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Four Corners and 90’s Rock

EC: Dawgpound

FNGs: (-)
Warm Up:

Bounce
Foot Trace
Spinal Rotations
Fazio Arm Circles
Good Mornings

The Workout:

2 roundsĀ  12 reps of the following exercises with a lap around the parking lot in between to get the heartrate up.

Corner 1 – (Mace)

Ballistic Curls x 12
Fazio Arm Circles x 12
Good Mornings x 12

Take a Lap around the parking lot.

Corner 2 – (Abs)

LBC
Low Slow Flutter
Homer to Marge

Take a Lap around the parking lot.

Corner 3 – (KettleĀ  Bell)

KB Swings x 12
SnatchĀ  x 12
Halo x 12

Take a Lap around the parking lot.

Corner 4 – (Legs)

Sumo Squats x 12
Star JumpsĀ  x 12
LungesĀ  x 12

Take a Lap around the parking lot.

Rinse and repeat.

Mary: Ran out of time

Announcements: Check Slack and FB

Prayer: Pray for all injured PAX, unspoken.

YHC took us out.

20’s on the ramp

EC:Ā  Skidmark, Dawgpound, Emeril, Pikachu, Woody

Warm Up:Ā  1/2 mile jog loop, 1/2 mile loop Indian Run with stops for Fozzy Arm Circles, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies,

The Workout:

Two teams of 10 PAX each.Ā  1 PAX from each team runs to top of the ramp to perform 1st exercise .Ā  Soon as 1st PAX returns the 2nd set leave and perform 2nd exercise.Ā  Continue thru until all 20 exercises are complete.

While the PAX are running the ramp to do their 1 exercise remaining PAX work their way thru the exercises in order.

MERKINS – X20
LBCā€™s ā€“ CADENCE 10 COUNT
BURPEES – X10
PLANK JACKS ā€“ CADENCE 10 COUNT
WWIIā€™S ā€“ X15
SQUATS ā€“ X30
SHOULDER TAPS ā€“ X20 10 EACH SHOULDER
AMERICAN HAMMER – CADENCE 10 COUNT
ALERNATING LUNGE JUMPS X10 EACH LEG
4×4ā€™S ā€“ Start arms raised, move to burpee position. 4 Merkins, 4 Mountain Climbers each leg.Ā  Repeat x5
OVERHEAD CLAPS ā€“ SQUAT WITH X20 OVERHEAD CLAPS
BOAT CANOE CADENCE 10 COUNT
SIDE STRADDLE HOP CANDENCE 20 COUNT
DIAMOND MERKINS X20
DIPS X25 ON THE BRICK WALL
FLUTTER KICKS CADENCE 20 COUNT
FREDDIE MERCURY CADENCE 20 COUNT
HAND RELEASE BURPEES X10
HUNDREDS – on your 6. legs straight and at a 45 deg angle off the ground. head and shoulders off ground. arms straight and down by your side with palms facing ground. do quick 6 inch pulses with arms/hands until you reach 100.
RUN FROM TOP OF RAMP ALL THE WAY BACK AROUND TO REST OF PAX

Mary: Stretching

Announcements: Shirt order complete. Paradise City order coming soon.Ā  Need aid/water station helpers for the Spring Classic.

Prayer:Ā Ā  Jessica and Melanie

The Taper

There was a vote yesterday between two routes YHC posted. BUT since I drew the voting maps I got to choose what we did despite Lipstick and UTI’s attempt a voter fraud.

FNGs: None but we need some
Warm Up: Count off. Red messed up the count and has to repeat K math.
The Workout: 5 miles on about the flattest course I could design.
Mary: We stretched, somewhat and counted off again.
Announcements: The sweet smell of trash has made it’s way to Fuquay so there will be a cleanup on Sunday after the ruck. It was promised to be the “most fun trash pickup ever.” See LED or Breach. Lawn Dart has made contact with a swim coach to prepare pax for upcoming tri’s. If you’re interested contact Lawn Dart. Let’s not waste this person’s time.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: YHC took us out.

Captain Caveman 2/15/22

EC: Dawgpound

FNGs: Not today

Warm Up:

Bounce
Foot Trace
Spinal Rotations
Fazio Arm Circles
Good Mornings

The Workout:

We had a little upper body circuit going on at the Caveman.

5 rounds of the following exercises with a lap around the parking lot in between to get the heartrate up.

10 Each Side – Uppercuts
10 Each side –Ā  Ballistic Curls
10 Each LegĀ  – Side Lunges
10 Each side –Ā  Bow Draw
20Ā  Bent Over Rows

Take a Lap around the parking lot.

Rinse and repeat.

Mary: We went around the circle and all PAX called out an exercise.

Announcements: Check Slack and FB.

T-Claps (Recognition): Stubs for helping out at LAR and getting back out in the gloom!

Prayer: Pumpkin Spice on his Sabbatical, Stub’s Dad, unspoken

YHC took us out. Always an honor to lead.

 

Was I Missed?

After the callout from Dumbo last week, I realized I hadn’t been to Paradise City in a bit. Well, YHC decided to throw down a “no secrets here” workout, where everyone looped the entire park more than several times. I think around 3.2-3.5 miles, depending on watches, etc. All Pax stepped up to take several turns in calling 10 count exercises at our stops along the way.

FNG’s:Ā none.
Warm Up: Warm up lap around the entire parking/soccer field L loop. Stopped at bottom of ramp, Top of Stairs, Corner of Sportsmanship, Guardrail, top of hill by tennis courts, over by dumpsters, knee wall at top of ramp. Exercises along the way were: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Frankensteins, Irkins, Good Mornings, Sir Fazio’s, Shoulder Taps…all x10.

The Workout: Split in two groups, that ran opposite directions, all stopping at the same spots, to do a PAX choice of a 10 ct. exercise. Two rounds were Indian runs, two rounds were Mosey. We finished a last round together until reaching the basketball courts…literally as time expired.
Mary: built in
Announcements: Long Ass Run Sat. Feb 12th on the ATT…details from Skidmark.
T-Claps (Recognition): Good to see Tetanus back out at Paradise City! Thanks Dumbo for the push!
Prayer: Spoken/Unspoken. Thanks fellas for the opportunity to lead!

RFTJ 17 strong

FNGs:none
Warm Up:SSH
The Workout: 3.5 and 5 mile options; lots of picking up the 6
Mary:stretch
Announcements: Q Source at Panera
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: All PAX with Covid or illness, Emeril’s daughter just going through the struggles of being a teen.

2022 SLT!

It is with great excitement that I share your 2022 F3 South Wake Shared Leadership Team!

 

  • 1st F – Fanny Pack
    • Fanny Pack has been our 1st F Q for about a year now and has been killing it. He has an increadible passion for all things 1st F (and all things F3 really). If you have an idea, question, or anything else related to 1st F (new AOs especially!) he’s your guy.
  • 2nd F – Full House
    • Full House is new to our SLT but certainly not to South Wake. He’ll be your guy for anything from a beer to a picnic. Have an idea for an awesome 2nd F that might take some coordination? Drop him a note and make it happen!
  • 3rd F – Abe
    • From 2F2F (that’s 2nd Friday 2nd F) lunches to service projects with the Town of Holly Springs, Abe has an absolute fire for all things F3. He’s your new 3rd F Q – this means he’s bringing the dynamite! Maybe you’ve figured out your D2X and want to put it into practice – Abe is here to help you make it happen!
  • Comz – Warbucks
    • No way you haven’t seen Warbucks all around Slack and all the AOs. He’s taking over as our Comz Q – an easily underrated portion of the SLT but critically important. From Slack to website and even more, Warbucks helps us talk all the crap outside of the workout.
  • Weasel Shaker – Woody
    • Mr. Woody. Quite the fire in this guy and a lot of it is with passion for F3! He’s taking over as Weasel Shaker – a bit of a wild card in the SLT. He’ll be keeping a keen pulse on our culture, helping watch AO numbers and placement, and lots of other things. See something that looks wrong to you? He’s your guy.
  • Recruitment – UTI
    • Fresh off being our 3rd F Q, UTI is working to establish a new position on the SLT. The vision is to identify what needs to be done to adhere to core principle #2 as well as where should we go to spread the word.

I want to stress that all of these men are not in place to be gatekeepers, but rather enablers. No one wants to play mother may I with new ideas, just make sure we don’t launch 3 AOs on the same day 1 mile from each other. Ultimately these pax all have significant vision and passion for their respective positions and I’m very eager to see what they accomplish over the coming year!

 

I’d also like to thank Dawgpound, UTI, and Mookie for their service as 2nd F Q, 3rd F Q, and Weasel Shaker over the past year! When you see these guys in the gloom give them a fist bump and a thanks!

 

As always, it is an honor to lead,

Pikachu.

3-Alarm Fun Run ā€“ 2021 Year in Review

ā€œHow did these runs with 3-Alarm get started?ā€ ā€œWhat are 3-Alarmā€™ conditions?ā€ ā€œWhy does it burn when I pee?ā€ Hereā€™s the answers to your burning questions.

First of all, shout out to everyone who posted in 2021!!! As you know, 3-Alarm wants to meet everyone in F3 SouthWake. Hereā€™s our start: 16-Bit, Banana Seat, Bobby Bouche, Bobby Dall, Bondo, Cancun, Cash Roll, Cupid, Dawgpound, Dumbo, Emeril, Fanny Pack, Forceps, Full House, Gillette, Go-Gurt, Gump, Lipstick, Martini, Maybelline, Midget, Pikachu, Slide Rule, Snooze, Sprinkler, Swisher Suites, TomTom, U.T.I., Wild Turkey, Woody, Yogurt, Yoshi and 2.0s 3rd Down, 4th Down, Flower, Isabella, Slash, Sketch, Vader. That is an awesome start! Good times are in the attached photos. Who did I miss?

How did all this begin? My daughter (F3 Slow Pitch) and her boyfriend (F3 Go-Gurt) were friends with 3-Alarm from high school. One night in the fall of 2019, they were Facetiming with 3-Alarm and he got wind that I was in F3. I had never met 3-Alarm before. They handed me the phone, introduced me, and 3-Alarm immediately said his classic, ā€œHeeeeeey!ā€ and ā€œLetā€™s go run!ā€ Thatā€™s all it took.

Pure Joy – 2019 November 1st Run. I invited Pikachu and Go-Gurt on that first run. It was cold and dark and drizzly and I was definitely overdressed. See photo. I knew nothing about pushing a running chair and barely knew 3-Alarm. But I quickly learned, this kid is excited about running! He would yell out, ā€œWeeeeeeeeee!ā€ and ā€œIā€™m happy!ā€ What a blast! Pikachu remembers: ā€œMy just overwhelming memory from the first run, and really all the runs, is just pure joy. Every time I run with 3-Alarm it doesn’t matter what kind of day I’ve had or what mood I’m in – he has a contagious joy that has the ability to just completely turn my day around!ā€ Wild Turkey has expressed this same sentiment. He looks forward to leaving the work behind and enjoying 3-Alarmā€™ enthusiasm for life.

Time Lapse – 2021 Spring. Covid had been around for a year or so. I hadnā€™t seen or heard from 3-Alarm in a looooong time. While dropping off my 2.0 Zumba at Holly Springs School of Dance (HSSOD), I pulled into a parking spot, looked to my left, and lo and behold, thereā€™s 3-Alarm. ā€œDavis!ā€ I shouted. We were both glad to see each other. I asked Davis is he had been running lately. His joy quickly turned to dejection, as he answered NO. Sensing this urgent need, I said, ā€œLetā€™s go run!ā€ Thatā€™s all it took.

2021 Tuesday Runs – Pure Joy. Since early June 2021, F3 has been running with 3-Alarm every Tuesday. Why do we do this? Pure Joy! So much fun. I asked 3-Alarm what he likes most about our Tuesdays together. He says: F3 feels like family. Everyone welcomes me with open arms.

3-Alarm has impressed me in so many ways on these Tuesdays. He has an infectious enthusiasm that resonates with everyone. He literally has fans everywhere. During our runs, weā€™ve had fans stop their cars, shout out from their porches, stop us on their dog walksā€”just to say hello. In the summer, this happened over and over. What do you remember about your first meeting with 3-Alarm?

Tuesday Splashes. We were settling in on Tuesdays and more and more PAX kept trickling in. Early supporters included Bobby Bouche, Cancun, Dawgpound, Fanny Pack, Go-Gurt, Martini, Maybelline, Pikachu, Wild Turkey, and more. To sweeten the draw and to make things more fun for 3-Alarm, we added a splash down at the end of the run. By the time we reached August, we had a record turnout in the record heat. See photos.

FNGs. 3-Alarm has a keen ability to make friends and did his own recruiting for the Fun Run. While out walking with Mama Hope, one of his nurses, he met people and got busy. He texted me and was so excited to announce that he had an FNG coming. The following Tuesday, we dropped by Coleā€™s house. Cole wasnā€™t completely ready, but joined us for his first F3 workout. He was wearing very thick sweatpants in the August heat and I know he was roasting! We named him Snooze because he loves to chill and sleep. 3-Alarm also recruited Charlie, a 7th grader, who lives in Holly Glen and rides BMX and MTBs. We named him Cash Roll after a BMX trick created by BMX champion Daniel Dhers

911. Things were not always peachy on our runs. 3-Alarm has several conditions (Polymicrogyria, Dandy-Walker Syndrome, and seizures). In late September, the seizures were serious enough that Pikachu, Wild Turkey, and I followed our procedures for this situation. We timed the seizures and called Davisā€™s mom, then 911. Davis spent a few days in the hospital undergoing extensive diagnostic tests. For the next 3-4 weeks, we had second F instead of running. If we ever have to call 911 again, 3-Alarm wanted to request the specific medics who he had befriended on his ride to the hospital šŸ˜Š.

ā€œOut of the Goodness of His Heart?ā€ In October, Bondo organized a special treat for 3-Alarm and all of usā€”A visit from Mr. and Ms. Wuf. See photos and separate backblast Wuf Sighting on Acorn Falls, October 26, 2021. Davisā€™ mom asked me this question during the October visit from Mr. and Ms.Wuf. The answer of course, was YES, Bondo did this out of the goodness of his heart. Certainly a highlight for 3-Alarm and all of us. Woody: Donā€™t take that picture without me!

ā€œThatā€™s a big catā€ In October the Halloween lights and yard decorations were in full bloom. Wild Turkey did not wear his glasses on these runs or was hallucinating. A giant Rudolf looked like a cat šŸ˜Š This was followed by many Christmas light runs through Hilly Glen. Again, lots of fun, see photos. Wild Turkey says the neighborhood lights runs were among his favorites of the year. See my favorite in the BONUS FOOTAGE below. What your favorite 3-Alarm memory of 2021? Reply below.

Christmas Party 2021. Mr. Ambitious requested an F3 Christmas party at his house. I explained that it would be a little challenging to organize given the short notice, Covid surge, and busy schedules. But, all the F3 brothers came through. We had a party of at least a dozen PAX and 2.0s. Pikachu brought the magic hot cocoa maker and we showered 3-Alarm with some additional F3 swag and coffee gift cards (like he didnā€™t have enough!). See photos.

Whatā€™s next? 2022 brings another 52 opportunities to experience the Pure Joy for yourself. Are you ready?

BONUS FOOTAGE

2019 HS Half Midget, Pikachu, Snap. Midget lined up Pikachu and Snap to push 3-Alarm. Pikachu remembers:Ā  I remember hearing I was recruited with Snap and knew we were gonna have fun flying through the springs! The joy that Davis has on race day is on a whole other level. And at Holly Springs Half that day the grit that he showed was on a whole other level too – the bumpy course definitely didn’t do him any favors but he persevered and definitely gave me one of my best HS Half memories (and there are plenty of great ones over the years!). Note that Pikachu also ran 3-Alarm in The Quay, where many of you met 3-Alarm on his way to the finish line.

2021 HS Half Banana Seat, Wild Turkey, Yogurt, and 3-Alarm plus Midget, Matt, and Wolfie. 3-Alarm called out this event as one of favorites in 2021. Banana Seat helped Matt push Wolfie. Wild Turkey ran 9 miles EC. I was feeling good but did not push 3-Alarm until around mile 7 of the race, which was mile 16 for Wild Turkey! Forceps, Cancun, Wild Turkey, Mama Hopeā€™s son, YHC, and others joined 3-Alarm and his dad for Second F at 3-Alarmā€™s favorite coffee shop, Our Moments in Time.

ā€œErin, Erin, Erin!ā€ A chance meeting at the FV Christmas parade. This is probably my favorite outing with Davis in 2021, maybe because it was completely unplanned and unexpected.

Davisā€™s sister and my 2.0 F3 Zumba were among the hundreds of dancers from the Holly Springs School of Dance performing in the parade. We had both dropped off our dancers early and by chance walked up the hill together to select a prime spot to watch. Davisā€™ dad (Dan), Davis, and I joined a woman who was sitting on one of the built-in benches in front of town hall, poised to see her kids and grandkids pass by in their 4-WD Jeeps and such. ā€œKathyā€ shared her bench with Dan and I while Davis positioned himself front and center on the curb to wait. I must admit, sitting on that bench had a real Forrest Gump feel to it. I had a blast just sitting there hanging with Dan, who I had only met once or twice. Kathy watched and listened to our interactions with Davis and was intrigued. By the time it was over, our new friend Kathy was a big fan.

Watching Davis interact with the parade was amazing. For once, I grabbed his phone and took photos from there. Everyone was friends with Davis.

ā€œIā€™ll email you!ā€ About halfway through the parade, a convertible rolls up among the elected officials waving to the crowd. Suddenly, 3-Alarm sounds the alarm. He starts bobbing up and down and yelling, ā€œErin, Erin, Erin!ā€ over and over again. Dan and I looked at each other like, What? Davis kept yelling. Finally, the legislature representative Erin turned our way and saw Davis. She was so excited! Davis, how are you? Great to see you! And as she is rolling away, sheā€™s pointing at Davis, twiddles her thumbs like sheā€™s texting, and exclaims, ā€œIā€™ll email you!ā€ It was the craziest thing I had ever seen. Dan and I were flabbergasted. And I was so impressed. This just showed the range of Davisā€™ influence. All the way to the Legislature in downtown Raleigh!

Is this still an AWESOME route?

EC: Pikachu, Skidmark, 187, Full House, Mc Nugget, UTI

FNGs: Not today.

Warm Up: It was cold. We discussed the route and headed out.

The Workout:

The AWESOME route (Skidmark pointed out looks like the Grinch)! If you were not there you TOTALLY missed out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mary: short on time.

Announcements: Panera is hiring. Q source meets every Wednesday at 0645. Check 3rd F channel for location.

T-Claps (Recognition): All PAX for choosing the DRP.

Prayer: ALL PAX to stay healthy and COVID free, unspoken.

YHC took us out. Always an honor to lead.

The Olaf Route

FNGs: Nope
Warm Up: SSH, Frankenstein kicks, Willie Mays Hayes
The Workout:
We ran.
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/80549691

Mary: Nope
Announcements:
See slack – Hollyfest, Brute CSAUP
T-Claps (Recognition):
All who ran.
Prayer:
Stubbs, co-worker with brain cancer, injured PAX, unspoken