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Gotta Catch Them All

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EC: Emeril, Yogurt, UTI, Skidmark, Midget, Pablo, Warbucks, Full House, Crosby, Cowboy, Shamwow, Aquaman, Dawgpound

After Workout Sprints with Yogurt: Yogurt, Pablo, Midget, Emeril, UTI, Warbucks, Aquaman, Katniss, Shamwow

Warm Up:

Circled Up for some nice Side Straddle Hops.

Then we counted off by fours creating five teams of four and one team of three. The teams would be doing Indian Runs for the rest of the warm up and the workout.

Indian Run up to the Ticket Office. Did YHC favorite Good Mornings. It was a beautiful morning already and the good mornings just made it better.

Indian Run to the corner. Did some Hairy Rockettes to stretch out those legs.

Indian Run to the basketball court to do the Sir Fazio Arm Circles along with squats.

Indian Run to the start of the workout.

The Workout:

Stack Em up Indian Run Suicides:

The Stack:
5 Burpees
10 Hand Release Merkins
20 Monkey Humpers
30 LBCs
Stairs / 5 Burpees
2 Trips Hop up Right Foot
2 Trips Hop up Left Foot
2 Trips Hop up Both Feet

Once everyone finish we played the first game of Gotta Catch Them All. — Thank you Cowboy for the initial idea.

The team that finished last in the Indian Run Suicides had zero burpees to do. The chaser team did 10 burpees. Every other team did 5 Burpees. The goal was to Indian Run from the bottom of the ramp around to the basketball court. When the chaser caught you 5 burpees each.

The Teams:

Team Mew: (chasers)

Lucky Charms
UTI
Aquaman
Shamwow

Team Squirtle:

M4L
Pablo
Glass Jaw
Warbucks

Team Togepi:

Pac Man
Pumpkin Spice
Short Pole
Emeril

Team Ditto:

Yogurt
Cowboy
Spanx
Wiggle

Team Koffing:

Buford
Crosby
Skidmark
Particle Board

Team Slowpoke:

Dawgpound
Full House
Katnis

It looks like team Koffing made it without being caught. Team Ditto was caught at the very end.  Excellent job guys.

Mary:

Circled up for the following.
Squatter’s Pyramid
Squat Pulses with Lunges — I asked the pax for friendly numbers.  I got no number lower then an

Announcements:

See Facebook and Slack

T-Claps (Recognition):

Warbucks — Cooper Ridge 10K 47:06  Pace of 7:32.  Great job!!!!

Prayer:

Crablegs and his trial opportunity tomorrow
Shredder and his recovery
All Pax that where not there but want to be out with us.

Inaugural Squirrel Patrol Ride

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Five PAX posted to BEGIN ROAD WORK. Little did we know the turns we were in for. Mumble chatter revealed that the PAX, like me, had not ridden in quite a while. Nonetheless, we were determined to launch some road training to prepare for the Triangle Triathlon on June 1, now less than 60 days away!

Warm Up: U-Turn 3.1 to 6.3 mile run
The Workout: As I finished up U-turn, I looked at my watch to find 7 am, the scheduled launch time for the bike ride. Then, I looked around and saw Emeril, Gump, Nemo, and UTI all dressed and ready to go. Uh-oh, good time to practice my transition.

We circled up quickly to identify a route. Because most were aiming to hit the 2.0 workout at 9 am, my plans had evolved to a simple down-and-back to intersection of Friendship and New Hill Holleman Road, near the US1 interchange. 10 miles, no problem. Everyone was game and we took off. But, upon reaching Old Holly Springs Apex Road, we immediately changed plans. This became protocol as we strove to Find New Roads.

On the first hill climb, I learned that UTI climbs on his bike the same way as without–strong and steady. Even with up and downs, we kept the PAX together. Gump kept hammering on his mtn/hybrid. Nemo kept hammering on his bike that he’s ridden on way more miles and any of us combined. In high school, he did a century a day for 10 days. A century is a 100-mile ride. Wow. Emeril had ridden these very roads twice a week in the days when these roads were quiet, even during the week. UTI has recent Triangle Triathlon experience.

Decision point: Woods Creek left or right? UTI knew we should go left. Now this was indeed a nice quiet road. I’ll plan to use this one again. At Woods Creek and Friendship, we found a lone rider taking a break. I thought he was waiting on riders since Double D type riders typically come down from Durham and Chapel Hill. Turns out he was just eating a banana and watching deer cross the road. He joined us to the our next non-pre-determined turn. Nemo recruited him along the way.

Decision point: Left on Friendship and head back to HS. On this segment, a squirrel decided to hop on Nemo’s foot, take a couple of revolutions, then hop on through the frame. Another wow.

Decision point protocol continued until we finally logged about 11 miles, depending on whose device/satellites we were using. Finally made it back to Starbucks for 5-man second F. Great ride, looking forward to next Saturday!

20….and that’s a wrap

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YHC roped Aquaman into the warm up this morning after he said Friday he wasn’t 100% for going. His post advertising on Facebook was all that was needed to give him warm up responsibilities and ensure a post – Bulls Eye’s (South Wake’s first, and only, Fritter Foundation member) was present as well – t-claps!

No one took YHC up on EC, so the old U-Turn route was ran to get a good sense of comparison between the two. Think the new one is hillier. Came back into the Starbucks parking lot ~0548 to no one there, so another mile was dialed up. When coming back up the parking lot was bustling with activity as the circle had formed.

Warm Up:

Good morning, SSH, right over left, left over right
The Workout:

Standard loop. A few pax did Slide Rule’s ~10k route by adding a mile inside of 12 oaks.
Mary:

Some bike riding, some OYO stretching, some coffee
Announcements:

See announcement posts.
T-Claps (Recognition):

Bulls Eye for doing Fritter and getting back out on Saturday morning!
Prayer:

Crab Legs, Shredder, unspoken

We had a name but can’t remember it…

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There was a name for this BB that was discussed during the workout but it has escaped.

YHC, despite Carpex resistance to start a new Kettlebell style AO on a SUNDAY in Cary, decided to come down where he first had his vigin Q many months ago to brush up on his Kettlebell tactics.  Not to mention YHC had not Q’d since early February when he relocated to Cary.  Always a pleasure to see all the South Wake PAX but due to YHC’s limited availability a good beat down with more running than usual was planned.

Warm Up:

Lap around the parking lot then circled up for the following:

SSH ICx20

Imperial Walkers ICx15

Hillbillies ICx15

Peter Parkers x10

Standard Merkin x10

The Workout:

Partner Up

Partner 1 runs a lap

Partner 2 does 100 presses with a KB or plate, 200 shoulder presses with a KB or plate, and 300 goblet squats

 

John Cusack to stage

Partner 1 does L/R step ups (10 each side)

Partner 2 does 30 KB or plate curls for the girls, 25 rut rows, and 20 KB swings

 

Mosey to the Playground

Partner 1 does 10 pullups

Partner 2 does turkish getups

Flapjack, wash, rinse, repeat

 

Mosey back to the Stage

Partner 1 does BTTW

Partner 2 does LBCs ICx20

Flapjack then Partner 1 does People’s Chair while Partner 2 does Mountain Climbers ICx20

 

Everyone and everything back to the non-present flag

Mary:

6 inch hold ICx20

Freddie Mercury ICx15

Catalina Whine Makers OYOx10

WWII’s with KB to 15

Announcements:

Charity Golf tourney coming up to raise money for Healing Transitions

South Wake Dads and 2.0’s workout tomorrow at Womble at 0900

T-Claps (Recognition):

5 packs, 3 packs, and Fritters

Prayer:

Crab legs clinical trials coming up on Tuesday, unspoken

♪♫♬Ooooh that smell ♪♫♬ Can’t you smell that smell ♪♫♬

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♪♫♬Ooooh that smell ♪♫♬ Can’t you smell that smell ♪♫♬ Ooooh that smell ♪♫♬ The smell of warmed over garbage and rubber surrounds you ♪♫♬

Pre-EC: Skidmark, did like 4 miles before we got there…  Overachiever 😛

Warm Up: Frankensteins, Daisy Pickers, High Knees

The Workout (Main Course):  The pre-blast advertised turkey and dessert but the smell was anything but that.  The smell at R4TJ was somewhat thematic to it’s iconic name, warmed over wet garbage that the cold morning air easily carried to our noses.  MMM… MMM…  None-the-less, the PAX that made it out of bed this morning (those that didnt know who they are…) readily took on their running challenge – THE TURKEY!!!  5 miles including Sportsmanship Way (Head), Main (Neck – the best part in my opinion), Holly Springs Rd (Breast), Linksland Dr (Tail feathers), Crossway (Back), Main (Neck again), and finishing back at the end of Sportsmanship Way (Head again).  Along this festive route there was accountability, finding Nemo, the smell of burning rubber in the neck/breast region, picking up the six, near-merlot-ing on Crossway, good conversations, and you name it.  Well done PAX, hope you felt satisfied after all that Turkey.

Mary:  More affiliated with lambs… not Turkeys…

Announcements:

  • Good chat about the DeeDee 5k – make an effort to be there next year.  Great running opportunity with 2.0s
  • Lots of Mumblechatter about those things already posted in announcements on Slack

Prayer:

  • Crablegs, Shredder
  • Full House took us out

Post-EC (Dessert): Yogurt hosted UTI for some sprint repeats on the Ting ramp…  Good Stuff!  Come on out and join Yogurt for this Mondays and Wednesdays.  Its good and good for you.

 

GOODWILL all around!

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PAX:

187, Buford, Chips, Dahmer, Dawgpound, Deadbolt, Dumbo, Emeril, FNG “Dumbell”, FNG “Sparty”, Full house, Lipstick, Maybelline, Midget, Mookie, Nemo, Particle Board, Pikachu, Sandlot, ShamWow!, UTI, Warbucks, Yogurt

23 STRONG showed up for what looks like it might be the coldest morning we’ll have in April.  Pre Blast conjured up 9 HC’s to which all 9 were present and accounted for – Dahmer and Dumbo with FNGs in tow.  7 made it out for the EC including FNG “Sparty” while UTI ran from home to Purple Cobra for his own EC.  Day 2 of Virgin Q week and everyone stepped it up with attendance beating out yesterday’s impressive showing at Downtown Train.  Lots of sounds and smells permeating from this group of PAX on this cold morning, but we didn’t lose anyone to the HT John today –   Lipstick did find a new porta John behind HT for future consideration though.  YHC was proud to lead today – thank you to everyone for support, encouragement, camaraderie that I have experienced since joining F3.  (187 – special thanks for introducing me to F3).

EC:

Chips, Dahmer, FNG “Sparty”, Maybelline, Pikachu, ShamWow! & Warbucks.

Warm Up:

Started with a warm-up run around the Harris Teeter building and circled up near the gas station.  Per Dawgpounds Downtown Train request the day earlier we started off with 5 burpees OYO.  Those were followed by Hairy Rockettes (10), Daisy Pickers (12), Imperial Walkers (10), & Hillbillies (10) all in cadence.
The Workout:

We moseyed over to the Goodwill store parking lot where everyone partnered up.  Partner 1 remained at Goodwill and performed People’s Chair while Partner 2 ran around Goodwill toward Planet Fitness and the sidewalk heading back towards Sunset Lake Rd – once on the sidewalk the Pax was greeted with sidewalk chalk instructions to Bear crawl up the sidewalk until they reached the next instruction to start running again making a full loop around and back to Partner 1 they switched places. This was repeated for 4 exercises: People’s Chair, Merkins, Monkey Humpers & Mountain Climbers.  Those that finished early did plank hold to wait for the six. Starting to get close on time we moseyed back over to parking area near gas station and circled up for Mary.
Mary:

LBCs (15), Low Slow Flutter (15), American Hammers(15)
Announcements:

This Saturday (4/6) Southwake F3 Dad & 2.0 workout at 9am.  Starting today at 9am you can sign up for the F3 Dad’s Camp.

Prayer:

Prayers for Crablegs that he gets accepted into the new Drug Trial.  Thoughts and prayers with Shreader.

Get the Big Rock!

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Warm Up:Quick lap around the ball fields and then to the large parking lot for some SSHx20, IMWalkx10, HillBx10, Windmillx10, CottonPkx10, Merkinsx10, SumoSqx10, WW2x10.
The Workout: Parnter up.  Worked perfectly with 8 in attendance.  Asked to select a BIG ROCK for the workout.  A 6 exercise Dora(I think that is what’s its called).  Partner 1 did the exercise while Partner 2 ran the length of the parking lot and back.  Each exercise was done to 100 reps.  Each Partner picked up the count where the other left off when returning from the run.  We did 100 reps each of WonderBras, Squats, Tricep extenstions, St Leg deadlifts, Curls for the girls, Bent over rows.  A quick time check said we didn’t have much time for what i had planned but we scurried(not mosey) to the steps below the Center where size does matter with your partner and each partner carried the other on their backs up the long steps, one step at a time.  Meeting at the top for a set of 10 Merkins and then around back down the path to the bottom for Partner 2 to carry Partner 1 up the steps.  No time for extra Merkins as we mosey back to tennis courts for Mary.

Mary: LBC’sx10, FreddyMx10, BoxCutx10, HandreleaseMerkx10, AmerHamx10, Homer2Marx10, finish with everyone’s favorite PicklePoundx10.
Announcements: North/South Convergence.  All schedule workouts for the weekend are still on. GroundPound, UTurn, etc….
Prayer: Yogurts father in law had heart surgery, others unspoken.  Men, even though it was only my second Q, it was an honor to lead.

R4TJ – Well That Went Downhill Fast…

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EC – Before: Skidmark

Warm Up: Good Mornings, Monkey Humpers, Various Stretching, .5 miles up Arbor Creek Way and .5 back to the start of the workout.

The Workout: For today’s workout we opted for speed over distance.  Mumblechatter on the run included some unfortunate turns of phrase that really hug the line of appropriate adult conversation but you must of course consider the guys listed in this backblast and really it shouldn’t surprise you all that much.

  • Start at bball court together
  • 10x Plank OYO
  • Sprint to bottom of the ramp together
  • 10x LBCs OYO
  • Sprint to top of the ramp together
  • 10x WWIIs OYO
  • Sprint to Dumpster together
  • 10x Merkins OYO
  • Sprint to Next Corner together
  • 10x Freddie Mercs OYO
  • Sprint to Mid-point on the guard rail together
  • 10x Dips OYO

Repeat 3x

Mary: We wound down the workout by throwing some of our thoughts and feelings about mental illness onto the table for discussion.  YHC outlined the similarities in the workout to how we might feel in life.  We all start and end together.  At times someone is faster or slower, more fit or less, but we have the ability to look out for one another, support each other, and if we do it right we can always work to get “right” together.

Announcements:  Check Slack for the latest summary of announcements from Pikachu.

Prayer:  Pray that we might look for opportunities to pick up the six in all aspects of F3, 1st to 3rd.  Outside of F3 we stay mindful of opportunities to find and support the six in anyway we can.  We pray that those that may feel like they are the six or are in need of being supported and lifted up find the strength to raise their hands or reach out for help.

EC – After: Lipstick, Yogurt, YHC

It’s never too early to have your hose sucked

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EC started at 0510 with Sliderule, Pikachu, and Skidmark going out on a 5.5 mile run. Sliderule being the mathematician that he is didn’t realize that we would be covering 5+ miles when he HC’d for a 0510 start. Regardless the pax set out on the EC route in very typical Holly Springs weather, chilly. The three arrived back at Starbucks to great the remaining Pax. Sliderule a little worn asked for some of Skidmark’s gu. Skidmark offered to let Sliderule suck his hose (from camelback) and then gave him some gu. Sliderule decline the offer for hose sucking but took the gu down like a champ. Insert all jokes about Sliderule here. Hence the title for our run this morning.

Warm Up: Mookie led the warm-up today. Some light jogging, Side Strattle hops, Imperial walkers, Mountain Climbers, High knees, and butt kickers.
The Workout: U-Turn new course. Made every effort to keep the Pax together. No one got lost. New course very well received. Actual running distance comes out to 5.2 miles.
Mary: Coffee
Announcements: Crablegs tomorrow 2-5. Work time .5 hours. Bourbon time 2.5 hours.
Prayer: Full House and Mr. Woodchuck’s father.

5 PAX for the Turkey Loop

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Warm Up: Stretching and other fun things
The Workout: This week we introduced a new route “The Turkey” which was a nice 5 mile loop.  We headed out of Ting Park and went up Main St. to Holly Springs Rd. Hooked a left on HS Rd, down to Linksland. At Linksland we hooked a left to Crossway and enjoyed some hills, on our way back to Ting.  We all enjoyed the climb on the third hill on Crossway! Well I think we all did 🙂

Post Workout: Speed work with Yogurt.  As advertised, M&W at Ting, suicides on the ramp.  (It’s fun stuff)

Announcements: Check out all the new info on Holly Springs Town site around road & sidewalk expansions.  Specifically Sportsmanship Way
Prayer: Full House’s Father- He has been in and out of hospital for 6 weeks now.