This is OUR turf!

This is OUR turf!

It was an honor to lead the first SOB F3 Dad workout. In true SOB fashion, I broke the rules and brought “props’ to the Bullring.

At 8:50, it was just me and the 2.0s and I was starting to get concerned that no one was showing up. Turns out a few guys were driving around the Bull Ring (.5 mi) trying to find our spot. If you’ve never been before, we meet by the bronze bull statues/swing set. Erector and his son were first to arrive and not long others soon joined.

Quick warm-up lap
Side straddle hops x 10
Imperial walkers x 10
Squats x 5
Daddy elevators x 5 (‘Merican with kid on your back)

Game 1
Three legged race. (I used my winter infinity scarves to lash our legs together.)

Game 2
Capture the flag. 2 rounds
The kids won both rounds and dad’s really didn’t take it easy.

Game 3
Sharks vs. Minnows
A version of tag that starts with one “shark” who tags the “minnows” as they attempt to “swim/run” to safetey. If one is tagged, he/she becomes a shark for the next round. Repeat until one minnow is left. The winning minnow becomes the shark for the next game.

Game 4
Night at the Museum
The pax may only move toward base if the “looker” is turned away. If the lookers turns around and spots you, you are out. The first person to cross into base become the looker the next round.

Game 5
Volleyball
The M bough an oversived, inflatable volleyball and net and we put it use. We split into even teams of kids and dads. Kids have priority for hitting the ball. The net was too narrow for the amound of people, but everyone was a good sport.

Game 6
Water Gun Firing Squad
Kids with water pistols formed a two lines and dads had to run, bear crawl, crab walk and backwards run through the gauntlet. Then dads and kids switched. Some kids were not as enthusiastic about being sprayed.

Game 7
Water gun free-for-all
Everyone got wet!

Moleskine
I love F3 for so many reasons and F3 Dads is among my favorite activities. There is no better way to show leadership than to take time to be with you children. The games are just for fun, but we are teaching good sportsmanship, how to take turns, share and how take instruction and follow rules. We are also getting kids away from TV and tablets and showing them to have fun outside.

About halfway through the workout, a YMCA bootcamp mosey up to our area and proceeded to workout for about 15 minutes. It was pretty annoying because there are plenty of other spots in the vicinity to do what they were doing. If I ever Q and a group is in a spot I planned for, I would adjust and go somewhere else. It’s courtesy.

Tolkien ran Metro’s Goat CSUP earlier in the morning and showed up with no shirt and no kids. (His wife did drop them off soon after his arrival.) By the end of workout, he was lying in the grass and kid’s were lighting him up with water guns. It was funny and sad. (Get some rest!)

Please spread the word of F3 Dads at all your AOs. It was great seeing newbie’s Caboose, Escobar and Erector, plus regular’s Fire Hazard, Soft Pretzel and Voodoo.