The Uptowner

I know, I know its about time. Sorry this back blast is late but duct tape is capable of fixing just about anything. I will never forget my first Q , I was out of breath,my mouth was dry, and I said alot of things wrong. It was fun. We …

“The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender” – Anonymous Finally, the feeling of winter has returned!  One thing about the Uptowner is that it is not in view of any parking lots.  Due to this, you can find the Pax gathering around the flag in all sorts of …

The Uptown 12 mosey to the parking lot. Warm ups SSH X 30 IW X 30 PP X 30 AC X 30(15 each way) Windmill X 20 Mosey to the field 15 yards away, but still evoking whining from Rudy. Burpees X 20 Jack Web – 1:2 ratio X 20(air press) …

*Disclaimer* YHC is Ghost Writing this BB for the Q, HVAC. Today is the last day of the MapMyRun Challenge so YHC took the long way to the park.  As I jogged up at T minus 1 minute, I saw that the PAX already had their rocks and were circled …

Mother nature spared us what could have been a nasty morning.  YHC had been eyeing up the forecast for a few days and was planning for a cold and rainy workout, possibly solo.  Despite the testosterone themed F3 motto “rain or shine”, YHC planned to spend as little time in …

Giving other PAX grief for not posting a back blast took a toll on YHC, keeping me sick and out of commission most of the week. YHC began to feel better late Wednesday, and decided to post to Okwata Thursday morning. YHC was rewarded with ants fighting for their existence …

WARM UP After posting a few times for the initial launch back in 2014 and the two anniversary convergences, I finally had my first Q…man was I nervous.  We started out in the gloom picking up eight (8) five-gallon buckets of pain for our workout and moving them to the …

While the Wolfpack boyz were worried whether they could lift their arms for some good huggin’ to keep anyone from crying or whether they could stay in a stairwell so that their skinny legs wouldn’t shiver, YHC and his PAX were into some Serious DownPainMent in the real outdoors under …

It’s a dangerous place we live in.  Nothing his safe – not shovel flags, not 50 lb bags of play sand. YHC arrived to find a full parking lot.  Triple Shift and Duct Tape both arrived with FNGs in tow.  HVAC came in hot and in need of a restroom. …

YHC wasn’t expecting a big PAX, but was expecting at least someone beside himself. But at 5:30, YHC was a man standing alone: so be it. Thus, YHC began a slow COP1: SSHs 30xIC, Low Double-Slow Squats 30xIC, Imperial Walkers 30xIC, Slow as hell merkins 20xIC (wanted to get to …