So we came out again with a pretty aggressive workout today. The crew first showed up to the normal run only groups starting at 5:30AM, then again at 6AM at the corner of 10^th & N Street. With the miles logged, the crew then gathered at 6:25AM for the Wednesday West Steps workout … Today was a hard one … I mean a really hard one … that’s what she said

For some reason we have started to enjoy workouts that are pretty tough that no one can complete them in the allotted 35 minutes. We kill all workouts at 7AM on the dot. If the workout isn’t completed, there is no overtime or extra work … it is what it is, and we are okay with not being able to finish it. There is some sort of thrill that takes place doing this.

Yes, the awesome 9RUN6 peeps love going into workouts knowing that we probably won’t be able to get all the way through it. It isn’t failing; it is rather busting our asses to work as fast and hard as possible to see how much of the workout we can get done.

The morning workout was a tag team workout again, where people partner up and do different exercises. Person A does one workout until completed, while Person B does another movement awaiting for A to finish their exercises. Today’s workout looked like this …

The first round was pretty simple and completed fairly quickly, the second round took longer with the lunges but damn doing lunges for about 60 yards was a task! Then came round 3 … this one was really tough. A traveling burpee involves a normal burpee, but rather than jumping up, we jumped out … think broad jump … The fourth round became a race as groups that got there tried to race the clock to finish the workout, however not one group was able to get through all three sets. Some groups got really close, but today involved another DID NOT FINISH!

We did not finish, and F@#$ing LOVED IT! YES! Read it again, all got a DNF but LOVED THE CRAP OUT OF IT!

Have a good Wednesday everyone … you all crushed through a tough workout, but did more work than most people do in a weeks worth of workouts. BE F@#$ING PROUD OF YOURSELVES!

See all of you Friday AM for another destination Friday workout that will push you to your limits.

Also don’t forget next Wednesday is a run only workout as we celebrate Global Running Day. Invite all of your friends to come join us by visiting the link below …
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Everyone, yes including adults, need to play. So today after the 5:30 & 6am run groups, we made our way to a playground just .6 miles from the West Steps.

Once we got on over the park, we did an AMRAP workout today … AMRAP = As Many Rounds As Possible … The time was 15 minutes to get through as many rounds of 10 burpees with a box jump, 10 dips, 10 push ups, 10 pull ups (or hanging knees to chest) and 20 sit ups.

With the new tunes on the 9RUN6 playlist blasting, the crew was pushing hard through the workout. Most people got in anywhere from 3 full sets to nearly closing off 5 sets. The workout was a good one as everyone worked to their own individual level, with encouragement from other folks in the group.

After the 15 minute clock buzzed off, we headed back to the Capitol where everyone said their final words to one another before tackling the day.

Happy Friday and have a kick ass weekend everyone.

So every now and then we like to challenge one another with our workouts … but DAMN! Today’s workout did just that and more …

Before the 6:25AM workout group, we did the normal 10th & N St meet ups, we even had a new face to the squad this morning joining us at 6AM. Welcome, Melanie to the group, she found us by Googling Sacramento rabbit hole or something like that … not really … but apparently it took her some time to find a free running group in Sacramento … then she found us …

Anyways, we did another partner based workout and it was challenging … we allot 35 minutes to the workout and this one would push the 35 minutes to see if any set of partners would actually be able to finish it. A couple of the groups got really close, but still couldn’t finish off the morning challenge.

The workout looked like this …

Each set of partners would complete the exercises three times before moving onto the next set. The out and back sprint was about 30 yards each way, but after crushing the legs, it seemed like the distance was a mile out.

When 7AM hit, the workout was OVER!

Scoreboard … WORKOUT 1 Groups finished 0 …

Nonetheless, everyone got their workout in and became stronger and fitter by getting their asses out of bed and made their way out to the west steps …

As the saying goes … Did Not Finish trumps Did Not Start … great job everyone and have a kick ass hump day.

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What up peeps … well it’s Friday … so that meant we had to go somewhere after the 5:30AM and 6:00AM groups got their run in and some interesting events took place … someone might or might not have been splashed by coffee by a non-9RUN6’er.

Run BMC was in charge of today’s Friday workout and after meeting at the West Steps at 6:25AM he took us what seemed to be 100 miles to get to, we ended up on the West Sacramento side of the river along the River Walk where some stairs were awaiting us.

The workout today included 15 pushups, 15 lunges (each leg), a 20 second plank hold, followed by a set of stairs … the exercises were repeated at the top of the stairs and at the bottom of the stairs … BMC had the idea of us doing a set of 10 … with one set up and one down being 1 rep … so yes the idea would have been to complete 300 push ups, and 300 lunges along with the planks … no one came close to hitting the 10 sets, because BMC set unrealistic goals. He set us up for failure… Yes, I was thinking the same thing … BMC is kind of an asshole. Just kidding Brian we kind of like you, sometimes.

After the workout, we had to push another 1 mile to get to the Capitol before our day of adulting started… yea that think we call work.

Hope everyone has a kick ass weekend and don’t forget to come out tomorrow to cheer on those partaking in the adult beverage mile at Raley Field.

Damn that workout was solid and kicked our asses! The morning run groups started off strong … I mean like 15 people deep strong … one of our biggest run groups … possibly the biggest run groups we have ever had.

With the run out of the way, it was time to get our workout on. You know the workout is gonna be awesome when we have to do a demo before the workout takes place so we can do it correctly.

The workout is a version of the Bojan (named after one of the November Project Co-Founders). One partner gets up in downward dog position, while the other partner crawls under, once through, that same person jumps over the partner who goes down in a push-up position. This is repeated 10x, after the 10th rep, that same person does a run out and back (about 50 yards each way).

This was done until each person performed 3 sets … let’s put it this way the workout was pretty challenging that people had to take a break between sets …

After the Bojan, we did 50s that included 50 step ups (each leg), 50 leg lifts, 50 squats and 50 jumping jacks… Just when we thought we were done … NOPE! It’s Wednesday … so we had to end it with some sprints.

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It’s Friday … SO HOLLA BACK! Once again the crew assembled for some furious miles and awesome push-ups, sit ups and squats, with the occasional burpee thrown into the mix … if you were lucky enough to pull a joker.

Today’s workout started with the first 2 groups of running around the downtown, midtown and Old Sacramento routes. While the 6:25AM group made it over to City Hall for the Deck of Cards workout for the morning. 10 rounds of cards with a run thrown into the mix.

Dan might have pulled some pretty awesome cards, or awful depending on how you look at it … his first 5 cards … Kings and Aces …

Everyone else got their fair share of low and high cards and 3 or 4 Jokers were pulled from the deck, which meant some burpees.

The workout was complete and everyone made their way. Have a great weekend everyone! See you next Wednesday … Good luck to everyone racing this weekend as well.

So some folks ran a marathon this weekend, others ran a half, others supported and others drank … but this morning 8 awesome people still found a way to get their asses out of bed for a run and workout … not one excuse from these people for making it out at 5:30, 6:00 or 6:25AM this morning … so what’s your excuse?

Too far? well brad comes all the way from Orangevale for our workouts … so your excuses are invalid…

The 5:30AM crew got out for their normal run around 3 miles after meeting at the corner of 10th & N Street. After the 3 miles the crew picked up a few more bodies at 6:00 before getting the 6:25AM workout in.

Before the Ping-Pong Ball workout started … one of the grounds keepers came up to ask us if the ice chest in the bushes near the West Steps was ours … we said “NO” … at this moment we decided to move the workout about 100 yards down the way since their next step was to get CHP out to it, to figure out what was in the ice chest … from the looks of things it wasn’t anything that imposed any dangers …

We took on the ping pong ball workout and poor Dan who was part of the crew that ran the Pony Express Marathon, somehow found a way to get a shit load of squats and squat jumps … While Shane had some cry me a river moment when he had to do leg lifts because he did legs and abs at 24 yesterday …

After the ping pong balls were dropped and recollected, it was time for some sprints … the crew busted their asses for these ones and now everyone was ready to start their Wednesday.

Kaila one of our 2016 newbies might have posted on her FB best with the following …

I know we use the term coming strong a lot in these blog post … but let’s be honest today we were strong, in numbers and in attitude … I mean really fuckin’ strong … we are at about half way to #Project30, between all the people who showed up today from the 5:30 &6AM run only groups to the 6:25AM workout group. Not to mention a couple folks we knew who weren’t going to be in attendance today …

We hit up our typical miles to get the morning rolling, then at 6:25AM we gathered at the West Steps were RUN_BMC would lead us to the Promenade for today’s workout of 99 Problems but a Burpee Ain’t One.  The routine called for 3 sets of 33 burpees, 33 star jumps and 33 crunches, followed by an out and back run.

After the awesome workout by the squad we headed back to the West Steps for our farewell to one anothers before starting off our Fridays.

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Well it was another Wednesday of running, working out and talking shit to one another … okay maybe just one person throwing around the shit talking …

5:30 and 6:00 AM came in hot with some running action, losing one person before the 6:25AM group rolled around.

At 6:25AM the folks gathered to the West Steps to do their thing. Today we celebrated Alexia’s 25th birthday, which was yesterday. We did it in true 9RUN6 fashion by laying out some exercises and doing each one 25 reps for her 25th. After 5 rounds went by, it was time to mix in our Wednesday sprint workout. Today were 7 short burst up and back from the West Steps to the 10th Street sidewalk.

The crew did it proper and left one another puffing by the end to catch their breath.

Have a kick ass Wednesday everyone!