Rock Zero Memorial Day Convergence



Rock Zero Memorial Day Convergence

On a humid Saturday, as a start to Memorial Day weekend, 37 (some argued 38) pax converged on Calvary Church’s parking lot to start their weekend off right. With shovel flags planted and the pax chatting, a brief disclaimer was given with a few words on the importance of the weekend and how the workout would run today. Then we were off.

Tha Thang: Nemo, Geraldo, and YHC split the Q with Nemo on COP. After a quick warm-up with our favorite openers, he brought it with a session of up-downs (call them burpee warm-ups) in the parking lot. After one was completed for each pax in attendance, Nemo then quickly departed for his senior trip. Geraldo took the reins and gave us a Go Ruck inspired WOD with lots of laps in the parking lot. A quick trip to the hot box for a water break followed and about 150 air presses while in the people’s chair. YHC was tagged in and we moseyed to the rock pile by the entrance. Partner up, grab a rock (you can be proud of), and P1 runs while P2 does called exercise then flap-jack. Simple but effective. At the appointed 0750, pax returned their rocks and moved to the grassy field in front of the church for 10 minutes of burpees in silence.

Moleskine: First, #cobains for not posting this sooner. A busy weekend for YHC coupled with a work trip on Tuesday morning.

The US Memorial Day was not an official federal holiday until 1971, but it has been honored in some way since 1868. This is the celebration of the lives that were sacrificed to preserve the American way of life and to bring freedom to the oppressed. Somewhere between 2012 and 2018 the first F3 Area 51 Memorial Day weekend convergence was held, historians believe. at the workout formerly known as the Rock.

As the country kicks off the summer season, a moment of pause is called for to remember the lives that were sacrificed so we could enjoy our freedoms today. With the appropriate degree of ceremony, 3 citations of fallen US soldiers were read by the site-Qs during the workout. At the end of the workout, each pax worked in silence for 10:00 minutes. The goal was to complete 100 burpees.

In another life, the service men we honored were someone’s neighbor. Sometimes it strikes me that, if we were alive 75 years ago, some of us would have been drafted or even volunteered to go overseas. How different would our workouts look then? F3, as we know it today, would be vastly different. These men were sons, fathers, cousins, or friends to someone. They all had different jobs, backgrounds, varying degrees of education, families, bills, by all accounts the men we honored were as different as the pax standing next to you in the gloom. Ordinary Americans at home. But because of their courageous actions and by giving their lives, these men became extraordinary, true #HIM.

Thanks to the pax for coming out and letting the Rock Zero site-Qs lead. As always, it’s an honor. Thanks to Flipper for taking us out.

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Prohibition
4 years ago

Fake News! The first F3 Area 51 Memorial Day Weekend convergence was in 2014 led by Purple Haze and some guy named Ed. It was held at DayZero (RIP) for 3 years before it was unfortunately transferred to the current RockZero site due to…construction.

Great lead Hoover, Nemo, and Geraldo! Always a great one! Thanks for taking over this year.

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