F3/Area51 — BackBlast.9/10/11
The virtual shovel flag was planted and The Faithful gathered for the first time at Area 51.
The Pax:
Joker
Hoover
Chad Young
Alex Browning
Derek Martindale
Troy Bear
Doug Banks
Scott Banks (WarDaddy)
Mark Gustafson (WarDaddy2)
Jeff ?
The Thang:
Warm up
– Side Straddle Hops
– Merkins
– Flutter kicks
– Little baby crunches
Lap around the field
Cone drills
– Merkins
– Mountain climbers
– Carolina dry docks
– Lunges
Run to playground
– Pull ups
– Dips
– Jump ups
– People’s Chair
Field work
– Fierman’s carry
– Bear crawl
– Crab crawl
– Plankorama
Trail run
– Jump ups
– Decline merkins
Naked Man Moleskin:
– TClaps to everyone that participated in the first Area51 workout. Cardiac arrest and severe muscle pulls were averted [barely], and many laughs were had.
– TClaps to Scott Banks and Mark Gustafson… our co-WarDaddys at age 53. And speaking of “the Banks”… F3 now has all three brothers participating in F3… Alan [“Tryon”], Scott [FNG] and Doug [FNG]
-TClaps to Alex Browning’s hair… not a hair out of place when he stepped out his car at 6:45AM.
-F3 nicknames for Area51 participants to be bestowed on Sep 17.
Joker author
Great first entry. Both books are excellent reads. If you are looking for more familial dysfunction, try “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls. It will make your family and your parents seem pretty normal. Another great Vietnam War book is “Tree of Smoke” by Denis Johnson. Kind of a mix between “Heart of Darkness”, “We Were Soldiers Once…And Young” and a Tom Robbins novel. Pretty bizarre.
By the way, who is Tom Joad? I don’t mean that in a “Who is John Galt?” sort of way and I know there is a character by that name in what is perhaps the greatest American novel, but I was just wondering who are you? What is your real name? I know the other Butchers, but have not figured you out yet.
OK, I’ve got Matterhorn sitting on my desk waiting for me. OBT handed it to me, mumbling something about “it’s a Army book I think, you were in the Army. Maybe you knew this guy.” Dude, it’s the Marine Corps (totally different branch–WIKI it), and I was 12 years old when the Vietnam war ended. Nonetheless, though it confused him, I can see why OBT probably liked it in his “way.” Time to break that bad boy open. Aye!
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