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There’s gonna be a wedding

Date: 2023-08-05 AO: olympus Q: voodoo PAX: Krzyzewski, mighty_mite, MARTA, The Worm, voodoo FNGs: None COUNT: 5 Warmup: I was warm after unloading all of the gear from my car, but the pax needed to move around a little.
SSH, IW, Windmills, maybe some LSS (all IC)
The Thang: A small group today, so no need for splitting into groups.
Station 1: Frank the Tank – each pax pushes out, recovers while others push, then pushes back. We did pushing and pulling (with harness forward, backward, bear crawl).
Station 2: Sandbags – carry sandbags of varying weight in various ways (shoulder, back, bear hug, farmer). Out and back each round.
Station 3: Heavy bells – each round, pax rotate through the different bell sizes, completing more reps with lighter bells and vice versa with the heavier ones. Round 1 was swings, round 2 was squats/deadlifts, and round 3 was cleans.
Recovery: Mary – between cycles of all three stations, we stopped for some Mary. The first round was box cutters and LBCs. Second round was dying cockroaches and Freddie Mercury.
The Rock pax joined us sporadically for sled pushing and Mary.
Announcements:
– Mighty Mite posted on the morning of his wedding (hence the title above). Pretty strong, but not unexpected considering who MM is and his commitment to F3 over the last 10+ years. He’s served on the SOB Board, been site Q at various sites, and has posted more times than anyone can count. He’s been a loyal friend and I’ve enjoyed working with him to develop our kettlebell workouts over the years. We’ll miss him, but our loss is the Fort’s gain.
– Orange Whip posted at The Rock and officially took over as our Area 51 Nantan. He introduced his shared leadership team (SLT): Lex Luthor (1st F Q), MARTA (2nd F Q), Astro (3rd F Q), Wild Turkey (CSAUP/Rucking/Other Q), and Emoji (Weasel Shaker). It’s a great group and I’m excited to see what they do next with our region. Thank you for stepping up to lead as F3 doesn’t just happen, it takes leaders to make drive things forward, particularly in a mature region like ours.
– Thank you to my outgoing SLT: Flipper, Hoover, Geraldo, and Orange Whip (although he’s not really going anywhere). Udder is our permanent Commz Q.
COT: O’Tannenbaum channeled his inner preacher and laid a strong one on the pax. Thank you for the take-out.

3.4 miles and 46 burpees birthday extravaganza . . . .

Date: 2023-08-07 AO: firestarter Q: Franky PAX: Point Break, kirby, Rudy, C3P0, Goose, one star, Hippie FNGs: None COUNT: 8 WARMUP: Easy mosey to Target parking lot, 20 SSHs, 20 imperial walkers, 20 merkins THE THANG: Mosey behind target, got the coupons and we find a whiteboard with some instructions. Total: 3.4 Miles, 40 Burpees, 60 Curls, 45 Overhead presses, 30 American hammers (2=1), and 15 Flutter Kicks (2=1). MARY: 6 Burpees at the end. Total 46! ANNOUNCEMENTS: Backyard ultra 5k coming up on 10/14. COT: A few prayer requests for our kids and their struggles with school and to keep them safe as they embark new journeys. Rudy took us out with a prayer.

Old AK

Date: 2023-08-07 AO: blakovery Q: retread PAX: bunker, frasier, Polly, Dosey Doe, wingman, retread FNGs: None COUNT: 6 6 Pax for another hot and humid August morning at Blakovery. 4 added some early miles. Hydrate early and often.

DMZ – Dealers Choice

Date: 2023-08-07 AO: dmz Q: Slumdog , Coldcuts – Scott Simons PAX: Slumdog, Coldcuts – Scott Simons, Knuckles, Pothole FNGs: None COUNT: 4 An Impromptu Dealers Choice for a Monday WARMUP: Slumdog starts it off with a loop around the Church THE THANG: All 20x SSH, Sharon Towers, Merkins, Squats, Monkey Humpersx50 20 Dips, 20 SSH, 15 Dips, 15 SSH, 10 and 5. Passes Q to Pothole Loop around church stopping 3 times for 5 Burpees, 10 Merkins. Lap 2 had 10 burpees, 20 merkins. Pass to Cold Cuts Bear Crawl Paula Abdul style ( 2 parking spots forward, one spot back) up the hill. Stopping for some Mary twice. Head to secret play ground for 10 pullups x3 separated by tables and planks. Pass to Knuckles Grab blocks for 10 Curls, 10 overhead press, 10 squat, 10 dead lifts. Run to end of parking lot and back. Rinse and Repeat x3
COT
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Handful of Metro Announcements : Last F3 Dads workout of the year coming up, Free to Bleed Blood drive sign ups are live. Need more 51 guys at DMZ COT:
Solid work was done this morning. We discovered a new AO playground that to my knowledge has never been used in DMZ. Sign list being sent out today. Everyone sign up for a Q. No better way to start your week. Aye!

Little bit of this and that

Date: 2023-08-07 AO: run Q: Cheese Curd , Cheese Curd PAX: turkey_leg, Spammer, funky_cold, Full House, Orange Whip, Watchita, grasshopper, Mr Brady, Cheese Curd FNGs: None COUNT: 9 WARMUP: some warmed up: Grasshopper and Spammer with a prerun.  The 5:15 rolled in ready to go. 5:15:59 Wachita rolled in ready to go. THE THANG:  Horsey Crew was running from Yucca to Sardis. Orange Whip was in the zone and like always, Turkey Leg gave him an early lead and was reeling him in. Full House started with us and then disappeared (Circled back for Chubby Hubby). MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:

Marvin Miles

Date: 2023-08-04 AO: marvin-miles Q: Polly PAX: bunker, frasier, hairball FNGs: None COUNT: 4 Early edition drew a bigger crowd

yeti sighting at the ‘henge

Date: 2023-08-05 AO: stonehenge Q: hoover PAX: lex_luthor, fire_hazard FNGs: None COUNT: 3 2 men followed the yeti across the parking lots of Ballantyne. trips to the lakes were promised but not kept, lex couldn’t remember what exercises we were doing, we found a nice set of hammocks and took a siesta, stepped on turf so new we literally broke it in as we ran across it, told BRR stories, and ended with some 12 oz curls. What we didn’t have in numbers we made for with fellowship.
WARMUP: imperial walkers, sharon towers, cotton pickers
THE THANG: 4 corners (3 burpees in the center, merkins, dry docks, H2H, squats increase reps 10, 15, 20 with each round). hot mess (cross parking lot stopping at each island for wide arm merkins, diamonds, lunges, LBCs?, then run back to start. reps per round 10, 13, 16, 13, 10). Head to the turf for triple nickel, gassers, hammocks, back to launch for some mary and 12 ounce curls.
MARY: there’s something about her
ANNOUNCEMENTS: mighty mite’s getting hitched, maybe already is?, area 51 has a new board
COT: einsteins is great until screaming children arrive

Second attempt

Date: 2023-08-05 AO: run Q: HazMat PAX: Astro (Kyle Kirchhoff), frasier, soft_pretzel, Rob Rosenthal – Drive By, midriff, Kielbasa, das_boot, Dosey Doe, tuck, toolbag, turkey_leg, gumbo FNGs: None COUNT: 13
WARMUP: THE THANG: MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:

Into the wild

Date: 2023-08-05 AO: chicken-run Q: HazMat PAX: toolbag, Dosey Doe, Astro (Kyle Kirchhoff), das_boot, frasier, Kielbasa, midriff, turkey_leg, Rob Rosenthal – Drive By, tuck, soft_pretzel, gumbo FNGs: None COUNT: 13 WARMUP: pre runs and more pre runs THE THANG: 10 miles into the mean streets of highgate MARY: a few missed turns ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: trying to identify these tracks. Gazelle, Clydesdale or Toolbag.

So many questions….

Date: 2023-08-05 AO: _area-51 Q: O Tannenbaum PAX: poptart, wildturkey, Mr. Magoo, Orange Whip, Snuka, ChickenWing, @limey, @tuna, @pilgrim FNGs: None COUNT: 11 (@hoover) WARMUP: running pushing @voodoo’s sled, merkins, running, Mary, running, stretching THE THANG: OT-are you crying?…Did you run before?…Are you ok?…Did you go swimming?…We ran 3 miles and did 300 hundo merkins!! And the devils workout was no big deal🤮 MARY: yes…look at our abs…right behind our stomachs ANNOUNCEMENTS: new Nan Tan is Orange Whip!! Mighty Mite is getting married TODAY!! Tart is available for honeymoon advice COT:finished with Olympus gang of sweat—great to see everyone @hoover @geraldo