14 men for this week’s edition of Fast Twitch. It’s BRR season so lots of running and hills are to be expected. YHC was happy to oblige. Though expected, that still doesn’t make it any more pleasant.
The Thang
Simple enough workout. Warm-up mosey to the bottom of Whitethorn where it meets 4 Mile Creek using Providence and Raintree. Hold there to give instructions. We would be doing a suicide on Whitethorn using the 5 roads (Nettlewood, White Dove, Stonemark, Deer Park, and Raintree) that are along the way as the turn arounds. When you get back to the bottom of Whitethorn, do 20 jump squats before continuing with the next running section. Meet at the Raintree end of Whitethorn at 6:10 to head back to launch. That was it.
Naked Moleskin
Nice work men. That was definitely unpleasant. Hope everyone enjoyed. The title is from Purple Haze. Before the workout YHC mentioned there were two options. So as we were moseying down Whitethorn he asked what was the other option. You see, Mr. Haze is not shy about his dislike for Whitethorn. It has been mentioned a few times before. But at that point it was too late for YHC’s other plan. Whitethorn it was. FYI the other wasn’t much better.
Nobody and nothing could live up to the hype that surrounded yesterday and Big 10’s VQ. By midday yesterday, the high of being led around campus by Big 10 was replaced by soreness in the chest, arms, and shoulders. He sneakily put a whoopin’ on us and did so without a single SSH…at least none that he called out!
Today’s festivities were to be decidedly different. 16 men showed up for a little #HeartRateExplosion. P.S. – NO GRASS, NO BURPEES, and NO MERKINS were involved. Here’s how it happened:
Warm-up:
Casual mosey around the front of school. Jingles’ punctuality has really improved as he was able to enter the parking lot under 50mph, on all 4 wheels and still join us at the opening mosey. Well done, Jingles. Good to see you again, too!
Circle up by Cars:
SSH x 20
Bottlecap was still in playground mode from yesterday and attempted a Q Jacking with a game of Duck, Duck, Goose. Fortunately for the remnant Briarcrest survivors, the game didn’t take flight. It did however, deliver a great laugh!!!
Low Slow Squats x 20
Old Man Stretch
Mountain Climbers x 20
Jimmy Dugans
Calf Stretches
Mosey towards the bridge
The Thang:
Lunge walk across the length of the bridge and then mosey to the track.
To the surprise and chagrin of the pax this morning, we were using the track. There were gasps and promises uttered in hushed tones that our use this morning would never be spoken of publicly.
Four Corners – Basically run a quarter of the way around the track and do 25 squats. 4 stops = 100 squats
When complete, discretely exit track and head to short wall. Partner up for step ups. Partner 1 does step ups on the short wall while Partner 2 runs to bridge and back. Do this 2x
Mosey towards the stadium. At this point, YHC asked if the pax were familiar with the “3 S’s”. Some were under the impression it was referring to S#*+, Shower, and Shave. Not today.
3 S’s- 3 S’s included Squats, Stadium Stairs, and Speed Skaters.
Pax did 30 Squats, ran all Stadium Stairs, and did 30 Speed Skaters on the other side. The goal was to do this 3x but time was not on our side so we audibled to 2 for the lead pack and finish your last flight of Steps and Speed Skaters for the trail pack. Then mosey back over to short wall. People’s Chair against concession stand until pax arrived. Courtesy 10 count. We then did the unthinkable…went back on the track.
Low Squatting, Hand Slapping, Track Running Thing- Admittedly, YHC made this one up on the fly. Partner up arms length apart facing one another. Get in deep squat position and hold it. Then, alternate smacking hands until you reached 50 smacks. Partners run opposite direction on track until the meet again. Repeat. Partners run back towards where they started for one final set of 50 slaps. 150 total slaps whilst squatting.
Sidebar- YHC had the privilege of partnering with Shake N Bake. The glove situation on that man is nothing short of appalling. Keep him in and the rest of us in your thoughts as he chooses to wear those bacteria traps to our workouts! He did kindly remove them, but only after we were 20 smacks in and YHC had been coated in the hazardous sludge oozing from the palms of those well-worn mitts. Wish I could say the palm feel was better, but the glove funk was indeed fully transferable. Digression over.
Mosey towards front of school where we had 1 minute left. We SSH’ed for 1 full minute and that was that.
Circle Time:
Jingles, Dough Boy, and Shake N Bake continue to struggle in the glove department but crushed the workout today. Dancing Bear has YHC convinced he’s a seasoned wet t-shirt contest participant. Seeing way too clear an outline of those nips post workout, bro. If you’re not careful, you’re gonna wind up in a bloody nip meme like Foundation (OG story…pics exist and they’re awesome). E-Harmony’s recommendation of a shirt (and glove) order from F3 site could NOT have been better timed. Rubbermaid needs either contacts or windshield wipers on those glasses. Hard work really fogs up the windows, though. Great job, man. Deflated continues to get faster and we can’t wait for his finished t-shirt design- destined to be his second smash hit!
Awesome effort by all today. Good to see some old faces along with all you new guys. Everybody pushed hard. As mentioned, we did NO GRASS, NO BURPEES, and NO MERKINS. Some would call that a missed opportunity. YHC calls it 3.5 miles of fun with friends who are destined to have wobbly legs by noon today!
Announcements:
Please keep Snoop (Dean Longo), his wife Lynnmarie, and their family in your prayers as she’s battling cancer. Cancer sucks and she’s a wonderful lady.
Shirt order for UC mentioned earlier by E-Harmony. Haven’t seen him in the Playhouse, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t #lurk. Somebody can get to him for you if interested.
Thank you, Dough Boy, for taking us out.
Over the past few months at least 2 PAX in our region have been effected by someone close to them committing suicide. From August 2011 until August 2012, I struggled with suicidal thoughts. For me it was the grace and hope of Jesus Christ that got me through that dark time. So if you or someone you know is struggling in that area too, there is HOPE.
As men of F3 one of our tenants is that we strive to be #HIM (high impact men). So here is my challenge to all PAX:
Take 20-30 seconds to share a struggle that you were able to overcome in a COT. Share your HOPE.
It could be a struggle with your career, kids, marriage, alcohol, pornography, depression, anger, addiction, relationship, etc. And then take it one step further, post it on your regions private GroupME or Slack channel with the hashtag #f3hopechallenge. Cross the finish line when you make yourself available to talk to another PAX one-on-one who is struggling with the same thing right now.
If you have struggled with it, there are those among us who are struggling too. The hope you declare, just may be the hope that another PAX needs to hear to help him through his dark time.
This challenge will run until the end of September. That is when I turn 50. Without hope I would not have seen this milestone, I would be dead.
Here is a suggested format for COT:
I struggled with (fill in the blank) but I overcame it by (fill in the blank). So if you or someone you know is struggling with that too, there is hope. Reach out to me if you like to talk further.
Here is a suggested format for regions social media:
I struggled with (fill in the blank) but I overcame it by (fill in the blank). So if you or someone you know is struggling with that too, there is hope. PM me if you like to talk more. #F3HOPEchallenge.
AYE!
Well. Another should-have-brought-a-snorkel kinda morning at the Foxhole. Humid as hell. If it weren’t for the 5 steely eyed men waiting for a workout, it would have been a quittin’ kinda morning for YHC. Guess that’s why it’s better to do this in large groups. Harder to quit. In any case, there was no planned workout; just a faint whisper of what the first 30 seconds of the warm-up would be. Here’s what happened.
Off we went around the school, chasing roughly 100 U.S.A bunnies from various patches of grass. While the PAX were distracted with all the scurrying about, YHC went from zero to weinke, in 60 seconds. Back near the launch we warmed up with this circuit.
- 20 lunge walk steps
- Run Forward to the end of the lot
- 10 Merkins
- Backwards Run back to the start.
- 10 Merkins
- 20 lunge walk steps
- Run Forward to the end of the lot
- 10 Merkins
- Backwards Run back to the start.
- 10 Merkins
5 PAX, 10 bells… let’s whittle that down to ONLY the biggest, most bigly, bells. Final weightage was: 80 lbs, 55 lbs, 55 lbs, 45 lbs, 40 lbs . Those bells were each carefully backed into an empty parking space so as to give each man enough room to swing it. The following exercises are all sets of five, where each PAX gets a chance to use each of the bells. Here’s what we did:
- 20 Swings
- 5 Cadence Pull-ups
- 20 Swings
- 4 Cadence Pull-ups
- 20 Swings
- 3 Cadence Pull-ups
- 20 Swings
- 2 (5-count) Cadence Pull-ups
- 20 Swings
- AMRAP OYO Pull-ups
- 10 Sumo Deadlift High Pull
- 10 Hanging Knees to Elbows
- … (repeat 5 time)
- 7 Push-Ups (Right Hand on Bell, Left on Ground)
- 7 Push-Ups (Left Hand on Bell, Right on Ground)
- Pull-Ups (same descent as Set One)
- … (repeat 5 time)
- 8 Lunge Steps, Bell on Right Shoulder, Right Leg Only Lunges.
- 8 Lunge Steps, Bell on Left Shoulder, Left Leg Only Lunges.
- 10 second rest to switch bells.
- … (repeat 5 time)
Core strength is central. So:
- 10 cadence LBC (Argonaut)
1013 cadence Box-Cutter (Wild Turkey)- 10 cadence 6-inch LBC (General)
- 10 cadence Russian Twist (Transporter)
- 10 espanol cadence Rosalita (Mighty Mite)
- 10 french-japanese-spanish cadence 6-inch plank-jack (Argonaut)
No significant pre-plan still turned into a solid workout, at least according to attendees and YHC’s already DOMS-y muscles. The group covered roughly a mile and a half of ground and fought hard for it. Workouts like this are easier to read than do. If you are an F3er that only runs, and does bootcamps (which are predominantly running), you too can experience the benefits of adding some weight training (especially pull-oriented exercises), to your fitness routine. It’d be a lie to quote, “It doesn’t hurt to try”, it will hurt, but in all the right ways (when done carefully). Other notes:
Argonaut Out.
Published on behalf of Big 10:
Wow! 35 Pax came out to start the week off right! Or to see me fail, and fail I did but you all killed it! If I give it, I gotta take it. Fair is fair and I heard all of your comments, so payback will happen!
Waking up to Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” was a great way to start this fiasco! So let’s do this.
Warmup:
Moseyed 50 feet (felt right)
* No SSH, because those are banned for being silly.
* Shoulder moves, a clue to the rest of the morning.
* Merkins X 10
* Potato pickers
* Lunges
Thang:
Mosey’ed to the hill. Time to work the shoulders and chest. And time to figure out what the heck we were gonna do. I really thought this was all a joke, in case you didn’t know.
* 25/20/15/10/5 Merkins and hill climbs between each rep.
* 7-1 burpees with hill climbs in between each rep.
* Moneyball with the count… he’s slow. Why I picked him.
At this point, I was not happy with the Q which was me and made it all the more awkward.
Mosey to the big lot. Time for some really bad decisions.
* 20 curb merkins to dry the shoes for the worst Q ideas in the history of worst Q decisions!
* Duck, Duck, Goose time. Big circle w/ planks and squats as we raced around the circle for a little competition. Beckham was the real hero today… he was chasing hard and met the pavement. Stuck it out like a trooper and had the scrapes to prove it!
At this point, realized this was an awful idea. Everyone took a lap around the big circle and we moved on.
Moseyed to find light poles and did Merkins and Squats until we reached the shed. 2nd bad decision to see if we could kick the legs up on the wall and do upside down merkins. I heard audible gasps at this point. Horrible idea.
* Hit each light with assorted 10’s until we reached the rally point.
* Dealer’s Choice to finish it off… which was of course SSH’s. Jokers.
What an awesome sight to see such a huge turnout. Thanks for making my first (and likely last) Q such a blast!
Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, the gone but not forgotten Saturday workout known as Olympus lived again, albeit only for a day at Ascent. YHC arrived early to set up the gear that would be used and pulled around the school to the basketball courts. Upon stepping out of the car, a loud and stern voice made me jump out of my skin. After taking a moment to compose myself and appraise the situation (looking around frantically and hoping nobody saw) YHC realized that an automated message was playing repeatedly warning that somebody or something had wandered too close to the coils on the air conditioning unit by Rea Road and that YHC needed to (“step away from the air conditioner” because “law enforcement is en route”). Now it was decision time, abandon the location set up somewhere else, or press on and risk the possibility of having to explain to the cops why I have a sledge hammer and some rope in my trunk. Not hearing any sirens, YHC decided to press on. YOLO, as the kids say.
Warmup:
20 SSH IC, 2o Imperial Walkers IC, 20 kettlebell swings, 20 mountain climbers IC, 20 kettlebell swings, 20 LBC IC, 20 kettlebell swings, 10 merkins IC, 20 kettlebell swings, 20 Freddie Mercury IC, 20 kettlebell swings.
The Perfect Pair:
Kettlebell swings and merkins: rounds of 25, 20, 15, 10, 5 of each exercise.
Olympus Portion:
Several gear stations placed around the basketball courts set the stage for a high intensity sufferfest. The timer was a jump rope where each PAX would take turns getting to 100 reps while the others rotated through the stations. The menu consisted of slam balls, sandbag thrusters, wall balls, battle rope pull ups, and kettlebell deadlifts. After three rounds through each station we moved on to desert consisting of a merkin mashup where we did regular merkins, wide arm merkins, and diamonds in rapid fire sets of 5 reps each, 4 reps, 3 reps, 2 reps, 1 rep. A few minutes remained which we filled with Mary and plank work. The final exercise was to mule the gear back to YHC’s car which had been moved to the regular launch lot.
NMM:
It was good to lead a gear workout again. Olympus used to be my favorite workout of the week. My first or second week in F3 I gave the workout described as kettlebells and gear on the old website and was way out in Matthews a try. My first time there we smacked huge truck tires with sledgehammers, cleaned barbells, dragged sleds, and did other awesome stuff. As I became a regular there I got to pull pickup trucks with a harness, flip tires, experiment with homemade squat racks and yokes, and have a blast while not having to do much running. Maybe one day we’ll get a regular gear workout back in the region. It will take a group effort I believe though, since loading and unloading all the equipment gets old fast, especially on cold and rainy mornings. Thanks to the good people of Ascent for the invitation to bring my trunk full of nonsense out to play for a day.
What a way to celebrate my 2 years of F3, but at where it started – BASE CAMP! Being BRR season, I started the morning off with a pre-run of 1.8 miles.
5:30 rolls around and time to get going. Proper disclaimer was given (Benny still isn’t responsible if you get hurt). Let’s circle the parking lot while some cars pull in. Head down to the track…
Warm up:
15-IC SSH
2-IC burpees – I offered to do a demonstration, but nobody was interested. Sad.
15-IC Imperial Walkers
2-IC burpees
15-IC Windmill
2-IC burpees
15-IC Mountain Climbers
2-IC burpees
Main Thang…
Partner up. We had 11 today, so I flew solo.
Each partner runs in opposite direction to the other side of the track, where they would do 10 Hand slap Merkins. Run back and do 10 hand slap Carolina Dry Docks.
But, we’re not done yet. Partners run in opposite direction to the other side of the track, where you would do 10 Flutter Kicks (4 count) together. Run back and do 10 Heels to Heaven together.
We moseyed to just outside the fence at the bottom of the hill. In my 2 years of F3 and often posting at Base Camp, I don’t think we’ve ever used this hill. I could change that!
Triple Nickel –
5 Hand release merkins at the top
5 Low Slow Squats at the bottom
5 times
After all were complete, we started up the hill doing some Lunge Walks. About a 1/3rd of the way up, we did some Sumo Walk. Finish off the last 3rd with a nice jog.
Grab some wall and get in the People’s Chair…
50 Air presses
We were about to go into some 1 leg squats, when Marvel asked if we could move to the side of the school – good call. So we moved.
5 left single leg squats
5 right single leg squats
40 air presses
Time for some rocks…
P1 – Curls with Rock
P2 – run down to the bleachers and 15 dips
Switch
P1 – Press with Rock
P2 – run down to the bleachers and 15 supine pull-ups
Switch
1 lap around the parking lot and let’s finish with some Mary.
Protractor
15 American Hammers
Finished!
Rough estimate is that we got in 1.7 miles today.
Announcements:
Crane Relay – Coming up on Oct 26th. The rumor is that the slow guys are Team Captains. That might not be true, but it’s a rumor that I’m spreading.
https://f3southcharlotte.com/2018/07/14/the-crane-relay/
BRR – Sept 7th and 8th. Be safe in your training!
COTS – Good turnout at last Church on the Streets. Next one is Sunday, Sept 2nd – Labor Day weekend. A lot of good details provided by Strawberry. #HIM. I’ll be adding the sign-up genius.
Thanks for the takeout by Marvel.
Moleskin:
The basic idea of this workout, I stole from my first post at F3 lead by Goonie, https://f3southcharlotte.com/2016/08/08/pele-must-be-in-brazil/
I remember being paired up with Knight Rider (who I recognized from my neighborhood), what a running beast!
I’ll never forget that first workout. After the warm-up and during the hand-slap merkins, I was like “What have I gotten myself into?” Now I can answer, “Something pretty special!”
Dredd had some recent comment about doing Burpees “In cadence”, so that you can avoid doing the “Aussie Burpee”. Good thought. If you haven’t checked out the “43 Feet – leadership podcast” with Dredd and Dark Helmet, then you should.
The Triple Nickel and hand release Merkins are a favorite of Mermaid. He was the guy that kept talking about F3 while our daughters swam, so this was a good way to honor him.
The single leg squats were something that I had seen some ballerina do on Instagram. Except they held weights in the air – far tougher than me! I know you guys like when I work in some ballet. Besides, classes start up again in less than 3 weeks – have you registered?
I always like the Protractor during Mary. And nobody called “69” – finally, some grown up maturity.
Veteran group of PAX today working it out. Marvel is a young stud. Costanza celebrates his 2 years in about 2 weeks. Once upon a time, we were deep 6 together. Now we can definitely hang! Thunder Road is like the energizer bunny. He just keeps going and getting it done.
Finally, let me say “Thank you” (yes, the emotional sappy part)… I think back to the movies “Singles” and the Pearl Jam song, “State of Love and Trust” and the lyrics, “I’ll do this one myself”. Maybe, I could train for something like the BRR or a half marathon by myself. Frankly, I don’t want to! I want you guys in my life and hope to be part of yours. The fun is doing this together.
John 15:13 (NIV) Greater Love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
While scouting, YHC discovered a spooky clearing in the woods behind Jack Hughes Park. Knowing it would be dark and spooky back there, i decided to bring my old battery powered lantern, placed stealthly beside the trail that led to the clearing.
Then the below workout took place:
Things just fell into place for the Q at Rock Zero. For the last month, YHC has had on my home calendar to locate an AO needing a Q for August 4th. However, the issue was that it could not be an AO that YHC had posted at this year (Lexington Ky remains the only Saturday AO I have posted twice to in 2018). Just before I started to reach out to other regions for assistance on this one, I saw the post from Flipper in the South Charlotte Slack. Looks like the Gypsy truck gets to stay home this weekend and enjoy the welcoming humid conditions in my home region of Area 51.
0645 AM Pull into the opposite side of the AO and drop off my trusty coupon that has helped me through the last few Qs. (More to come on this one)
0650 AM Locate the launch spot or group of guys standing around because there was no shovel flag to be found. (BTW..If you have never posted at the RockZero, give yourself a few extra minutes to find the location. This AO is at a local church and the parking lot is bigger than most malls that YHC has been to.)
0655 AM Hoover comes rolling in from the pre-run.. Sorry bud.. We are going to get a few more miles in for you.
0657 AM Still no shovel flag and we will need it for this Weinke.. But no problems, like any good gypsy; I come prepared and return to the truck where I happen to have a spare Shovel flag ready to be planted along our route.
0700 AM Disclaimer: The reason I had it on my calendar for so long to find a post to Q on 8/4 was my one year anniversary of two life-altering events. One was my 1 year in F3 and by no small coincidence after smoking for nearly 30 years it was also my 1 yr for not smoking cigarettes.
I let the PAX know it is my 1 yr on not smoking and I plan to smoke myself during the workout. They can join me if they wish, but if they do, they cannot sue me, F3, of the church. No one disagreed or left, so YHC started the Rock Zero workout for 8/4/18. It went a little like this.
Warm up run:
Ole’ Glory 1M F2 run to the corner of Elm/ 51 and back (No pax member is to be out in front of the Shovel Flag)
Post our flag
COP:
Grab the shovel flag and mosey to the front parking lot
Post our flag: Thang 1: Gypsy Rock with a Hose (hopefully by now, most of A51, SOB, Mint Hill, UC, and Lexington, KY have had an opportunity to utilize the gifts our Unionville Fire department bestowed upon us. If not, just post at my next Q and you can enjoy this favorite coupon of mine as well. There are 9 of them out there in the gloom)
All Pax members grab a rock and line up. Person right of Q starts with the hose as timer dragging it to the far side of parking lot and back as PAX performs called exercise. PAX put the rock down and everyone takes a step to the left getting a new rock and new pax as the timer.
Return rocks after one rotation.
Grab the shovel flag and mosey to Soccer fields
I am not a professional and as such do enjoy the minor comforts available during a workout. Personally, I hate wet feet and the fields were soaking wet, so YHC called an audible to the parking lot.
Post our flag: Thang 2: (Dora 1,2,3)
Pair up: Pax 1 performs set exercise with Pax 2 runs to far parking space to complete 2 burpees and return to swap out with Pax 1
Continue until completion of called exercises or Q calls Omaha
0745 AM with most the PAX somewhere in the middle of the Crab Cakes, YHC calls Omaha
Grab the shovel flag and AYG 1M run to ELM and 51 then back to the launch site.
LBCs for the 6 or ping-pong back.
Post our flag and begin 7 MoM
MoM:
Some mubblechatter on this one. As the Q, I hold for beginning exercise until everyone is in starting position. So from time to time, there may be a 2nd or 3rd call of “Starting position” before declaring “Exercise”.
Dollys, Rosalittas, Heels to heaven, and American Hammers.
DONE!!
Announcements:
August 18th Speed for Need Surfers for Autism
Crane relay October 26th. Must sign up by August 25th (No Exceptions)
Sign-ups for the Santa Ruck on 12/1 have started:
Registration at: https://www.facebook.com/events/418207928670932/
See Geraldo for more details.
Moleskin:
A solid group of men this morning.
Every one of us required encouragement from the pax to the left and right to finish up one part of an exercise or another. WE held strong to the motto of leave no man behind but leave no man where you found him. All of us pushed our limits in one way or another at RockZero on 8/4.
I saw Ruckers running and Runners carrying essential material. I saw “Hate-Hates” running side by side with “Respects”. I saw the men of F3 encouraging each other to get right and finish strong. I saw a Fellowship so strong that an F3 Nation Gypsy could come out in the Gloom and feel right at home beside my brothers under the eyes of our almighty Sky Q as we took turns carrying our Great Nation’s flag.
1 yr of F3 for YHC in the history books.
(to many individuals inside F3 to thank for guidance and accountability along the way.. but a specific T-Clap to my pax brother Christmas who introduced me to F3 and also made sure I was not giving up when it was so easy to stay in bed during those cold winter days. It makes a huge difference when you know someone is waiting on you either for a ride to Post or is in your driveway waiting for you to get in the car)
What will year 2 bring?
Flipper: Thank you for letting me lead your AO and thank you to the PAX of Rock Zero pushing me to finish.
Respectfully,
Gypsy
19 men shoved off for adventure! Mario and Thin Mint left for an adventure date.
Disclaimer!
Run from the Vine to Ballantyne Village parking lot
COP:
Side-straddle hops (IC) x 20
Imperial Walkers (IC) x 15
Low, not-so-slow squats (IC) x 10
‘Mericans (IC) x 10
Ramp BLIMPS
Up the Ballantyne Village Parking Garage stopping at each landing for:
5 Burpees
10 Lunges (each leg)
15 Imperial Walker (both sides)
20 ‘Mericans
25 Plank jacks
30 Squats
Down the garage steps to the basement, up the grass hill to the cones.
The Beast!
6 rounds, 6 stations & 6 repetitions
Rd1 – Carolina dry docks
Rd2 – bomb jacks
Rd3 – American hammer
Rd4 – ‘Mericans
Rd5 – Dolly
Rd6 – Burpees
Stairway/Heels to Heaven
Starting at the basement do 1 Heels-to-Heaven, climb a flight of steps do 2 Heels-to-Heaven repeat and complete all the way up and down.
Potpurri
50 calf raises
10 Rosalita
10 Box cutters
20 Side the Kid
Cone Party
Bear crawl / sprint run
Lunge walk / sprint
Ring around the BoA
Sprint the length of the bank and jog rest of the way around x 3
Back to launch – 10 ‘Mericans
Moleskine
First, off kudos to Cul-de-Sac for being a faithful pre-runner. It’s a great way to start your engines and we’ve had some great 2nd/3rd F conversations.
Today, the gloom was especially gloomy – dank and foggy. I decided staying on the blacktop was the best way to avoid injury and destroying Ballantyne’s beautiful landscaping. (I love how the sprinkler are on every morning even after a thunderstorm.) We also had two FNGS, a kid and a few RESPECTS. So, I decided staying mainly in on place for a true boot camp. We did manage 2.5 miles.
Other questions & observations
Who had the better head scarf: me or Goldberg? (I was accused of looking like the Blind Melon bee girl.)
Dash got bored at one point and asked to watch a movie in the car.
Both are FNGs put in a noble effort and faked the exercises as well as most vets.
Toolbag won a race against Dash, but he lost the math test.
Happy birthday, Goldberg
Announcements
Crane Relay
Paintball War SOB v A51
Isabelle Santos
Great Wolf Lodge