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Howling Monkeys, Duck Jousting, and a Virgin Q

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13 PAX showed up for a Virgin Q by YHC.  It was a freezing 21 degrees (felt like 14) at 5:06am as 5 PAX headed out on the standard loop for EC: Deadbolt, Full House, Breach, Nemo and YHC.

Warm Up:

Lap around the soccer field for warm up. YHC thought he saw headlights as we began, but was reassured by the PAX that no one was tardy.

Circled up on the soccer field for:
SSH x 20 IC
Windmills x 10 IC
Frankenstein leg kicks x 10 IC
Daisy Pickers x 10 IC
Sir Fazio arm circles 10 forward/10 backward IC

The Workout:

YHC got creative this week and came up with a new routine, dubbed Evolution (crawl, walk, run). Evolution went as follows:
Line up on sideline
Bear crawl 1/4 of the field
10 squats
Lunge walk to center line
10 WWIIs
Sprint to other sideline
10 shoulder taps
For the final leg YHC decided to reverse things and PAX did crawl bear, backward lunge walk, and backward sprint with 20 of each exercise.

PAX then circled up in a tight circle for Howling Monkey.
PAX in monkey humper starting position
Moving around the circle, each PAX do 10 monkey humpers
After 2 rounds, our monkeys were howling and we moseyed to the abyss for some quick stair work.

It was only after our rounds of Howling Monkeys that I heard some mubblechatter to Chips. After further questioning it was determined that Chips was indeed tardy, so 5 burpees OYO.

On the mosey, we partnered up and did the following on arrival:

Round 1: Partner 1 did LBCs at top while Partner 2 ran to bottom of stairs for 10 diamond merkins then switch.
Round 2: Partner 1 did Homer to Marge at top while Partner 2 runs to bottom of stairs for 10 diamond merkins then switch.

Some interesting mubblechatter by Deadbolt about being between a bush and they abyss while looking at the moon. The sky was in rare form this morning as we saw Jupiter and Venus on either side of the moon.

25 LBC’s IC then moseyed back to soccer field for Mary.

Mary:

In preparation for this VQ, YHC spent some time reading the Exicon. As a result, Mary consisted of:

Duck jousting: PAX get down in duck walk with hands on chest (like a duck) and try to knock each other down (joust). If PAX fell, 10 merkins and re-join the fight.

When YHC explained this to the PAX, it was received with uncertainty and reluctance. After a few minutes of walking around solo, PAX jumped in and by the end there were ducks falling all around. This was done as a free for all, but could also be done 1-on-1 (bull in the ring style).

With 1 minute left, YHC wanted PAX to get their money’s worth so time was filled with 45 seconds of Pickle Pounders IC followed by Have a Nice Day.

Announcements:

Wear red tomorrow, cell phone challenge, daddy-daughter date nights (posted links to social channels).
Crablegs challenged us to try and find something awesome in your everyday (like the beautiful sky this morning).

Prayer:

Full House’s dad, Pacman’s vertigo, Crablegs – Way to post in the cold with us!

R4TJ: Running on the Little Dipper

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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.

F3 nutcracker

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Cracking nuts, flat or medium… Pax of 13 showed up on a mild morning at the nut

Flanigan (Q), breach, Moby, peak week, brony, norm, wiggly, dawg pound, skidmark, blue hen, the natural, slide rule and Crosby

Warm Up: jogged around parking lot to side lot, good mornings IC x10, morracan night clubs IC x 20, plank jacks IC x 10, mountain climbers IC x 10, merkins x 20

The Workout: went to rock pile, paired up and grabbed flat rock and medium rock. Back to lot, one had flat rock on back, did merkins while partner did squats x 20/monkey humpers/scissor lunges/squats switching after 20. Following this,  Using larger rock, did colt 45 curls, (0-90/90-180/0-180) while partner boo boo bear crawl half of the lot, jogged to end and back, switch. Continues same with wonder bras and tricep presses.

John cusacked around school with rocks to play ground. Did back rows with feet on partners shoudler x20, sets of 2. Got rocks to the pile, back to the front of the school.
Mary: circled up for lbc IC x 20, homer to marge IC x 20 alternating legs up and impressing school workers. WW II x 20, standard merkin x 30
Announcements: long ass run 2/9, breach and I reaching out to get new Q starting 3/2
Prayer:crab legs

 

make it a quality week men!

 

out

I’ve never seen lights worn like that

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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

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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

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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?

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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

Nutcracker 1/22

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Pax of 7 came out in the Nutcracking cold

Slide Rule, Blue Hen, Norm, Da Business, Dawg Pound and Wiggly with Breach on the Q

Warm up– Run around the front of the school and circle up for 22 counts of SSH, Imperial Walkers/Hillbillies, Prisoner squats, Frankenstein’s and Merkins.

Workout– Mosey over to the rock pile with some fast feet, side shuffle and up and back up and down the parking lot. Grab a rock and circle up in the side parking lot. 22 count of curls for the girls, move 2 rocks left, Wonderbra’s, move 2 left, Triceps extensions, move 2 left goblet squats. Followed by traveling Merkins around the circle until we got back to our original rock. John Cusack back to the rock pile. Mosey through the parking lot with some weaving around the parking spaces and some backward running to the loading dock.

The school was nice enough to leave us some 4 x 4 so we used them Split into two groups, group1 did 22 counts of Australian mountain climbers while group 2 did prisoner squats, then we switched. Round 2 group did peoples chair while group 2 did 22 count American hammers while holding the 4×4 off the ground with their feet. Round 3 group one went back to Australian mountain climbers while group 2 did V-ins with your feet hanging over the edge of the loading dock. Finished up at the dock with some 22 counts Dirkins and dips off the milk crates.  Mosey over to the basketball court.

Bunny hops around the perimeter of the court and circle up for 22 squat jacks. Catch me if you can run, the last man drops and does a Merkin and then run to the front of the line. Ran to the front of the school and took the stairs down to the playground area. Split back into 2 groups. Group 2 balls to the wall while group 2 runs to the top of the hill for 5 deep squats. Switch it up and repeat. On round 3 group 1 performed Merkins while group 2 ran and then switched. Mosey back to the front of the school for 22 counts of Irkins, Dips, and Derkins.

Mary– Circle up for 22 counts of reverse LBC’s Homer to Marge and side crunched, 22 both side.

Announcements: Crablegs shirt order ends Friday. Q-source with Norm this AM Dauber tomorrow morning and Breach at CBC at 8p. Blue Ridge Relay meeting at Black Dog bottle shop at 6p tonight and Tobacco Long run Feb 9th see Blue Hen for details.

Prayers for Crablegs and Buford for a speedy recovery. Closed in prayer.

 

What was that last thing we did?

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EC: Cowboy, SlideRule, Dawgpound, Pikachu, Skidmark, Crosby, Roger Roger, Double Donk

Welcome FNG Bigalo!!!  21 degrees with an FNG that’s pretty cool.  Pun intended.

Warm Up:

Run around the tennis courts and soccer field.
Stop at the bottom of the ramp – Side Straddle Hops
Stop at the ticket office – Frankenstein Kicks and Good Mornings
Stop at the corner – Bat Wing (10 Fazio Forward, 10 Fazio Backwards, 10 Seal claps and 10 overhead claps
Run to the Tunnel

The Workout:

Split up into two groups.

Group 1 did an indian run down the long path.  When they reached the end they did 5 Burpees.
Group 2 did 5 Burpees, 10 Merkins, 15 Squats, 20 LBCs, 10 Cadence Count Balls to the wall and Preacher chair until group 1 came back.

The groups then switched.
Repeated 5 times

Mosey to the bottom of the ramp for something that was way too complicated, but we had 3 minutes to burn.

Run up four light poles.  Turn and run backwards up two light poles.  Don’t turn around and run forward two light poles.  Then turn around and repeat till you reached the top of the hill.  Then mosey back to the circle for Mary.

Mary:

10 Imperial Walkers
10 Hillbilies
10 Low Slow Flutters
20 Pickle Pounders
Have a Nice Day

Announcements:

BBR meetup Wednesday
2nd F at Starbucks

Prayer:

Crablegs
Buford
First Responders

Leg Day at Ivan

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The third week of the fritter ended with three Pax joining the foundation.  This should be the last heavy leg day until we get through Wrightsville.

EC: Deadbolt, Pac-man, Mookie, Chips, Roger Roger, Wiggly

Warm Up:

Squatter Pyramid
Reverse Merkin
Mo’Rockin Night Club
Daisy Pickers

The Workout:

2 Rounds of the following:

30 Swings
5 Man O Maker
60 Jump Ropes
10 Each Side BriefCase
10 Each Side Halo’s to a Lunge
50 Jump Ropes
10 Each Arm Bent over Row
10 Each Leg Single Leg Deadlift
40 Jump Ropes
10 Double Arm Shoulder Press
10 Kettlebell Sumo High Pull
30 Jump Ropes
10 Each Side Side Step Kettlebell Swing
20 Kettlebell Deadlift
20 Jump Ropes

Mary:

LBC
Low Slow flutter
Homer to Marge
Baby Turkish Getups
LBC
Have a nice day

Announcements:

See Facebook or Slack Announcement section
Fritter Foundation shirt for sale to those who qualify.

Prayer:

Message:  “Be first.  Don’t wait for things to happen to you.”

Buford
Officer from Raleigh recovering from being shot
All first responders

Return of the BAM!

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EC: Deadbolt, Mookie, Pac-man (This is all that really counts since they are going for the fritter.  Sorry Nemo).  Nemo

Warm Up:

Quick lap around the Soccer fields.  Circled Up on the Soccer fields.  Plank for the six
Side Straddle Hops
1 Burpee
Good Mornings
2 Burpees
Hillbilies and Imperial Walkers
3 Burpees
Squats
4 Burpees
Windmills???
5 Burpees

The Workout:

Headed to the greenway path behind the soccer fields for 7s

Run to the bottom of the path do 6 Burpees
Run to the top of the path do 1 Squat Jump
Repeat decreasing the Burpees by one each time you got to the bottom and increasing counting down by one the Burpees and increasing the squat jumps by one at the top of the path.

Snake Indian Run from the greenway path the long way to the abyss.  When I say long run I mean we ran to Fuquay to the abyss.  Apparently Emeril does not like fun for there where extra 5 burpees for having to much fun.

Did three trips up and down the stairs.
At the top 10 squats
At the bottom 5 Burpees

Mary:

Ran back to the parking to circle up for the following:
Break Dancers
LBCs
Homer to Marge
Freddy Mercury

Announcements:

See Facebook and Slack
Last day for new shirt order

Prayer:

Matt and his son’s hockey teams travel to Florida
Buford and his recovery
Double D
First Responders