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  • Fog at The Gipper…Weather and Brain – from Einstein

    Cool temps with some big time fog at The Gipper this morning.

    Warmup: toe touch, windmills, hi jack hi jills, side straddle hops, arm circles, swimmers. high knees, buttkicks, parker peters, side lunges, etc

    Thang: 3 sets of cinderblock work, each seperated by an non cinderblock event.
    block work – the usual…curls, presses, rows, overhead thrusts, farmer carry, rifle carry, big boy situps, skull crushers, squat thrusts, lunges, etc.
    set break 1 – speed skater walk for a city block then back peddle return
    set break 2 – mosey to the court house benches for B. split squats, step ups, merkins

    Hammer prayed us out.

  • Nashville Nasty – from Akbar

    17 showed up today to a warm 61 degrees, the first real sweat in the past few months (except for Russo). Tiga showed up from a recent beatdown in Austin where he was named, jumping right into the fold like he’d been here a year. A surprise comeback from Captain Sparkles was a pleasant surprise.

    4 came jogging up from the pre-thang and we were ready to go.

    Warm up:

    SSH, Arm Circles, Self Love, Imperial Walkers, Grass Grabbers, High Knees

    Grab blocks from the truck and rifle carry to the fire hydrant for 8 ct Rocky Balboas x10 IC, and jawbreakers (alternating Merkins on the block) x 10 OYO.

    Run stairs at Rips, 10 calf raises at the top, return to the blocks.

    Raffle Carry to Noah’s Ark for the Nashville Nasty

    YHC was on a business trip and decided to attend a beatdown in 20° weather with snow on the ground in Nashville. It was cold, but warmed up quickly due to the ascending reps beatdown. It was love at first sight.

    The Nashville Nasty

    6 exercises, 10 reps each, run Noah’s Ark = 1 round. Increase 1 rep each round.

    Lots of Mumblechatter which lessened the pain.

    Grundy was out of the gate first as usual, and we all endured the pain for around 30 minutes. YHC’s unofficial count for most was up to 7-8 rounds, equaling over 500 reps.

    Head back to the flag with a Rifle carry to the fire hydrant, for 2 exercises x10 IC. Maybe Mountain Climbers and Rosalitas, but not quite sure.

    Put up blocks and circle up for Mary x10 IC

    Hello Dolly, Rosalita, Dying Cockroaches, Penguins, Heals to Heaven, Nolan Ryan’s, Jane Fonda’s, 8 count Merkin mountain climbers.

    Count, Name, and Waterpik prayed us out.

    Coffeeteria at Book and the Bean was well attended, with Steve joining us after his run. Grundy brought cookies for all.

    Announcements

    Run Cajun Ran- log your miles
    Krazy Ivan- Saturday Feb 17th

    Thanks for following the lead gentlemen! 👊💪👍

    SYITG- Akbar

  • Well that changed quickly! – from Shooter

    YHC rolled up to 2 PAX in Hammer and Waterpik at the Scramble expecting to have a light showing. Out of the darkness Jose10k and Steve appear and the the headlights just kept coming in. Before long the PAX quickly swelled to 10 and so we did a simple warmup of Imperial walkers, SSH, Grass grabbers, Good mornings and Seal jacks..
    Route was down toward Monroe and zig zagged our way through the streets while 4 PAX Rucked out for 20 and back.

    Appreciate the great showing the last two weeks gentleman. Let’s keep it up..

    Keep checkin Slack as Hogsbreath will posting a date at the 007 for his 40 year birthday beatdown to come…

    Until the next gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!

  • It’s The Most Wonderful Time of The Year – from Steve

    Pik strolled up to the Scramble this morning to find a pax of 9 already huddled (and another with his weathered Charity sweatshirt coming in hot), and he wondered what the hell was going on. Then he remembered, oh yeah, IT’S FEBRUARY.

    That’s right, the second most wonderful time of the year, where if you miss one day of running, you realize you’ll need 8-10 miles the next day just to make up for it. Or, if you’re Frank, simply run a full marathon instead of a half (and, of course, 4 murphs instead of two).

    Anyway, big pax assembled today for the start of RCR 2024, even turning some ruckers (JV and Russo) into runners, and bringing out old familiar (yet clean shaven) faces like Chewy.

    Lakefront route today, all the way to Girod to get us a little past 4 miles. Went a little over on time also, my apologies fellas.

    COT with straggler ruckers still rolling in, and Hammer prayed us out. T-claps to all the pre-thangers – Jose, Hammer, Waterpik.

    Don’t forget to log your miles: https://www.runcajunrun.com/mileage-log/ It is a leap year, so hey, with that extra day now is the time to shoot for the RCR record of 403 miles.

    Oh, and even though there’s been no buzz about it and no one even knows where the hell the Freedom Hammer lives and there’s an event in Thibodaux that morning, the Krazy Ivan is indeed still happening on Saturday, Feb 17th, at 8pm. If you don’t have a tank top, Sogo can probably lend you one.

  • The Regular Route – from Akbar

    3 Amigos, warmer weather, regular route running the mile down to the Lakefront and back from whence the AO got its name. Sore from head to toe after Saturdays rainy beatdown, QIC’s plan was to focus on everything else but chest and legs. Well, things don’t always go as planned.

    Warm up: SSH, Mountain Climbers, Grass Grabbers, Imperial Walkers, Arm Circles, Self-Love

    Playground: 3x 10 pull ups and 10 squats. The mulch was removed which made us jump a little higher for the pull up bar.

    Milestone Mosey to the lakefront, stopping at each intersection for Merkins, SMC, and Supermans.

    Wall: Dirkin, Freak Nasty, Step ups, Bulgarian split Squats, x10 IC regular, lunge walk to the tree and back, repeato Copperhead style.

    Run back for Mary at center court. Heals to Heaven, Hello Dolly, Rosalita, LBC until time.

    Count, Name, and YHC prayed us out.

    Announcements: Run Cajun Run – sign up.

    SYITG,

    Akbar

  • Playing in Muddy puddles!! – from Shooter

    With 7.5 inches of rain from the previous day and misty conditions in this Gloom.
    5 PAX made the post at the scramble for a mix of warmups and roughly 4 miles through the streets of Mandeville. I promise this time I was not bashing anything about the sidewalk installation. In fact Hammer and I were having good chadder along the newly paved path. We had to detour at one point as it has not yet been completed. Well that is where the Muddy puddle comes in as we both nearly took a spill as we tried to switch from sidewalk to shoulder in a sloppy exchange. Luckily neither of us did and one day we will get to journey this newly installed shoulder to a shoulder as Pelican stated..

    Appreciate the post gentlemen and until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!

  • MLK – from Akbar

    Happy Martin Luther King day today, great to have Dinghy down range again for a slightly chili beatdown before the temps drop tomorrow. To celebrate MLK, we did Merkins, Ladders, and Kinetics.

    Warm up
    SSH, Grass Grabbers, High Knees, Butt Kicks, Toe Touches, Arm Circles, Self Love

    4 Corners
    Mosey around the block for 3 corners, 4th corner was the picnic tables at the court.

    Round 1:
    Tempo merkins, squats, and good mornings from 5/10/15 reps for 3 corners.

    4th corner: Freak Nasty, Bulgarian Split Squats, and raised Wife Pleasers (feet on bench).

    Yes, we got a little freaky for an early Monday morning.

    Round 2:
    Hand Release Merkins, Cobra Prisoner Squat, Elbow Plank Peter Parker – 10, 15, 20 IC at
    each corner

    Freak Nasty, Bulgarian Splits, left the wife pleasers out this time

    Round 3: 4 corners at the court
    T Merkins, Apollo Ohno, Supermans – 10, 15, 20 IC

    Inchworm to center court for Mary: 1 minute of LBC’s

    Announcements
    Sunday 1/21 1pm: Grundy’s Nightmare after Christmas on the Lakefront

    Saturday 1/27: Bushwhacker’s Kokomo campout, come out for the day, or stay the night.

    Run Cajun Run – Sign up ends Jan 18

    Krazy Ivan – Sometime in February.

    COT and YHC prayed us out.

    Akbar

  • Burpees, Football, Running, Oh My! – from Bushwacker

    Cold as ballz? Tell that to F3 Fargo. Small crowd? Not likely. F3 Northshore showed up to play. Today we dedicated the beat down to our own Maximus the Marathon Man, Tanked Up, who is running the La Marathon tomorrow aiming to qualify for Boston.

    WARMORAMA

    5burpees OYO
    SSH
    HI KNEES
    BUTT KICKS
    IWs
    5 Burpees
    GOOD MORNINGS
    TOE TOUCHES
    TORSO TWISTS
    5 Burpees

    THANG

    Partnered up and each pair grabbed a football. Mosey to gazebo while passing football back and forth. The partner throwing couldn’t move, and for any dropped passes, both do 5 burpees.

    At gazebo,circled up and did 4 rounds of circle Up/Downs.

    Mosey to shaft in similar fashion.

    Lined up along tree line, P1 stayed put while P2 went out for a pass (dropped passes were 5 Burpees each). While P2 ran to shaft and back, P1 did an exercise, then switch. The exercises included SSH, Mnt Climbers, Freddy Mercurys, Hand Release Merkins, J Los, Flutter Kicks, and more! T claps to Waterpick and Baby Yoda, who connected on some long bombs like Drew Brees and Marques Colston!

    Mosied back to flag again in similar fashion, but this time the Pax honed their strategy to pick up the pace with shorter passes. BONUS, no balls in the frigid lake!!!

    MARY

    Made it back to the flag with 3 minutes to hit some core, much to Duke of Hazard’s chagrin.

    5 Burpees
    20 LBCs
    100 100s
    And planked up waiting for the man of the hour to roll in from a light 2 mile run.

    COT
    Count/name
    F3 camping Saturday Jan 27th
    https://maps.apple.com/?ll=31.212232,-90.023317&q=Dropped%20Pin&t=h

    Nightmare Before Christmas’24 Sunday January 21st 1pm lakefront, bring backpack with 10-40lbs of weight

    JV prayed us out, Byrd and Cowbell were Starskys, joining us at coffeeteria.

    Guys (you know who you are) thanks for letting us play with your ballz this morning!
    Hammer went out of his way to prove that a good beatdown isn’t complete unless someone gets hurt. Ice it up big guy. I hope you feel better soon.
    And speaking of Hammer, if anyone is looking for a nice house in a small, conveniently located sub division (with a hot tub😎) give him a shout.

    Gentleman, thanks for coming out and freezing cheeks with the Wack, and celebrating our own Medicare Machine, and best of luck to him tomorrow!

  • Nothing new here but detours! – from Shooter

    4 PAX joined YHC this Gloom for the Scramble.
    Started with the normal warmup of exercises 20IC SSH, Toe Touches, Imperial Walkers, Grass Grabbers, Cherry pickers and finished with Al Gore hold 2 jump squats per PAX around 2x.

    Route was out and down Messina, left on Monroe through the circle back out to West Beach to the Lake. Steve and Waterpik set a quicker pace and I believe turned past the bridge. YHC detoured Jose10k and Hammer 3/4 of a way down a private road and back out to also turn past the bridge and back to the AO..
    Distance for all somewhere between 3.8 and 4.2..

    Congratulations to Hammer on a contract for his home and he did the honors in closing us with COT..

    Until the next gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!

  • Milestone Marsh – from Waterpik

    Chilly but pleasant 47 degrees. 3 man ensemble this morning for the weekly “get your week started” beatdown, AKA, the Milestone Marsh.

    Brief warmup of SSHs, grass grabbers, High knees, butt kicks.

    Head over to bars to get started. 5 sets of pull ups, alternating with big boys sit ups.

    Mosey to lakefront stopping at each intersection for 10 merkins OYO, 10 monkey humpers IC.

    Stop at lake front for more merkins, imperial squat walkers, flutter kicks, hello Dollie’s, leg raises, crunchy frogs.

    Mosey back to marsh for mary.

    Have a good week guys