YHC was very moved and inspired after Bono’s recent Stadium Q.

All 3 F’s were off the chain.

LOVED the new section of the Greenway!!!

YHC immediately knew the route for the next RunStrong.

We would be heading Where the Streets Have No Name.

Twitter promo asked for Headlamps and warned the PAX that we would be trekking about 4 miles with some pain sprinkled in.

25 men defeated the FartSack and flooded the Elm Street Parking Lot and were ready to Run String with Strong Bean!

Shovel flag was planted and U2 was on the Pregame Song Q, blaring through a little wireless Bluetooth speaker that Fertile’s speaker would have eaten as an appetizer. :)

5:30 strikes. No FNG’s and we are off and running.

Here’s THE THANG

Mosey up past the tennis courts to the Church parking Lot.

Circle Up.

29 SSH IC

Strokes rolls up when we are about Halfway.

5 Burpees for Strokes :)

Today is the 29th day of the #SmurfStache Movement!

29 Merkins IC

Instructions for the first leg are given and we are off.

Elm to Overlook to the Stadium Greenway.

Meet at the intersection with Charles.

Mary led by YHC as we wait for the 6.

Next leg is a there and back.

Run to the end of the new section of the Greenway and back to the Charles intersection where we started.

YHC has nicknamed the new section of the Greenway “The Fangorn Forest” as the temperature dropped several degrees and many of the PAX wondered if we would encounter the White Wizard.

It was beautifully eerie. And eerily beautiful.

Mary was led by the leaders of the Pack as we waited for the 6.

When the 6 arrives, YHC gathers the PAX by the ditch at the end of the field and instructs PAX to bear crawl to the pavement then JailBreak to the Wall that blocks the SubStation.

Hold plank for the 6.

Epic Balls to the Wall, everyone counts to 3. Some in Spanish. Some delayed. Some hurried. Until every man has spoken.

Finishers pace back to the Shovel Flags.

Mary is led by the leaders and the 6 rolls in at exactly 6:15 and zero seconds.

COUNTDOWN & NAME-O-RAMA – No FNG’s

PRAYER REQUESTS / PRAISE REPORTS – Angus running the Tarheel Ultra, Wilson’s 2.0’s volleyball team-mate with a stress fracture in her back, Holiday Heroes, Hurricane Matthew Victims

BOM – YHC prayed us out

ANNOUNCEMENTS – Lunch at Great Harvest Bread, 3rd F at Papa Smurfs house! TAKE A FINAL PHOTO OF YOUR SMURFSTACHE and post to Facebook or Twitter! Tonka has the kettlebells if you placed an order! Get on Twitter and F3 App to stay plugged in! Hometown and Gazelle are starting a new AO at EB Aycock on Wednesday mornings at 5:30AM! Starting the first week of December. Stay tuned for more info on the GrowRuck, and event for our region March 10-12. Tuesday afternoon Bruiser is going to be taken off the schedule for a bit as Joker is having surgery.

MOLESKIN

Run Strong has really taken off in numbers. And YHC loves that. Elm Street Park is a very special place to YHC, and it is awesome to see so many new  faces recently!!!

YHC thought it would be fun to type the first words or phrase that comes to mind after typing the name of each of the PAX that posted at Run Strong this week. Here goes:

Duff – Cold beer. Ice cold beer. That’s what I think about when I see Duff for some reason.

Misery Maker – Reflective (I think he was wearing 10 blinking lights and a headlamp)

Tonka – MIssed his calling as a Kettle Bell Salesman

Aquaman – AquaMania Brother!

Past Due – This BackBlast according to IT, and… Recover!!!

Chili Mac – Back in action. Back in the saddle. Back in the gloom!

Pied Piper – The guy has a freaking cannon. Almost shattered Abu’s nose with a football.

Hotspot – Takes life too seriously. Sike!

Hacksaw – Nickname envy.

T-Bone – Would you like some free candy, kid?

Cousin IT – We need to get this guy to post more often.

G-String – Freaky fast, like Jimmy John’s

Dewey – Don’t complain about the hospital chair! Trust me brother!

Mellow Johnny – Ruck-a-Delic

Hat Trick – Greased Lightning

Skipper – #SmurfStache Envy

Hometown – I don’t know why, but I think about “Jack and Diane” by John Cougar Mellancamp.

Gamecock – Steve Spurrier and Walkie Talkies

Fertile – Biggest.Freakin.Wireless.Speaker.Ever.

See Through – Beard Envy.

Grizzly – See Through’s Beard

Wilson – I think about Tom Hanks. And Volleyball. And Bloody Handprints.

Shrimp – It’s not the size of the #SmurfStache in the fight. It’s the size of the fight in the #SmurfStache!

Bono – Ranger Panties. Strategery. Commando.

Strokes – Alarm Clocks are good. Real, Real Good!

String Bean Out