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.

Don’t forget a lot of things going on this weekend!

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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!

This morning the group was REALLY REALLY F’ing strong! Like 13 deep during the running portions and 12 at the 6:25AM workout … today we had 7 new people from this year join us all at once …

The group is getting bold today too, some people talking running their first marathon and half marathons.

The crew did their normal running around downtown to mid-town followed by some picking up McRunner for the 6AM hour before meeting at the west steps and heading over to the Crest for the 6:25AM destination workout.

10 rounds of cards with some running followed by more running back to the Capitol building before calling it a day. The homies did really well today, and we hope to see the crew grow in numbers … let’s get that Project 30 rolling strong!

This morning the crew gathered at the normal 5:30 & 6AM times for the run only groups at the corner of 10th & N Street. After those groups gathered then it was time to emerge onto the West Steps for today’s 6:25AM workout.

Today’s morning workout was a new one lead by the original bad-ass herself Katie. She laid our hopscotch layouts for two teams to divide into and pull out some sort of exercises. The workout went like this … you threw a rock down and whichever it landed on is the exercise that was performed, each movement was done in reps of 20. After each round a run around the west lawn was done then back at throwing down some rocks.

With the hopscotch done, it was time for some Wednesday morning sprint work! Folks are getting faster and goals are being set, we even heard chatter about folks running their first half marathon!

Have a kick ass Wednesday and see you on Friday!

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!