With Honey Bee out of town and in need of a volunteer, YHC decided it was time to step up and hive leading a try. With the caveat that YHC’s “tempo pace” may more closely resembles many of the PAX “fellowship pace,” volunteer was accepted by Honey Bee.
The Thang
Having run countless miles through Piper Glen and Raintree over the years, YHC felt confident that a 6 mile route known as the “Old Spice Loop” would prove challenging and be a great training run for those prepping for Thunder Road.
Not sure it proved challenging, however, except for YHC and halfway through I recalled that I was in the company of BRR vets, including one “mountain goat!”
The Thang
At 5:15, we gathered and launched into the unseasonably chilly gloom. YHC was intentionally vague on directions for the first half of of the route hoping strategically to harness the reins of the faster PAX.
YHC ran the first 3 miles at his “tempo pace.” This allowed for some good 2nd F surrounding F3, the weather and upcoming plans for Thunder Road.
At about Mile 1.5, Mighty Mite asked why we I called it the Old Spice Loop and I explained that in the middle of the run, we would be doing a little 0.6 mile loop off the beaten path called Old Spice in Raintree that should prove to be a challenge midway in the run. As we approached this section, I asked for a little extra effort. The boys responded and I got more than I bargained for as I began barking the directions louder from the back. The Boys were in familiar territory as we started back to the barn and I can proudly say that, in true F3 form, they opened the throttle up and continued that extra effort all the way back.
Not sure what everyone’s pace was but I brought up the rear averaging 8:03, meaning average for the group had a 7 handle with it.
A very impressive run and effort by all this morning and all look soundly prepared to dominate at Thunder Road.
I am grateful for the privilege of leading these strong men today.
If you like to run, give Devil’s Turn a try.
Moleskin
Haggis is the fastest person I know with an ongoing “IT band injury.” Apparently, speed and hills help the healing.
I need to write raving reviews for Turkey Leg’s headlamp and vest. I can testify that the rear red blinkies are visible from a long distance away! Safety first. #blackdiamond #amphipod
YHC was in such oxygen debt post run that he accidentally tweeted and referenced Fast Twitch instead of Devil’s Turn. Aye! #rookie #feltlikefasttwitch
Mighty Mite found a golf ball on the way back.
Announcements
MM mentioned a New workout we need to support(Olympus, Gear Workout at Elizabeth Lane Elementary on Saturdays at 7).
Convergence-Joe Davis 5k Jan. 4
Panther viewing party(Nov 10)
MCM tribute workout(Nov 10)
TR Christmas party(Dec 7)
Mud Run(Email Stagecoach if you want to HC)
Others?
-Posted on behalf of Rock Thrill
15 Pax were subject to YHC’s quick thinking whims.
The Thang:
Mosey to the Wells Fargo parking lot for a quick warmup COP
SSH X 25
IW X 25
Merkins X 15
Slow Squats X 20
Mosey to the far wall of Loch Ballantyne
20 burpees
20 derkins
20 dips
20 wall jumps
Lap around Loch Ballantyne and a plank o rama led by Runstopper.
Mosey to the far end of the corporate park(about .5 miles away) and find a piece of rope on the dock.
Shiver Me Timbers Jack Webbs
1 merkin(with feet on the rope) + 4 push presses, 2 merkins(with feet on the rope) + 8 push presses,……10 merkins(with feet on the rope) + 40 push presses. #crowdpleaser
Mosey to the hill up to the bridge and split into two groups.
Group 1 runs up hill and does 10 burpees while Group 2 does Mary at the bottom of the hill.Flapjack.
Group 1 bounding jumps up the hill and does 10 merkins while Group 2 does Mary at the bottom of the hill.
Flapjack.
Mosey to the haunted woods for
20 supine pull ups
10 pull ups
20 dips
Repeato
Mosey to the shores of Loch Ballantyne to walk the plank
Pax hold plank position while end man jumps over each of the planks until he reaches the end. Each pax completed two rounds through.
Partner up for a merkin wheel barrow race.
Mosey back to Launch.
COT
Moleskin:
Tiger Rag led a Twitter announced pre-Kettlebell workout for YHC, Wingman, and Runstopper. Muggsy joined in halfway through. It was a two-handed swing ladder. By YHC’s count, 420 swings were performed by each man. Ouch.
As the clock struck 6 AM, there was much mumblechatter concerning the scheduled Q’s(Dolphin) absence. YHC stepped up for the sole purpose of avoiding an additional hour of TR’s painful imagination.
In addition to many pirate themed exercises, there was additional mumblechatter of the Pax pulling of a Qtiny to avoid completing the Shiver Me Timbers Jack Webbs and during the hill runs. #yarrrrrr
YHC likes to invent something new when given the opportunity to Q. On such short notice, hopefully the nautically themed Jack Webbs sufficed.
During Coffeeteria, Market Timer got a text from Dolphin explaining that he had slept through his alarm. Thank you for the opportunity to Q Stonehenge for the first time, Dolphin. #ZZZZZZZZZ
Announcements:
Its been almost 36 hours since the completion of this workout so YHC has forgotten what was announced. Sound off in the blast if you’d like to have your voice heard.
An email went out yesterday changing the venue of November 10th’s Panthers vs. 49ers meetup. Instead of Strike City downtown, the Area 51 Pax will now be meeting at the Ballantyne Fox and Hound.
16 men gathered in the parking lot of Stonecrest to celebrate YHC’s 27th birthday.
The Thang:
Mosey to the parking lot next to Firebirds for COP.
27 burpees OYO
20 X SSH
20 X IW
20 X Merkins
20 X Mountain Climbers
Mosey to the Fountain, find a piece of wall
20 Jump Ups
20 Dips
20 Derkins
Jog around the Chinese Qdoboutique.
Plank O Rama
Repeato with 27 reps of each exercise
Mosey to movie theater for 3 cone(cup) drills. Cups were spaced two parking spaces apart.
1. Lunge Squats
Lunge walk to first cup. 1 Squat.
Lunge walk to second cup. 2 squats.
…..Lunge walk to 8th cup. 8 squats.
2. Suicide by Burpee
Run to first cup. 1 burpee. Run back to start.
Run to second cup. 2 burpees. Run back to start.
……
Run to 8th cup. 8 burpees. Run back to start.
3. Bear Crawl Merkins
Bear crawl to first cup. 2 merkins
Bear crawl to second cup. 4 merkins.
…….
Bear crawl to eighth cup. 16 merkins. (Runstopper gets to add 72 to his daily total from this drill)
Mosey back to the starting point for some Mary
Flutter X 27
LBC X 27
Heels to Heaven X 15
Rosalita X 27
27 Burpees OYO
COT
Moleskin:
Tiger Rag said “It’s a little late for a warmup now.” before the SSH and after the 27 burpees. YHC must admit, it was a little difficult to give a cadence count after 27 burpees.
YHC introduced Suicide by Burpees at Day Zero on Saturday. Surpisingly, no pax from Saturday were present at The Maul this morning. Perhaps YHC is developing a bit of a bad reputation…
To no one’s surprise, Runstopper smoked the Suicide by Burpees.
When YHC called for the second round of 27 burpees, Frehly’s Comet asked if it was a serious instruction. It was. It didn’t look like he enjoyed them.
At the conclusion of COT, an SUV rolled into the parking lot. Mic Check and Runstopper alleged the driver to be YHC’s mother. It was not. YHC didn’t enjoy that line of conversation.
Welcome to FNG Craig B. who will be known from now on as Twister.
Mic Check on Q next week. His birthday is not next week.
Announcements:
Mini Convergence at The Rock on Saturday. No Ascent. No Day Zero. No Area 51. Everyone meet at The Rock.
Stonehenge will still be meeting at it’s usual time and place.
11 men ventured ignored the warmth of the Monday morning fartsack to get some kettlebell work in.
The Thang:
Quick mosey to other parking lot for a quick COP
SSH X 25
IW X 25
Mountain Climbers X25
38(in honor of the Panthers big win yesterday) merkins OYO
Mosey down to the soccer field and assemble into the Ring Of Fire for the FILTHY FIFTY
Two armed swings X 50
One armed Kettle bell rows X 50
Kettle bell squats X 50
One handed KB Swings X 50
Upright KB Row X 50
Figure 8 X 50
One Handed KB Situps X50
KB Halos X 50
Turkish Getups X 10
Partner up
Partner 1:
KB Lunge walk 50 yards
Sprint 50 yards
10 burpees
Spring 50 yards back
KB Press walk 50 yards
Partner 2 does assorted Mary exercises until Partner 1 returns(Dolly, LBC, Rosalita, Flutter etc..)
Flapjack
Mosey back to parking lot for COT
Moleskin
Before we got started this morning, Bratwurst asked YHC if I was missing something(kettlebell was out of view). YHC responded that it had been a long wedding weekend and was fearful that my pants were missing. Not surprisingly, missing pants became a running joke for the rest of the morning.
YHC learned the Filthy Fifty during Crossfit and thought it would be a good first time KB workout Q. The 50 upright rows were a self smoker.
Market Timer orchestrated a Q-tiny(mutiny of the Q) during the lunge walk back to the starting point. He took a stand against oppression and tyranny by raising his fists in the air(with kettlebells in each had). A fist in the air in the land of hypocrisy. #rageagainstthemachine
Announcements
Lots of new 3rd F workouts starting lately. Check the schedule or the weekly email to find the one best for you.
There are two 2nd F events on the calendar over the next few months. Panthers gamewatch on Nov 10th. Holiday Dinner on December 14th. Stay tuned for more details in the future.
Wing Spaceman brings his brand of pain to The Maul on Wednesday. It will be a beatdown.
98 men gathered in the gloom this morning to pay respect to all those who lost their lives 12 years ago. After a short COP, the pax split up into 5 groups led by the Wednesday morning site Qs. To honor the memory of all those affected by the tragedy, the remainder of the workout was completed in silence. The workout concluded with the pax reciting the Lord’s Prayer.
Moleskin:
Great work by everyone this morning. T-claps to the Q’s for leading the pax and effectively demonstrating all the exercises in slience. Also T-claps to all the pax for such a strong effort and maintaining their silence throughout the morning.
This morning was a powerful reminder of how blessed we are to enjoy the gift of life. Keep the victims and their families in your thoughts and prayers today.
All of the Area 51 faithful will meet in the gloom of Calvary Church(normally the site of The Rock and Anvil) to honor the memory of those who lost their lives on September 11th, 2001. There will be no workouts at Death Valley or The Maul, so come meet up with your fellow Area 51 brothers to start your Wednesday off right.
18 pax got some early morning shopping in at The Maul.
The Thang:
Start a short mosiey to the Parking lot in front of the movie theater for warmup
25 Side straddle hops in cadence
20 Imperial walker in cadence
10 Merkins in cadence.
Indian run to the fountain.
OYO:
30 dips
20 derkins
10 burpees
Repeato X 3
Plank work lead by Mighty Mite
Indian run to the parking lot in front of target
Mary Go Round(what LD calls the MoM…I like it) led by YHC
Flutter X 25
Dolly X 25
Rosalita X 25
Heels to Heaven X 25
Exploding Merkins X 10 (Thanks Haze!)
Indian run to parking lot in front of the Movie theater.
15 prisoner squads
20 jump lunges in place
YHC takes over for a mosey to the hill near the start point for a incline/decline merkin ladder
6 inclines at the top, one decline merkin at the bottom. 5 at top, 2 at bottom…..until 1 at top, 6 at bottom.
Split up into 3 groups for pain stations
20 yards of wall walkers
20 yards of bear crawl
100 meter run
Repeato X 2
Split up into 2 lines for a spint relay race ~ 60 yards. Everyone waiting in line does LBCs.
COT
Moleskin
Long Distance was clearly very excited to get his first Q started. He started sprinting from the start point to get to the warmup COP and left the rest of the pax in the dust.
I don’t think any a single member of the pax could claim they weren’t smoked after dips/derkins/burpee cocktail that Long Distance mixed up over by the fountain. Ouch.
YHC asked Subway if he preferred merkins or bear crawls. Which is akin to asking a man if he would like to spend the day at the DMV or on jury duty. Both are quite distasteful.
YHC is still puzzled as to how Philmont was able to beat him in the last sprint of the day. Coulda sworn I had 20 pace lead on him at one point…
Announcements
The Sons of Ballantyne will be facing off against the Fast Twits….er Fast Twitchers on Tuesday, August 27th at Jay M Robinson Middle at 5:15(not 5:30). There will be a variety of events including a mile run and relay event. If you’re a regular at either workout, you’re encouraged to attend and compete. The normally scheduled Fast Twitch and Bagpipe workouts are cancelled next week on the day of this competition.
New Thursday workout, Rebel Yell, launches 8/29 at Polo Ridge Elementary.
New 3rd F workout begins 9/13 at the Panera at Carmel Commons. The group will be discussing the book, “Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire”.
(20) Pax came out to enjoy a hump day full body workout. Even the neighborhood fox stopped to stare.
The Thang:
With a partner you would perform a combined 100 reps of each exercise. While partner 1 was
performing the exercise; partner 2 would be sprinting roughly 40 yards and back. The partners would
then switch until they reached 100 total reps. The first exercise we sprinted up the hill; but quickly
changed that idea.
¼ mile warm up jog
100 burpees / sprint up hill in between
100 dry docks / sprints in between
100 russian twists / sprints in between
100 merkin rows / sprints in between
100 heels to the heavens / sprints in between
100 diamond push ups / sprints in between
¼ mile cool down job
Mic Check finished them off with a little protractor
– Posted on behalf of Frack
Moleskin:
What a smoker of a first time Q! The pax started off with burpee and hill work and it never got any easier.
After another visit from our vulpine mascot, Wingman wants to rename this site to The Mad Fox. We might face some copyright issues with The Foxhole. Market Timer and Honeybee would probably sue us and the litigation could get ugly.
Haggis was still getting plenty of grief for his “un F3 comment” from Bagpipe yesterday.
YHC and Mic Check dropped the ball on getting our FNG Polo’s contact info. Please sound off in the comments or send an email to poole.trip@gmail.com if you have an email address for Polo or Philmont.
Announcements:
Not much in the way of announcements in this morning.
As always, Mic Check and YHC are always looking for new pax to step up and guest Q. We’ve had a couple good ones in the last few weeks and have some others scheduled for the next few weeks. If you have any interest in leading a half or a whole workout, please see one of us.
There will be a new Thursday workout starting at Polo Ridge Elementary but it won’t be starting this week. Stay tuned.
There are, however, plenty of other workouts to go to on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday this week. Go to them.
22 of F3’s finest gathered at The Maul to see if they had what it takes to make the Area 51 Fightin’ Aliens football team.
The Thang:
Mosey to the grass on Elm Lane, 4 lines like a team and follow your coaches lead through exercises.
SSH X20
Mak Tar Jai X 20?
Up downs on Coach Mic Check’s whistle X 20
High knees 20 yds Buttkicks 20 yds
Shuffle Left Then Shuffle Right
Carioca
3 point stance then fire off and sprint X2
Mosey back down to the lot for MM Q
Break up into 4 groups for
LINEMAN STATIONS
Station 1: Bear Crawl up and down the hill
Station 2: Partner push YHC’s car for 50 yards
Station 3: Fire out of 3 pt stance and squat walk for 20 yards
Staion 4: Fire out of 3 pt stance into one of the tackling dummies and push it for 10 yards
SPEED AND AGILITY WORK
3 cone spring- Catch a pass at the end
4 cone corners – Shuffle, Back pedal Shuffle and sprint-Catch a pass at the end
Long coe spring and carioca -Catch a pass at the end
Pax rotated through each stations doing different versions of Mary,(FLUTTER, MASON TWISTS, FREDDY MERCURY) while waiting for their turn to burn around the cones
PASSING DRILL
Line 1 = QB
Line 2 = WR
Line 3 = DB
GOAL IS TO CATCH A 20 YD PLUS PASS
If it’s a bad pass, guys in QB line do said exercise
Bad defense, DB line does said exercise
Bad hands, WR line does exercise
Coach called out exercises starting at 5 increasing to 12.
Merkins-Diamonds-Burpees-Jump Squats-Star Jacks-Squats-etc
Team Huddle
COT
Moleskin
Great work by all of the Pax today. Coach Mic Check and YHC were really excited to put this one on and we greatly appreciated everyone’s patience while we explained new exercises.
The inflextion in Coach Mic Check’s voice made it very difficult to tell when the Mac Tar Jai cadence was finished. Some pax stopped early, even more lost count, all of them were confused.
YHC wasn’t sure how well the the car push was going to work. Given the fact that this blast isn’t being posted from a body shop, we’ll chalk it up as a success.
The QB/WR/DB competition was a lot of fun. It’s pretty apparent that a lot of the pax used to spend some time on the gridiron back in the day. It was also apparent, that “back in the day” was a looooonng time ago for some of them. #leatherhelmets
Announcements
The 707 class of GORUCK will be departing on their journey at 10 PM on Friday. Location TBA.
Chipotle(FTQ) and Mic Check will be Qing next week. It’s going to hurt.
There are a ton of pax that frequent The Maul and are ready to step up to Q a half or a whole workout. Reach out to Mic Check or YHC and we will get you on the calendar.
New 3rd F workout starting at the Panera on Carmel and Hwy 51 after Centurion.
Sound off in the comments if YHC missed any announcements.