Warm Up: There was some stretching and some sick burns being batted about between Peeping Tom and Lipstick. These two…
The Workout: AKA 1st F – A 3.5 mile fellowship run that had been piloted by Peeping Tom (or PT as some like to call him). People that live along this route may want to consider their current security and window covering situation as Tom has repeated this path a few times now 🙂 We proceeded along the red line in the image. For the first mile there was some continued back and forth between PT and Lipstick followed by some mumblechatter about how much we were all suffering. All of our food choices were poor leading up to this 7:15pm run. With heavy stomachs and some cautious moments we pressed on.
About a quarter of the way down to Crossway portion of our run Lipstick happened upon a favorite hill of his – Creekvista Dr I believe it’s called. You may remember it from a previous R4TJ that he Q’d. He lead the charge off the red lined path down said hill, Pikachu followed, PT, Cupid, and YHC shrugged and proceeded down the pre-agreed course. There were still 2 Fs to tackle this evening and we have plenty hills awaiting us for BRR. As we neared HomeGrown Pizza, Pikachu caught us and soon after that Lipstick. And now, a word from our sponsor… HomeGrown Pizza, Official Sponsor of the F3 SouthWake BRR 6-man team
Mary: Let’s steal this section for the 2nd F portion of our evening. The runners returned from their 1st F to commence 2nd F which started in the Parking Lot as we discussed the merits of running/not running the week leading up to BRR. As we cooled off and YHC stopped sweating (sort of) we moved the conversation indoors and ordered some drinks. The 2nd F continued on until we transitioned into 3rd F. Which admittedly didn’t happen right at 8pm with the scheduled start of Q-Source. Pablo and our 3rd F Q Dumbo arrived and with the we extended 2nd F as we welcomed them to the table.
At some point we managed to get “serious” and start our 3rd F through Q-Source. The content this week was definitely conversation provoking and the PAX on-hand did a great job of teasing out the nuance of Exhortation. You see exhortation looks and feels alot like any other form of encouragement but there are some specific differences in terms of having experienced a challenge (or something pretty similar) before pushing someone else to overcome it or move through it. Empathy is key and avoiding the role of dictator is a must. Great leadership by Dumbo through the content. This guy is always on point.
If you guys arent Q-Sourcing, give it a shot one of these weeks. Dont worry about being behind or even if you havent read the current weeks content, it doesn’t matter. It’s worth-while just being in the room and thinking through these concepts week on week.
Announcements: Oct 12th Picnic, 9/11 stair climb
T-Claps (Recognition): Dumbo – moving us through QSource every week. Staying on top of the content and always keeping the conversation spirited and collaborative.
Prayer: Those in the path of the hurricane. BRR participants. Noah’s Ark and his wife Michelle
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There once was a man who lived in a cabin next to a field. In the middle of the field was a huge rock – an enormous boulder. One night, God came to the man in a dream and said “I want you to go out in the morning and every morning after that and push the rock with all your heart and all your might.” So, the next morning and every morning after that the man did exactly as God instructed. Every morning, day after day, week after week, month after month – no matter the weather – the man woke up and pushed the rock until he could no longer push it anymore. And day after day, week after week, month after month, the rock never budged a single inch. Some days, he did not feel like pushing the rock, but he did it anyway.
Some days, he did not push the rock with all his heart and all his might, giving just a partial effort until he realized this was not God’s command. His task was to push the rock with all his heart and all his might, every morning. He grew frustrated and prayed, “God, why am I pushing this rock? Day after day, week after week, month after month I have pushed this rock. I have never moved it, and never will!”
God replied, “I did not ask you to MOVE the rock, I asked you to PUSH the rock with all your heart and all your might. You have been an obedient and faithful servant; now look how you have transformed yourself: your shoulders are broad, your arms are strong, your legs are powerful. You are now ready for me to use you for a greater purpose!”
What are you pushing the rock for? We may not know yet!
Deadbolt
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Warm Up: This was more mental than physical. Despite the sound of consistently louder and louder drops of water hitting the roof as my alarm went off at 5:30 AM, I got out of bed with my correctly set alarm (No mis-fire today Skidmark). I proceeded through my pre-workout ritual which gave me a little time to sit and read a few articles on the best attire for a run in the rain. Following said ritual, I pulled together the best of what my closet had to offer and went down stairs. Checking-in with Straight Cash, who had DM’d me the night before, I re-confirmed his HC for a clowncar to AGS. He got in the car and we both agreed this wasn’t smart but we committed. If other PAX showed and committed as well, we were in it for the long haul.
The Workout: We did expect to meet some hard core PAX at Womble. Upon arrival at approx 6:29 the lot was empty. We gave it the old 5 min. rule and in at 6:34 and about 30 secs we watched as a lonely car made its way over the speed bumps on Stinson. The car passed Womble and we started talking game plan. The rain was a solid “yellow” for the next hour on AccuWeather’s MinuteCast… So the next debate was Starbucks or Duncan.
Mary: We were reassured by Draper with our decision to go for coffee, he had also called off his Harris Lake run this morning due to the heavy rain. At least we weren’t alone. Straight Cash and I sat at Duncan and covered a broad spectrum of topics both F3 and personal. The shop itself was pretty dead with the occasional customer strolling through. There were some questionable cleaning practices in play on the AC intake as the manager or other employee sprayed some sort of aerosol upward onto/into the vent. I hope it was on the up-and-up and they weren’t simply spray painting the vent cover white for appearances. There was a definite spray paint smell…
Announcements: Based on our own mumblechatter I’ll call out the following announcements…
BRR hangout Jan 22 – Black Dog Bottle Shop, info on the Facebook and the Slack
Breathtaker up for grabs weekly at Cletus – Benefits charity, many ways to contribute either through auction, donation, and even getting others to sponsor you to carry the vest.
Convergence Lunch in RTP – Look for updates on the next one on the typical channels.
QSwap continues next week SW goes to Carpex.
Prayer: Selfishly – please pray that Straight Cash and I don’t have some sort of lung-related issues from the DD fumes.
vvv – Super creepy confirmation of whereabouts and timelines sponsored by Google – vvv
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We Gave All The F’s
/in AO Post, Faith, Fellowship /QIC: UTIPAX: Cupid, Dumbo, Lipstick, Pablo, Peeping Tom, Pikachu, UTI
FNGs: None
Warm Up: There was some stretching and some sick burns being batted about between Peeping Tom and Lipstick. These two…
The Workout: AKA 1st F – A 3.5 mile fellowship run that had been piloted by Peeping Tom (or PT as some like to call him). People that live along this route may want to consider their current security and window covering situation as Tom has repeated this path a few times now 🙂 We proceeded along the red line in the image. For the first mile there was some continued back and forth between PT and Lipstick followed by some mumblechatter about how much we were all suffering. All of our food choices were poor leading up to this 7:15pm run. With heavy stomachs and some cautious moments we pressed on.
About a quarter of the way down to Crossway portion of our run Lipstick happened upon a favorite hill of his – Creekvista Dr I believe it’s called. You may remember it from a previous R4TJ that he Q’d. He lead the charge off the red lined path down said hill, Pikachu followed, PT, Cupid, and YHC shrugged and proceeded down the pre-agreed course. There were still 2 Fs to tackle this evening and we have plenty hills awaiting us for BRR. As we neared HomeGrown Pizza, Pikachu caught us and soon after that Lipstick. And now, a word from our sponsor… HomeGrown Pizza, Official Sponsor of the F3 SouthWake BRR 6-man team
Mary: Let’s steal this section for the 2nd F portion of our evening. The runners returned from their 1st F to commence 2nd F which started in the Parking Lot as we discussed the merits of running/not running the week leading up to BRR. As we cooled off and YHC stopped sweating (sort of) we moved the conversation indoors and ordered some drinks. The 2nd F continued on until we transitioned into 3rd F. Which admittedly didn’t happen right at 8pm with the scheduled start of Q-Source. Pablo and our 3rd F Q Dumbo arrived and with the we extended 2nd F as we welcomed them to the table.
At some point we managed to get “serious” and start our 3rd F through Q-Source. The content this week was definitely conversation provoking and the PAX on-hand did a great job of teasing out the nuance of Exhortation. You see exhortation looks and feels alot like any other form of encouragement but there are some specific differences in terms of having experienced a challenge (or something pretty similar) before pushing someone else to overcome it or move through it. Empathy is key and avoiding the role of dictator is a must. Great leadership by Dumbo through the content. This guy is always on point.
If you guys arent Q-Sourcing, give it a shot one of these weeks. Dont worry about being behind or even if you havent read the current weeks content, it doesn’t matter. It’s worth-while just being in the room and thinking through these concepts week on week.
Announcements: Oct 12th Picnic, 9/11 stair climb
T-Claps (Recognition): Dumbo – moving us through QSource every week. Staying on top of the content and always keeping the conversation spirited and collaborative.
Prayer: Those in the path of the hurricane. BRR participants. Noah’s Ark and his wife Michelle
Keep Pushing the Rock Men
/in AO Post, Faith, Fellowship /QIC: DeadboltThere once was a man who lived in a cabin next to a field. In the middle of the field was a huge rock – an enormous boulder. One night, God came to the man in a dream and said “I want you to go out in the morning and every morning after that and push the rock with all your heart and all your might.” So, the next morning and every morning after that the man did exactly as God instructed. Every morning, day after day, week after week, month after month – no matter the weather – the man woke up and pushed the rock until he could no longer push it anymore. And day after day, week after week, month after month, the rock never budged a single inch. Some days, he did not feel like pushing the rock, but he did it anyway.
Some days, he did not push the rock with all his heart and all his might, giving just a partial effort until he realized this was not God’s command. His task was to push the rock with all his heart and all his might, every morning. He grew frustrated and prayed, “God, why am I pushing this rock? Day after day, week after week, month after month I have pushed this rock. I have never moved it, and never will!”
God replied, “I did not ask you to MOVE the rock, I asked you to PUSH the rock with all your heart and all your might. You have been an obedient and faithful servant; now look how you have transformed yourself: your shoulders are broad, your arms are strong, your legs are powerful. You are now ready for me to use you for a greater purpose!”
What are you pushing the rock for? We may not know yet!
Deadbolt
Turning Water Into Coffee
/in Any Given Sunday, Fellowship /QIC: UTIPAX: Straight Cash, UTI
PAX: Straight Cash, UTI
Warm Up: This was more mental than physical. Despite the sound of consistently louder and louder drops of water hitting the roof as my alarm went off at 5:30 AM, I got out of bed with my correctly set alarm (No mis-fire today Skidmark). I proceeded through my pre-workout ritual which gave me a little time to sit and read a few articles on the best attire for a run in the rain. Following said ritual, I pulled together the best of what my closet had to offer and went down stairs. Checking-in with Straight Cash, who had DM’d me the night before, I re-confirmed his HC for a clowncar to AGS. He got in the car and we both agreed this wasn’t smart but we committed. If other PAX showed and committed as well, we were in it for the long haul.
The Workout: We did expect to meet some hard core PAX at Womble. Upon arrival at approx 6:29 the lot was empty. We gave it the old 5 min. rule and in at 6:34 and about 30 secs we watched as a lonely car made its way over the speed bumps on Stinson. The car passed Womble and we started talking game plan. The rain was a solid “yellow” for the next hour on AccuWeather’s MinuteCast… So the next debate was Starbucks or Duncan.
Mary: We were reassured by Draper with our decision to go for coffee, he had also called off his Harris Lake run this morning due to the heavy rain. At least we weren’t alone. Straight Cash and I sat at Duncan and covered a broad spectrum of topics both F3 and personal. The shop itself was pretty dead with the occasional customer strolling through. There were some questionable cleaning practices in play on the AC intake as the manager or other employee sprayed some sort of aerosol upward onto/into the vent. I hope it was on the up-and-up and they weren’t simply spray painting the vent cover white for appearances. There was a definite spray paint smell…
Announcements: Based on our own mumblechatter I’ll call out the following announcements…
Prayer: Selfishly – please pray that Straight Cash and I don’t have some sort of lung-related issues from the DD fumes.
vvv – Super creepy confirmation of whereabouts and timelines sponsored by Google – vvv