There is a popular Irish Christian folktale associated with the jack-o’-lantern,[119] which in folklore is said to represent a “soul who has been denied entry into both heaven and hell“:[120] On route home after a night’s drinking, Jack encounters the Devil and tricks him into climbing a tree. A quick-thinking Jack etches the sign of the cross into the bark, thus trapping the […]
7 PAX posted for a post-storm workout on Tuesday morning at The Mount. Our block pile has been getting larger based on the increase in numbers and I knew that I would need enough blocks for each PAX to have two. Our numbers were a little soft as a result […]
On a beautiful ER Monday morning, 10 Pax endure some tropical storm conditions while conquering a ladder on the top deck of the concrete jungle. Yes, we could have relocated one floor below to stay dry, but that’s no fun. Here’s how it went. Warmup ssh 10ic alt toe touch […]
5 HIM showed up on a 63 degree Saturday morning to get better. I’m not sure that they were ready for what was about to unfold, but they tackled it with gusto. Warm up (all done in cadence): Little Arm Circles – 10 Reverse Arm Circles – 10 Humpy – […]
Was it a tornado? There was much hot air in downtown Granite Falls. There was strong winds coming from some unknown source. The mayhem was approaching EF-5 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. Was it a twister? No, it was just Cropduster doing what he does best. Flapping his jaws and […]
Hemi= “In Between” because it is placed in Hudson so it is between Lenoir and Granite Falls. It is a lightly attended AO but one that can be fun, none the less. We gave it a go Friday and this is how it went. Warmups (all x 10 IC) Alt […]
Today we did a RAM style workout. WARMUPS: Smurf Jacks ICX15 After our one warm-up we mosyed to our first pain station and did the following: 100 LBC’S OYO 100 RBC’S OYO Low Plank We then mosyed to our second pain station and did the following: SSH ICX25 Mosyed to […]
A couple of days before my Q, Short Sale had mentioned that we hadn’t done some partner workouts in a while. I told him not to worry that it was going to be my workout for my next Q. The Mount has had an influx of PAX (added 5 to […]
What a beautiful drizzling morning to take a jog at the Broyhill Walking Park where four men got better. From Stargate, we ran up Harper Ave. and turned left onto Main St. We took Main St. and ran around the Lenoir Park by making a right onto Finley and another […]
We had 2 for the pre-run down the hill to the lake then up that loooong hill known as Shiloh Church Rd (i think). We were looking for Lake Shore Drive and never found it, but carefully avoided Joe Teague Drive. Plank “pants” while running up Shiloh – but guess […]
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