Mutiny 1/24/22

Sprinkler passed it to Fed-EX. Work called Fed-EX, I stepped in.

FNGs: None
Warm Up: SSH I/C 30, Good mornings I/C 10, Daisy Picker I/C 10, Hillbillies & Imperial Walkers I/C 10 each.  Series of arm stretches
The Workout: PAX divided up into two groups. Each person did an ABs,Arms,Legs while one PAX threw the tire (style of his choosing) to the other group.  Number of throws = 5 reps of throwers choice. After one member from each group went the groups got farther apart.  The last round was at the top end of the parking lot and the bottom end of the roundabout.  Too many excersices to list.
Mary: grouped in with ME
Announcements: None
T-Claps (Recognition): Banana Seat Step Dad out of hospital and working towards healing.
Prayer: sick/injured PAX and unspoken.  YHC took us out.

2022 SLT!

It is with great excitement that I share your 2022 F3 South Wake Shared Leadership Team!

 

  • 1st F – Fanny Pack
    • Fanny Pack has been our 1st F Q for about a year now and has been killing it. He has an increadible passion for all things 1st F (and all things F3 really). If you have an idea, question, or anything else related to 1st F (new AOs especially!) he’s your guy.
  • 2nd F – Full House
    • Full House is new to our SLT but certainly not to South Wake. He’ll be your guy for anything from a beer to a picnic. Have an idea for an awesome 2nd F that might take some coordination? Drop him a note and make it happen!
  • 3rd F – Abe
    • From 2F2F (that’s 2nd Friday 2nd F) lunches to service projects with the Town of Holly Springs, Abe has an absolute fire for all things F3. He’s your new 3rd F Q – this means he’s bringing the dynamite! Maybe you’ve figured out your D2X and want to put it into practice – Abe is here to help you make it happen!
  • Comz – Warbucks
    • No way you haven’t seen Warbucks all around Slack and all the AOs. He’s taking over as our Comz Q – an easily underrated portion of the SLT but critically important. From Slack to website and even more, Warbucks helps us talk all the crap outside of the workout.
  • Weasel Shaker – Woody
    • Mr. Woody. Quite the fire in this guy and a lot of it is with passion for F3! He’s taking over as Weasel Shaker – a bit of a wild card in the SLT. He’ll be keeping a keen pulse on our culture, helping watch AO numbers and placement, and lots of other things. See something that looks wrong to you? He’s your guy.
  • Recruitment – UTI
    • Fresh off being our 3rd F Q, UTI is working to establish a new position on the SLT. The vision is to identify what needs to be done to adhere to core principle #2 as well as where should we go to spread the word.

I want to stress that all of these men are not in place to be gatekeepers, but rather enablers. No one wants to play mother may I with new ideas, just make sure we don’t launch 3 AOs on the same day 1 mile from each other. Ultimately these pax all have significant vision and passion for their respective positions and I’m very eager to see what they accomplish over the coming year!

 

I’d also like to thank Dawgpound, UTI, and Mookie for their service as 2nd F Q, 3rd F Q, and Weasel Shaker over the past year! When you see these guys in the gloom give them a fist bump and a thanks!

 

As always, it is an honor to lead,

Pikachu.

Sheepdog 1/21/22

Solo workout at Sheepdog +EC

Warm Up: a couple laps around the parking lot with stuffer step up and down each line.
The Workout: multiple rounds of traveling erkins on the knee wall, lunges in between, with band work mixed in; reverse hand bicep curls, rows, and press. Wrapped up with Single leg squats.
Mary: LBCs

Greatest Show on Turf

9 PAX showed up for a Turf Show at Disney. Here’s what we did.

Warm up lap with agility around soccer field
Overhead claps x10 IC
Seal claps x10 IC
Willie Mays Hayes x10 IC
Copperhead squats x10 IC
Copperhead merkins x10 IC

4 corner stack’ems with cones and ladders on the transition
1 – Body builders x5
2 – Bonnie Blairs x10
3 – Crab cakes x15
4 – Bobby Hurleys x20

Bear crawl snake half length of field
– pax plank in line leaving some space for last guy to bear crawl weaving to front of line

Small wall exercises
Dips x10 IC, RLeg up x10, Lleg up x10
Box jumps x20
Diamond irkins x10
R&R half reps

Mary
Banana Seats (FM w/hands out) x20 IC
Heels to heaven x10 IC
Pretzel x10 IC switch sides
Protractor

Breach was called on to share his F3 story. Thanks and t-claps for your leadership.

Happy Birthday Pablo! Thanks for taking us out in prayer.

Thanks for letting me lead.
BS out!

R4TJ 1/19/22

14 PAX for one big circle and a few climbs.

Nice work men!

Failure

FNGs:  None

Warm Up:  Side Straddle Hops, Cherry pickers, Good Morning, L+R overhead stretch, Job 1/2 Mile

The Workout:  30 exercises for 30 seconds each.  Goal is to do reps until failure (can’t do any more) or for the full 30 seconds.  Rest 20 seconds between each.

1          Merkins

2          Curls

3          Tricep Press

4          Shoulder press

5          Upright rows

6          Squats

7          LBC’s

8          Diamond Merkins

9          Shoulder Taps

10       Burpies

11       Ground Pounder

12       Lunges

13       Bus Driver

14       Mountain Climbers

15       Chest Press

16       Merkins

17       Curls

18       Tricep Press

19       Shoulder press

20       Upright rows

21       Squats

22       LBC’s

23       Diamond Merkins

24       Shoulder Taps

25       Burpies

26       Ground Pounder

27       Lunges

28       Bus Driver

29       Mountain Climbers

30       Chest Press

 

Mary:  Various ab exercises

Announcements:  None

Prayer:  Safety and health

Kudos to Cancun

FNGs:nope
Warm Up: 10 fwd/rev arm circles, 10 knee to chest, quad&tricep stretches, 10 SSH
The Workout: MURPH
Mary: N/a
Announcements:nope
T-Claps (Recognition): Cancun Ruck Extravaganza!! And doing a full Murph including the running tonight.
Prayer: unspoken

All the Moves at the End

Today’s kettlebell workout featured a ground to standing flow with kettlebells and a joint Mary/COT that featured some of the sexiest moves in F3…Homer to Marge, Pickle Pounders, and Monkey Humpers. We showed the new FNG from Cletus “Ooops” how it was done.

FNG’s: Ooops (posted at Cletus)
Warm Up: Sir Fazios, Good Mornings, Foot Trace, Hip Hinge, Spinal Rotation
The Workout: The flow was: Pullover Boobity-Boobity’s, Midget Cookie Pouch, Plan Pull Through, Squat, Figure 8’s, 1 Leg Deadlift, Swings, Halos, Single Arm Press, Full Snatch. We started together at 5 reps each. Then we moved to an OYO model of 20 reps each, then did 18 reps each. We finished together with 10 reps each exercise.
Mary: 2 shake out mosey laps around the parking lot, some stretching, and some Homer to Marge.
Announcements: Reach out to guys you haven’t seen in awhile…it matters.
T-Claps (Recognition): Ooops for making it through his first workout!
Prayer: COVID and it’s impacts, Kosher and his family in uncle’s loss.

3-Alarm Fun Run – 2021 Year in Review

“How did these runs with 3-Alarm get started?” “What are 3-Alarm’ conditions?” “Why does it burn when I pee?” Here’s the answers to your burning questions.

First of all, shout out to everyone who posted in 2021!!! As you know, 3-Alarm wants to meet everyone in F3 SouthWake. Here’s our start: 16-Bit, Banana Seat, Bobby Bouche, Bobby Dall, Bondo, Cancun, Cash Roll, Cupid, Dawgpound, Dumbo, Emeril, Fanny Pack, Forceps, Full House, Gillette, Go-Gurt, Gump, Lipstick, Martini, Maybelline, Midget, Pikachu, Slide Rule, Snooze, Sprinkler, Swisher Suites, TomTom, U.T.I., Wild Turkey, Woody, Yogurt, Yoshi and 2.0s 3rd Down, 4th Down, Flower, Isabella, Slash, Sketch, Vader. That is an awesome start! Good times are in the attached photos. Who did I miss?

How did all this begin? My daughter (F3 Slow Pitch) and her boyfriend (F3 Go-Gurt) were friends with 3-Alarm from high school. One night in the fall of 2019, they were Facetiming with 3-Alarm and he got wind that I was in F3. I had never met 3-Alarm before. They handed me the phone, introduced me, and 3-Alarm immediately said his classic, “Heeeeeey!” and “Let’s go run!” That’s all it took.

Pure Joy – 2019 November 1st Run. I invited Pikachu and Go-Gurt on that first run. It was cold and dark and drizzly and I was definitely overdressed. See photo. I knew nothing about pushing a running chair and barely knew 3-Alarm. But I quickly learned, this kid is excited about running! He would yell out, “Weeeeeeeeee!” and “I’m happy!” What a blast! Pikachu remembers: “My just overwhelming memory from the first run, and really all the runs, is just pure joy. Every time I run with 3-Alarm it doesn’t matter what kind of day I’ve had or what mood I’m in – he has a contagious joy that has the ability to just completely turn my day around!” Wild Turkey has expressed this same sentiment. He looks forward to leaving the work behind and enjoying 3-Alarm’ enthusiasm for life.

Time Lapse – 2021 Spring. Covid had been around for a year or so. I hadn’t seen or heard from 3-Alarm in a looooong time. While dropping off my 2.0 Zumba at Holly Springs School of Dance (HSSOD), I pulled into a parking spot, looked to my left, and lo and behold, there’s 3-Alarm. “Davis!” I shouted. We were both glad to see each other. I asked Davis is he had been running lately. His joy quickly turned to dejection, as he answered NO. Sensing this urgent need, I said, “Let’s go run!” That’s all it took.

2021 Tuesday Runs – Pure Joy. Since early June 2021, F3 has been running with 3-Alarm every Tuesday. Why do we do this? Pure Joy! So much fun. I asked 3-Alarm what he likes most about our Tuesdays together. He says: F3 feels like family. Everyone welcomes me with open arms.

3-Alarm has impressed me in so many ways on these Tuesdays. He has an infectious enthusiasm that resonates with everyone. He literally has fans everywhere. During our runs, we’ve had fans stop their cars, shout out from their porches, stop us on their dog walks—just to say hello. In the summer, this happened over and over. What do you remember about your first meeting with 3-Alarm?

Tuesday Splashes. We were settling in on Tuesdays and more and more PAX kept trickling in. Early supporters included Bobby Bouche, Cancun, Dawgpound, Fanny Pack, Go-Gurt, Martini, Maybelline, Pikachu, Wild Turkey, and more. To sweeten the draw and to make things more fun for 3-Alarm, we added a splash down at the end of the run. By the time we reached August, we had a record turnout in the record heat. See photos.

FNGs. 3-Alarm has a keen ability to make friends and did his own recruiting for the Fun Run. While out walking with Mama Hope, one of his nurses, he met people and got busy. He texted me and was so excited to announce that he had an FNG coming. The following Tuesday, we dropped by Cole’s house. Cole wasn’t completely ready, but joined us for his first F3 workout. He was wearing very thick sweatpants in the August heat and I know he was roasting! We named him Snooze because he loves to chill and sleep. 3-Alarm also recruited Charlie, a 7th grader, who lives in Holly Glen and rides BMX and MTBs. We named him Cash Roll after a BMX trick created by BMX champion Daniel Dhers

911. Things were not always peachy on our runs. 3-Alarm has several conditions (Polymicrogyria, Dandy-Walker Syndrome, and seizures). In late September, the seizures were serious enough that Pikachu, Wild Turkey, and I followed our procedures for this situation. We timed the seizures and called Davis’s mom, then 911. Davis spent a few days in the hospital undergoing extensive diagnostic tests. For the next 3-4 weeks, we had second F instead of running. If we ever have to call 911 again, 3-Alarm wanted to request the specific medics who he had befriended on his ride to the hospital 😊.

“Out of the Goodness of His Heart?” In October, Bondo organized a special treat for 3-Alarm and all of us—A visit from Mr. and Ms. Wuf. See photos and separate backblast Wuf Sighting on Acorn Falls, October 26, 2021. Davis’ mom asked me this question during the October visit from Mr. and Ms.Wuf. The answer of course, was YES, Bondo did this out of the goodness of his heart. Certainly a highlight for 3-Alarm and all of us. Woody: Don’t take that picture without me!

“That’s a big cat” In October the Halloween lights and yard decorations were in full bloom. Wild Turkey did not wear his glasses on these runs or was hallucinating. A giant Rudolf looked like a cat 😊 This was followed by many Christmas light runs through Hilly Glen. Again, lots of fun, see photos. Wild Turkey says the neighborhood lights runs were among his favorites of the year. See my favorite in the BONUS FOOTAGE below. What your favorite 3-Alarm memory of 2021? Reply below.

Christmas Party 2021. Mr. Ambitious requested an F3 Christmas party at his house. I explained that it would be a little challenging to organize given the short notice, Covid surge, and busy schedules. But, all the F3 brothers came through. We had a party of at least a dozen PAX and 2.0s. Pikachu brought the magic hot cocoa maker and we showered 3-Alarm with some additional F3 swag and coffee gift cards (like he didn’t have enough!). See photos.

What’s next? 2022 brings another 52 opportunities to experience the Pure Joy for yourself. Are you ready?

BONUS FOOTAGE

2019 HS Half Midget, Pikachu, Snap. Midget lined up Pikachu and Snap to push 3-Alarm. Pikachu remembers:  I remember hearing I was recruited with Snap and knew we were gonna have fun flying through the springs! The joy that Davis has on race day is on a whole other level. And at Holly Springs Half that day the grit that he showed was on a whole other level too – the bumpy course definitely didn’t do him any favors but he persevered and definitely gave me one of my best HS Half memories (and there are plenty of great ones over the years!). Note that Pikachu also ran 3-Alarm in The Quay, where many of you met 3-Alarm on his way to the finish line.

2021 HS Half Banana Seat, Wild Turkey, Yogurt, and 3-Alarm plus Midget, Matt, and Wolfie. 3-Alarm called out this event as one of favorites in 2021. Banana Seat helped Matt push Wolfie. Wild Turkey ran 9 miles EC. I was feeling good but did not push 3-Alarm until around mile 7 of the race, which was mile 16 for Wild Turkey! Forceps, Cancun, Wild Turkey, Mama Hope’s son, YHC, and others joined 3-Alarm and his dad for Second F at 3-Alarm’s favorite coffee shop, Our Moments in Time.

“Erin, Erin, Erin!” A chance meeting at the FV Christmas parade. This is probably my favorite outing with Davis in 2021, maybe because it was completely unplanned and unexpected.

Davis’s sister and my 2.0 F3 Zumba were among the hundreds of dancers from the Holly Springs School of Dance performing in the parade. We had both dropped off our dancers early and by chance walked up the hill together to select a prime spot to watch. Davis’ dad (Dan), Davis, and I joined a woman who was sitting on one of the built-in benches in front of town hall, poised to see her kids and grandkids pass by in their 4-WD Jeeps and such. “Kathy” shared her bench with Dan and I while Davis positioned himself front and center on the curb to wait. I must admit, sitting on that bench had a real Forrest Gump feel to it. I had a blast just sitting there hanging with Dan, who I had only met once or twice. Kathy watched and listened to our interactions with Davis and was intrigued. By the time it was over, our new friend Kathy was a big fan.

Watching Davis interact with the parade was amazing. For once, I grabbed his phone and took photos from there. Everyone was friends with Davis.

“I’ll email you!” About halfway through the parade, a convertible rolls up among the elected officials waving to the crowd. Suddenly, 3-Alarm sounds the alarm. He starts bobbing up and down and yelling, “Erin, Erin, Erin!” over and over again. Dan and I looked at each other like, What? Davis kept yelling. Finally, the legislature representative Erin turned our way and saw Davis. She was so excited! Davis, how are you? Great to see you! And as she is rolling away, she’s pointing at Davis, twiddles her thumbs like she’s texting, and exclaims, “I’ll email you!” It was the craziest thing I had ever seen. Dan and I were flabbergasted. And I was so impressed. This just showed the range of Davis’ influence. All the way to the Legislature in downtown Raleigh!

Bear crawls and duck walks and crab walks, oh my!

Nothing fancy about today.  It was cold so we showed up and got our sweat on.

FNGs:

None

Warm Up:

SSH x20 IC

Windmills x10 IC

Sir Fazio Arm Circles x10 IC forward and reverse

Daisy Pickers x10 IC

Imperial Walkers x10 IC

Hillbillies x10 IC

The Workout:

Starting at the first median in the parking lot the PAX lined up.  We were going to do a bear crawl Jack Webb.  We’d start with our 1:4 of merkins and air presses from where we were starting and then, between each set, we’d bear crawl two parking spaces and work our way up and down the parking lot to complete the Jack Webbs all the way up to 10:40.

After this we did what I call Duck Walk Spud Webbs.  These are similar to Dan Taylors but reversed.  We still maintained the 1:4 ratio but it was in cadence lunges and then squats.  Again, starting at the first parking median we did the first set and then duck walked two parking spaces to do our second set.  So on and so forth until we completed 10:40 for a total of 221 squats.  And also me saying “down” 221 times.

After this was done we moseyed around to the back of the school.  We stopped at the road on the side of the school because I thought I had ideas but that stretch of road was too long for what i was thinking.  I’ve since come up with better ideas that we’ll visit next time 🙂

At the basketball court we lined up for a crab boil.  Starting at one goal we crab walked to the other side were we did 10 in cadence crab cakes.  Crab walk back to the other side of the court for 10 in cadence crab humpers.  One more trip across the basketball court and we finished with 10 in cadence crab jacks.

We lined up on the near wall to do a round of BTTW and peoples chair.  Afterwards we went over to the knee wall for a quick set of irkins, dirkins, and dips.

In mediocre Sheepdog fashion we circled up for some CQC and did two round of 20 single, double, and triple punches.

After that we moseyed back to the flag for…

Mary:

Circle up and on our 6.

LBC x10 IC

Sleeping Hillbillies x10 IC each side

American Hammers x10 IC

Yoga stretches

Announcements:

Wilmington is coming up.  UTI and Friends are also going to Myrtle Beach to run there and have some room open in a house.

T-Claps (Recognition):

Motor Boatin for starting couch to 5K.  Great program and great way to get in to running (it’s how I started).  Way to get out there!

Prayer:

Farva’s M’s grandmother in the hospital.

My co-worker recovering from cancer surgery

Kosher’s uncle passing away from covid

Finkle’s family friend with a recent cancer diagnosis

Gigawatt lost his father

Finkle and his 2.0 and their DMV woes

 

 

Always an honor men, have a great weekend!

 

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