Good Ol’ String of Pearls

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FNGs: none
Warm Up: SSH x 15, Hillbillies & Imperial Walkers x 10 each, Good Mornings x 10
String of PearlsThe Workout: The concept of a string of pearls may or may not be unique to the F3 Nation. The concept is simple enough though; you run a little, do an exercise, rinse and repeat. We finished up with the warm up and took off. YHC was kind of making it up as we went, so I’m probably forgetting some of what was done. But some exercises that made an appearance were the good ol’ Murcan, negative pull ups, squats, WWIIs, air presses, balls-to-the-wall, Urkins/Durkins/Dips. A good pace was kept along the way. Came back to the tennis court for Mary.
Mary: Popcorn Mary. To be honest, I don’t remember all of what was done. But we had enough time for the rounds before calling out quits.
Announcements: Mulch sign up!
T-Claps (Recognition): Flojoe for the nursing work he’s doing.
Prayer: Flojoe’s family while he’s away, families navigating school with their kids, families with members dealing with Covid, Crab Legs as he continues his journey.

Schweddy U-turn – Lipstick’s soul mate spotted

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Holy schweddy balls it was a hot U-turn on Saturday as 12 PAX literally sweated their balls off over five miles.  Warm up consisted of some good mornings, IW, daisy pickers, windmills and 5 burpess OYO courtesy of Lipstick’s alarm clock malfunction.

Fortunately for the PAX there was a late run site to behold as two ladies apparently decided to be miserable as well Saturday morning.  We made our way down Green Oaks only to see one of them emerge from a construction port-a-potty…could it be?  Lipstick’s sister from another mister?  Perhaps dare I say his deuce dropping soul mate?  His poop partner?  His BM buddy?  For those that missed it, all I can say is this chick could really “run for the john”.  Truly a site to behold.

Announcements – mulching around Bass Lake is getting close to wrapping up, check out the sign up sheets to help support.  Leadership met on Wednesday this past week to discuss 3rd F opportunities, see Slack for details.

Prayer requests – Skidmark’s neighbors daughter who is recovering from a copperhead bite, UTI’s brother as he is on the mend.

 

“Reasonable Q”

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FNGs: None

4 HIMs posted to GP this morning at 7AM;  1 HIM posted at 7:32.  Mubble chatter was fantastic.  YHC brought the music box.

WarmUp:

10 Good Mornings, 10 Daisy Pickers,  10 Emperial Walkers, 10 Hillbilly’s, 10×3 ct Windmills,  20 SSH, 20 Fozzie Arm Circles, 4×10 ct arms stretches, 10×3 ct Willy Maze Hays

The Workout

Circle of Rock: (Rotate rocks between exercises).

4 set of 10 x 3 ct of each exercise:  Curls for the Girls, Overhead Tricep Press, Wonder Bras, Trunk Twists,  Rutrows, and Ground Pounders.

Mosey to the parking lot.

4 sets of 20 Rock Press,

1 set of each: 10×3 ct Windshield Wipers, 10x3ct Box Cutters, 30ct 6 inches and 10x3ct Scissor Kicks

PAX pair up for 4 sets of Rock Planks and Crab Rock Planks while other PAX alternates between Frankensteins and Lunge Walks

Mosey to the Wall of Pain

  • 50 ct Prisoner Wall Sits, 10 Mountain Climbers, 10×3 ct American Hammers
  • 50 ct Bernie Wall Sits, 10 Plank Jacks, 20×3 ct LBC’s,
  • 50 ct Trump Wall Sits, 10 Star Jumps, 10 Homer to Marge, 10 each single leg H2M

Mosey back for Mary to stretch it out: Pigeon Pose, Calf Stretch, Hamstring stretch and Butterflies

Announcements:  Soft J 5K being hosted at AGS on Sunday; sign up for mulch work

Prayer Requests:  Prayers for Shredder work & family stress.  Praise for Forceps’ -AC fixed, car fixed, Volvo sold; Prayers for divorce being finalized in the coming weeks and for his son Jon’s estate to be closed. Praise for Pumpkin’s 19 yr old friend Sidiq for accepting Christ and prayers for Sidiq career path.

Upper body burnout

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Warm Up: SSH, good morning, sir Fazio arms, Daisy pickers

The Workout: One minute of work, 10 second rest, five rounds of five exercises

-Rows, Tricep extensions, squats, curls for the girls, Clean and press

Mary: 15 minutes of core work with the bell

Announcements: Sign up for mulching

Prayer: Snap is opening a new practice. Prayers for a smooth opening and much success.

Pumpkin spice has helped two young men get signed up for a early law-enforcement Academy. Prayers they stay focused and motivated

It’s the Humidity That Gets You

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Pax of 1 this morning. Must be the cold.

FNGs:

No, but I have been out of town for 2 weeks
Warm Up:

None, jumped right into the main thing
The Workout:

Not sayin’, cause I’m going to do it again next week. Teaser: lots of sports have been cancelled of late, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do a little football and baseball, by which I mean exercises that are vaguely related to some sport, somehow, either in name or setup.
Mary:

Heavy stretching
Announcements:
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer:

Dovetail’s wife. Dovetail’s parents considering a cross-country move. God to use this pandemic to strengthen families and our nation. Everyone affected by the hurricane in the Gulf.

FML takes over Paradise City

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Warm Up: 187 took us through some warmups at the top of the ramp
The Workout: Pikachu started with 4 corner indian runs with 3 burpees and 5 merkins.  YHC then took us to the ramp for 7’s with burpees and merkins. Finished with Suicides on the ramp.
Mary: Skidmark took us out with Yoga

Tiger Blood 8/27

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Warm Up: 1 mile mosey and then some stretching
The Workout: 400m warmup, 1 mile at half pace, 2 min recovery, 1 mile at 10k pace, 2 min recovery, 1 mile at 5k pace, 800m cool down
Mary: stretching led by skid
Announcements: 3rd F is heating up, check out slack
Prayer: UTI brother with Covid in the Army, Skid’s friend daughter who was bit by a copperhead

Sunday Stroll To Sunday Sprint

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FNGs: None
Warm Up:10x Fazio Arm Circles (Fwd/Rev), 25 shoulder width merkins, 10x Imperial Walkers, 10x Hillbillies, 10x Daisy Pickers, 25x wide width merkins
The Workout: 6.2 miles beginning at Womble, R on Grigsby, R on Raleigh Rd, R on Holly Springs Rd, R on Bass Lake, R onto Bass Lake Trail staying on lower half to the greenway, took back up to Grigsby and took a left until hitting Stinson and finishing at Womble.

Towards the end of the run Oboe claimed he didn’t have much left in the tank, yet he found the energy to all-out sprint the final .2miles to make it an even 10k.  Sunday stroll turned into a Sunday sprint.

Announcements: Mulching at Bass Lake continues on…

T-Claps (Recognition): School is back in session (mainly virtually)

Prayer:  Teachers, students, staff, anyone suffering from loss of a loved one or dealing with a family/personal illness.

Bat Flippin the Bat Flippers

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YHC pre-blasted that dice would be in place to determine the route. There was some pushback to the possibility of 5 miles in loops around Ting, but remember mental toughness is a thing too. Anyone up for a backyard Ultra this fall?

YHC arrived to an empty parking lot at 0450 to run EC. Pikachu arrived shortly after already 6.5 in and joined YHC for a few miles. Sure glad I didn’t slow him down because he was cruising. Returned back to Ting to see a group of Pax running into Bridgewater. No idea who was there except for Emeril, causes everyone knows that gait. At the flag Martini was warming up. Pablo shortly after, and Dumbo was early rolling in at 5:28. Dumbo had the honors for the dice roll…4…which meant big dipper.

4 of started out on a mosey with no communication from the other 5 except that they would not be starting out with us. Thanks for filling us in martini. I’ll assume they’re scared of the dice. Shieldlocks are tight right? Wrong. Dumbo and Pablo had no idea of the early start by the fritters, or bat flippers, or cookie pouch munchers, or whatever they call themselves now. After Dumbo’s effort this week he may be joining FML.

FNGs: None
Warm Up: OYO
The Workout: Big Dipper. Pickin up the 6. Nice job Pablo and Dumbo
Mary: Minimal as we arrived back right at 6:30.
Announcements: Mulch
T-Claps (Recognition): Pablo and Dumbo getting the 6 and Martini crushing it today.
Prayer: Skidmark’s friend’s daughter who got bit by a copperhead Monday evening. Dumbo took us out.

Abe visits the Nest

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The call went out last night for a Q for the Nest. I’ve never been to the Nest, so I figured it was a good excuse to make the trek down to the ‘Quay. YHC didn’t have a plan going in. I got there a little early to scope it out, and seeing how squarely-shaped the park was, good ol’ 7 of Diamonds seemed to fit the bill. Martini and H1n1 were already there, running EC. Two FNGs showed up a few minutes before 0530 to make a nice, manageable team of 5. The newbie spiel was delivered and we were off.
FNGs: Bogey (likes to golf) and his son Sweet Tea (works at Chick-Fil-A)
EC: Martini, H1N1
Warm Up: Jogged around the parking lot, then circled up for SSH x 15, Imperial Walkers x 10, Hillbillies x 10, Fozio Arm Circles, 10 forward / 10 reverse, and Good Mornings x 10.
The Workout: 7 of Diamonds was the name of the game today. But instead of rounding the bases, we rounded Falcon Park. Round 1, 7 reps. Round 2, 14 reps, Round 3, well, you get the picture. Exercise one is the standard murkin. Exercise two is the prisoner squat. Exercise 3, catalina wine mixers. Exercise 4, WWIIs.
PAX then jogged around to the brick wall in the parking lot and grabbed some people’s chair. Everyone held people’s chair while one PAX rain down to the end of the parking lot and back. Then it was the next PAX’s turn. We did this until everyone had a turn to run.
We ended with a quick indian run around the parking lot.
Mary: LBCs x 15, Freddie Mercuries x 15, Shoulder Taps x 10, Pickle P0unders x 10, Reverse LBCs x 10, something else I forgot and American Hammers x 10.
Announcements: Mulch sign up
T-Claps (Recognition): Bogey and his son Sweet Tea for coming out and joining us in the gloom.
Prayer: Parents juggling their kids’ school, especially Norm’s wife who’s flying solo while Norm is away for training.