Coal Ash – F3 South Wake

Rolling Dirty

June 30, 2022/in Disney /QIC: Fanny Pack
PAX: 8 Bit, Best In Show, Bobby Boucher, Breach, Coal Ash, Cupid, Dahmer, Fanny Pack, Kosher, POTS, Quiver, Stubs, Sunshine, Woody

Disney is my favorite place to Q, just so many options. YHC looked to bring back a few throwback moves from the likes of Pablo and Shamwow! as we closed out the June Challenge!

FNG’s: no
Warm Up: Good Mornings and then some mosey around back to the football field with stops along the way for some Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Frankenstein, and Sir Fazio’s.
The Workout: Stopped at the back wall of the school for some Shoulder Taps, Monkey Humpers, BTTW, and some People’s Chair with some humorous counts by Breach and Bobby Boucher. We moseyed over to the pit circle and split into two groups. 1 group would do 3 Burpees, head up the stairs, do 3 more Burpees, head down the stairs, then do 3 more Burpees. This was done while the other group did 5 squats/5 star jumps AMRAP. We then repeated this routine and the group not on the stairs did 5 Diamond Merkins/5 dips AMRAP.

We moseyed over to the large circle in front of the school for a variation on clock merkins. The circle was the clock and the merkins became Foxhole Merkins. Lots of grit picked up by these sweaty dudes and a few complaints on this routine. We made stops at 12, 7, 3, 11, and 6.

2 Indian run lines for some 4 corners in the large High School lot. Stops included: 5 burpees, 10 squats, 15 merkins, 15 dying cockroach, 10 burpees. Next we made our way with Indian Runs to the Abyss for 20 LBC’s at the top and 20 Star Jumps at the bottom. We made our way up the Abyss doing a partner wheelbarrow climb (partners alternated crawling per each flight of stairs and no dental accidents occurred). Once again for 20 LBC’s and 20 Star Jumps up and down the stairs with a fellowship run back to the flag.
Mary: Homer to Marge x20 IC
Announcements: Congratulations to team Naked Baby winning the June Challenge and particularly Breach and Cupid for schooling everyone on points.
T-Claps (Recognition): Bobby Boucher was officially handed the keys to 1st F in Southwake by YHC. He will do an amazing job of leading!. Stubs thanked PAX who’ve supported these last several weeks.
Prayer: Thanks for Stubs, Alpine, prayers for UTI and Pet Sounds in Carpex.

All Aboard the Warbucks Express

June 27, 2022/in Downtown Train /QIC: Warbucks
PAX: Alpine, Alpo, Best In Show, Bird Flu, Bleeder, Bobby Boucher, Coal Ash, Da Business, Dahmer, Hasselhoff, Pumpkin Spice, Quiver, TomTom, Warbucks

FNGs: Welcome Alpo!

Warm Up:
Mountain climbers, merkins, windmills, good mornings, sir fazio arm circles.

The Workout:
Broken wheelbarrow 1:4 merkin:wheelbarrow step ratio up to 10:40 completed by partners. 1 burpee each time PAX switched up to 5. Squats while we waited for the 6.

Circled up for howling monkeys followed by 20 merkins. We did this twice.

Mosey’d to rock pile and grabbed medium rock. Cusacked it to the parking lot passed traffic circle for some rock work. 20 count of rut rows, curls, squat press then pushed rocks while bear crawling across lot. Then did 20 count of rock swings, ground pounders, and rock hinges and lunge walked back for overhead press, tricep ext, squats. Returned rocks and mosey’d back to the flag for Mary.

Mary:
Heel taps, LSF, homer to marge, plankorama, downward dog, toe touch.

Announcements: Picnic 7/30, 1776 workout next week.

T-Claps (Recognition): strong work by all this morning.

Prayer: UTI, Fanny Pack, Hasselhoff’s mom, Alpine. YHC took us out

AGS Mother’s Day “I have no idea where we are”

May 8, 2022/in Any Given Sunday /QIC: Yogurt
PAX: Bird Flu, Coal Ash, Cupid, UTI, Yogurt

I was pleased to see @Coal Ash when I jogged up. HCs @Cupid and @U.T.I and @Bird Flu were there. Nice!
Warm Up: No EC’ers today, so at 6 am we took a quick jog around the parking lot and circled up. SSH’s x25 to continue jumpstarting the heart rate. Breathed through some GMs. Stretching OYO to hit whatever spots you need to hit before a run. You know where those are. Finally, a shout out to @Vasoline with 25-30 Merkins, OYO.

The Workout: Knowing that AGS was founded on sunrises around Bass Lake, I try to honor that tradition when I’m Q’ing (@Deadbolt @Mookie). Today was no exception. I explained the route: Across Womble, down Bass Lake Outfall Greenway, along this edge of lake, over to Salem Ridge, around the driving range, connect back to Stinson, on to Womble.

We took the fast route down the greenway. I knew we had no chance of a spectacular sunrise, only gloom, but we’re used to that, right? Maybe a little unexpected the first week of May though. Going down the greenway is super fast. I’ve always said, run fast where you can, and this is one of those places.

Along the way, we made connections. Cupid the flu vaccine plant employee caught with Bird Flu, the bird flu expert who is working to contain the bird flu itself. Coal Ash, UTI, and myself caught up with work and employment.

We dialed back the pace after reaching Bass Lake, because that early fast pace wasn’t paying off for all of us. We headed up Salem Ridge towards Linksland. Someone suggested that we do something in @Pikachu’s yard, but we declined. I would love to work in some of the loops in SSL, but from Womble that would put us over 6 miles and there’s just not time. On the back half of the run, we caught up on mothers and Mother’s Day plans.

We took Gable Ridge back towards Bass Lake Road. Over to Norwalk. “I have no idea where we are,” declared @Coal Ash. Bam, we arrived at Bass Lake Road and the lights came on! From there, it was an easy jog on Stinson back to Womble. Perfect, 5.45 miles and 7 am. COT, photo op with YHC and @Coal Ash stylin’ the same colors. I even turned my hat backwards.

Mary: None

Announcements and T-Claps (Recognition): Appreciation to everyone who contributed the very successful 3-Alarm Root Beer Float Mile. @Bird Flu really led the way, buying root beer and ice cream early on. Then, posting the pre-blast. @Wild Turkey was solid too, as usual. He set up the root beer and awards table and mapped up and set up the root beer course as well. Thanks to all who posted. Plus, we had enough money from our collection to make a significant contribution to the iPad 3-Alarm received for his birthday.

UTI previewed the June challenge. Largely modeled off the 2021 May challenge, but with improvements. Not to be confused with previous “Rune” run challenges in June.

Prayer: Remember your mother and be grateful. Strength to those who may not be having children. Keep all PAX healthy and strong.

R4TJ 1/19/22

January 20, 2022/in Running 4 the John /QIC: Banana Seat
PAX: Axe, Banana Seat, Big Rocks, Coal Ash, Dumbo, Emeril, Maybelline, McNugget, Oyster, Pikachu, Roaming Gnome, Skidmark, UTI, Yoshi

14 PAX for one big circle and a few climbs.

Nice work men!

How did I forget to add bear crawls?

December 17, 2021/in AO Post, Cletus /QIC: Abe
PAX: Abe, Banana Seat, Cancun, Coal Ash, Florence Flojo, HazMat, McNugget, Pikachu, Plunger, Stubs, UTI

FNGs: none
Warm Up: SSH, Windmills, Hillbillies / Imperial Walkers, Sir Fozio Arm Circles, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps, 5 burpees OYO for late PAX
The Workout: YHC is all about functional exercises, stuff that can come in handy day-to-day. While we may not see any combat in our daily routines, the Army Combat Fitness Test‘s recommended exercises will surely lead to better results when playing with the kids or tackling that honey-do list. I picked out a few and modified them to make them more F3 Southwake-friendly.

1ish mile run (figure 8)

Round 1
Lunges (10 in cadence)
Star Jumps (10)
Hand release merkins (10)
American Hammers (10 in cadence)
Sprint down the parking lot, mosey back.
Repeat 2 more times for a total of 3.

Round 2
Goblet squat (10)
Overhead Press (10 in cadence)
Supine Chest Press (10 in cadence)
Low Slow Flutter (10 in cadence)
Sprint down the parking lot, mosey back.
Repeat 2 more times for a total of 3.

At the request of Pikachu, we threw in some Bearly Curling (bear crawl while pushing rock). Down the parking lot, John Cusack the rocks back.

One more loop around the ball fields and back to the tennis courts.
Mary: Popcorn Mary featuring LBCs, Box Cutters, Pickle Pounders and a few others I forgot.
Announcements: donate blood
Prayer: Cupid’s knees, PAX with cancer, general mental health this time of year

3 Year Anniversary of Running for the John

August 11, 2021/in Running 4 the John /QIC: Redenbacher
PAX: 187, Axe, Bobby Boucher, Boy George, Coal Ash, Cupid, Dawgpound, Emeril, Full House, Gillette, Lawn Dart, MadDog 2020, McNugget, Pablo, Pikachu, Redenbacher, Skidmark, Teacher's Pet, Warbucks, Yoshi

FNGs: Not today.

Warm Up: 10 X SSH in cadence

The Workout: Nice 5 mile route touring some of the finest hills in Holly Springs.

Mary: MIA

Announcements: Check Slack and FB for upcoming CSAUP opportunities

T-Claps (Recognition): PAX for picking up the 6

Prayer: Kayla and Tony, unspoken

YHC took us out. Always an honor to lead.

3 Years of Warbucks

July 23, 2021/in Cletus /QIC: Warbucks
PAX: Abe, Coal Ash, Cupid, Full House, Fumunga, UTI, Warbucks

EC: Abe, Full House, Abe
FNGs: Nope
Warm Up:
Lap around soccer field. Circled up for SSH, daisy pickers, Moroccan night clubs, mountain climbers, merkins

The Workout:
Pearls on a string – indian run between stops

stop 1 – Rock Pile
Rock exercises x20 – Curls, Overhead press, Rut rows
bear crawl and push rock across lot
rock exercises x20 – Curls, Overhead press, Rut rows
Cusack rock back to pile

stop 2 – Rickety Fence
irkins and underdogs 2×10

stop 3 – Amphitheatre
step ups 2×20 and dips 2×15

stop 4 – Upper lot passed Ivan
brokeback derkins when patterns met – 4 rounds of 5 derkins

Indian run back to flag for Mary

Mary:
Catalina wine mixers, low slooooow flutter, american hammers, homer to marge, pickle pounders, and some stretching

Announcements:
Safety – getting darker, wear lights/be visible, run on the left side of the road, watch out for cars as they likely don’t see you.

T-Claps (Recognition):
The toilet in the women’s bathroom. Strong work from what I hear.

Prayer:
Carter, Cupid’s co-worker, Fumunga’s neighbor, Lady at Target.
YHC took us out.

RFTJ BB – Search for the Goddess Route

July 21, 2021/in Running 4 the John /QIC: 187
PAX: 187, Abe, Axe, Boy George, Brah, Coal Ash, Colonel Sanders, Dauber, Dawgpound, Dreamland, Emeril, Flanigan, Full House, Labatt, Laettner, Lawn Dart, Lipstick, McNugget, Moby, Pikachu, Redenbacher, Skidmark, Tex

FNGs:none
Warm Up:SSH, buttkickers
The Workout:3 Options (4, 5 and 5.6 miles)
Mary:Open to all Men
Announcements:Please wear lights when dark. Fullhouse 2nd F opportunity on 2nd F channel
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer:Dauber M and daughter traveling and little Carter battling Nephrotic Syndrome (rare kidney disorder which is idiopathic).

Possum Takes the Downtown Train

June 21, 2021/in Downtown Train /QIC: Pigpen-Raleigh
PAX: Bobby Boucher, Coal Ash, Pigpen-Raleigh, Quiver, Tetanus, Warbucks, Woody

AO: Downtown Train
Workout Date: 06/21/21
Last week at Coffeeteria, YHC was told that the Downtown Train PAX were not big fans of running. I figured a standard bootcamp would be OK, but I would keep my eyes and ears open to see if we needed to limit the running even more. I knew there was a rockpile based on previous backblasts. I showed up too late for a scouting run, but the site Qs Quiver and Bobby Boucher were very welcoming and helpful.

Warm Up:
State the mission, check for FNGs (0), and give the disclaimer
Side Straddle Hop x20 In Cadence (IC)
Good Morning x5 IC
Imperial Walker x20 IC
Sir Fazio Arm Circles forward x10 IC, reverse x10 IC

Main Event
1) Mosey around the Library to the neighborhood for a set of Sevens. Start with six Squats at the mailbox and one Star Jump back up the hill at the roundabout.
2) Mosey up the stairs to the parking load for Railroad Tracks. PAX all plank in a line like railroad ties. PAX at the end jumps over each PAX until he reaches the end, then he planks himself. Similar to an Indian Run. We worked our way around a quarter of the parking lot circle. Three cycles for each PAX.
3) Mosey back to the rock pile and partner up for AMRAP (As Many Reps As Possible) rock work by one partner while the other partner runs out to the second street light and back. Flapjack. Repeato with different exercises. Exercises were: Curl, Overhead Press, Triceps Extension, Bent Over Row, Shoulder Tap, Chest Press, Flutter Kick, Grounder Pounder
4) Mosey back to start and partner up for 1/2 Mary: 50 Merkins, 100 LBCs (Little Baby Crunches), 150 Squats. Running partner loops the small parking lot.

Mary:
Dolly x10 IC
Homer to Marge x10 IC
Rosalita x10 IC
Freddie Mercury x10 IC
Dying Cockroach x10 IC

COT:
7 PAX

Announcements:
South Wake picnic is this weekend
Carpex July 4 convergence is July 3 at Bond Park (Phoenix AO) for 1776 workout
YHC has the Q at the next South Wake Dads workout, also on July 3
Thanks to the PAX from Warbucks as he described the generosity of the PAX in supporting his efforts to provide newborn supplies to the hospital. The hospital was very appreciative, especially for the blankets.

Prayers for Tetanus’s M and 2.0s as they travel to Florida. Prayers for Tetanus’s coworkers and the driver of the car which ran into their office building up North. Prayers unspoken.
YHC took us out.

Naked Moleskin:
T-claps to Quiver and Bobby Boucher for helping me be successful this morning
Tetanus spotted a possum making his way across the field after COT. He must’ve thought we were Possum Trot!
Great fellowship, gentlemen. Thank you for the opportunity to lead!
This was my sixty-fifth #F3Q21 #2021Challenge Q (sixty-seventh overall). Next Q is Wednesday at Anchor Time (Raleigh).
-Pigpen

QIC: Pigpen
PAX: Quiver, Warbucks, Coal Ash, Tetanus, Woody, Bobby Boucher, Pigpen
Workout Date: 06/21/21

Juneteenth at AGS

June 20, 2021/in Any Given Sunday, AO Post /QIC: Abe
PAX: Abe, Coal Ash, Warbucks

FNGs: none
Warm Up: butt-kickers, high knees, kareoke, imperial walkers and good mornings
The Workout: Yesterday was Juneteenth, the celebration of the official end of slavery in the United States. As a celebration and recognition of the impact that black people have had on our community, we made five stops in town while getting in 4.4 and some good hill work. Here are the five stops we made:

Holly Springs Elementary (Hunt Center)
– a public school teaching black children
– served Holly Springs for 50 years
– the Hunt Center is named for W.E. Hunt, former principal of Holly Springs Elementary

Grigsby House (412 Grigsby Ave)
– home of George and Gladys Grigsby
– an influential black family in Holly Springs
– ran the Packhouse (local meeting place)

First Baptist Church (208 Grigsby Ave)
– started by about 50 freed black men after Civil War
– originally a log cabin
– many black people who helped start the town before civil war stayed after emancipation

Dessie Mae Womble (Police station)
– first black female police chief in NC

The Packhouse (412 N Main St)
– popular local meeting place
– ran by the Grigsby family
– currently, there is a push to preserve it

Parrish Womble Park
– named after Parrish “Ham” Womble
– first black LEO at Wake County’s Sheriffs Dept
– went on to serve on the Holly Springs town council and as Mayor of Holly Springs
– nicknamed “Mr Holly Springs” for his devotion to the town

This really only scratches the surface of black history in Holly Springs and the surrounding communities. You can read some more at the linked resources below.

T-Claps (Recognition): Warbucks for gathering supplies for the UNC NCCC (and for those who donated). Good work HIM.
Prayer: Prayers for all of the fathers out there.
Additional Resources:
https://www.hollyspringsnc.us/1661/Black-History-Month
https://hollysprings.suburbanlivingmag.com/these-old-houses-part-vii-by-barbara-koblich-town-of-holly-springs-historian-2/
https://www.findingpatiencemusical.com/about

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