Refuse to Lose Backblasts
China Grove Smokeshows – Beer Goggle Edition
August 27th, 2026AO: Refuse to Lose Q: heatstroke , PAX: heatstroke, Dial-up, Handy Manny, Gapper FNGs: None COUNT: 4 5 for 5K event prep in full swing. Mileage on the menu. Hydration of choice…couplabeers recommended. Dial Up broke down his evening meeting up with a old friend at a China Grove bar where he played wing man […]
Refuse to Lose-5:33 liftoff!
August 25th, 2026AO: Refuse to Lose Q: Hacksaw , PAX: Gapper, Scrum, Handy Manny, heatstroke, Gulfstream, Hacksaw, Dial-up FNGs: None COUNT: 7 All were excited for liftoff today at 5:33, but scrooge Q moved the Pax away from the clear view shot of the rocket, to numerous comments of a non-positive, DBAB side. YHC was not deterred, […]
Refuse to Lose – Counting to 10!
August 20th, 2026AO: Refuse to Lose Q: Big Tuna , PAX: Scrum, Handy Manny, heatstroke, Big Tuna, Hacksaw, Dial-up FNGs: None COUNT: 6 WARMUP: We gathered – got rucks on and off we went at 5:30. THE THANG: Part 1: Rucking – 2 mile ruck out and back across the two foot bridges. Started with 4 pax […]
Out of Respect for JD5
August 18th, 2026AO: Refuse to Lose Q: heatstroke , PAX: Hacksaw, Big Tuna, Handy Manny, heatstroke, Dial-up FNGs: None COUNT: 5 Fitting we had 5 pax to respect JD5. We took off on the “short” loop with a 60# SB. Every 5 minutes we stopped and did 5 of the below and switched off SB carry. Deadlift […]
Move the Pile
August 13th, 2026AO: Refuse to Lose Q: Handy Manny , PAX: Big Tuna, Handy Manny, Dial-up, heatstroke, Gulfstream, Scrum, Gapper FNGs: None COUNT: 7 THE THANG: Ruck the lot Ruck the lot carrying sandbag Move the coupon pile to the last pole as a team – low carry only. Move the coupon pile back to start – […]
Refuse to Lose- beerski time!
August 11th, 2026AO: Refuse to Lose Q: Hacksaw , PAX: Big Tuna, Hacksaw, Gapper, heatstroke, Handy Manny, Dial-up, Gulfstream, Scrum FNGs: None COUNT: 8 The Ocho brought it strong today, too many subjects discussed to nail it down to one, there was plenty of mumblechatter disbursed with some work, here is how it went down WARMUP: – […]
Refuse to Lose – Big Tuna on the Q!
August 6th, 2026AO: Refuse to Lose Q: Big Tuna , PAX: Big Tuna, Hacksaw, Gapper, heatstroke, Handy Manny, Dial-up, Gulfstream, Scrum FNGs: None COUNT: 8 Thanks for coming out today – we started with 6, finished with 7 and peaked at 8 pax! Lots of 2nd F mumblechatter along the way with typical topics including TV shows, […]
Reacher Smokeshow Spectacular
August 4th, 2026AO: Refuse to Lose Q: heatstroke , PAX: Gulfstream, Handy Manny, Scrum, heatstroke, Hacksaw FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: Ruck to Pickle Poker Promenade for a little warm up. Cars were sparse during the performance. We rucked down the opposite hill and back to the cars. Establishing our lap. THE THANG: 5 stations – 120lb […]
UNCC greenway ruck
August 2nd, 2026AO: Refuse to Lose Q: Gapper , PAX: Handy Manny, Gapper, Gulfstream, heatstroke, Hacksaw FNGs: None COUNT: 5 Four Sunday miles with extensive discussion of the big and silver screen was had. TEMU Pathfinder sprint for August is now a thing as we work towards normalizing the quarterly Temu schedule. Good times at Coffeeteria
Refuse to Lose
July 30th, 2026AO: Refuse to Lose Q: Gulfstream , PAX: Handy Manny, Gulfstream, Hacksaw FNGs: None COUNT: 3 WARMUP: None. 0530…movin’ out THE THANG: Lap around the track with some stops. Stop 1: 25 merkins Stop 2: 25 merkins, 25 LBC’s Stop 3: 25 merkins, 25 LBC’s, 25 squats Stop 4: 25 merkins, 25 LBC’s, 25 squats, […]