Burning Down Tatooine

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FNGs: No

EC: Pikachu, Skidmark, Cupid, Emeril, DawgPound, Gillette, YHC

  • We split up into 2 groups.  The first 3 gazelles took off fast.  The rest of us were happy with a moderate pace to grab 2-3 miles before the main event.

Commuters: Bernie, Aquaman, ShamWow, Vasoline, Lipstick

  • These guys came in from all directions this morning.  Hats off gents.  We missed many of you at COT.

Warm Up: High Knees, Butt Kickers, Carioca

The Workout:

If you frequent Slack and you happened to be online yesterday evening, you witnessed something pretty special.  You see, YHC was once the site co-Q of R4TJ – the best damn South Wake AO you can attend on a Wednesday morning, not to mention the very best running AO in our region (pre-emtively stop your crying other AOs – haters gonna hate).  Part of the responsibilities I had at R4TJ was to make sure that all of the other Wednesday “workouts” were kept in their place.  One particular “workout” wasn’t even sure if it was now or To Be Determined…  pffttt…..

YHC has been out of the game for a bit.  Call it a Covid pause.  But I’ve decided to get back in the mix with my boys and contribute to the Q-Sheet even if only for a few running AOs (see you at the #2 running workout in South Wake this Saturday BTW).  Since I was back at R4TJ, it was only right to light the warning fires to all those Undetermined Fakers.  Check out Slack…  It was awesome….  They got the message.

R4TJ Checklist

  • AO with style – check
  • class – not enough checks
  • cool names for routes – check
  • YHC – check
  • miles – we’ll check this one off after
  • BRR\marathon\life training – check
  • YHC – double check
  • still better than TBD – DETERMINED check
  • TP – check

The “New Hotness” was now in session.  An old favorite was tee’d up wth a special twist.  We would run the Little Dipper (because it looks like a 6) but today we would have mandatory pick-up-the-six.  Every turn on the route marked the need to turn and catch the 6.  It was a hot and muggy morning and many of the PAX had already put some miles in.  There was a little mublechatter questioning the direction for the route and the need for mandatory pick ups but YHC layed down the law and we were off.

There was a good togetherness this morning with the group.  Lots of pairing off and the pick-ups kept us pretty close together.  YHC held up the rear for too much of the run.  I suppose I can claim that was by design but in truth it wasnt.  DawgPound kept me moving with some words of encouragement, Emeril ran along side of me for most of the run and kept pushing me on.  These HIM are testements to F3 Goodness.

Through the run, many of the commuters returned to their homes wrapping up some considerably long runs.  Great work Men!

  • miles – CHECK

NOTE:  No planets were harmed in this running of The Little Dipper.  There was no sign of Vader.  There was a suspicious and small moon hanging in the sky… wait… that’s no moon!

Mary: Probably Playing Possum

YHC performed some common core math to count the PAX – 14 PAX!!! (pretty sure…)

Announcements:

  • Mulch project keeps on trucking  8 spots (2 hrs of your time) open for this weekend SIGN UP!!!

  • Some men are gearing up for the RDC Marathon in November – Check with Dawg, Emeril, and McNugget
  • Check out posts from Shredder, new 3rd F goodness is in the works

T-Claps (Recognition): The whole gang today for picking up the 6 (aka me).  Specific T-Claps to Dawg and Emeril for the motivation when I wanted to hit the brakes.

Prayer:  Clay’s family, Crableg’s (The FB told me it was his Birthday yesterday – cool pics from some National Park’s in recent posts – safe travels!), Our world – it’s hurting right no – love each other.

“I feel the need for speed.” – Said no possum ever.

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FNGs: None

Warm Up: 2 PAX for EC. 8 PAX took the DRP for today.  20 SSH, 10 Imperial Walkers, 10 Hillbillies, 10 count cadence good mornings, 10 count cadence daisy pickers, Quad and Hamstring stretch.
The Workout: First half of ME: 7 speed and power plyometric exercises for 30 sec timer per exercise. 10 sec rest in between. 1. Jump Squat 2. High Knees 3. Tuck Jumps 4. Calf Raises 5. Lateral Bounds 6. Butt Kicks 7. Jump Lunges.  PAX rotated as rabbit in the middle,for the pace setter per exercise. Rinse and Repeat 3x. 14 min and 20 sec total cycle.

Second half of ME: Two groups of three and one group of two. Three stations: Bridge Hill Sprints, Grab bag of weights for upper body and 20 yard sprints. Hills and sprints did 3 reps before rotating.  Weight group did variety of upper body exercises called out at random from PAX. Each round the reps were reduced by one. Two hills , two sprints then working our way down to 1 rep.

Mary: Yoga stretches focusing on hip flexers,quads, hamstrings and lower back.
Announcements: Dead Bolt 6 year anniversary at Cletus on Friday. CSAUP coming in the fall and Q-swap. (Banana Seat)
T-Claps (Recognition): LED, FRAM and FED-EX helping family in need with furniture in Angier.
Prayer: Clay Jensen’s family, Crab legs struggling with health, Dead Bolt’s daughter in third week of Nursing at Wake Med. Tension and depression in society and in homes during this time.

My name is…

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I was awakened by loud booms at 4:20 am, and thought someone was shooting fireworks off… turned out to be a thunderstorm, laid in bed watching the lighting flash and listening to the thunder wondering if the Launch day for the New AO, Helltrack or Lost…, was going to be possible. I also figured it would keep a few pax away. Since this is North Carolina, the rain moved off, and by the time I got the Banks Road Elementary, it was not raining at all. Did a little scout walk, and saw New Mexico pull in and shortly thereafter Darby walking down the hill to the starting point.

 

FNGs: None today
Warm Up: Moseyed to the side of the school for SSH, Imperial Walkers, Sir Fazio Arm Circles, Hillbills, and Good Mornings.
The Workout:

  • Thang 1: Mosyed to the back of the school and use the picnic area as a start point. We split into a single and a pair. While one group was doing 10 Merkins and 20 Shoulder Taps. The other group would go the end of the sidewalk and do 15 Carolina Dry Docs, middle of the concrete pad 15 Monkey Humpers, and end of the concrete pad 15 Squats the run back. We repeated this 3 times with a few variations in the exercises.
  • Thang 2: Moseyed to the side of the school for 11′. of Burpies and Jump Lunges
  • Thang 3: Moseyed to the Front of the school and split our group into 2 and 1 again. One group did Step-ups, and dips while the partner ran the loop.

Mary: Pop Mary with Freddy Mercuries and a few others.
Announcements: Prison Break after Prison Yard, Running focused workout. Mulch at bass lake.
T-Claps (Recognition): New Mexico for starting this AO, it is a great site, in a location that is underserved, but not far from most of other AO’s.
Prayer:  New Mexico son on having a good week on a new medicine for ADHD, YHC daughters improving self-confidence due to horse lessons. Emergency personnel, front line workers, and leadership as they all deal with the challenges that covid and the country is dealing with.

NMS: First time I have Q’d a launch of an AO, disappointed about the thunderstorm that may have kept a few people away. Hope this grows to serve the men in the area around banks road.

Goin’ Round the Clock

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PAX: Snap, Yogurt, Wallaby, Tetanus, Fanny Pack, Nemo, Florence, Mechanic, Mr. Terrific, Oboe

FNGs: None
Warm Up: Mosey up to parking lot with some butt kickers, high knees, and karaoke along the way.  Then Good Mornings, Windmills, SSH, arm circles, and hillbillies
The Workout: We started in the center of the four baseball fields and partnered up for the Grandfather Clock.  One partner took a hard run down the path around the baseball field starting at 12:00 and coming in at 3:00 while the other partner did Burpees AMRAP (several PAX somehow couldn’t find 3:00 so the rest of were stuck with a lot more burpees).  Partner switch and repeat. 3-6:00 with Jump Squats, 6-9:00 with Merkins, and 9-12:00 with WWIs.  Many were ready to be done after the Burpees but all dug deep and finished.

Moseyed over to the rock pile for 20 rep Ground Pounders, tricep extensions, curls for the girls, bus drivers, wonder bras, and modified Rut-Ro’s.

Mary: shoulder taps, break dancers, Freddy Mercury, and Homer to Marge
Announcements: Continued Bass Lake mulch and Ultimate tonight and Womble
Prayer: school teachers, Hardy’s head, and addiction

Prision Yard 7/14

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5 Pax members got a little stronger at the Prison Yard

Sprinkler, Fram Double D, b-bit and Warden Breach on the Q

Warm Up: a quick mosey around the parking with 22 rep counts of SSH, Imperial Walkers/Hillbillies, and Frankensteins

The Workout: 5 Stations, 2 minutes of work followed by 15 seconds of rest to rotate stations.

Station 1: Farmers carry w/ shoulder shrugs of 2 5 gal water bottles

Station 2: Traveling merkins on the ladder

Station 3: hurdles, jump  over and back

Station 4: Kettlebell swings and Fire hose squats

Station 5: Tire Flips

Mary: Ab burnout with slow and controlled Freddie Meercuries and Leg lifts, 22 counts in cadence.

Prayer: Closed in prayer

“Fun” with Cards at The Nest

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EC:

Fumunga, Norm, Martini

Fumunga dropped some knowledge of a comment visible to the north west.  With this information we headed out on an alternate EC route to see if we could spot it . . . we didn’t.  Once we got back he informed us that is was actually visible form the north east, not north west.  Oh well, we sitll got in some good miles and a tour of the Quay.

PAX: 

Fumunga, Norm, Martini

Yosemite origninally had the Q today, but due to an injury YHC got the opportunity to lead.

Warm Up:

SSH x 10 IC

Sir Fozzie Arm Circles x 10 each front & back

Imperial Walkers x 10 IC

Hillbillies x 10 IC

Windmills x 10 IC

Daisy Pickers x 10 IC

The Workout:

Deck of Death:

Each card worth Face Value, Face Cards worth 10, Aces = 3 Burpees, Jokers = 5 Burpees

Hearts = Bobby Hurley

Diamonds = Merkins

Spaces = Squats

Clubs = LBC

Made it through the deck with time to spare.  Norm Suggested we proceed with 4 Corners around the Park.  Off we headed.  Stop 1 Norm deciced we would do Carolina Dry Dock x 15.  Second stop Fumung decided to bear crawl up the stairs, up the ramp and back down the stairs.  Third Stop Martini chose toe taps x 20 IC.  Fourth stop was at the rails where Norm chose Erkins x 10, Derkins x 10, Dips x 10.  Once Complete headed back to the starting position just in time for Mary.

Mary:

Reverse LBC x 10 IC

Heel Taps x 10 IC

Box Cutters x 10 IC

Plank walk-0ut (?) – someting that Fumunga brought up

Announcements:  Mulching, Sign up to Q

Prayer:  Soldier in Norm’s unit in ICU w/ COVID, PAX w/ babies on the way, Injuries

Great Work Men!

Plenty of Benjamins @ Paradise City

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It was summer of 2019 and after U.T.I hit me with waves of EH’s I finally decided to come see what this F3 thing was all about. It was a hot, muggy July Monday morning at Paradise City as U.T.I and I pulled into the parking lot at around 5:25am. Soon I had a bunch of dudes calling me FNG and wasn’t sure how to take it. I felt a bit more comfortable when I learned that the “F” stood for “friendly”.

What else do I remember? This guy named Midget was running the workout and he seemed a nice enough guy. What ever happened to him, anyway? Legend has it he moved away. I thought I saw his picture on the back of a milk carton but it could have been someone else.

Fast forward 1 year (give or take a couple of days) and it was time to roll for my 1 year anniversary workout. I was humbled this morning to see some of the faces that have over the past year pushed me beyond those fitness limits we often impose on ourselves.

FNGs: Nada

EC: Pikachu, 187, Aquaman

Warm Up:

5 burpees OYO (I wanted to pack as much intensity as possible into morning so not much of a warm up……sorry not sorry)

The Workout:

Thing 1: All About The Benjamins

The goal was to get an upper body, leg and core workout while also putting some mileage on the wheels. We did the classic 4 corners and our mode of transport was via Indian Run.

Round 1 (Triceps/Shoulders, Chest) :

Corner #1 – Diamond merkins x 25, Corner #2 for dips x 25, Corner #3 for Ranger Merkins x25, Corner #4 for Derkins x25

Indian Run back to Corner #1 to start the Leg Workout

Corner #1 for jump squats x 25, Corner #2 for monkey humpers x25, Corner #3 for lunges X25, Corner #4 for Hillbilly squats X25

Indian run back to corner #1 to hit the abs

Corner #1 for Low Slow Flutter X25, Corner #2 for American Hammers x25, Corner #3 for WW2s X25, Corner #4 for LBC’s X25

Indian Run back to Corner #1

Thing #2: Quarter Pounder

Cones set up at 25 yards, 50 yards, 75 yards and 100 yards

Run to first cone (25 yards) – 25 merkins and run back to goal line

Run to 2nd cone (50 yards) and perform 50 LBC’s, then back to goal line

Run to 3rd cone (75 yards) and perform 75 mountain climbers then run back to goal line

Run to 4th cone (100 yards) and perform 100 SSH and then back to goal line

Thing #3: Railroad Trackers

Broke into 2 groups and laid railroad tracks up the hill between baseball field and soccer fields. Then mosey down the hill and over to Mary

Mary:

Mary: YHC thought it fitting to play “Thunderstuck” with the thunderstorms that had rolled through just prior to the workout. PAX could choose between holding plank or chillcut, but had to perform one merkin whenever the word “Thunder” was sung in the song.

Boxcutters X15

Homer to Marge X20

Have a Nice Day

Announcements:Mulch Spread continues – sign up for Saturday mulch spread at bass lake and also new AO tomorrow Captain Caveman (steel mace workout) at Holly Springs parking garage

T-Claps (Recognition): To those PAX that stepped in and led the rep count

Prayer: Jensen family, those struggling with mental health issues, first responders and military

 

Stack’ems and Slides…upside down

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9 PAX and a glowing dog showed for Mutiny. The 4 A.M. storm left the weather feeling nice for about 10 mins. No Red October today so all the PAX got BS. Thoughts of going back home were expressed but the pax held strong. Missing a lot of the regulars today. Here is what we did.

Warm Up:
Lap around track
Air squared x20 IC
Mtn Climbers x20 IC
Good mornings x10 IC
Willy Mays Hayes x10 IC
Then out to main road

The Workout:
Indian run down to gas station
Stack’ems up the hill
1 – 5 burpees
2 – 10 squat jumps
3 – 15 merkins
4 – 20 alternating lunges
5 – 25 plank jacks
Run to top, do #1. Run back down, do #1.
Run to top, do #2. Run back down, do 1 and 2.
Etc…
Indian run back

Tennis court
BTTW shuffle with shoulder taps
– shuffle to right, 5 taps each side, shuffle left, 5 taps
– Fence sit hallelujahs x10
– Rinse and repeat

Mary:
Freddy Mercury arms crossed x15 IC
Side raises x10 each
American Hammer x15 IC
Pretzel x10 IC each
Superman x10 on Q up/down

Announcements:
FV Ruck event coming this Fall
SW swap week in the works

T-Claps (Recognition):
Fram with EC

Prayer: Clays family
Gamecocks niece out of nicu
Norms unit has covid guy on life support

Strong work today men! Appreciate the lead.

BS Out

Okay, so we’re doin’ this…

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Told Sprinkler I would take care of the pre-blast, rolled up to 3 pax in the parking lot when I got there and 4 more showed up and we rolled of a little slow to let breach catch up with us.

FNGs: none
Warm Up: none
The Workout: Ruck the Red, Blue, and Yellow Trails at the AO
Mary: Not today
Announcements: New AO Opening Tomorrow Banks Road Elementary, Mulch Continues
T-Claps (Recognition): Those who Received breathtaker shirts.
Prayer: Our Country, First responders, and frontline workers.

NMS: If you have not been out for this AO on Sunday, I recommend it, we had a lot 2nd F/mumble chatter during the workout. You don’t need a rucksack just something with weight in it, or if you are injured, feel free to walk with us without any extra weight.

Translating your F3 Workout at Home is a Bad Idea…

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It’s Sunday again and you know what that means…For most, its a fartsack, a day of rest, or it just may be that opportunity to start your week early with some miles. Rode into Womble a little early, tailing 187 who was just ahead of me coming out of Wescott. Planted the flag and walked over to the curb to do some stretches and was quickly greeted by UTI, who had just pulled into the lot. Having seen Vasoline and Cupid getting EC on the way in, we’d surely have some good speed on the route this morning and at least 5 PAX.

Off in the distance, a red truck carrying Skidmark came rolling up Stinson and then followed by Pikachu, who had rolled in three minutes until the start time. Within that 3 minutes, we had some quality mumblechatter, including commentary on Skidmark’s collection of sneakers and some very questionable ways that F3 may or may not translate with the M’s prior to bedtime. In home AO’s just wouldn’t be a good idea, in my opinion, and if the name-or-rama included any more than 2, well then.. that would just be something else entirely…

On that note, YHC took PAX along the left side of the soccer fields and onto the back lot for the following exercises.

Warm Up: Circled up for Imperial Walkers X10, Hillbillies X10, Good Mornings X10, Fazios 10 F\B, another mosey to the front side of Womble to the the baseball field parking lot for some prisoner squats X10 and a squat hold while I explained the route.

The Workout: We would keep to some nice easy pavement miles, with a few gradual hills, but nothing too exhausting. As YHC knew he had 3/4ths of the FML crew running this morning and given the speed of Vasoline, UTI, and Cupid, obviously I’d be the six. With all that speed out in front, I kept the mileage to a respectable 4.5 mi, knowing that the gazelles up front would come back several times and get about 5-6 between the route and the pickups. Route would go along the right side of the baseball fields and out to Grigsby and then Raleigh St. From there, PAX would make their way onto Jones, then Veterans. Once out of Veterans, PAX would make a sharp right up Skymont and through Rhamkatte, eventually crossing Holly Springs Road and back onto Stinson up to Womble and then back around the baseball fields. At the Stinson split, the FML crew went on to get 5ish more miles for a total of 10, while Vasoline, UTI, and Cupid pulled YHC up Stinson and around the ball fields. Great work by all in attendance this morning.

Mary: Stretches OYO
Announcements: Mulch sign-ups through July and August. Check slack for details. As announced at U-Turn yesterday, Healing Transitions could use some basic hygiene products (ie: Soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, shave essentials, etc..).

T-Claps (Recognition): Those getting those extra miles this morning and entire crew for picking up YHC. At one point early in the run we (me and my Garmin) were going about 8:40 for the first mile and a half, and those dudes still were a quarter mile ahead. Strong, Men…just really strong!

Prayer: UTI’s cousin’s dad, who recently passed and another relative who recently contracted Covid. Continued prayers for friends and family dealing with financial hardship and health issues. Also additional prayers to the Jensen family, who is dealing with the loss of their young son, Clay. Keep this family in your prayers this week as they go through this very difficult time.

UTI took us out.