Cowboy – Page 18 – F3 South Wake

Surf’s Up – Cletus 2-8-19

February 9, 2019/in Cletus /QIC: Yogurt
PAX: 187, Banana Seat, Boogie, Brexit, Cowboy, Da Business, Gump, Kid Cracker, Lipstick, Lucky Charms, New Mexico, Patch, The Natural, Yogurt

Fresh off a week in Costa Rica, I (Yogurt) mimicked surfing in this arm-intensive workout.

Warm Up: Mosey around Hunt Center to front parking lot; SSH 25x; Arm circles 10f/10b; 5 burpees OYO

Mosey to tennis courts. Local surfers would stretch before hopping in the water. Leg stretches: Flat on back, knees up to 45 degrees, left ankle to right knee, gently pull left knee toward right shoulder, feel in the buttocks. Opposite side too.

Star stretch: flat on back, arms extended overhead, left knee up to 45 degrees, drop left knee over right, extend. Simultaneously, reach left arm out to left. From above, you are forming a plus sign. Opposite side too.

The Workout: Mosey to softball field, right field foul line. Got our bearings in the darkness with a quick wheelbarrow out to hula hoops. Switch partners and back.

Workout mimicked paddling out and surfing in. When paddling out, often you have to sprint. You must hammer to make it past the breakers and into the lineup.

Workout: Elevens with squats and Catalina wine chillers. On shore side, squats. Sprint to paddle out. While in the lineup, Catalina wine chillers. Catch a wave and ride it in! Rinse and repeat with Elevens as count.

Mosey to dirt parking lot to ride the tides. How many tides are in a day? Typically four–high, low, high, low

From greenway (low tide side), run to paved driveway (high tide side): 12 Merkins to represent high tide at 12 o’clock; run back down to greenway (low tide side), 6 Merkins to represent low tide at 6 o’clock. Rinse and repeat until we did a couple of days’ worth of tides.

Mary: Mosey to tennis courts. Ab work: Hammock without the hammock 20x; Superman arms to side 15x, arms overhead 15x. Pickle pounders 20x. Low slow flutter 20x. Box cutters 15x.
Announcements: Long a** run Saturday, see FB or Blue Hen for details

January Breathtaker: Over $1,000, tons of clothes, and workout participation for Healing Transitions

February Breathtaker: ALS. 2/9/19 Bid goes to “Men from Fuquay,” bidding $500 goes to Gump
Prayer: Shredder knee injury, Moby’s dad

Welcome FNG Edgar, who is now F3 E squared!

Mt. Kiliman Springs

February 6, 2019/in Running 4 the John /QIC: Lipstick
PAX: 187, Banana Seat, Cowboy, Dawgpound, Lipstick, Mookie, Nemo, Pablo, Pac-Man, Peeping Tom, ShamWow!, Slide Rule, UTI

Warm Up: 5 Burpees OYO because we needed to get the blood flowing. SSH x 25; calf and arm stretching, Monkey Humpers x10
The Workout: YHC gave no clear direction on what was about to happen and just asked the PAX to follow him. Began Mosey to leave Ting Park. Stopped at Red light for Diamond Merkins x10, then continued with 65% up hill to Dominos. 10 Burpees OYO at Dominos while PAX came in. Half Marathon Pace down Crossway to neighborhood Pool, Pickle Pounders x15. Continued down Crossway with a 10k pace to next stop sign and prison yard squats x10. First hill of crossway was spotted and YHC went over a few fundamentals of running up hills. 60% up first hill and squat hold for the six. YHC then discussed technique for running down hills and we moseyed 70% downhill and then 50% up next hill and met at the top of creekvista. Pax was then introduced to Mt. Kiliman Springs. YHC gave direction to 60% downhill and 70% backup hill using the fundamentals we just discussed around running hills. 10 burpees OYO at the top. Rinse and Repeat with 60%/70% flip flopped and pickle pounders x15 at top. PAX then started a recovery run back towards Main St. with stopping points at the stop signs. Pax was soon to discover we lost Nemo and a search party was released to “Find Nemo” Thanks Banana Seat, 187 and UTI for heading back. Rest of PAX continued down Crossway back to Dominos and Squat hold for the six. YHC then told PAX to 1K Pace down his favorite stretch in Holly Springs back to Ting Park. Once at Ting we did a quick uphill to the Stadium and back to the lot for COT.

Was a pleasure leading you Strong Men this morning and I hope you all had as much fun as I did! Let’s go concur the day!

Announcements: Long ASS ATT run this Saturday
Prayer: Shredder (were pulling for you brother and hoping for no surgery), Our Brother Crablegs and all those battling ALS

Nutcracker Backblast 2/5/2019

February 5, 2019/in Nutcracker /QIC: Breach
PAX: Banana Seat, Bigalow, Blue Hen, Breach, Coal Ash, Cowboy, Da Business, Dawgpound, Flanigan, Moby, Nemo, Norm, Pablo, Pac-Man, Particle Board, Sandlot

Pax of 16 for a Tonka toy workout

Pablo, Dawg Pound, Blue Hen, Particle Board, Cowboy, Banana Seat, Sandlot, Pac Man, Moby, Norm, Bigelo, Da Business, Nemo, Coal Ash

Flannigan and Breach on the Q

Warmup– Run around the parking lot and circle up for 22 counts of SSH, Imperial Walkers, Good Mornings and Hillbillies

Workout– Split into groups of 4 Group 1 takes the pain sticks and 3 of the 4 members perform pig on a stick around the parking lot. The 4^th member carries a cinder block around the parking along with the group. The remaining groups are using cinder blocks to do jack webs, pain sticks to do wunderbras and the big tire and sledge to flip the tire and then hit it with the sledge. Repeat for 2 rounds all the way around.

Split up into 2 groups, ½ the pax goes up to the crosswalk in from of the school and the other ½ stays at the bottom. On go 1 group sprints up to the 2^nd group and the sprint back down. Repeat for 4 cycles. Circle up for mary.

Mary- 22 Counts of LBC’s Homer to Marge 11 with right leg up 11 with left, Low slow flutter, and big boy sit-ups. Dawg Pound didn’t have enough so he led us through a very slow cadence count of 10 of pickle pounders to finish out the workout.

Announcements: Long Ass Att Run on Sat, Nemo is hosting a new AO starting on Monday..Ride the train. Check Slack or Facebook for details.

Prayers– Moby’s dad still having some issues pray for recovery. Shredder hurt his knee skiing on Sat, pray for a speedy recovery. Moby closed us out in prayer.

Dump or Super Bowl – Both Stunk

February 4, 2019/in Paradise City /QIC: Skidmark
PAX: 187, Aquaman, Blue Hen, Boogie, Bulls Eye, Cowboy, Crosby, Dawgpound, Doc, Foghorn, Full House, Glass Jaw, Kid Cracker, Lucky Charms, Pablo, Particle Board, Pikachu, Pumpkin Spice, Sea Dog, Skidmark, UTI, Wiggly

22 Pax gathered in the smelliest part of Holly Springs for a Monday morning beatdown. Q was a little upset with the result so made sure to take it out on the Pax. Very few Pats fans showed up but I doubt they could handle it anyway.

EC: 187, Cowboy, Crosby, UTI, Full House, Pablo, Pikachu, Dawgpound, Skidmark

Warm Up: Mosey for one loop with stops to do Good Mornings, SSH, and Windmills. Once back at the court Pax paired up by ability and speed. It was only logical that Dawgpound requested to be Lucky’s partner. Somebody needed to make sure we gave Lucky a push. Kudos DP.

The Workout: Catch me if you can partner runs. 1st loop 2 Double Merkin Burpees. 2nd loop around 3 squat jumps. 3rd time around 5 merkins. Once at the end circle back for the 6 doing 5 LBCs.

Mosey to the ramp for some 7’s. Reverse merkins at the bottom and star jumps halfway up the ramp.

Mary: Merkin clock with stops at 12, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 12.

Announcements: See Pikachu’s announcements on FB and Slack. Nothing new.

Prayer: Shredder, Dumbo, Brexit, Emeril

Maybe It’s Maybelline

February 2, 2019/in U Turn /QIC: Skidmark
PAX: 187, Aquaman, Beater, Cowboy, Dauber, Dawgpound, Deadbolt, Doc, Double Doink, Forceps, Full House, Gump, H1N1, Lipsync, Maybelline, Nemo, Norm, Pablo, Pikachu, Pony Boy, R22, Sassy, Short Pole, Skidmark, Slide Rule, Slurpee, Warbucks

24 present at COT and 27 total for the run this morning. Various places and distances. Beautiful morning. Wondered who was up ahead and the comment was “maybe it’s Maybelline.”

Warm Up: Gump did his best virgin Q impersonation.
The Workout: miles miles miles
Mary:
Announcements:
Prayer: Moby’s dad, Dauber’s colleague that passed away, Full House’s father (if I remember correctly)

Fly like an airplane

February 1, 2019/in Cletus /QIC: Warbucks
PAX: 187, Blue Hen, Brony, Cowboy, Crab Legs, Da Business, Deadbolt, Double Doink, Draper, Foghorn, Ironic, Lucky Charms, M4L, Moby, Peak Week, POTS, Slide Rule, Warbucks

PAX of 18 braved another frozen morning for the 2nd edition of a VQ from YHC. YHC cracked open the Exicon once more for a little variety, but not too much.

The clock struck 5:15 and 3 PAX headed out for a 2 mile EC loop: Cowboy, Double Doink, and YHC.

Warm Up:

YHC gave brief instructions to PAX to keep arms out on the mosey while doing Sir Fazio arm circle repeats (5 fw/5 bw/5 hold). PAX reluctantly did their best airplane impression and 3-2-1 blast off for the warm up lap around the soccer field. A few stops along the way for:
20 SSH
15 Imperial Walkers
10 Hillbillies

Circled up on tennis court for:
10 Windmills IC
15 Morocan Night Clubs
20 Randys IC

The Workout:

With shoulders warm, PAX lined up on the sideline of the court for some Bottom Feeders (Tiny 11’s). It looked like this:
Bear crawl to other baseline
10 prisoner squats
Crawl bear back to start
1 WWII
This continued in normal 11’s fashion until 1 prisoner squat and 10 WWIIs were done.

Next, PAX split into 2 groups for some BTTW Bear crawl tunnels. Each group lined up and held BTTW against the fence. The last PAX in the line bear crawled through the tunnel to the front and held BTTW. Each group worked its way to opposite ends of the court and back, well 1 group did. The other group’s bridge collapsed, with no causulties, and the mission was aborted.

PAX moseyed over by the rock pile for some Jack Webbs. PAX went from 1 merkin:3 air presses up to 10:30.

Rocks were obtained and carried to the parking lot.
John Cusack rock around the lot with stops at the 4 corners for Wonder Bras. Starting with 5 at the first stop and adding 5 at each stop, ending with 20 at the last stop. Rocks were returned and PAX moseyed to the tennis courts for a date with Mary.

Mary:

Circled up on the tennis courts for Mary.
YHC led some plank-o-rama then PAX called out exercises.
10 Pickle Pounder IC
15 LBCs IC
10 Low slow flutters IC
10 Burpees OYO (thanks Lucky)
20 Foreign-national hammers IC
Have a Nice Day

Announcements:

NC Spring Classic on 4/27/19
New Running AO Thursday evenings – Sheetz Show (3-5 miles all paces welcome)
Blue Hen wins Breathtaker auction and donations for February to go to ALS.

Prayer:

Moby’s Dad, Injuries: Dumbo, Brexit, other PAX

YHC took us out.

R4TJ: Running on the Little Dipper

January 30, 2019/in Running 4 the John /QIC: UTI
PAX: Cowboy, Dawgpound, Double Doink, Lipstick, Peeping Tom, Redenbacher, ShamWow!, Straight Cash, UTI

9 PAX arrived at Ting this morning for a below freezing run in the gloom. 2 of 9 (Peeping Tom and Straight Cash) went for EC early and caught an extra mile for their efforts.

Warm Up: Frankenstein Kicks, Windmills, High Knees, It’s cold – let’s roll

The Workout: Pre-blast mumblechatter led to the reveal of the route which was dubbed “The Little Dipper” by Crosby. Crosby had HC’d but late last night reported he would likely be a no-show. Luckily for him Dawgpound took a liking to the name and insisted that we adopt it despite the fact that it was given by a #fartsacker. (Crosby I kid man – I know you would have been there if you could). So… We ran the Little Dipper which is fitting as I believe this route was introduced last month and the backblast followed a space exploration theme. (It all comes together in the end I suppose). Reread that awesomeness here – https://f3southwake.com/2018/12/26/space-the-final-frontier-these-are-the-voyages-of-the-starship-r4tj/

Lipstick apparently found a very clean and well outfitted John to meet his needs. Unfortunately, he tells us he did not leave it as he found it…

The Little Dipper is a 5 mile route that starts at Ting, heads down Main past City Hall, cuts through to Stinson past Womble, Left onto Bass Lake, Left on Holly Springs Rd, and right back onto Main. The run ends where it started at Ting.

Mary: Her again!? I thought I gave her a fake number…

Announcements:

Krispy Kreme is on. Raleigh and Carpex are recruiting for an even bigger dumber challenge so look that up if you are interested 🙂
Big Ass Run and other re-occurring topics for announcements can be found on your social media platform of choice.

Prayer: Silent prayers this morning.

I’ve never seen lights worn like that

January 28, 2019/in Paradise City /QIC: Skidmark
PAX: 187, Aquaman, Boogie, Bulls Eye, Chips, Cowboy, Crosby, Dawgpound, Deadbolt, Doc, Double Doink, Full House, Glass Jaw, Gumby, Kid Cracker, Lipstick, Lucky Charms, Mookie, Nemo, Pablo, Pac-Man, Particle Board, Peeping Tom, Pumpkin Spice, Sandlot, ShamWow!, Skidmark, Slide Rule, UTI, Wiggly

Wow. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, South Wake loves virgins…Q’s that is. 30 Pax posted for a virgin Q this morning by Aquaman.

The amount of Pax that posted at EC was incredible too. I’ll try to get them all: UTI, Pablo, Lipstick, Crosby, Gumby, Dawgpound, Deadbolt, Double Doink, Slide Rule, Cowboy, Nemo, Peeping Tom, Mookie, , Wiggly, Skidmark (again sorry if I forgot anyone)

New light vests should come with instruction on how to put it on. Said pax had the lights somewhere down around his groin area and through his legs. I think there was some concern with it not staying on his shoulders.

Welcome FNG Boogie

Warm Up: Slight mosey to the bottom of the ramp for SSH x 21, IW x 10, Hillbillies x 10, Fozio Arm Circles forward and reverse, Chinooks, seal claps and over head claps at 10 cc
The Workout: 3 groups of 10 for Indian runs. At each corner do 5 merkins, 10 pickle pounders , 15 LBCs, 20 Hillbilly Squats. Try for 3 loops. Also add in 2 double merkin burpees every time the first pax in the line got back to the front.
Mary: Skidmark led Mary for 30 cc Freddy Mercury’s, 15 cc Boxcutters, Protractors, and finish with some plank hold exercise
Announcements: See announcements on Slack and FB. CSAUP long ass run 2/9 start from New Hill on ATT. Valentines Day challenge. Phones and devices away from 6-8.
Prayer: Several prayer requests, Brexit’s MRI, an aunt’s funeral on saturday (sorry can’t remember right now who it was)

The Rise of the Tiger Hawks

January 26, 2019/in U Turn /QIC: UTI
PAX: Aquaman, Beater, Cowboy, Dawgpound, Deadbolt, Dovetail, Full House, Gump, H1N1, LED, Oh Yeah, Psi, Roger Roger, ShamWow!, Short Pole, Slide Rule, UTI, Warbucks

The first AO to see the rise of the Tiger Hawks! The new shirts look awesome, good to see the first ones hitting the streets at U-Turn this morning. Thanks for modeling Warbucks

EC: Deadbolt, Warbucks, LED, PSI, Roger Roger, THE DawgPound, Cowboy, SlideRule, Full House

Cowboy and DawgPound commuted to U-Turn on foot today from hills of 12 Oaks. The rest of us rallied at Starbucks for a 3-mile loop through the business park.

Warm Up: Frankenstein Kicks, Daisy Pickers, High Knees, Butt Kickers, Side Straddle Hops

Welcome FNG ShamWow! – A resident of Holly Springs that enjoys running (who likes running!?) and has a pretty killer pace. He is a resident of Holly Springs and is in sales. Our F3 hivemind this morning went down the infomercial path and gave him a name that is “As Seen on TV

The Workout: Traditional U-Turn 5mi route was mapped and offered and for the masses. Plenty of turning for the 6 going on along the way. A few went “off the map” to hit their personal targets. Great work to all #HIM for braving the below freezing morning.

Mary: Nope! No Girls allowed.

Announcements: Nope! and very sorry to have passed over this. I guess I was getting cold? Excited to run? Still really bad at being a Q? As always keep an eye on your social media platform of choice. Please toss them out on the BackBlast post.

Prayer: Again – BAD UTI, BAD UTI – Skipped over Prayer. It wasnt intentional… Please know I realized my error when we got back to Starbucks and I did pray for those unspoken prayers since I’m absent minded. For those things that we should raise up out in the open, please post them on FB/Slack under the BB post so we can pray for them directly.

Does anyone know a good Gastroenterologist?

January 23, 2019/in Running 4 the John /QIC: Lipstick
PAX: 187, Chips, Cowboy, Dawgpound, Double Doink, Lipstick, Peeping Tom, Redenbacher, Shredder, Straight Cash, UTI, Wiggly

Warm Up: Stretching, Frankensteins, Monkey Humpers, Quick loop around Ting
The Workout: 2x Hill Repeats up big hill on Bridgewater @ 70% up and cool down on downhill; Pick up the Six and head to back of Bridgewater to Powerline Sprint. 1x Powerline Sprint @ 85%; cool down jog back to Ting 4.5 Miles total

Announcements: See Announcements on FB or Slack
Prayer: Crablegs, Beufort, Construction accident in North Raleigh

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