Davinci 5 Year Anniversary – Part 2 – The Moleskin

Davinci 5 Year Anniversary – Part 2 – The Moleskin

As noted in Part 1 of the backblast for the 5 year anniversary of Davinci there was a lot of great moments to call out from the morning.  This is Part 2 listing those moments.  Hop over to Part 1 for details on the actual workout.

Moleskin:

• Right out of the gate YHC mistimed a traffic light and basically had the crew running in front of and behind a car at said light. I can only imagine what was going through that person’s mind.
• Upon stopping at 131 Main for the warmup there was a larger than usual gap with the 6. Soft Pretzel informed me that we had a Pax go down but is OK.  Man, this is going to be an interesting one.  Ends up Patent Pending (aka Kirby2) took a spill while moseying.  You see, Patent Pending was a FNG at the initial Davinci 5 years ago.  Maybe he started celebrating early?  Would he be able to continue?  Spoiler alert, he would and rocked the workout.  Spoiler alert #2…he would not be the only Pax to take a spill.
• While doing Bonnie Blairs, Trickle actually noted they should be named “Eric Heiden’s”. YHC erroneously asked if that was a Dutch skater but Trickle clarified he was American which did ring a bell with YHC.  Somehow that conversation had twists and turns that eventually led to Trickle stating that he would post in wooden Dutch shoes next time.
• Das Boot knew exactly who Trickle was referencing. Is it me or is Das Boot everywhere?  I know that he holds the Passport championship belt but it seems like he is in multiple places at the same time.  Does he have clones?  Das Boots?
• After the rock workout Mighty Might noted that we did not do near as much upper body as we did legs. Well yeah, we are going for the triangle look.  And YHC stated early in the workout that was the plan.
• It was interesting to hear Midriff talk about watching “The Last Dance” and not really being old enough to remember basketball when Jordan played and how incredible Jordan was. 1) It made YHC feel his age and 2) that’s awesome that younger people are now able to appreciate Jordan as a player.  Watching him in his prime, I don’t care what anyone says he is the greatest.
• Speaking of the greatest, Teddy and Mic Check were discussing with YHC the Tiger Woods documentary on HBO. I have to check that one out.  And if you have not checked out the SNL parody biography of Tiger Woods from the mid-90’s check it out, it is hilarious.
• YHC loves seeing the 2.0’s that come out to Davinci and crush it. I worked out a good bit of the morning beside Watson and he was not cheating any of the exercises.  Well done my friend.
• On the way back to launch standing at the light to cross Rea Road, Trickle took a tumble. Not sure what happened but that was the 2^nd man down. YHC likes to think that the leg workout was so tough that Trickle could not stand erect any longer.

COT:

• Always great to have the Chicken Runners join for COT. Tuck, Bratwurst, Kirby and Gruden were gracious enough to wait on us slightly late arriving bootcampers and joined after running gobs of miles.
• Speaking of Trickle, he noted that since the Davinci shovel flag deservedly went with Bucky up to WI that he was going to put together a new Davinci shovel flag. That is a HIM, sees a direct need and takes it on.  Thanks brother, it is much appreciated.
• There were several guys at COT on Saturday that were at the original Davinci launch: Mic Check, Tuck, Patent Pending, Mighty Might and Loogie. Midriff asked them for a few words.  Patent noted having Loogie and Mic Check to keep pushing him was something that keeps him going these 5 years.  Mic Check followed up and noted that accountability is one of the best parts of F3.  We keep each other accountable but definitely find your “accountability buddy” where you can continuously push each other.
• Tuck noted that the beauty of F3 is that if there is something that you want to do, do it and persevere. When he and Mic Check started Davinci it was at times on the brink of shutting down.  They stuck with it, made a couple of tweaks on time and location and now Davinci is thriving.
• On that point, the example was made of C3PO and the job that he has done building The Appetizer. It has gone from him and Johnny5 and T1000 for several weeks to almost 20 a week.  Also, there was a need for a Monday bootcamp in SOB and Firestarter was started.  Now there are good numbers there as well.
• Speaking of Johnny 5 and T1000 and accountability, Watson you have bragging rights of being there on Saturday and those guys fartsacking* Be their accountability buddy and get them back out. *I have no idea if they were fartsacking or had other commitments but there is a narrative here to push so I am going with fartsacking.
• Also speaking of Firestarter and its success, YHC slyly mentioned that it was a result of the site Q’s at which point YHC and Teddy shared a laugh. The comment was picked up by others who laughed that Mary Kay ghosted the site from the start.  We attributed the success of Firestarter to MK and a hearty laugh was had by all.  All jokes aside MK is one of YHC’s accountability buddies and does keep me going in the ruck area.  YHC will step it up and keep MK going in the bootcamp area.

Thanks all for the hard work and good times this morning.  I recall when I first joined F3 3 years ago that I was amazed that guys got up early on Saturday to workout.  Not me I remember thinking.  But after going to Davinci and Stonehenge a few times I realized that Saturday workouts are special.  Maybe it is knowing that you don’t have to rush off for work or what but guys seem to really push it but yet socialize with each other.  Both sites have a great combination of 1^st F and 2^nd F.

Thanks Midriff and Soft Pretzel for allowing me to lead this anniversary edition of Davinci.