14 men at Kevlar this morning slowly sharpening iron.
THE THANG
Run to track next to launch and run lap then circle up
Warm up exercises.
20 SSH
20 Mtn. Climbers
20 Merkins
10 Burpees OYO
1-Run to Reid Hall
o Wide arm Merkins bottom of hill
o Jump Squats at top of hill
2-Run to Church Parking Lot
o Round 1-3
3-Run back to track at school with partners
o Partner 1 – tire curls
o Partner 2 – sprint field
o Partner 1 – raise tire run
o Partner 2 – flutters
o Partner 1 – ye olde tire carnival game
o Partner 2 – LBCs
Mary – Puddin’
COT
YE OLDE MOLESKINE
When I showed up in the parking lot this morning before I could say good morning to Bulldog he asked where Spackler was because he was supposed to Q. I replied that I had Q and Spackler was probably in a gutter after his usual Thursday night bender. Bulldog told me the workout better be hard because he took the time to wake and up and get there. No pressure! I thought about just having the PAX do 10 counts for 45 minutes to annoy Bulldog but I decided instead to try and make the workout relatively hard.
There were a lot of complaints during the Reid Hall 11s. To be quite honest I don’t think I got past 9s (modify when necessary) but I know Orange Whip, Turkey Leg, Harley, Floor Slapper, Rhapsody and Bulldog finished or came really close. Really good effort from that group!
The PAX was confused by the church hand slap partner exercises but I don’t really care, it was a total time kill and I would do it over again. Rhapsody had to educate me on proper hand slap protocol. I have already reached out to Tiger Rag about having him post a YouTube video on the F3 channel for the PAX’s edification.
The tire exercises were fun but really not that challenging, It did look like Bulldog enjoyed watching a bunch of sweaty old men chase tires.
I appreciate Fault Line and Orange Whip allowing me to lead this fantastic group of men!
Announcements: Compass on Friday mornings ChikFilA – Chicken and Jesus with Bulldog / Convergence for Kevlar and Joust on June 19th / Kevlar needs more Q’s
10 Pax made it out this am. Apologies to 51 Counts….pretty sure I’m going to get audited.
Thangalang
Run up Rea to HT
COP
7 IW – CAD
15 Merkin – CAD
Mosey over to colony then to – Summerhill Ridge Road – Long one
Partner up – Run down to the respective ends of the street and back – Partner Derkins – 20 X 3
7’s on Stonecroft Park Drive
Mosey back through Stonecroft to Launch – Stopping for Mary,
hit the launch then do catch me if you can.
Mary
FIN
Sorry for the delay boys – Been a busy week.
I read through all of the backblast’s and didn’t see any mention of this side of Stonecroft. Apparently we needed to be quiet due to the fact that they had fancy houses. Good running by all, was great to see everyone really pushing to get better. BRR/Marathons/ETC/RAces are in season so we will be doing miles a large amount of the workouts. 3.5 ish today. Good stuff.
Puddin – Thanks for the take out and I tried to Embark as much as a I could yesterday.
out.
YHC rolled up on Centurion this balmy morning to find escargot waiting patiently to post. He regaled paper jam and I of his attempt last week to post and then pj and I took off for a Centurion mile warmup. Paper Jam is turning into a runner. Love it
We returned to find the pax eagerly awaiting their instructions. One site FNG and a short disclaimer later we commence.
Something #unsavory 10 mins of 10 burpees every minute.
6 rounds and loads of gnashing of teeth and groaning we cut it short and mosey around football field out to Walsh up to Little for The Thang.
The Thang
Part 1
10 Hand release Merkins every street light. AYG from light to light. Coincidentally there are 10 street lamps. GO!
Leaders caught a few seconds of rest before YHC got in, arms dragging on the ground.
On your 6 and let’s do some Mary. IC H2H x15, Freddy x15, The Flutter x15.
Recover and mosey to Carmel/51
Part 2
10 Jump Squats every street lamp. AYG lamp 2 lamp.
Leaders circled up in Walgreens p-lot with a reverse plank greeting the 6, everyone in and a 10 count from PJ we get on our 6.
LBC x15, Dolly x15, Rosie x15
Recover mosey to the Tartarus.
Part 3
5 Burpees every landing/straight-away all the way to the top
Everyone on the wall for some PC. Drop it 6″, Arm Raises x15
Sprint to otherside of the deck and back
Grab some wall, drop it 6″, Lion Kings x15 (hops special request)
Sprint to middle of deck and back
Mosey back to the start.
In-Office Moleskin:
Strong group of Pax out there this morning. Kotters to Escargot. He’s had his trials with injuries. Damn glad to see you out in the gloom again. Last week your absence made itself know when you told PJ and I you set your alarm and headed to Centurion at 5:50. LIFO award if you hadn’t turned around to go home. Great work out there brother. I know this was a shocker to come back to, but we’ve come to expect nothing less from Centurion WODS. Spitz, aka Scarface, aka Pretty Woman is today’s unofficial BA. We had to help him with his Hand release merkin form, but after he was flying. Swiper lost his arms on Part 1, much like everyone else did after 60 burpees. Glad no one bashed their face under the failing appendages. Speaking of failing appendages, 7 Respects out there today. A comment made, “This AO has the best [strongest], group of Respects around” I can attest to that as Marconi was spanking us all on the Tartarus Burpee Challenge. Thanks to all the PAX for entertaining my twisted mind. It is always a pleasure to lead you. Next time we’ll do the actual workout which consisted of 100/200/200/100 (burpees/merkins/squats/burpees) #gauntlet #eqaulizer #repshurt #thetaperisnotarealthing #stupidisasstupiddoes
Swiper took us out strong. Thanks brother
Announcements:
Speed for Need: Tolkien is organizing a clt division of this non profit. Check it out. Looks amazing and a combo of all 3 F’s.
Speed for Need
Memorial Day Convergence #1
RockZero: 5/27: 7am
Memorial Day Convergence #2
Basecamp: 5/29: 5:30??? inquire with Basecamp for time
Memorial Day Convergence #3
The Nation led by Lil Mike 5K and go extra mile
Chelms is collecting change for his chicklet problem – JK I think he said it’s to help support someone (needs verification)
3rd F – The Stand at panera Carmel/51 post Centurion 6:30-7:30
CALLING ALL MEN IN F3NATION: PLEASE take just a few minutes to read about this new and exciting charitable initiative, watch the video link, consider making a donation to fund the charity, and seeing how your region can get involved and IMPACT our communities.
“When I became a part of F3, I gained so much more than just fitness. F3 gave a me community, a place to belong. It has been a tremendous honor to share in bringing others into F3Nation and support them on their journey. I love seeing people bring friends and family into our community – especially fathers bringing sons (and other way around!).Most of you know my son has Muscular Dystrophy. His condition means he will never run hills, do burpees or participate in an F3 CSAUP event at 5:30AM. But I know that he and kids like him everywhere long to be part of something bigger than themselves. SPEED-FOR-NEED provides that opportunity. Pushing Owen (or anyone) during a race and letting them feel the support from fellow runners and cheering crowds is exactly what F3 is designed to promote – connecting people, having an IMPACT in our community.My interest in this project is personal. But I know the men of F3 will step up and impact this community which needs our support.” – F3 Nation (Metro) “Nash”
No fancy marketing. Simply put, SPEED-FOR-NEED is about HELPING KIDS WITH DISABILITIES and GROWING F3NATION. It’s about making our biggest fans, the sideline supporters who may have never set foot on the playing field, the STAR ATHLETE. It’s about lifting up humankind’s single greatest Earthly asset, OUR CHILDREN, so they can be filled with DIGNITY and PRIDE. It’s about changing the objective of our race from winning to helping someone else edge us out at the finish line, as we BOTH CELEBRATE VICTORY, every…Single…TIME. It’s about the men of F3Nation commissioning our hearts into ACTION, and practicing the three words we speak of so often: FITNESS FELLOWSHIP FAITH, and seeing an infectious gravitation by other men to be part of the F3Nation brotherhood as the byproduct. THIS is what SPEED-FOR-NEED is all about… Will you support us? CLICK TO DONATE
The MISSION of SPEED-FOR-NEED is to mobilize High Impact Men in F3Nation in responsibly pushing children with disabilities in specialized racing chairs to create an experience impossible by themselves due to their physical limitations. In doing so, SPEED-FOR-NEED exists for the enjoyment of the athlete-rider and their loved ones, to raise awareness and financial support for local charities and our partner Ainsley’s Angels of America, and to increase the visibility of F3Nation for the purpose of invigorating all men in the community, and sparking a call to action.
So, following in the footsteps of Team Hoyt and our partner Ainsley’s Angels of America , the men of F3Nation will be pushing kids with disabilities in racing chairs… really, really FAST ones, and we couldn’t be more excited! Speaking of racing chairs, after months of planning and hard work, we’ve gone ahead and pre-ordered 2 chairs to get SPEED-FOR-NEED up and running and we hope to be pushing kids at our first race near the end of June. These chairs are ridiculously cool looking, will be outfitted F3 style, and highly visible at racing events to thousands of people in the community and men who are waiting to be EH’d by YOU. All of the finer details of SPEED-FOR-NEED, from signing liability waivers, to proper training, to race swag, to safety protocols have been considered and we will elaborate on those in a far more detailed post in the near future.
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!
We need your prayers, marketing, help identifying riders, involvement, and FINANCIAL SUPPORT to accomplish the mission of SPEED-FOR-NEED ! Thanks to several early charitable donations, as well as a generous grant from The F3 Foundation, SPEED-FOR-NEED has got a solid start in fundraising, but we still need your financial support. Each Team Hoyt Blade 2 Racing Chair (fully equipped and ‘souped up’ F3 style) will cost roughly $5,000 and we are aiming to buy several to serve as many kids as possible. Be assured 100% of the money raised in this marketing campaign will be used solely by SPEED-FOR-NEED to purchase racing chairs and accessories, fund operations (i.e. rider race entry fees, finisher medals, Mudgear shirts, etc), support the charities SPEED-FOR-NEED supports at each race, and a portion will be going to our non-profit partner Ainsley’s Angels of America to help accomplish their mission. All donations will flow through Ainsley’s Angels of America and the F3 Foundation and managed by a 501(c)(3) non-profit, and your donation is tax-deductible (you will receive a charitable contribution letter).
We hope that after reading this preblast, watching the video, and visualizing the tremendous opportunity SPEED-FOR-NEED presents for children with disabilities and the growth of F3Nation, you will choose to be a part of SPEED-FOR-NEED in some way, shape, or form, and and make a donation CROWDRISE DONATION LINK . It takes a village to raise a child. Will each of us in F3Nation be that village and each of us donate something to get make the impossible possible for these children?
And if SPEED-FOR-NEED isn’t something you have a passion for, or stirs your heart like it has done to ours, we understand. But we do hope that by reading this, you are inspired to seek out, support, and lead another worthy cause that accomplishes the mission of F3 ‘for the invigoration of male community leadership’. Please reach out to us on Twitter: @JRRTolkienF3 or @F3Nash with any questions or if you would like to help in any other way. Thank you very much for your consideration.
With Appreciation and God Bless,
The Future Athlete-Riders of SPEED-FOR-NEED, F3Nation, Ainsley’s Angels of America, JRR Tolkien and Nash
SPEED-FOR-NEED Sample Race Schedule (we want to be pushing EVERY RACE WEEKEND!)
JAN Joe Davis Run 5K / 10K for Addiction Recovery (Fort Mill, SC – F3 The Fort)
FEB <YOUR RACE, YOUR RIDER, YOUR CAUSE, YOUR F3 REGION!!!>
MAR Run Jen Run 5k to end Breast Cancer (Charlotte, NC – A51 / SOB)
APR Community Foundation Run 5K (Gastonia, NC – F3 Gastonia)
APR Richard Sheltra Memorial 10K / 5K (Pineville, NC – F3 A51 / SOB)
MAY Cannoli Run 5K (Fort Mill, SC – The Fort)
MAY Lexington 3rdF 5K to end Leukemia (Lexington, SC – F3 Lexington)
JUNE King Tiger 5k for YMCA (University Area, Charlotte, NC – F3 MECA)
JULY/AUG <YOUR RACE, YOUR RIDER, YOUR CAUSE, YOUR F3 REGION!!!>
SEPT St Jude 5k to end Childhood Cancer (Charlotte, NC – F3 Metro)
SEPT Summer Sizzler 5k (Virginia Beach, VA – F3 VA Beach)
OCT <YOUR RACE, YOUR RIDER, YOUR CAUSE, YOUR F3 REGION!!!>
NOV Turkey Dash 4mi (South Charlotte, Charlotte NC – F3 SOB / A51)
NOV Charlotte Southpark Turkey Trot 4mi (South Charlotte, NC – F3 Metro)
NOV Novant Charlotte Marathon (Charlotte, NC – F3 Metro)
DEC Run Run Rudolph 5k/10K (University Area, Charlotte, NC – F3 MECA)
DEC Huntersville Half Marathon & 5k (Huntersville, NC – F3 Isotope)
13 Pax this morning for some work down at the football stadium bleachers/field.
Warmup:
Thang:
Go down to the field and in groups of 4 (1 Round)
In Groups of 3
Mosey to Stairwell and complete calf raise circuit
Mosey back to front of school
Moleskin:
Way to finish the work week strong, and Union County workouts have really been picking up the miles lately. It was great to see Segway (Segue?) back out this morning for day 2, keep up the good work and stick around this is great group here. I am sure that Posse will give you the full details on social media as to where to find Memes from the deep dark web (GroupMe), where to find actual information (Slack), where to connect with other F3 regions/areas (Twitter). Other key takeaways from this morning, it appears that Ole McDonald has been couped up too long on the farm, and was very chatty this morning. Guess, the conversation is not as good with Mr. Ed or the chickens in the morning. Bottlecap confirmed the directional rotation for pre-run, but was not impressed and decided to skip this morning pre-workout festivities. Come to find out later that Shampoodle was the deterent as he could navigate to AO without Bottlecap. Shop Dog requested info on t-shirt order, and was directed to Groupme, to which Dirty Bird chimed in with good luck finding it on there. Going to have to do a whole lot of scrolling to find that link.
Announcements:
15 PAX today at Devils Turn.
The Thang:
Last week Bunker and Honey Bee threw down the challenge: Find a new route for Devils Turn. Today’s route headed to Raintree Ln… with the following targets provided on Slack (I am a challenged Tweeter).
Route: http://www.strava.com/routes/8633508
PAX pick a target:
– Down hill sprint (6.2mi),
– Top of the Hill (7.2mi),
– the Promised land (Providence Rd) (8mi) round trip.
More specifically we headed down Bevington, up Colburn, down 51, and as then head up Raintree with a challenge to touch Providence Rd. As Alf pointed out, there were some Strava segments ripe for the picking.
Moleskin:
With a short rattling off of the route for the day by YHC, the PAX headed down Bevinton.
Only minimal chatter and a little mumble this morning. With a short “warm up” the head of the pack was off to the races to touch Providence road and get back.
The normal suspects flashed to the Providence Rd 8 mile target: Turkey Leg, Fletch, Frasier, Depth Charge, and Bunker. The rest of the PAX, clearly having a more sane approach to running, settled into their own aggressive but steady pace. Strong effort by the entire crew this morning.
Upon returning for COT, a quick poll was taken. This route will stay in the DT route deck for a future return.
Some items of notable mention:
Frasier took the top of the leader board for at least one of the Strava segments. Had his GPS realized he was not on the golf course, he would have certainly crushed another segment or two.
Turkey Leg shot to the top of the Raintree 5k board today.
Many others are dually noted in the Strava ranks as hitting several PRs this morning.
Great to see that DT is getting more attention from Fault Line, Tootie, and Goonie more and more these days.
The milage is paying off. Hope to see you guys again next week.
It was an honor to lead today and run with the DT crew.
No announcements this morning.
YHC has been patiently waiting for my own return to The Arsenal. It has been several months, maybe even closer to a year since being at this AO. Apparently, me not being there has been one of the greatest things that has happened because there were new faces everywhere and I politely had to introduce myself – at ironically the AO that YHC and Pebbles started and Fire Hazard and Ringer truly made it what it is today – great job guys!
One nice change that this AO has sprung forth is the 0500 pre-run option. A perfect 3mi warmup through the hills of Point Carpenter. Also known as Ringer and YHCs old BRR training ground for the infamous 2015 race that we were strangely able to talk Pebbles into – which he elegantly disclaimed he would never run again or was it, “I am never running this $@#$ again”. I think it was the latter. But I digress, these hills today were a good warmup for what was to come. One other thing about this time change and the option to have a 0500 prerun. For those who are runners, this is a great day to get atleast 5-6 miles in and still get a good leg workout in as well…something many of us runners neglect and need to strengthen to prevent injury. #foodforthought
0527 and The Thang was quickly approaching.
I believe it was also at this time that Bounty Hunter shouted out asking who I was. touché.
As the PAX scrambled to figure out if they were going to workout or go home – 2 PAX actually decided to leave. I believe it was Sauerkrat and Pin-up – who I unfortunately mistook as Pimp and still thought it was Pimp until I was finally corrected several hours later. Not sure which is better though. Apparently their Savage Race Tapers were calling but still needed that last 3mi to set them off.
0530 – The Thang
Head out across the AO to the 100yard parking lot. Close to a mile where we ran 4-5 strides. Trying to explain their purpose was obviously lost in translation OR I was just lost in my endeavor to actually try to communicate something I barely understand.
Once our loose legs were loose enough to actually begin to beat them to the slow death they deserved the PAX headed over to the playground to not touch one piece of child equipment that grown men frequently abuse (watch it).
We planked until the six returned and performed some dog pissers (thanks Keilbasa).
We started with leg lifts and lunge x10 on the left leg then took a lap. Repeato with right leg. Then we performed a beautiful rendition of the river dance or one legged hops x100 right leg then ran a lap. Repeato with left leg. Following that nice ensemble we pretended to figure skate across the sidewalk – it was lovely, then took a lap. The last exercise (more of a stretch) was called the triangle x 20 on right leg. Repeato with left leg.
After all those fun games we headed to the wall where we performed 40 lunges and 30sec wall sits, 38 lunges and 30sec wall sits, 30 lunges and 30sec wall sits, 20 lunges then 30sec wall sits and finally 10 lunges and 30sec wall sits.
Ran around the school for 1min of Mary and called it a COT.
Thanks again Ringer for letting me Q. I will be back. Fellow PAX get out to the arsenal, it is something of elite nature now – when I’m not Qing of course. I could see the potential.
5 men were interested in some endurance work, despite whatever was going on up the road.
Warm-up:
SSH X 10 (IC)
IW X 10 (IC)
Windmill X 10 (IC)
Cotton Picker X 10 (IC)
Low Slow Squat X 10 (IC)
Merkins X 10 (IC)
The Thang:
After suggesting the idea of a staircase-like “ladder” to Tuck a few weeks back, he happily named it the Mario Ladder in his BB. For lack of a better term, I rolled with it on this fine morning. Idea is do exercise #1, then #1 & #2, followed by #1, #2, & #3, repeato until all 10 rounds are completed. This mornings 10 rounds included:
Naked Moleskin:
Everything was hunky dory until the rain started pouring during round #9. I mean there was no rain, and then there was all the rain. MT made the comparison to being water boarded, which was a pretty accurate comparison though not having been water boarded before. Don’t want to know for sure.
Sticking with MT, he was yelling something about Outback’s dirt…or di… you know it really doesn’t matter. He also suggested to double up on the exercises and do 20 during the 10th round, which hurt extra good. However, he was NOT seen completing the bear crawl (nor his modified gorilla crawl) back across the patio.
Just when Wild Turkey started becoming a regular at The Brave again, he announces the return of Fight Club. Probably best for YHC, as WT may jump out of nowhere with a right hook or an attempt at a take down. Farewell WT, see you when it gets cold!
Rachel has his first Brave Q coming up on 5/19, and it’s one you won’t want to miss. Dude likes to stick around and give you company while you think you’re killing it, then he hits the next gear and you just can’t keep up. Sleeper pick at Savage (only because he doesn’t talk the same $#!T that Tolkien does).
Haven’t seen Outback in a while, so good to see him back at The Brave again. Hung in there through the entire workout despite some injury and an unusual amount of road rash. Sometimes the questions are better left unasked. Also see above comment about him and MT’s conversations. #hearnoevil
Mario, out.
Announcements:
Stay tuned for F3 Speed for Need info in the next couple weeks.
Sign up for Church on the Streets (COTS) See Strawberry.
Once upon a time, several hundred bootcamp workouts were planned and executed in the Laniakia Supercluster of galaxies, more specifically in and around the Stonecrest shopping center on planet Earth. Gallons of bodily fluids (some of them sweat) were poured out on the ascent of the #murderhorn, various Stonecrest fountain walls and across bleak parking lots. And it was good. Great, even. Over time, though, there were whispers. The local human population began to wonder if, perhaps, there were other hills, walls and parking lots somewhere beyond the normal area of operations. Somewhere entirely less convenient, where a big chunk of the workout would be wasted traveling to and fro. This hunger for inconvenience/inefficiency and the desire to fix what ain’t broke eventually grew into an obsession among the PAX. But who among them would have the courage to mosey past hundreds of yards of perfectly good asphalt, ideal hills and a wealth of walls? To do things way over there that could/should be done right here? Enter YHC.
23 PAX gathered at #F3RebelYell to learn the truth about inconvenience.
Thang
Dynamic stretching: high knees, butt-kickers, shuffle l/r
Mosey behing Michael’s/Harris Teeter/Target. Run towards Ballantyne Commons Pkwy, stopping at every speed bump for 5 jump squats.
Run up hill to the right and onto Elm Ln. Proceed South, crossing over Ballantyne Commons Pkwy. 20 jump-ups or muscle-ups on retaining wall on left side of road next to St. Matthew.
Continue South on Elm Ln. Left on Williams Pond Ln. Right into Robinson Farm shopping center.
Sevens. Run up stairs to the left of Bradshaw Social House. 6 diamond merkins on breezway. Run down other set of stairs. 1 burpee in the couryard. Repeat, this time with 5 diamond merkins and 2 burpees. Continue until 1 diamond merkin and 6 burpees. Mary while waiting for the six.
Mosey across Elm Ln to the Camfield Corners shopping center.
Suicides. Starting at the Southern end of the parking lot, run to the 1st line and do 3 merkins, then run back to the start. Run to 2nd line and do 6 merkins and run back to the start. Continue, adding 3 merkins at each subsequent line. Total of 7 lines and 84 merkins. 50 flutters IC while waiting for the six.
Mosey North on Elm Ln, stopping for 20 jump-ups or muscle-ups at that same retaining wall next to St. Matthew.
Mosey back to launch, stopping for 5 jump squats (again) at each speed bump behind Target/Harris Teeter/Michael’s. Plank for the six.
Lunge walk stop sign to stop sign in front of Regal Cinemas (~100 yards).
Thine Only Moleskine
We did it! We did stuff way over there that could/should have been done over here. But why? Why all the recon and <gasp> extra running? After all, Stonecrest ain’t broke, right? The truth about inconvenience is that it is essential. By going the extra mile (literally and figuratively) we keep things fresh, avoid burnout, find potentially great features (#BenNevis, #TheVillage, #theLC, #TamarronBurgundy, etc) and challenge each other creatively. Wild Turkey, Hairball and others do this for us week in and week out. They keep it fun and keep it fresh. They show the PAX that they care enough to drive around on their own time searching for the next #murderhorn, walk creepily around an elementary school looking for the next #LochNess or wander aimlessly in the woods at night with a headlamp looking for a cut-through from ESPN-U to that playground in The Meadows (there isn’t one).
So get in your car and explore. Do some recon on your lunch break or during a pre-run. Pull up Google Maps and rule out the familiar. Search backblasts for keywords like “Robinson Farm”. When you get no results, you’re on the right path. Take it from YHC, there is a real sense of pride that comes with finding something new after hundreds of workouts have taken place in the same 2 or 3 square mile radius. Most importantly, if you have never Q’d before, do it! It will change the way you look at the world.
Thank you Heartbreaker and Strawberry for the opportunity to lead.
Announcements
Sign up for Church on the Street (COTS), a worthy cause if there ever was one. Reach out to Strawberry w/ any questions.
If you find yourself doing nothing on May 20th something has gone horribly awry. There is an embarrassment of riches on this particular day, so get out there.
Please EH someone for the New Guy Workout at Stonecrest on May 24th. Hoping to have a huge turnout of FNG’s and PAX that have fallen away from F3.
A near-record 28 PAX made a solid life decision to post at Area 51’s loudest workout to be put through the paces by YHC on his VQ.
After a pretty thorough disclaimer, we moseyed out, taking the long way to the back parking lot via the front of First Baptist (#RIPGiantTreeOnTheCorner).
COP
THANG
Head to the bottom of the hill and find a partner for a fun first course.
In tandem, P1 runs forward, P2 backpedals. Reach the first lamp post, one partner planks, the other puts his feet on the planker’s back, 5 derkins. Flapjack.
Flapjack running, so, P1 backpedals, P2 runs forward to next lamppost. Repeato on the plank/derkins. 5 each.
Sprint to end. Plank until the six arrives.
Going back down hill, we did the same drill, but with forward/backward lunge walks. Plank/derks appropriately.
Mosey to the back lot …
Last week, Tweetsie had the easy theme — May the 4th be with you. Since my Q came on the 11th, I was reminded of the best “rockumentary” of all time, “This is Spinal Tap.” So, in deference to Spinal Tap’s world-famous amplifiers, time to do some 11s!
Start at one end of the bus lot, do 1 jump squat. Run to the other end, 10 merkins. Run back, 2 jump squats, run, 9 merkins, etc.
Usually 11s are done on a hill, but since hills are objectively awful, YHC opted for flat land, but long flat land. It seemed to get longer as the reps continued. A lot longer.
Once we finished up, we kept the Tap theme going with what I called “Stonehenge,” which is where a man’s a man and the children dance to the pipes of Pan.
Sounds cool, right? Yeah, it was just a really terrible version of Duck, Duck, Goose.
We formed 2 circles (original thought was 1 big circle, but with so many PAX, 2 proved to be a better choice). On your six, start doing called exercise. One person makes a quick lap around the circle, then when he gets back, resume exercise and the next person in the circle runs, so forth and so on. Basically AMRAP until all are finished running.
This was a new one to the group, so, in the beginning, it was not unlike the intro to the titular song — “No one knows who they were … or what they were doing,” but, we figured it out.
Just enough time to mosey back to launch, count-o-rama, name-o-rama, ball o’ man, Tweetsie with a strong takeout.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Starting Wed. May 31, there is a new workout — Conviction — starting up at a new AO — Stallings Elementary. See or talk to Bullwinkle for more details.
If you’re looking for a Peak-style workout on a Saturday, hit up Ascent/Olympus. 0700 at Olde Providence Elementary.
High Tide posted a quick survey on Twitter gauging interest in a possible Area 51 gear order. Stay tuned on that, as those custom orders have a limited window.
Not mentioned in COT, but worth bringing up: Our SOB brothers are hosting an FNG convergence on May 24th at The Maul (Stonecrest movie theater). Pre-blast is here. Time to really crank up the EHs.
MOLESKINE
I did some research, and, according to the Internet, the Peak 51 record is 30 PAX on Nomad’s Q back in February. We were right on the cusp today. It’s awesome to see so many guys coming out to get after it.
Next, special t-claps to Atlas, who ventured up from the hinterlands of Indian Land to support YHC on his VQ. It meant a ton to YHC to have him show up, especially since he was my EHer for a quite a while before I decided to take that #DRP.
Kotters to Dumpster Fire who escaped the wily Pineville PD to revisit his old buddies at Peak. Also, kotters to the legendary Horsehead.
YHC appreciated the heckling from ruck buddies Atlas and Geraldo during COP. What they don’t realize is that coaching 8- and 9-year-olds in flag football has sharpened YHC’s focus such that talking over directed mumblechatter is quickly becoming second nature.
Not as much mumblechatter on the 11s, especially as the reps grew. Everyone was crushing it, though. T-claps to Geraldo, who was doing a great job encouraging everyone as we were pushing through.
More mumblechatter in the Stonehenge portion, mostly in the form of Slim Fast singing some of Spinal Tap’s greatest hits, such as “Listen to the Flower People,” “Gimme Some Money” and, of course, “Stonehenge.” Also, if you missed his cranking up some of those songs and doing some low-key head banging after the BOM, well, I’m legitimately sorry you missed it.
Retread and YHC were talking on the mosey back to launch — we got in just under 2 miles all told, with the 11s accounting for about 1.2 of the total. Awesome, awesome job.
In the COT, Booyah brought up the new F3 Podcast. You should listen to it. The latest episode was timely for YHC, since it’s all about the Q.
On a personal note, thanks for the opportunity to lead. It was an honor to lead such a big group with a lot of heavy-hitters.
I can’t help but be reflective here on VQ day: It was July of last year when one of the saddest of the sad clown brigade sheepishly crept into Mountain Goat one Friday in hopes that this F3 thing was going to be all it was purported to be.
Over these last few months, I’ve so enjoyed getting to know all of you guys. It’s like everyone says — the first F is what first gets you out of the fartsack, but the second F is really what keeps you coming out. So many have served as such an encouragement to me, especially in those early days where I was on the cusp of passing out or dying or whatever at any given moment. Y’all continue to set the bar high, and, more important, set it as a bar worth jumping over.
To the newer guys, it’s true — it doesn’t get easier, you just get stronger — and let’s face it, it’s more rewarding that way.
Okay, I’m done. SYITG!