BACKBLASTS
Tales from the Frontlines
When a workout gets crushed, you can find its’ spirit living on in the stories below.
More than a workout
I arrived this morning at the EC Murph at O'Dark thirty cloudy eyed and weary from dealing with a bunch of sick wife kids at
Reliving Old Memories (nightmares) at Cadet Lab
Cadet Lab – Tuesday 02/05/2019, Oak Ridge Town Park PAX: Convoy, Bulldog, Sneakers, Snowbird, Polo, Double Check, Nails, Byrider, Pitino, Misfire, Spurrier (QIC)
Burpee Hop Hill Hell
AO: Quaker Crater Date: 2/4/2019 PAX: Stretch (Respect!) Glow Guiding Light Bulldog Tesla Spackler (Respect!) Bruce Lee Slumlord Short Circuit (War Baby) QIC: Short CircuitYHC
Stomp Rockets Rock
It was a beautiful February morning at around 33 degrees. 14 pax total showed up for a fun but somewhat chaotic Stomp Rocket workout. Mumble
Too much sausage and beer
YHC was DR for three weeks in Europe and needed this Q to slap him back into reality. PAX: Phoenix (Q), Ketchup (EC), JR (EC),
A Wee Bit Cold
Sonuvabench 1/31/19 Weather- 16F and a little windy PAX- Xerox (Respect!), Pitino, JR, See Thru, Cottontail (Q) YHC arrived early to inspect the path
Frigid Temps cant stop 8 MEN from getting better at Sweat Angel
PAX: Jack Rabbit, Robin Hood, Phoenix, Jitterbug, Stage Fright, Bruce Lee, Mr. Belding, Yeti QIC: YETI It was frigid out there this morning! But that
PAX Q to the Rescue
PAX: Mall Cop, Robin Hood, Phoenix, Bushwood, Long Time, FNG-Chris Jackson (FSBO). Bed Bug, Etch-a-Sketch, Poehler QIC: Mall Cop, Robin Hood, Phoenix, Bushwood, Long Time,
Increasing Distance Ladder at Shake & Bake
Date: 1/29/19 PAX (19): Norwood, Mr. Belding, Bodett, Haz-Mat, TPS, Schnitzel, Red Dragon, Jingles (War Baby), Crawlspace, Drizzle, Cornhole, Earhart, Maneater, Slag (Double Respect -
Oh, obviously! The moment I sat down I thought I was looking into a mirror.
AO Cadet Lab Oak Ridge Town Park PAX FNG (Chad)DeVito, Pitino, Polo, Misfire, EPA, Spurrier, Sneakers, Double Check, ESL, Byrider (Q) Warm Mosey/SSH/Cotton Pickers/Windmill
Arise goes Sightseeing
Arise Tuesday, January 29, 2019 0530-0615 36.074586, -79.795416 40 °F, 66% humidity Pax Nancy, Houlihan, Bruce Lee, Stretch (RESPECT!), Expired (RESPECT!), LYnda, Thurmanator (RESPECT!), Dial
Just Another Manic Monday
Location: Circle Time Date: January 28th, 2019. Time: 0530 Conditions: 33F, 80% humidity, 3.4MPH NE winds. PAX (Count 16): Huffy (Respect), Sacked (Respect), Xerox (Respect),