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Thatā€™s a Southern Turtle!

FNGs:N/a
Warm Up: None
The Workout: 1 full hour of rucking around Hilltop Needmore with big Ā hills, a monster turtle, and a deer for 3.61 miles total.
Mary: none
Announcements: Thanks again to everyone that was able to make it out for my 5 year anniversary Q and also for all of the messages from those that couldnā€™t.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: I took us out

Boulder work

FNGs: none
Warm Up: usual warm o rama with some surprise merkins
The Workout: Circle to with your rock and played survivor with a set of 5 exercises, 15 reps each, and a rotation sheet each exercise. Ruh rohs, curls, triceps extension, skull crushers, overhead press. The least favorite exercise (not PAX, that’s just hurtful) got voted off each round. Didn’t help that Fram choose a boulder.

Over to the dugout for some bar hangs. 6 saw who could hang the longest while the other 6 “cheered” them on doing amrap squats.

Mary: Popcorn Mary with some upper body stretches.
Announcements: June challenge, lipstick meal train, run the Quay
T-Claps (Recognition): 7 for EC. Great showing!
Prayer: Dahmer’s family members, FedEx kids graduation, stubs family

Recovery Burpees

YHC hadn’t posted in over a week and was dreading his own Q. But there is nothing like getting a Q in when your in a drought. Really appreciated 8 PAX who came out to celebrate my 3 years in F3. Boy George even skipped the gym to come out to the ME.

FNGs: None
Warm Up: Mosey to bottom of Red Trail, between the two hills.Ā  Circle up for arm stretches, SSH and Frankenstein.
The Workout: Lucky 7’s.Ā  Run up steepest hills on red trail. Stop at stairs on right side and knock out 7 merkins.Ā  Run to the bottom and doĀ  burpees. Run to flat spot where red trail symbol is posted on tree on the left side hill and do 7 squats.Ā  Run to bottom and do 6 Burpees. Repeat until zero burpees.Ā  Pick up 6 on completion.Ā  We moseyed to bottom of old #18 and PAX had to run from bottom back to cars parked at top of hill.
Mary: Heel taps, Butterfly Crunch, Freddie Mercuries, Yoga poses.
Announcements: June Challenge

T-Claps:Ā  Breach speaking at Memorial Day Service in Garner.Ā  All that F3 has done in YHC’s life.
Prayer: Unspoken.

Mutiny Monday Michigan & More

FNGs:
None
Warm Up:
Warm up lap
Back peddle snake on hill
Frankensteins
Smurf Jacks
Seal claps/Overhead claps
Plank jacks

The Workout:
Catch me if you can
Pair up – P1 backwards run on track, P2 3 burpees then chase down P1, switch
Change to 5 WWIā€™s for lap 2

Michigan
Run 100 yds & back 5 merkins 10 hallelujahs
Run 80 yds 10 merkins 20 hallelujahs
Run 60 15 merkins 30 hallelujahs
Run 40 20 merkins 40 hallelujahs
Run 20 25 merkins 50 hallelujahs

Parking lot lieutenant dans
Crab walk with crabby Pattieā€™s at each parking space line 5x5IC
Bear Indian crawl around the circle (half way)
Pull ups at park and knee tucks in swings
X10, X8, X6
Bear crawl with shoulder taps at each parking space 5x5IC
Parking lot lieutenant dans

Mary:
LBCs
Reverse LBCs
Australian snow angels
J-Loā€™s
Pickle Pounders

Announcements:
Shirt order, cycling returns, check slack

Prayer:
Ponsies dad, 16-bits daughter, 3Alarm surgery, Framā€™s M

Great work gents. Always a pleasure to lead such a strong group.

BS out!

Uptown Funk

The last two time YHC Q’d at Possum Trot I was either solo or there was one other man there so imagine my delight when I pulled in this morning to find 5 other cars parked and waiting.Ā  A good crowd came out to get strong together and to bring a new brother in to the fold.Ā  I was “looking forward” to this workout for a couple days and was excited to see how it played out.Ā  Hopefully everyone enjoyed their time this morning.

FNGs:

Welcome Rocky Road!

Warm Up:

After the disclaimer was given we did aĀ  quick warmup lap around the tennis courts and then circled up for our warmup.

20x SSH IC

10x Sir Fazio Arm circles forward and reverse IC

10x Windmill IC

10x Daisy Pickers IC

10x Frankenstein IC

10x Imperial Walker IX

The Workout:

We moseyed to the gate at the top of the road that ran down along the ballfields where YHC described this morning’s fun.Ā  The exercise I had come up with I was naming Build’em Up Ultracides.Ā  The format was simple.Ā  We’d do 5 count exercise and then run to a spot where we’d do those 5 again and then 10 of another.Ā  We’d run back to the start where we’d do the 5, 10, and then 15 of another.Ā  Run to a farther spot and… you get the picture.

The exercises were:

5 – Burpees

10 – Merkins

15 – Turkish Getups

20 – SSH

25 – American Hammers

30 – Squats

Our running points were (obviously) at the gate to start, then to the concession stand, back to the gate, down to the playground, back to the gate, down to the end of the road, and then back to the gate.

Once we got all the way to 30 we started to work our way back down, removing an exercise each stop.Ā  We swapped the Turkish getups and merkins for time’s sake.Ā  Even with that we didn’t get all the way through and ended with a 15 count.Ā  I was pretty sweaty and didn’t feel like we lost anything so we headed up to the tennis courts for

Mary:

Circle up in the tennis courts for :

10x LBC

10x LBC with knees to the left and then to the right

10x LSF

10x Box cutters

Announcements:

Trash pickup this Sunday at the Prison Yard/Needmore Ruck AO site from 7-8.Ā  Reach out to LED or Sprinker for more details

Sleep in Heavenly Peace eagle scout bed build upcoming and then need help.Ā  More information to come on this.

Prayer:

Fram’s friend Randy from his small group who is dealing with cancer

YHC’s coworker Alan who is also dealing with cancer as well as surgery complications

YHC and my family.Ā  It’s been a rough year filled with COVID, stress, mental health concerns with the kids, and struggling motivation for me

 

I hope you all enjoyed this morning as much as I did.Ā  For as much as I’ve been struggling this year I always feel so much better after getting out there and seeing all your smiling, sweaty faces.Ā  Expect to see more of me as I turn this year around, starting today.

 

Always an honor

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Burpee Golf at Possum Trot 2/9/22

FNGs: None
Warm Up: Can’t remember but we did something
The Workout: Multiple coupons of Heavy weight. (Sprinkler wanted something lighter) One PAX wore weight vest and flipped tire while the rest of us lifted to an I/C 20 count of any upper body exercise you wanted. One PAX threw frisbee in hopes of getting it close to tire. For every step away it was one burpee.Ā  We repeated this cycle twice and the tire went to the other end of the parking lot and back while coupons were stationary. Ended up on over 150 burpee count before Mary. Breach will blame it on the frisbee, but we may have just been tired.
Mary: We did stuff for our abs.
Announcements: Can’t remember…check slack.Ā  I am just typing words at this point because I cannot remember the announcements. Which is why 16-Bit is the BB Nazi and wants you to do them immediately after you Q.Ā  Cancun should be the social media Q…Or maybe he should be the Meme Q…Those make me laugh….HAAAAAAAHHHHAAAAA!
T-Claps (Recognition): Anyone who reads this.
Prayer:Ā  Injured PAX, unspoken, Gumps Dad passing. Breach with safe contest and reconnecting with an old friend.

Prison Yard Mini Heist 2/8/22

FNGs: None
Warm Up: SSH, Frankenstein’s, Hillbillies/Imperial Walkers (Moseyed and explained the heist)
The Workout: One PAX to perform heist at a time. Start at parking lot entrance at top of hill. Tire drag entire way through course. 1. Lunge walk to Tire flip, 2. Tire flip to 3. sledge swings (20 reps), Mosey to 4. OH press 40lbs kettlebell (30 reps), Mosey to 5. Curls for girls (40 reps) this is midway down clubhouse hill, Mosey to entrance tree at bottom of hill. 6. 50 rope individual rope slams. Run with tire dragging back to start at top of parking lot.Ā  Support PAX did Bear Crawls, all styles of merkins, Crab walks, all styles of abs, Shoulder taps and supermans, SSH, Fast feet and always made sure solo tire drag PAX did NOT finish alone.
Mary: No time
Announcements:Ā  check slack
T-Claps (Recognition): All who finished it.
Prayer: Unspoken and YHC took us out.

“The Easy Plan” at Mutiny 2/14/22

FNGs: None
Warm Up: Led by Warbucks from Red October
The Workout: Ran 11’s from one end of parking lot past Tennis courts to the other. Merkins on high side and Star Jumps at bottom.Ā  7’s from Old Honeycutt stop sign to soccer field. Burpees at the top and I/C prisoner squats at the bottom.
Mary: Two handed heel taps, LBC, Reverse LBC, Side Plank hold I/C 20 count.
Announcements:
T-Claps (Recognition): Breach for getting 3rd in Masters Class in obstacle course run.Ā  PAX getting out in cold and Gump upon return.
Prayer: Injured Pax, Co-workers (Warbucks/Fed-ex) YHC took us out.

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!

Bad form burpees according to the FV J. Larsen Creeper

FNGs: none

PAX:Ā @Pumps, @Florence/Flojoe, @Warbucks, @Finkle, @Sprinkler, @Pots, @Sunshine, @Gamecock, @Martini
Warm Up: Mosey over to the basketball courts.Ā  Followed by SSH 20 count in cadence, 10 walkouts, 10 good mornings in cadence, and imperial walkers 10 count cadence.
The Workout: I was a good boy last year, so Santa got me some new F3 toys to share.Ā  We had 5 different stations and broke up into 2 teams of 5 and 4.Ā  The stations were the “dice of death”, slam ball, jump rope, agility and sprints, and the battle rope.

While one group was the timer at the dice of death doing burpees, squat jumps, lbcs, SSH, and other various activities the other team was doing the other stations and then we would switch after three exercises were completed with the dice.Ā  We did 4 rounds.Ā  Little did we know that that morning in the gloom we would be come the talk of the town.Ā  Apparently, our friend James Larsen videoed us doing burpees and wanted to give some critique on Facebook all the while it became a fantastic PR stud filled stunt for F3 in Fuquay.Ā  It’s too bad we didn’t give them the full show with some pickle pounders and monkey humpers…James my friend, if video taping guys working out at 5:45 in the morning is your thing come back next week for some great footage!
Mary: Merry go round.Ā  Thanks @sunshine for the monkey humper addition in cadence to 30 lol.
Announcements: Q source happening on Wednesday evenings at 6:45.Ā  check slack for details.
T-Claps (Recognition): Special recognition to the Larsen Creeper for his award winning video footage.Ā  https://fb.watch/amCz6mhtUj/
Prayer: Several job interviews, Sprinkler and family, Pots’ dad recovering from covid, and Pots’ cousin with tumors and treatment for them.