Even Less Clever Than Fuse Box

Even Less Clever Than Fuse Box

7, make that 8, came to The Brave in spite of weather forecasts to finish their week right. 5+ miles later, they hopefully found what they were looking for. Quoting from Fuse Box’s backblast posted a few minutes ago: “In my haste to post a back blast before getting to my Saturday Honey Do’s, I failed to come up with a clever workout name.” (https://f3southcharlotte.com/2018/05/19/the-no-name-workout/)

Thang

• Long, fast mosey all the way down Community House towards Johnston to the new hotel on the left
• COP in the parking lot (Merkins, Mtn Climbers, 6-inch toe tappers, low slow squats, IW)
• 7s on the decent sized hill in the parking lot (burpees / jump squats)
• Run fast back up Community House stopping at every road sign on our side of the street for 10 merkins
• Stop at entrance across from launch and head back north by the parking decks towards THE deck. Stop at every bump for 10 jump squats
• Deck work – partner up
  • First Set
    • P1 up the stairs to 8, head down the ramps;
    • P2, head up the ramps;
    • When you meet, 10 handslap merkins;
    • Go back the way you came and meet at the bottom for 5 dumbocrats each;
    • Flapjack and repeat;
  • Second Set
    • P1 up NW stairwell to 8;
    • P2 up SE stairwell to 8;
    • Meet at the top for 10 handslaps;
    • Go back the way you came and meet at the bottom for 10 handslaps;
    • Flapjack and repeat;
• Jail break back to launch
• Finish your last handslappers if you missed them
• Done

Moleskin

Solid crew at The Brave today, as always. You can guess who was out front with names like Purrell, Rachel and Frasier on the PAX list. You can also guess who was late with a quick glance at the PAX list (hint, he made a bathroom stop on the way). What you may not have guessed (but only if you haven’t been paying attention lately) was Paper Jam coming out to The Brave for his 2nd or maybe 3rd time in a month. The whole “Paper Jam is not a runner” thing is pretty much played out at this point (Snopes officially gave it a “False” rating), but it’s really great to see new faces such as his becoming semi-regulars at my favorite place to be on Friday. Now we just need some of our old regulars back out there (I’m looking at you General_, Ringer (is this guy allowed to cross the border?), Argo, Goonie, Market Timer, …) and even more new faces coming to see what they are missing.

Forecast called for possible thunderstorms this morning which also ended up being false. Humidity was some high number, but that’s pretty much a given this time of year. Broke my promise a little and stayed away from the deck for the first half of the workout or so. Thought it would be nice to get some miles in the fresh, moist air first. Much confusion over what a “street sign on our side of the street” was, so instructions were modified to “any sign attached to a metal pole with small holes in it that is in the grass immediately to your left.” This seemed to appease Frasier and the correct number of merkins got done. Had trouble following my own directions in the parking deck, but that’s different.

Anywhere between 4.5 and 5.5 miles today, plenty of elevation change and no man left behind. Only 6 days left until another Fun Friday at The Brave.

Announcements

• F3 Pool Party at the Lawson pool on Friday 6/8 from 8-10 PM. Pool will be rented out just for our group. $40 per family includes pizza and beer and all proceeds will be used by our region in future projects with The Sandbox. See #the_sandbox Slack channel for details and sign up here: http://bit.do/f3sandbox
• F3 Dads camping trip to Julian Price Park 7/20-7/22. $40 total for 2 nights. Lots to do including hiking, canoeing, rock climbing. Frasier needs HCs by 5/27 to make reservations. Talk to Frasier or check the #f3dads Slack channel for details.
• Great Wolf Lodge family outing the weekend of 11/9. Discounted room rates are available now. If you plan to attend, the sooner you can sign up the better as it will help MT gauge how many more rooms we need to add to our block: https://f3southcharlotte.com/2018/03/19/f3-south-charlotte-2nd-f-family-outing-at-great-wolf-lodge-11-9-2018/
• Upcoming date night at the Whitewater Center (paddle & dine) on 7/21. Need sign-ups in the next couple of weeks so we can make reservations: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/20f0a4eaaaf2ba1fc1-f3sob2nd