The BackBlast:

AO:

happy_jack

Pax Names:

Woody, Hombre, C4, Yogi, Earhart, Dandy, Dixie Chick, Floppy

Number of Pax:

8

FNG Names:

Number of FNGs:

0

Intro:

My brain said sprint up the mountain, my legs said otherwise. Our extended F3 Cherokee brethren include a New England fan named Manning, an FSU fan named Tebow, and an Englishman named Frenchy. SO… the hill at Happy Jack that never ends, and turns runners into walkers, shall be called… “Easy Mountain”. You can raise your hands in the air like Rocky when you make it to the top. Or really just put your hands on your head so you can actually breathe while you recover.

Warm-o-Rama:

0530 Mosey from the red barn area up top to the parking lot by the tennis courts. For future reference, that lot up top makes a great ~250 Yard track. Now that the legs are warm we did some high knees, butt kicks, carioca left/right hips in the upper parking lot/track. Lastly some good stretching since this beatdown = run.

The Thang:

Burpees on the Side Mountain, then Merkins on Easy Mountain.

YHC normally obsesses about running counter-clockwise on any track, loop, trail, etc. But the Happy Jack trail has a starting line by the tennis courts that goes clockwise for about 1.3 miles. We ran that loop twice with the following modifications:

Side Mountain:
– Run down the hill to the bottom
– Perform 10 Burpees as a group
– Race/Sprint/Whatever you got back up
– Perform 10 Burpees as a group
– Continue back down and around the loop

Easy Mountain:
– Perform 20 Merkins as a group at the bottom
– Race/Sprint/Somehow make it up (PIECE OF CAKE RIGHT)
– Perform 20 Merkins as a group at the top
– Continue around the loop to the start

RINSE & REPEAT for 2nd lap, then a FAST MOSEY back to the Flag.

MARY: American Hammers, then Flutter Kicks led by Dandy.

4 miles today, well done PAX.

COT:

We talked about the potential 5k's leading into Spring. Misty was on Slack looking for interest in a virtual 5k sometime soon, and several PAX have mentioned the Guns & Hoses 5K in Cherokee, which allows the Cherokee Fire and Police departments to raise money for their charity (CCFD is raising money for Goshen Valley). Also discussed the Adventure Race, YHC is now a HC for the 8-hour version, talk to Hombre if you're interested.

We prayed for Pelosi and his family as they lay his mom to rest. We prayed for F3/Thrasher and FIA/Veena as they recover from surgery. We also prayed for marriages in the F3 community, mentioning the beatdown/BB yesterday from The Mole.

Naked Man Moleskin:

EL HOMBRE's virgin visit to the Happy Jack. C4 back to his regular simple unexcited name readout in the COT. DANDY, just damn that man can run, but an awesome job circling back for the SIX. YOGI pushing YHC up Easy Mountain or I would have walked. EARHART becoming a staple PAX of the Happy Jack, working hard every time out. WOODY rolling in just in time, who I mistakenly called Geppetto, partly cause I miss Geppetto and partly cause it's so damn dark. And DIXIE CHICK flirting with FIA before we started, really just helping figure out which group was where. Then there's YHC, I almost injure something every time out these days, trying my damndest to stay off the DL.

This place is a great Beatdown. Come get your Happy Jack on sometime. Floppy Out.