The squad came in full strength this morning as we gathered for the 5:30, 6 and 6:25AM group runs and workout at the West Steps.

The workout on the steps started off with the dice workout, where the number rolled made equaled to various exercises that were predetermined on a sheet. The group was broken up into 2 groups, one group of 5 and another group of 6 … what the dice showed had folks huffing and puffing through the exercises that included a short out and back from from the steps to the sidewalk pillars.

When the dice throwing was completed, it was time for some sprints. Sprints have been the latest addition to Wednesday mornings. The sprints really get the folks going FASSSSST! So fast that our resident ogre crushes them while Old Brad needed time to sit down on the bench before the group photo took place! Check the photo above where Old Brad looks like he could barely stand.

Hope everyone had a kick ass Wednesday.

The morning group continues to be awesome, we saw the return of the two Brads. Prior to the 6:00AM group, the two of them gathered to talk and say hello, but I think they were discussing how awesome their name is to one another. It probably went something like this …

NB: Good morning Brad.

OB: What’s up playa. By the way did you know you have an awesome name?

NB: You know what my name is pretty awesome, so is yours.

OB: My name isn’t awesome it is gangsta … that’s how I roll … actually, our names are beyond gangsta, there really isn’t a way to describe it’s awesomeness.

The 6:25AM destination workout was announced to be at the levee on the East side of the river near the Tower Bridge, but since the dude who wanted to lead that workout couldn’t make it … we moved it to somewhere else for the workout.

The workout was held across the street from the west steps of the Capitol building, where we did 10 rounds of deck of cards. Today’s winner with the best poker hand was Brad … the Gangsta Brad … the OG of the Brad dynamic duo.

With the workout completed, the crew made their way to start of their Friday.

Have an awesome kick ass Friday everyone!

Sometimes we get people with the same name come through like Chris and Chris … When that happened one became known as his Twitter handle McRunner … Today we had 2 Brads at the workout … one was a newbie the other has been with us for a long time … So we temporarily named them as NB and OB … short for new Brad and old Brad.

We had a strong showing with our 5:30AM and 6:00AM groups … but were sad when Ethlexia (2 people Ethan and Alexia), Sarah and Rebeca left just before the 6:25AM west steps group. However, we were excited when a couple other faces joined us on the steps … so we lost a few but gained a couple more when the groups shifted from just running to the ping pong ball workout.

For those that haven’t had the luxury of doing the ping pong ball workout … we grab a ball by random, throw it down then grab another out of the air … each ball is marked with rep count and exercise … after each round we do a lap around the west lawn then repeat this … the workout goes for about 20 minutes …

When the ping pong ball workout is completed, we moved into our sprints which have been included in the Wednesday workout … the squad pushed hard leaving some people exhausted … just look at this photo of Brad …

Happy Wednesday everyone and keep it gangsta!

  
The 5:30 and 6:00 AM run only groups came through as normal and crushed their running as always. Then at 6:25AM the unknown always happens, the unknown of which workout will be pulled out of the bag on any given Wednesday.

For today we threw out one of the older workouts in the pile and did various movements from high-knees, jump ropes, push ups, sit ups, squats, lunges, jumping jacks, mountain climbers, oh and did I mentioned jump ropes … yeah we did a shit ton of jump ropes, but out jump ropes are without an actual rope … we like to pretend sometimes …

After that part of the workout was done, it was time to knock out some partner line drills … one person would go to the first line, get back then the second would go to that same line … until all five lines (created by the bricks on the West Side of the Capitol) were touched.

The workout pushed some to the limits like our boy Benny who actually showed up this morning as he was the last one to leave the steps after sitting down due to some wobbly legs. Some others felt the legs being a bit wobbly as seen by Katie in the group photo and even by Brad who decided to just lie down after the final sprint.

  
Good job everyone and have an awesome Wednesday!

Here we were again. It was the end of a work week with great weather upon us, and no signs of stragglers from St. Patrick day festivities the night prior. This Friday was no different than any other of our Friday mornings. At 5:30am a group of us met at the corner of 10th and N streets in front of the Capitol of one of the world’s largest economies, but without Kevin and Benny….

6:00am we met at the corner, but Kevin and Benny were still not there…

6:25am we made our way to our destination, the steps on J. For those of you in Sacramento unaware what the steps on J might be, there is a set of steps leading up to the second floor of the Sacramento Convention center which is located near the corner of 15th and J. A great spot for getting in some stair work, without Kevin and Benny.

Dice and cards were the weapons of choice for attacking our workout. One person rolls the dice, and we run the flight of stairs the number of times corresponding to the die (singular, not plural right?). After that we picked one card, and the corresponding number on the card represented the number of reps for pushups, sit-ups and squats. This went on for 30 minutes before we made our way back to the Capitol and all went our separate ways. If anyone was wondering, Kevin and Benny never showed up.

Meet us next Wednesday and Friday, same bat time and same bat channel.

 

 

 

 

Yes we are referring to the famous words of Tupac … well he actually said:

I Didn’t Choose The Thug Life, The Thug Life Chose Me

We are primarily speaking of the enjoyment of the 9RUN6 as a group, from workouts to everything else that comes with 9RUN6. Many have become the closest of friends … I mean we have seen a 9RUN6 wedding … We have even witnessed the creation of a couple through 9RUN6 …

Anyways today was about Sparta and Sprints … we hauled ass after breaking down our legs and loved it! So the Sparta part of the workouts is as follows, and done as quickly as possible:

• 50 jump squats
• 50 push-ups
• 50 leg lifts
• 100 lunges
• 50 tricep dips

Each exercise was followed by a run about 1/10 of a mile.

Once everyone was done it was partner sprints with a line drill style of increasing distances.

With the workout complete the peeps headed their different directions and started their days.