Oh Hai, It’s Raining Again

Oh Hai, It’s Raining Again

17 PAX agreed they were sick of the rain and hit the deck at #F3Cerberus. FAMRAP was considered, and then abandoned when @BobbySamuelson wasn’t present.

Thang

• Head straight to the deck, go to level 2 to avoid Camp Gladiator and circle up for COP
• All IC: IW x15, Low Slow Jump Squat x15, Low Slow Merkin x15, Alternating Shoulder Tap x15, Mountain Climber x15
• Return to the 1st level and take a seat on the wall facing the ramp
• Round 1
  • Some exercises on the wall then
  • 10 donkey kicks, sprint the ramp, easy on the flat, back to the wall on level 2 facing the ramp
  • Repeat up to level 3
  • Repeat to the top but instead of the flat on level 4 go downstairs to level 1, easy on the flat, on your six at bottom of level 1 ramp
• Round 2
  • Flutter x20 IC
  • 10 hand release burpees
  • Sprint the ramp, easy on the flat, on your six at base of ramp 2
  • LBC x30 IC
  • 20 Bobby Hurley
  • Sprint ramp, easy flat, base of ramp 3
  • American Hammer x25 IC
  • 10 hand release burpees
  • Sprint ramp, stairs, easy flat, base of ramp 1 (plank)
  • Low slow merkins while we wait for the six
• Round 3
  • 10 Bobby Hurleys, run up ramp and flat to base of ramp 2
  • 10 Bobby Hurleys, up to base of ramp 3
  • 10 Bobby Hurley, up to the stairs
  • Run all the way down and up stairwell 1 twice
  • Go to stairwell 2 and run all the way down and back up twice
  • Go to stairwell 3 and run all the way down and back up twice
  • Some muddled directions here — we all ended up back at the bottom
• Back to Level 2 to get Knish’s sweatshirt then return to launch some dips on the low walls by the dog park to kill the last few minutes
• Back to launch, COT, Hops with the takeout

Moleskin

Hops originally had the Q but asked YHC a few weeks back if I could swap my Q the following week with him. A last minute cancelled trip turned my “no” into a “yes” and YHC was Q to the surprise of any who do not follow Twitter (mostly just Bratwurst).

After a soggy day at Devil’s Turn the day before (and rain just about every day prior), the decision was quickly made to head straight to the deck, to the disappointment of none. Well, except for maybe the Camp Gladiator folks who were hoping to have the deck to themselves. Luckily, they never left the bottom straightaway they made camp in so we had all the good stuff to ourselves. Who goes to a parking deck and doesn’t touch a ramp or a set of stairs? I’ll tell you who. But, I digress.

Came today intending to deliver a good ol’ Friday ass-kicking and hope that I did so. Bit of a Q-fail with the directions of what to do on the final set after finishing the stairs led to a lot of people running around in different places on the deck. Good reminder to self that clarity tops complexity every time.

Great mix of PAX, as always, at Cerberus with the usuals out front, the six getting stronger, and four of the toughest respects I know showing some true grit.

Listening to talk radio on the way home (after a great Week 1 of QSource at Panera following Cerberus), there was a gentleman talking about the futility of blessings left unspoken. So many of us have people in our lives (wives, children, siblings, F3 brothers, and so on) who we don’t tell enough, if at all, how much they mean to us and our lives. We assume that they know, and they might suspect, but why not speak it and tell them?

It hit home with me in that 15 minute drive that I couldn’t remember the last time I told my daughter that I am proud of her and how happy she makes me without some kind of impetus (e.g. after a great soccer game, good grades at school, helping her sister, etc.) I told her that afternoon, out of the blue, that I look forward to seeing her every day and that I know she is going to do incredible things with her life. The light in her eyes when I finished those few words is something I hope I never forget. Certainly not advocating for telling people things you don’t mean. But, leaving those things you do feel unsaid because you’re too busy (me), not entirely comfortable saying them (me), or some other excuse (me) seems crazy in retrospect.

As tends to happen with all moments of clarity, I’ll probably forget all this next week and need to be reminded of it again somewhere down the road (hopefully not too late). Nonetheless, I thought it worth writing down in case it inspires anyone else to have even one moment like I did with my daughter.

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