Nine men got stronger on the BEST HILL TRAINING ROUTE EVER. After 25 fast side stradle hops in cadence, we took off. Across Main Street, right on Milpass, left on Crossway, up to Creekvista. Batboy and Flop arrived first and started running the elbow. On this route originated by Wild Turkey, the “elbow” consists of running down Creekvista, running back up, then running to the bottom of Crossway, then running back up to Creekvista. Rinse and repeat as many times as possible before converging for the run back to the flag.
I got hooked on the elbow last week with Sunshine’s Q. This is the kind of run that is exhausting and exhilarating all at the same time. Everyone ran strong and pushed each other–just like last week. But, no trips this week. Two last week. No “knee-matomas” either.
Glad to honor the 5-year anniversary of F3SW’s original mid-week run. Thank goodness one of the Original Gangstas @U.T.I. joined us at COT. UCrain told us all about it. Started with his Blue Ridge Relay team looking for a mid-week run. Went to HS Run Club, found very unsatisfying. Got headlocked, I mean, realized they were Freed to Lead and started their own Area of Operations (AO). UTI and Lipstick were site Qs for the first year or so, then @Redenbacher took over for the next four. Red used to wear his DOT approved safety vest. So glad that he broke down this barrier, now I’m proud to wear one. Shout out to Red by wearing my vest in the snap.
In the end, TomTom declared, “What we experienced this moanin’ was sum gud ole fashion fun” And so it was! It was an honor men.
Flag planted, warmups, run, COT, snap, backblast, done.
Bring back the HC!
Poles and Rocks at the Grave
/in Kennys Grave /QIC: Banana SeatPAX: Banana Seat, Compton, Finkle, H1N1, Loafer, Trash Plate, Winnebago
7 HIM showed up on another moist morning to push each other. Here’s what happened.
Warm Up
Loop around parking lot with carioca.
Air squared
Willie Mayes Hayes
Bat wings
Mtn climbers
Merkins
Grab rocks for traveling
Go to first street light
10x Ground pounders with rock – mosey to next light without a rock, do 5 burpees. Sprint back to rocks for your choice as you arrive.
Traveling curls to the next light. Then repeat.
10x Wonder bras – mosey to next light without rock. 5 burpees, sprint back for choice.
Traveling tri’s to the next light. Repeat.
10x rainbow lunges each leg. Mosey, 5 burpees, sprint back.
Traveling overhead press back.
10x American hammers with rock, mosey, 5 burpees, sprint back
Traveling bus drivers back.
10x squats with rock, mosey, 5 burpees, sprint back.
WWI’s with rocks
Return rocks
Courts – partner up
P1 bear crawl to half court then crawl bear back while P2 does plank jacks, switch.
P1 suicide to half then full court while P2 holds BTTW, switch.
P1 crab walk forward to half the backward back while P2 does LBCs, switch.
Mary
Windshield wipers
Heels2Heaven
LSF
Cross ups
J-Lo’s
Way to push this morning men. Pleasure to lead.
BS out
Circles and balls at the Nut
/in Nutcracker /QIC: Banana SeatPAX: Banana Seat, Batboy, Best In Show, Big Ditch, Boss Hog, Deadbolt, MadDog 2020, Mookie, Roger Roger, Shooting Blanks
10 PAX for some track work and a little game of knock out.
Warm up lap around to back
SSH
Good morning
Imperial squat walkers
Mtn Climbers
Track
Hand release broke back derkins with partner. Run in opposite directions and meet half way. 3 laps x10 reps each (6 sets)
Catch me if you can
P1 does 10 monkey humpers
Partner runs backwards until P1 catches them then switch
3 laps
Knock out Hoops
5 burpees
10 star jumps
15 plank jacks
Back in once completed
Mary at the flag
LBCs
Reverse LBCs
American Hammers
Boat canoes
Pickle pounders
That’s for letting me lead.
BS Out!
Cinderblocks murder Disney
/in Disney /QIC: Banana SeatPAX: 8 Bit, Banana Seat, Breach, FlipPhone, Fram, M4Life, TomTom, U.T.I
Warm up lap around fields
Good mornings
Smurf jacks
Sir fozio
Mtn climbers
Merkins
Grab cinder blocks
Take them to turf fields Cusack style
Murder bunnies with wonder bras built in for 50Yds
Colt 45’s
Murder bunny with diamond merkins back 50Yds
Bolt 45’s
Mosey down and back
Block swings x15
Dips on block x20 IC
Sprint field then lunge walk back
Cinderblock squat leg lifts x20 (squat down onto block and lift legs then back up)
Rocky toe taps x20 IC
Mary on turf decline
American Hammers
WWIs
Freddy Mercury’s
Dying Cockroach
Pretzel’s
Strong work today by all PAX. Definitely one for the books.
BS Out!
AGS Goosehaven Loop
/in AO Post /QIC: YogurtYou never know whos’ gonna show up on a Sunday morning. Today, HCs from Pikachu and Cancun. Pleased to see H1N1 for our second run in a row and TomTom ready to roll. Most everyone was done with hills for the week, so I went back to the basics–greenway to Bass Lake and around using the Goosehaven connection. Roughly a 5.5-mile route with 325 feet elevation–nothing compared to the Valleyfield neighborhood, which was my original plan. Cancun RAN the first half and got a good 4 miles before meeting up for COT.
H1N1 kept a strong pace, aiming for negative splits overall and nailed it on the last four miles, which are more uphill than down. Chasing him up Bass Lake Road made this more than a mosey for me. Pikachu and Moose and TomTom held back with a steady Sunday morning pace. Moose went for the mid-run shower through the sprinklers on the golf course.
COT: Prayers out for Cancun’s kids to get them healthy after colds. Prayers for strong leadership for these men in their areas of influence. Nice work Moose flying your new F3 flag!
Tequila Sunrise – Ham Returns to the Table
/in Tequila Sunrise /QIC: YogurtPAX: Fumunga, H1N1, ham, Warbucks
0600 a car flies in on two wheels! BAM! Whodat? Ham! After catching up and quick fist pumps, we took off towards the hills of downtown Fuquay.
Judd to 401/Main Street, down past the springs and up the hill. Established the flag pole of the Two Flags over Fuquay route.
Fumunga ran circles around us doing thresholds or some kind of interval–at a blazing pace. And that was after running EC from his house. The rest of us caught up on families, work-life balance, and other stuff. Later, Ham told me what it was like to grow up in Kenya, where “EVERYBODY runs.”
In the end, we covered nearly six miles, neary 300 feet elevation gain, and drew a nice picture on Strava. Warbucks joined us for COT after rucking.
Prayers to Fumunga’s father in law, who’s having medical issues.
R4TJ 5 Year Anniversary – “What we experienced this moanin’ was sum gud ole fashion fun”
/in Running 4 the John /QIC: YogurtPAX: @flop, 16-bit, Banana Seat, Batboy, Dawgpound, Nemo, TomTom, U.T.I, Wild Turkey, Yogurt
Nine men got stronger on the BEST HILL TRAINING ROUTE EVER. After 25 fast side stradle hops in cadence, we took off. Across Main Street, right on Milpass, left on Crossway, up to Creekvista. Batboy and Flop arrived first and started running the elbow. On this route originated by Wild Turkey, the “elbow” consists of running down Creekvista, running back up, then running to the bottom of Crossway, then running back up to Creekvista. Rinse and repeat as many times as possible before converging for the run back to the flag.
I got hooked on the elbow last week with Sunshine’s Q. This is the kind of run that is exhausting and exhilarating all at the same time. Everyone ran strong and pushed each other–just like last week. But, no trips this week. Two last week. No “knee-matomas” either.
Glad to honor the 5-year anniversary of F3SW’s original mid-week run. Thank goodness one of the Original Gangstas @U.T.I. joined us at COT. UCrain told us all about it. Started with his Blue Ridge Relay team looking for a mid-week run. Went to HS Run Club, found very unsatisfying. Got headlocked, I mean, realized they were Freed to Lead and started their own Area of Operations (AO). UTI and Lipstick were site Qs for the first year or so, then @Redenbacher took over for the next four. Red used to wear his DOT approved safety vest. So glad that he broke down this barrier, now I’m proud to wear one. Shout out to Red by wearing my vest in the snap.
In the end, TomTom declared, “What we experienced this moanin’ was sum gud ole fashion fun” And so it was! It was an honor men.
Flag planted, warmups, run, COT, snap, backblast, done.
Bring back the HC!
Sandbag Dora
/in Prison Yard /QIC: Banana SeatPAX: @flip phone, 8 Bit, Banana Seat, Breach, CornCob, Fram
6 HIM showed for Prison Yard. After a long night with no power, trees were down and some cleanup needed around South Wake. YHC showed up 3 mins before go time. Breach brought the 60lb, 80lb, 100lb sandbags for some fun.
WU
Lap around blue loop with stops
Good mornings, SSH, arm circles, decline merkins on hill, squats
Took 10 mins which was a bit longer than expected.
Sand bag Dora
50 burpee jump overs
100 squat jumps bag on shoulders
150 curls
200 chest press
250 LSF bag overhead
P1 does reps while P2 runs down lot hill and back. Switch repeat.
Mary wasn’t allowed in the yard today due to assault with an ice pick.
No new announcements
Prayers and thanks. Those that participated in 2nd F clean up. Those traveling and injured PAX.
Rule the day men!
BS Out
Comparing rocks
/in Downtown Train /QIC: AbePAX: @p.s.i, 3rd Cousin, Abe, BnB, Cancun, Gizmo, H1N1, Plunger, Wild Turkey, Woody
FNGs: none
Warm Up: SSH, Daisy pickers, imperial walkers, 5 burpees, hillbillies, Sir Fazio Arm Circles, seal claps, overhead claps
The Workout: We moseyed over to the rock pile where PAX were instructed to get a mediumish rock for a good deal of reps. We circled up at the amphitheater.
Curls for the girls in cadence x30, Tris for the guys in cadence x30, ruh rohs in cadence x30, squats x30, WWIIs x30. Dropped the rocks and did a bear crawl down the sidewalk to the library door then mosey back.
Round two was the same but the counts dropped to 20. Round the saw counts of 10. Returned our rocks and moseyed around to the semicircle parking lot.
PAX lined up on their six for Guantanamos. We got two rounds in as we went almost all the way around the semicircle. On our way back to the start, we lunge walked past the book drop-off.
Mary: popcorn Mary took us right up to time.
Announcements: parking lot Coffeeteria (thanks to BnB) after the workout at Cletus/Crazy Ivan this Friday, stay hydrated and learn CPR
Prayer: Gizmo’s mom, man that Plunger saw at the golf course
Relatively cool morning
/in Cletus /QIC: WoodyPAX: @p.s.i, BnB, Forceps, Jellybeans, Woody
Warm Up: SSH, good morning, frankenstein, imperial walker, slo-mo merkins
The Workout: YHC had nothing planned for today because YHC is lazy. Started with 7’s in the parking lot (burpees & squats). Mosey to the covered shelter for BTW & People’s Chair (X2), moseyed to the stage thing, stopping along the way for an exercise the name of which is escaping me at the moment, for dips & box jumps (X2). Moseyed some more around the track and had some fun with Carolina Dry Docks and Reverse Lunges (X2). Mosey back to stage thing for more dips, some derkins, then headed back.
Mary: Started with a move I saw at F3 Timeshare in Myrtle Beach – On your six in a V position, start with left leg extended while the right leg is tucked to your chest. Hold for 10 seconds. Switch legs, hold for 10 seconds. Then both legs extended, hold for 10 seconds.
After that was popcorn Mary. Box Cutters, Freddy Mercury, Jane Fonda, Heel Taps, and some elbow-to-opposite-knee thing that Jellybeans called.
T-Claps (Recognition): Prayer: Forceps getting ready for a move to DC while also prepping for an interview to move up in his company.
Swinging for Jeannette
/in Crazy Ivan /QIC: FumungaPAX: @Abacus the OG, @bestinshow, @flip phone, @Pumkin Spice, @shootingblanks, Breach, Clunker, FNG Lyft, Fram, Rubiks, Stovepipe(OG)
FNGs: Lyft
Warm Up: Side Shuttle Hop, Michael Phillips, Fozie Arm Circles
The Workout:
EMOM Style workout.
1st set- 3 rounds (12 minutes)
15 full KB Swings
15 Goblet Squats
6 Cleans per side
5 Clean and squat per side
2nd set- 3 rounds (6 minutes)
20 half KB swings
10 Clean and Press
3rd set- 3 rounds (6 minutes)
15 full KB swings
10 Burbees
Mary:
2 rounds of abs from the April Ab Challenge
Announcements:
FV trash clean up on Saturday
T-Claps (Recognition): welcome Lyft Prayer: Rubik’s extended family member, FRAM’s coworker suffering from a loss of a loved one.