my Uptown street When I start to Q everything goes Chic-chic-ky-boom Chic-chic-ky-boom The Pax they sing Up Wolfpack hill our …

Pre-Crazy Ivan Quick-Step

Has it gotten to the point yet (can it really ever) to where it’s passe, redundant, or simply monotonous to mention anything about the frigid temperatures we’ve been facing this winter? I didn’t think so either….It was DAMN COLD this morning! All the better reason to abbreviate this morning’s edition …

3 Musketeers at the Scramble

It was cold in the gloom this morning at the Scramble.  After some mumble chatter, we got right to it.   Warmup (all IC):  10 SSHs, butt kicks, high knees, Wind Mills, plank-jacks, shoulder taps. Pre thang:  3 minutes of pull-ups, freak nasties, shoulder shrugs, in rotation Thang:  3.2mi run. …

Gelid Air at Okwata

YHC had so much fun with the Pax at the Foundry in the below freezing temperatures the day before that he just had to sign up and take the Q for the gelid wind conditions expected to be at the angry Okwata. Upon arrival to the Okwata AO with one …