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  • The Light at the End of the Tunnel – from Steve

    Ha, more like the stagnant dead air and the swarming horseflies at the end of the tunnel.

    With summer just beginning, there is no light just yet, only the impenetrable wall of humidity. But one bright spot is Jose being off for the summer, which means that the tunnel is back in play over at Granny’s.

    We kicked it old school this morning, with an easy mosey over there, a quick set of B.L.I.M.P.S, half-walk, half-mosey back, some leg work at the depot, and an abbreviated Mary. Bushwacker would’ve been extremely disappointed.

    Thanks Jose for the consistency and the friendship, appreciate it brother.

  • Ruckers Unite – from Jose10k

    Some ran , some ran faster, some rucked , some rucked faster. Intentions for Coachella

  • Snatch those Mahi Mahi’s at the Pink Taco Stand Before Heading Down For Your Box Lunch – from Steve

    Much like getting stock tips from Celeste and Lisa, witnessing Jose & Shooter scissoring with wild abandon, or even stumbling across an unofficial poll hand-scrawled across the stage’s concrete walls that somehow deems height a more desirable trait than personality (c’mon!) – there are certain events at Granny’s that require careful preservation.

    Unfortunately, that ain’t happening today. This event is already two weeks old, and sadly, I just don’t have the steel trap that Hammer and Jose possess.

    What I can remember:

    There was a lot of talk of reruns. Bush had insulted Jose the day before at the Marsh, and then on this fine morning decided to both rehash his argument and dig in a little deeper. It wasn’t pretty.

    It’s also possible that aside from the insults, the beatdown itself was (claps hands) i-dentical. As Jose always says, we’d know if we ever wrote backblasts.

    And then, of course, there was the titular, off-color comment (again, Bush – he was on a roll this morning) that started it all. It unfortunately can’t be repeated here, but let’s just say that it involved Jose enjoying mahi mahi tacos not just on vacation but at home also.

    Anyway, I guess my grandpa was right when he told me that age is no guarantee of maturity.

    Thank you gents (& Bushwacker) for the post and for the laughs.

    ** As I was trying to find a title for this backblast, it occurred to me what a missed opportunity this was that Jose’s 14-year-old students didn’t get to have a crack at this BB.

    *** Russo, if you’re reading this, we miss you brother!

  • It’s all about perspective! – from Shooter

    Famous word of the day from sir Wacker.
    Perspective.
    Whether it’s being a firefighter, a father, a loyal postmaster, grass cutter etc.let one not take for granted each of those moments we have throughout the day.

    After an extended warmup because of the banter back and forth between Jose10k and Wacker we moseyed down the trailhead towards the tunnel. PAX assumed we were headed there, however we turned around at the corner and back to the stage for the Cooper.
    It’s in the Exicon but not sure of its origin.
    R/R to the corner for the last mosey. Returned for some ETKs with 50 💯s between and after closing with 10 WW1 sit-ups.

    We found out Wacker has aged by a decade, as he conversed with the returning runners.
    We gave him some respect and prayed out for the recovery of Steve’s grandfather at an impressive 98 years young.. Steve has some solid genes in the family tree.. That explains the young appearance and smiling face always available when he post..

    Until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!

  • School’s Out for Summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! – from Jose10k

    That is correct, it’s over, the year from hell is done! We kept it simple today. 10 Merkins, 20 Freak Nasties, 30 squats. Down 3 flights of stairs, then run the ramps back up. We did as many as we could in 35 minutes. Conversations including Mobys trucks, Einsteins coin collection, and Jose destroying students in the faculty/student basketball game! 5 minutes of Mary. COT, Murph at the Marsh on Memorial Day at 6 am. Moby Prayed us out
    STEVE, still waiting……Thanks for posting/reading. SYITG

  • Anyone Home? – from Shooter

    Hello! Good morning! Are you alright? Anyone there? Give us something already sir Wacker..
    5 PAX converged on grandma’s place with all types of chatter. However, one PAX needed a little more warming up to the Gloom to get it started, while others were primed and ready to deliver..Akbar surprised us all posting on this Gloom, and Jose10k wasted no time grilling why he missed the Marsh on Monday when he was signed up to Q. After debate back and forth for a min YHC got the PAX warmed up with 10IC arm circles, Cherry pickers, Imperial walkers and hillbillies. Moseyed halfway around to the stage with instructions provided for the walls of Jericho.
    7 reps each exercise followed by 7 moseys around the trailhead.
    8 count bodybuilder
    Jump squats
    Groiners
    Carolina dry docks
    Donkey kickoffs
    Apollo Onos
    Merkins

    With 2 mins remaining ETKs 15IC each side..

    Circled up, count annouce and COT..

    Until the next gloom 👊🏼👍🏼✌🏼!!!

  • I am no Gambler, but if I was… – from Shooter

    Well the Lord above bestowed yet another beautiful morning following the downpours of the previous day.. Something certainly felt different about the Gloom, especially to have such cool temps in May.. YHC arrived to a fellow PAX in Steve, illuminated by his matching fluorescent green run shirt.
    No Jose10k? That is odd, but could it be turning the corner? Nope, it’s Waterpik with his consistency that never fails..Then all of sudden here comes Jose10k rolling in hot.
    As he is sharing the EHing of Coachella and JV two cars round the corner.
    Could it be the headlock coming to fruition?
    One car swings in with Akbar and then a mysterious vehicle of sorts rolls into Wacker or Cowbells parking area… Wait, what?
    It can’t be 0514 and out pops Cowbell..
    All we can say is where is Hammer?
    This is a monumental day at the Scramble possibly never to be duplicated again…
    Anyways, if I were a betting man today would be the day I might just take the chance and let it ride.

    Brief warmup
    Standard route double loop and added park path.
    20 merkins, LBCs, Jane Fonda’s with pulses and 20 merkins.

    Appreciate the chatter and the post gents.

    Prayers for Waterpik’s graduates, Cowbells travels and in-laws return, as well as my coworker battling through Chemo.

    Legals host this Saturday evening.

    Until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!

  • Six Months In – from Steve

    If you missed Granny’s this past Tuesday, then you missed the customary gifting of a cinderblock that happens after six months of posting. (That’s right, somehow Coachella has passed the six-month mark, though how that’s possible when YHC swears he just started two months ago is beyond me.)

    Jose enlisted his junior high talented art class to hand paint one of our beloved coupons, trying their best to out-paint Waterpik and his tiger cinderblock. The result was a wild watercolor collage of some of Coachella’s favorite things: medieval plate armor, d10 dice, block blast, dead bears, and this cool matrix-like code covering the whole thing.

    Shooter officiated the ceremony, unveiling the freshly painted block as Jose played one of his classics, the extended cut of “Jenny Says.”

    Ok maybe that didn’t happen. But apparently, this IS a thing in F3 Houston. And since it was mentioned, and Coachella did indeed hit the six month mark, we offered one of our dirt-crusted coupons up in honor of his milestone. In all sincerity, it has been incredibly inspiring seeing Coach hit the type of consistency he’s had over the last few weeks. (Though, he’ll have to stencil that block on his own.)

    Anyway, beatdown was as follows:

    Grab a coupon, head to the stairs for some 11’s: Curls up top, squat thrusters down below, rifle carry the coupon up the stairs for each round.

    After that we did some Lt. Dan’s down to the stage, where we knocked out some Sister Mary’s in cadence, as well as some merkins (and maybe some other stuff?), before heading back to the stairs for the second round of 11’s with the coupon:

    Chest presses at the bottom, Alpos up top.

    Finally, over to the new benches for some more leg work: Bulgarians, step downs, etc.

    Finished with a quick run through of as many Mary exercises as we could squeeze into 4 minutes, and then on to COT, where Shooter prayed us out. Thank you gentlemen for the accountability and for the camaraderie- it means a lot. Also, looking forward to Russo’s return – I know Granny has missed her favorite Pax.

  • Just the two of us – from Steve

    With Bushwacker no showing, intimidated by the difficulty of my recent workouts, I was grateful that Jose was man enough to show up to work out. I have lost respect for the Wacker. Can’t join a good workout, can’t Q a difficult workout (Steve’s words Bush). Any who, warm-ups, a couple of jabs towards Bushwacker). Burpees and Bear crawls is about all I can remember!

  • Dave Matthews and the Revivalists – from Waterpik

    YHC missed the Jazz Fest Bonanza this past weekend with Dave Matthews and the Revivalists, but listening to Cowbell and Steve, I got the full rundown of events, living vicariously through their experience.

    Other than that it was the usual MO in the gloom at the Scramble. There was a new Pax in attendance, Coachella, and a regular still out cruising, Shooter.

    Until next time, gents!