A Walk in the Woods

A Walk in the Woods

Once upon a time 3 guys met in the woods. One came from the North. One came from the South. And one came from over there a ways. This is their story:

COP: None

The Thang:

Ruck: 3 miles at 15 min/mile pace

PT: Stopped half way through for the following exercises led by YHC and Pusher:

Ruck Swings

Ruck Curls

Ruck Overhead Press

Ruck Squats

Ruck Lunges

Bear Crawls with Ruck

Crab Walk with Ruck

Merkins IC

LBCs

Flutter kicks with Ruck Hold IC

Finish with a short ruck run/shuffle to endex

Moleskin:

YHC knows these guys from work and we’ve been talking about rucking together for a while and this was their first foray into rucking, so welcome!  Pusher is an active F3 brother from The Fort but new to rucking. He borrowed his ruck from F3 Cake Boss (T-claps to Cake Boss for the loan).  Charlie Fernandez is an FNG from the Metro region, and while new to rucking like this, he just finished a 100ish mile backpacking Boy Scouts trip lugging 50 pounds in his pack, so he came ready today. 

Start point was the greenway at Rea and Bevington.  Head lamps were required as we walked into the dark woods.  No other people.  No deer today.  Just a few animal noises from the swamp and woods, and the jingle jangle of weight plates bouncing around in Charlie’s ruck after the bear crawls dislodged them .  Lot’s of talk about F3, GORUCK, Pathfinder, Heavy Drop Training, The Bear Climb, Boy Scouts, College Football, the highs and lows of raising teenagers and the joys of family, how having a goal helps us motivate to get up and get out and push ourselves. No talk about work.

YHC considered whether or not to make this an F3 workout and whether or not to write a BB.  Since we had 2 F3 pax and an FNG, the decision was made to start with a disclaimer and lead on in F3 fashion, so we did.  I think every FNG deserves a back blast, so here it is.  YHC was motivated by Horse Head’s recent back blast: https://f3southcharlotte.com/2019/08/23/614/

I think this hits several of his reasons to write a back blast: reason # 1 for sure, and if you are still reading, then that satisfies reason #2.

While many names were considered, Charlie was dubbed Man O’ War because although the Fernandez family is from Louisiana, the name is Portugeese.  With a strong name like that he is expected to post again.

YHC is a little rusty as I’ve been doing some solo ruck PT/rucking and have been away from F3 and Q’ing, so I forgot the Take Out.  Let’s all take a moment to make a short gratitude list.  No matter how bad things get, we can always find something to be thankful for.  For me, that get’s me out of my head and away from my selfish thoughts and desires, and re-directs me towards others.  What are you grateful for today?

Aye!