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Mike..Mike…Mike..HHHHHUUUMMMPPPPPDDDDDAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!!!!

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EC: @Reddenbacher, @Emeril, @Deadbolt – Ran EC in reverse.

FNGs: Mike Sheridan –  Now known as Alamo

Warm Up:
Jog to soccer field.  SSH, Good Mornings, Windmills, Daisy Pickers

The Workout:
Originally I was going to utilize the @Deadbolt special and do four corner repeats in the big parking lot followed up with some Abyss training.  But during my EC run I came up with a new plan to keep everyone moving (Pakistani Runs) and hitting all the great rides Disney has to offer.

Ride 1 – Started at the soccer field after warmups.  Balls to wall on the fence, run to midfield 15 Merkins, run to the other fence Preachers Chair. Back to midfield for Merkins.  Noticed someone standing near the bathrooms waiting on us and as we got closer realized it was @Crablegs.   5 burpees for everyone.

Ride 2 – Next stop the abyss.  One line Pakistani Run partner up on the way.   1 partner LBC’s at the top while the other partner ran down into the abyss and did 10 star jumps.  Back to the top and swap.
Round 2 partner 1 did squats while partner 2 ran down and did Merkins.  Swap.   Core work while we waited for the 6.

Ride 3 – One line Pakistani Run to the Big Parking Lot.  4 corners.  Corner 1 at the start 3 burpees.  Jog/run to corner 2 6 burpees.  Lunge walk corner 3 9 burpees.  Jog/run to corner 4 12 burpees.
Core work while we waited on the 6.

Ride 4 – Mosey to the hill behind the big parking lot.   Partner up again.  Partner 1 run to the top of the hill while Partner 2 did Prisoner Get Up Squat Jumps (PGUSJ), one of my new favorite exercises that @Dawgpound introduced to us last week.

Ride 5 – Mosey to the stairs behind the school.  5 Turkish get ups.  Run up stairs and around to the football field benches near the ticket booth.  Dips until the 6 showed up.  @Dawgpound ran us thru some of the best Russian Dips ever.

Pakistani run back to the big parking lot because @Midget for Life left his sweatshirt.  FNG was pretty tired at this point so @Dumbo stopped to provide encouragement while Pax ran ahead to parking lot entrance and did more Squats followed by the @Nemo special Goofballs led by @Midget for Life.  FNG caught his breath so finished the Pakistani Run back to the flag.

Mary:
Downward dog calf stretches.  Pigeon.

Announcements:
Thursday 1/30 4pmish – Help Snap move out of his office into storage down near @Pikachus house
Long Ass ATT run – 2/22 7am
Brought Mike into the circle to name him. After he gave us his background info I was ready to call him Hump Day but @Dumbo asked one more question.  “What was your first job?”.  Mike’s answer was “I worked at a rental car agency”.   @Dumbo appropriately named him Alamo

Feb 2nd – Greenhouse build at HS Food Pantry.  HC for a count. Don’t want to overwhelm the kid running it.

T-Claps (Recognition):
All the Pax for continuously encouraging Mike/Alamo throughout the workout.  I heard so many Mike, Mike, Mike… that thought for sure we’d name him Hump day.   Special thanks to @Midget for Life and @Dumbo for working with him.
@Dumbo for going to Central Prison on Tuesday to meet with those in prison and helping to run a bible study.  While there he found out they’ve been doing F3 3 times a day.

Prayer: @Quiver has a family friend that is 70 and was just diagnosed with ALS, @Crablegs, men at Central Prison, @Snap, @Wallaby

Pablo’s Birthday Q at Paradise City

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15 PAX, 6 for EC, braved the cold temperatures to come and celebrate Pablo leveling up after another trip around the Sun.  I appreciated all the friendly faces that came out to show their support.  It was good to see Java’s dog, Nespresso, venture out into the gloom until Warbucks decided to hurt the dog (shame on you!! jk).

FNGs: None

Kotter: Particle Board

Notable Absences: Midget4Life

EC: Skidmark, Warbucks, Buford, Dawgpound, UTI, Pablo

Warm Up: started with a mosey the back way around toward tennis courts stopping multiple times for warm up exercises in cadence: SSHx40 (1 extra for good luck), IW x10, HB x10, Sir Fazio Arm Circles 10F&10B, seal claps x10, overhead claps x10

The Workout: Q got a headcount and split the PAX into 3 groups of 5 for small group indian runs to complete stakem-up suicides.  There were 5 pain stations that started at the top of the ramp area and went toward the stop sign on Sportmanship Way.  Pax ran to station 1 and did assigned exercise, then back to the beginning to repeat exercise from station 1.  Then run to station 2 to complete assigned exercise, then back to beginning to repeat station 1 and station 2 exercise, and so on… until all stations were complete and all exercises were repeated and stacked together at the beginning.  Exercises were as follows:  Station 1: 5 Burpees , Station 2: 10 Turkish Get-ups, Station 3: 15 Hand Release Merkins, Station 4: 20 Jump Squats, Station 5: 25 Monkey Humpers.  When completed, PAX moseyed to the box office and split into 2 groups, 1/2 PAX did bulgarian squats x10 each side and the other 1/2 held BTTW x 2 rounds.  Mosey to the flag for Mary.

Mary: The following exercises in cadence: LSF x20, Homer to Marge x10 regular x5 right leg up x5 left leg up, Boxcutter x20, Freddie Mercury x20, Pickle Pounders x10

Announcements: 2nd F opportunity at Wegman’s for lunch followed by Ice Skating at Raleigh Ice Plex, 3rd F opportunity to support family member of Kosher to build a playset (info to be posted on slack)

Prayer: Wallaby, Crablegs, Unspoken, Warbucks took us out.

38 at U-Turn – Record Number?

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Regular U-turners, Marathon Maniacs, Shield Lockers! Heck, I might have been nervous about Q’ing if I’d known that all you rascals were showing! But no, now closing in on 2 years of F3, I know y’all. Besides, I didn’t have time to think about it really, having stayed out past my bedtime with Baby Doll and our friends enjoying dinner and drinks. Then, in spite of waking early, an extra trip to the john meant leaving the house late. With all that, I rolled into the parking lot just before 6, only partially surprised to see 99 guys ready to go.

Warm up: I planted the flag, hit a few fists, then had to yell to get everyone’s attention. Everyone was pretty jacked up already. We didn’t have room to circle up so we moseyed around a few islands doing cariocas and some butt kickers along the way. Upon circling up, I realized we were taking up most of the parking lot!

SSH 25x, GMs 10x, Hammy and Glute stretch 10 count each side.

COT: 36 plus 2 after UTI notified me that Aquaman and Maybelline had started already.

Prayer requests: Wallaby, Troops overseas

Main Event: 5k route, 10k route. Shine a light, make good decisions, pick up the six.

21 at U-turn! Be SAFE!

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FNGs:   My car was on auto pilot and almost turned into Target enroute to Starbucks.  Second time this week I went to an old AO site.  Luckily, I remembered we were meeting at Panera Bread.  Got out of my car and planted a shovel flag. No FNGs, but lots of new faces at U-turn.  Expected a handful of PAX to show up.  Blown away by the number who PAX who came out to run in this incredible, January weather!  (Temps in the 60’s – balmy). Mumble chatter from Dumbo blaming it in global warming.

Warm Up:  I wanted to change the flow of things up a bit knowing that PAX were running at different distances (3-7 miles) and different paces.  I grabbed my phone and started recording for name-o-rama after we sounded off.  Made some announcements and prayer requests (see below) and got into the warm-up.  20 SSH, 10 open doors (L/R), 10 Don Quixotes and some static stretching L/R with the legs.

The Workout:   Before starting out, I brought up partnering/running with a PAX that had a head lamp or a light vest.  I emphasized safety highlighting the route and the rules of the road for the first-timers.  I identified the Clydesdales running 3 miles (I knew I was going to run with them) and asked the Gazelles running 5-7 miles to ensure they had the six.  Appreciate LED, Mr. Terriffic (nice toe shoes) and other PAX bringing in the six on the longer run.  Shout out to Dawgpound who alerted me two PAX who took off running before circling up.  I learned later that Pablo was CPR-trained and volunteered to run with Emeril who had a commitment later in the morning down range and needed to skid daddle immediately post workout.  Thanks Pablo for your help keeping Emeril safe.
PAX:   May I suggest checking in with the Q prior to taking off running in the future.

During the Gallop with the Clydesdales, we had a lot of mumble chatter about movies, actors, and running techniques up hills (thanks Shredder).  Some of the PAX were running only three miles knowing they would be doubling down and attending GP later that morning.

Mary:  None

Announcements:  Accomplished prior to running; Bowl game at M4L – Go Tigers!, Movie night “1917” – 8 PAX going, five bucks this Tues in HS.  Invest in a head lamp or light vest – could save your life.

 

T-Claps (Recognition):  Martini – EC and 5/6 mile long run.  (AND GP afterwards). Killed it today

Prayer:  Thank you Shredder for taking us in (out) leading us in prayer.

F2 at Panera Bread with all PAX accounted for.  An honor to lead, thank you Sham Wow for the opportunity. – Dauber

How could I forget?!!

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FNGs: 1 But Shredder asked we save his naming until Groupounder – Colt45
Warm Up: Standard ShamWow! U-Turn: SSH, Frankenstein, Imperial, Hillbilly, Daisy Picker
The Workout: The U!
Mary: Nope
Announcements:
T-Claps (Recognition): Nemo, Maybelline, Skidmark – 4 Mile EC in the rain and cold!
Prayer: YHC took us out

Indian Run at 8min/mile?? Ryan Hooper, 38, Dumbo

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FNGs: MFL?
Warm Up: Mosey to the top of the ramp for SSH x53 to commemorate the new 0530 start time for PC
The Workout: Lipstick Special was on the table for this crisp beautiful smelling morning. Two groups of 6 Indian Runs around the Ting Loop. We stopped at corners for arm work. First Stop Prison Step Ups x20, Erkins x20, Derkins x20, Second Stop Dips x15, 1 leg each x15. (Repeat) Third Stop  Merkins x10, Wide Grip x10, Diamond x10. Total of 3 miles completed on the circuits.
Mary: 1 minute man- Low Slow Flutters x20, LBC’s x20
Announcements: Q Swap Week. CPR Training Tuesday 6-9 at Hope Community Church
T-Claps (Recognition): Cowboy for sticking with the Lipstick Special
Prayer: Wallaby, Anyone else suffering from substance abuse. Sgt. Pepper, All Deployed

3 Year Mixed Bag

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Drove in to see Pablo doing a solo EC run before the workout, nicely done!

FNGs: Nope

3 Years ago on this day, Tonka picked me up and treated me to a workout Q’d by none other than Midget at Disney.  It sucked.  I did every rep of the first set and was quite proud of myself, until I realized we were 10 minutes in to a 45 minute workout and I was quite done.  Sometime in the next 15 minutes as we were doing repeats on the stairs, Midget tapped me on the shoulder and told me to just wait at the top for everyone.  I think he was afraid I was going to fall out and hurt myself going up/down the stairs.  I also think he was right to be afraid of that.

It’s been a great 3 years.  One of my fond memories was training for my first HSHM.  That year, we did hill repeats & track workouts on alternating Wednesdays (“Speed Racer” was the AO) led by Pilgrim, Bernie, and Wrangler.  As a little homage, I brought out one of those workouts for this morning.

The Workout:

There was a lot going on this morning.  The Fritter Goobers + POTS went on a Ruck.  Not sure how far they went.  At some point they stopped for refreshments.  I’ll let them tell that story.

Double D was hoping for just miles, so Mookie mapped out a nice 4-5 mile route for him and he took off solo.

Forceps missed his alarm, but made it for COT & 2ndF 🙂

The rest of us did hill repeats on Stinson.  Starting at the bottom of the hill stop sign:

  • Run hard to Ivan parking lot; recover back to stop sign
  • Run hard to Cletus parking lot; recover back to stop sign
  • Run hard to Grigsby stop sign; recover back
  • Hard to Grigsby; recover
  • Hard to Cletus; recover
  • Hard to Ivan; recover

If you did the whole thing, it was right at 6 miles.

Mary: Pfft
Announcements:

Awesome COT after the run.  One of the best I’ve ever been at.   Too often it’s just “name / age / f3 name; quick announcement; let’s go”.  This morning we actually talked a bit about what we’re doing and why.  I really appreciated the time.
T-Claps (Recognition):  Oboe was a man on a mission this morning.  Awesome job beating down those hills.
Prayer: Running the hills made me think of a Pax I haven’t seen in a long time who used to be out there for these workouts — Princess Cut.  I know life hit him pretty hard for a while.  I wasn’t close enough with him to be there to help, but I know I miss him out in the gloom.  It made me appreciate what we’re doing with the Shield Lock even more.

Thanks for a great 3 years men, looking forward to the next 3.

Throwback 5 – Day 5 – Riding the Murphy-Go-Round at Cletus

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46 PAX IN THE GLOOM!  Way to end the week HIM!

EC: Norm, ShamWow!, Martini, DawgPound, Skidmark, Maybelline, Redenbacher, Pablo, Buford, Cowboy, Mr. Terrific

FNGs: NOPE

Warm Up:  YHC felt a little odd Qing the final Throwback of the week.  I wasnt here when these fine AOs were established.  I needed some star power…  I needed CrabLegs!!!

No, not those delicious buttery delicacies… This HIM!

I reached out and luckily enough he was available. CrabLegs was wrapping up some vacation in New England and he made the push to get back and join in on the fun.  Crablegs put the PAX through their paces in the warm-up.

  • SSH
  • Runners Pose
  • Pigeon Pose
  • Overhead Stretches
  • Daisy Pickers
  • Good Mornings

The Workout:

41 PAX were present when we started the workout with an initial count-off.  YHC watched as a few men filed in at various moments but was unable to get the count.  This called for 6 Burpees OYO!

PAX had counted off 1,2,3,4 and broke into 4 groups.  We were headed to the Murphy-Go-Round.  Most Murphs would last about an hour and we would have enough room for everyone to grab some pull-up bars.   We didn’t have that today and with 41 (later 46 PAX) there were some logistical challenges.  YHC had his heart* set on some sort of Murph-like event today so a contingency plan was in place to make it happen.

*One of my earliest memories of attending Cletus was when a Murph was announced instead of the normal workout.  As a new PAX at the time, I was intimidated and I remember being pretty shattered the day after.  It was brutal and humbling and oddly it now made me feel nostalgic and happy…  this F3 really changes a guy.

The Actual Workout…  Finally…

We mozy’d to the railing on the greenway between the pond and the baseball fields.  The railing would serve as our pull-up bars, strike that Inverted Row bars.  Group 2 was dropped here and told to get started AMRAP until they were relieved by Group 1.

We mozy’d to the parking lot beyond the baseball diamonds.  As we entered the lot, we dropped off Group 3.  There job was to do AMRAP Merkins until they were relieved by Group 2.

We mozy’d down the lot to give some space and dropped off Group 4 off.  AMRAP Squats until relieved by Group 3.

From there, Group 1 set off on a Run around the Baseball diamonds until they got to Group 2.

The Murphy-Go-Round was set in motion and continued until time was called.

Mary:

Back to the tennis courts…

  • 6 inch leg holds
  • Boxcutters
  • Superman Ws and Ts
  • LBCs

Announcements:  Check Slack because my memory don’t work so good…  here is a round-up

  • Paradise City starts at 5:30 from now on
  • U-Turn launches from Panera from now on
  • Support a local Eagle Scout and the food pantry.  Donations happening now, building out a greenhouse later
  • Dumbo has setup a FREE CPR class at Hope next week – sign-up and show-up, you could save a life
  • Dad’s Workout 1/4 @9am Womble

T-Claps (Recognition):  To the OGs that set South Wake in motion.  Great representation this week from some of the earliest PAX including Howard.  Amazing leadership and great whetstones to reference as we push forward with the 2020 vision.

Prayer:  Those PAX that are working on physical and mental battles among us.  For our service members that keep us safe and guarantee our freedoms.  CrabLegs took us out.

Throwback 5 – Day 4 – Disney

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Throwback 5 appears to be working just as planned.  End the decade and start a new one with 5 convergences at the “Original 5” Southwake AOs.  Today was Disney’s turn.  YHC turned to Kid Cracker to co-Q with me as we were the Site’s initial Qs.  I always loved Q-ing with Kid Cracker as there would be diversity in the body parts worked and lots of good mumblechatter.

It was a cloudy, 37 degree Thursday morning as YHC approached a gathering crowd in the Middle Creek Park parking lot.  The glows of at least one (Redenbacher) Pax member finishing EC could be seen.  The original Southwake Shovel Flag was planted, fists were bumped and Kid Cracker got us going!

FNGs: None
Warm Up: Short fellowship jog (0.33 miles) around the dark soccer field – we continued this mosey to the small parking lot adjacent to the baseball field house – where we circled up

  • SSH x 20 I.C.
  • Good Morning x 20 I.C.
  • Downward Dog (left and right rocking)
  • Runners pose stretching (Left and Right)
  • Pigeon pose stretching (Left and Right)
  • on your feet to mosey to the High School student parking lot – Pax instructed to partner up on the run

The Workout:

Round 1:  Kid Cracker

  • Partner1 partner carry Partner2 the long distance up the hill in the parking lot.  Resting or alternating as needed
  • Disclaimer was issued by Kid Cracker “if you have back problems, knee problems or are on your (menstrual) cycle – you can lunge walk”  Classic 🙂
  • Alternative to partner carry was lunge walk half way then catch up on the run
  • At top of hill series of exercises were done (too gassed to remember)
  • Mosey back to bottom of the hill
  • Rince and repeat with alternating pax member
  • Fellowship run back to the park toward the Abyss (7 flights of stairs)

Round 2:  Deadbolt

  • Keep your partner – half the partners would go to bottom of the stair (but stay with your partners) and half stay up top
  • DORA with runners going up/down the stairs.  The DORA was
    • 100 Merkin
    • 200 LBC
    • 300 Squats
    • Ab exercises until the 6 gets up
  • Clockwise and Counterclockwise Indian runs (50-50 split) from the Abyss to the concrete area at the bottom on the half pipe
  • Jailbreak to Flag for Mary

Mary:  Alternating Abs by your Co-Qs

  • American Hammers x 20
  • Exaggerated Low Slow Flutter x 20
  • Freddy Merc x 20
  • Wide Grip Merkins x 20
  • Heels to Heaven x 20
  • Good Morning stretches
  • Michaels Phelps to close

Announcements:

  • Final Throwback 5 tomorrow- Cletus – it will be special
  • Carpex – Southwake Q Swap next 2 weeks
  • Dawgpound assisting Eagle Scout with fund raising opportunity and support – details on Slack

T-Claps (Recognition):

Prayer:

  • Wallaby, Crablegs, US Military Forces, some I may have forgot
  • DB Took us out in a ball of man

Week 5 day 2

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EC: Dawgpound, Pikachu, Emeril, Skidmark, Buford, Cowboy, Deadbolt, Roger Roger, Pablo
FNGs: …….. I’m noticing a theme here
Warm Up:

Onnit Warm Up 2

The Workout:

Work Fast Recover Faster 2

Mary:

Onnit Cool Down 2

Announcements:

No Onnit next week Old School Throwback week.
No Onnit Wednesday. Do Yogo on your own

T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer:

Wallaby and his family
All Families during the Holidays.