21ish PAX showed up for another rendition of Horsey McHorseSomething. (Editorial Comment: How did ppl come up with this name? It’s odd. I think Horse Head had something to do with it.)
We ran the big loop (top of the hill – Cactus Plant dead end, bottom of the hill – Wanda/Sardis, start hill, repeat). At the start, I said that most boys will run the route of their choosing but men will run the big loop. Surprisingly, there was organized chaos and most stuck to the plan.
A few observations:
About half shirts, half skins today which is surprising given it’s 102 degrees with 115% humidity at 0515.
Chester made a quick appearance waving at his departing father aka Hostage Taker. It was so humid that he didn’t even stay outside for a cigarette.
A nameless group of the PAX were whiskey-dicking (#lexicon) on lap 2 and still chatting about yesterday’s episode of Face the Nation or their Pokemon adventures or whatever. Egypt kept murmuring something about a pikachu and holding his phone out in front of him. It was weird. Glad there was 2nd F going on I guess.
Geraldo was still rocking his calf condoms and smiling ear to ear amidst the misery. #GlassHalfFullGuy
Alf looked miserable and lonely. Coming off of a regretful performance at the inaugural Beer Mile, his shame and self-loathing were palpable.
Laettner rocked his #NightLight. That’s it. That’s all I got for Laettner.
HH was 1.2 laps in before sources reported seeing him walk back to his car with “cramps.” Sources also reported seeing him pulverize and snort Midol before rejoining the PAX. Glad he made it back.
Turkey Leg’s training regimen is beginning to wear him down. He trudged through this morning but sources say he kept asking if the BRR was here yet.
Kirk ran in from his house (1.9 mi) and then back home. Long morning…
UAs from Semi Gloss, Hops, Hairball, and many more. TR Q’d at DMZ which is a righteous excuse.
Mr. Brady has the Q next week. He’s practicing his cadence counting as we speak…
F3 Golf is Friday. Tee times at 0900 (allegedly).
SOFAWIB is tomorrow, 0530 at the Ye Ol’ Providence Elementary. Take a break from all this running around and give your soccer arms a workout. Your wife will thank you.
There was 6-7 miles of moistness put in this morning. T-Claps to those who posted.
9 men came out and sweat profusely. I’ll admit I didn’t think this was going to be all that taxing but like most things in life, I was wrong.
El Thang:
Run to HT’s iconic waterfall feature and stop there. Q will lead in waiting exercises while the accordion contracts.
Run to Stonecroft. 2 cul-de-sacs on Fairway Vista Drive along with Greenway Bend in the middle. Between the 3 stops, men completed 45 monkey humpers, 75 merkins (any/all forms accepted), 90 Freddy Mercuries (L/R=1). After making it to one end, we ran back to the start and did it again. Everyone did 3.5 (or 4.5?) rounds and the sweat was pouring.
Run back to OPE via scenic route (Stonecroft to DOP to OPE).
NM:
Bodybag (King George’s Man) brought Brexit (Wales) out not long ago. While they sound nearly identical to a naive American, they are far from it. Don’t ask if they are from the same city. #AngryElf
Good to see Grape Juice out. Didn’t know he lived south of me but glad to know he’s in the hood.
Kirk was not beaten by a 13 year old today. T-Claps.
Vision Quest aka One Eye wore one of his 6 Armani headbands, and wore it well.
Lots of opportunity in Stonecroft so looking forward to exploring more.
F3 Dads is happening. Check the website. Be a dad today.
F3 Golf is happening. Check the website. Sponsor a hole by paying ppl at a workout near you, ie: Day Zero.
Mumblechatter with inside voices will be vital for tomorrow morning. We’ll be heading to Stonecroft which is pronounced with a Jeeves the Butler accent. I don’t think we’ve ventured to this McMansion paradise before but if sweaty dudes in a MTV Cribs neighborhood won’t get us arrested, I’m not sure what will.
Run to HT’s iconic waterfall feature and stop there. Q will lead in waiting exercises while the accordion contracts.
Run to Stonecroft. There are 3 dead ends between Fairway Vista Drive (that’s “Fairway View Drive” in English – #TacoBellDegree) and Greenway Bend Drive. Between the 3 dead ends, you have to complete 45 monkey humpers, 75 merkins (any/all forms accepted), 90 Freddy Mercuries (L/R=1). Do one exercise, all reps in each dead end or split it up if you can count and breathe simultaneously.
Rinse & Repeat until the Q calls it for a scenic trip back to HQ.
If so inclined, meet at the cheese grinder parking lot known as Ol’ Providence Elementary for a 0530 launch. Bring a friend.
7 loyal PAX posted this morning. We followed instructions to the T, kind of. Read about it here: http://f3nation.com/2016/06/20/sofawib-pb-the-grocery-list/
In short, Chadwyck Farms mile to start.
-5 pullups, 10 burpees, 15 decline merkins, 20 Mtn Climbers (L/R = 1), 25 dips, 30 Freddy Mercuries (L/R = 1)
-Run to entrance to school, stop sign (at Rea Rd) and back. Rinse & Repeat until time’s called.
Run reverse Chadwyck Farms – outro.
Missed 1 on accountability above. Sound off in the comments.
NM:
@Kirk is back. Foot’s healing and he’s gunning for the front.
@Sledge is 13 and out every week. Strong work. Thankfully, we didn’t have @RunPrancer out there with his Run DMC music, educating and maturing Sledge one lyric at a time.
Grocery List was just that, a long list. Like cabbage or that can of chicken noodle, or was it broth?, soup, the PAX were forgetting (#CoughLeavingOut) burpees left and right. #SelectiveMemoryLoss
Lots of PAX not out this week. Either Fast Twitch has dealt a death blow to our numbers or fartsackers-R-us took over. Regardless, good to workout with those who were there.
Same bat time/channel next week.
#CrackFingers #AddressKeyboard
Tomorrow’s PB for SOFAWIB — As @BodyBag says, “We’ve godalot to do (in British accent).”
Run 1 mile entry fee through Chadwyck Farms (R on Rea, L on Summerlin, R on Windy Rush, R on Chadwyck Farms, R on Rea and back to base camp) – you’ll remember it, don’t worry.
Head to playground and get settled physically & emotionally. NOTE: Run Prancer brings music at this point and weirdness commences.
Do the Grocery List OYO:
-5 pullups, 10 burpees, 15 decline merkins, 20 Mtn Climbers (L/R = 1), 25 dips, 30 Freddy Mercuries (L/R = 1)
-Run to entrance to school, stop sign (at Rea Rd) and back. Rinse & Repeat until time’s called.
Run reverse Chadwyck Farms – outro. Bring a friend, be a part of history.
If so inclined, meet at the DOP/OPE lot on Rea Road at 5.20am. We launch into the gloom at 5.30am.
16 PAX mustered for another episode of SOFAWIB. Several were shirtless not long after the starting gun went off. Those that were followed Iron Mike in usual fashion.
The Thang:
At OPE playground:
NM:
-Kirk is wading into the water after a month on IR. Welcome back.
-Run Prancer handed over the whistle this morning to Swiper. Kirk and Swiper will now get back to planning world domination via SOFAWIB.
-Sledge was hustlin’. 13 years old and crushing it. Atta boy.
-On the outro run, Run Prancer was running alongside red-shirt-guy (Wolfman?). With little to no heavy breathing, they were talking about dollhouses and new casserole recipes. #hustle
-One Eye maintaining his image with 1 of his 300 head bands and his combat gloves.
-Hops was out there today for his SOFAWIB maiden voyage. He left with mulch in tow to show for it.
-TClaps to Kirk for the take out.
-Send some prayers up for McGee’s mom. Bad diagnosis of cancer and she needs the Sky Q right now.
-Strong showing this morning for SOFAWIB. Let’s keep the momentum going. Let’s hit 20 next week. Send an email, text someone, tell a friend. Make history.
We’re stealing from our Metro brethren. Partner up. As usual, size/speed/Myers Briggs/dominant hand all matter.
At OPE playground:
If you feel so inclined, meet at the usual SOFAWIB HQ. Train leaves at 5:30.
Well it felt like death to me at least. 22 PAX were grabassing, smoking and joking and at 5:31, we launched.
Thang:
Warm up – SSH X 30, toe touchers X 30 seconds, merkins X 10, 6 inches X 20 seconds. Mosey.
Raintree hill halfpipe for 5 burpees (hilltop A), 5 burpees (valley), 10 diamond merkins (hilltop B). TR out front with a fatherly suggestion that we shouldn’t be playing in traffic. Omaha, Green, Omaha.
Raintree hill #2 (worse than #1) halfpipe for 7 burpees (hilltop A), 7 burpees (valley), 15 diamond merkins (hilltop B). Most everyone did 3 sets before some mary in the valley. Again, surprising amount of traffic but TR’s fatherly instinct never kicked in.
Valley to hilltop 1 (large hill) for 7s with jump squats and burpees. Mary to wait. Mosey back to HQ.
NM:
It seemed a lot better in my head but this was miserable. Large hills remind me of the BRR nastiness that is upon us. Summertime is here which means BRR prep is here. Hope everyone got their security deposit’s worth.
Thanks to Lil’ Mike for taking us out and for moving out to #SouthSide. One by one…
T-Claps to Spackler for wearing his Free Range shirt. Beginning to wonder if it’s ever washed. #Thooper
T-Claps to Kirk for offering painful suggestions for today’s suckfest and not posting. #HurtLegs
T-Claps to Starfish for participating. He was sold a bag of goods and accepted it rather cheerfully.
T-Claps to SemiGloss and company for letting me Q.
T-Claps to Fletch for staying on my heels all morning. Couldn’t shake him.
T-Claps for T-Claps.
Memorial Day Convergence 7AM at Symphony Park. Race at 7:45AM. Signups on the Interweb.
Commence Mumblechatter.
11 PAX showed up this morning. Here’s what we did:
Mosey to basketball court for warmup – SSH X 25, Merkins X 10, Peter Parker X 10
Run 1 mi loop around school
Partner up for WIBesque workout:
A/B do 10 pullups, 25 dips, 25 squats, 25 over/unders; Run a lap and 3 dumbocrats each per corner
Repeat, adding 2 dumbocrats per lap.
Repeat for 35ish minutes.
Magee led 6-8 MoM. It was painful.
3 man grinders on the main hill. A does Mary, B does jump squats, C runs in between
Run 1 mi loop around school
Moleskin:
Strong work. Thanks for Magee and BB for letting me join in on the partner work, #oddnumbers. Welcome @Lee, FNG to Day Zero. He crushed it, duh. Welcome @T&C, FNG to F3 and T-Claps @Hairball for yet another EH.
Thanks for the chance to lead. Another good start to a Saturday.
19 PAX came to DMZ where we ran and did partner work on the half pipes across S. CLT.
The Thang:
Elbows for 1 minute, waiting on Kirk (LIFO per usual)
Run to Town/Country & one of the Sharons intersection. Squats to wait.
Run to Governor’s Square halfpipe. Partner up, A runs up 1 way and does 30 merkins. B runs other way and does 10 jump squats. Meet in the middle for 10 hand release merkins. R/R X 3.
Run the loop around Governor’s Square. Get to a random stop sign. Same partner for token Swiper:
A runs backward. B does 3 burpees, catches A and flajpack. Run to Chevington, run back to stop sign/repeat (X2).
Some Mary with a bit of complaining by Agony of all ppl.
Run back to COT for more Mary.
Naked Moleskin:
Agony’s washboard abs need no introduction. No wonder he hates wasting time on Mary.
“Run to the rectangular street sign” was bad leadership. The sign was a 2nd floor bathroom light. Thanks to Kirk, no peeping Toms went to jail this morning.
Sun Dancer mumbled something a couple of times. Couldn’t ever hear him since Iron Mike mumbled louder. Couldn’t understand him either.
Vision Quest still rocking the headband. Bout Time still rocking the ‘Boggon. Orlando still rocking BRR shirt 2011 (me too).
Strong work by all. I’m Qng Death Valley Wednesday so come there. It’ll be worth your security deposit.
Thanks Bushwood for the opportunity.