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Ninja Killer Q

To start the 3rd week of our competition, we had a VQ from Hombre to start the day.  YHC could see the evil happiness of his eyes shining bright in the gloom as he stepped out of his car and up to the group.  Here’s what went down: Warm Up …

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The Alpha AO Challenge Update Week 2

Another week is in the books, and we kept growing. Shorter update this week, but here are the highlights. Rubicon still leading the way with 52 total points. 28 points this week. Strong numbers, 3 FNGs, and Nacho posting 6 times last week. Impressive. Kodiak is hot on Rubicon’s heels …

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Birmingham Week #2

Don’t you just love the gloom? I mean, the gloom can suck, but that’s only when your hands are being attacked by invisible sand burrs in the grass because you’re too tough for gloves. The best part of the gloom is the calm before the storm. The AO is quiet aside …

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Burpee Broad Jumps to the Finish

The rain cleared out overnight and left us with an outstanding morning at #Widowmaker. 14 PAX posted for a Saturday morning beatdown to wash the week away. Here’s how things went down … The Warmup: Mosey around the parking lot and out onto the soccer field. Circle up for IC …

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Half the Q, Twice the Burn

A gorgeous morning following a wet night and evening in Cherokee County, the PAX was ready to go and eager to welcome two FNGs.  Banjo and YHC split duties on this one. Warm up & H1 (Banjo) Mosey to the back parking lot behind the school: 15 SSH 15 Cotton …

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AlphaRuck at it again

4 strong for the AlphaRuck that started with 2 at 0530 and 2 more joining at 0600. The weather was a glorious 62 degrees, light cloud and bit of a breeze – a finer way to start a day could not be found. After some initial gear malfunction, the ruck …

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Heavy loaded Kodiak hunt

This is a day late, I will be better.  It was a perfect morning for  a ruck.  Weather was great, big moon lighting the, and 6 PAX with packs of various sizes and weights.  These guys did a great job improvising and coming up with ways to pack in some …

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