Last time EE and I shared a Q, we did the Bassackwards 5K. How do we top that? Well, let’s see what we can do and off we go.
Pre-Thang
EE and I for 5 miles and then we get joined by HH on bike. The same HH that emailed out that he was on the IR list yesterday. Not only is he sandbagging injuries on us but then he mocks EE and I with the bike. Some brief conversation about taking the bike from him and daring him to catch us with his bad leg but we decided to finish the run instead.
The Thang
Mosey to the virtual flag since HH planted it near the cars. O2 dep from his bike ride?
COP
SSH x 20
OYO Merkins x 10 (Just adding them to help me in the 10K merkin challenge)
IW x 20
Oh look, The Count and Squidward arrive which means:
OYO Burpees x 10
Burpee Climbers x 10 (Go down like a burpee but do 4 mountain climbers instead of a merkin before bouncing back up)
Mosey back to the hill
Espresso comes rolling in with a doorless jeep with a huge flag flying outside it. Therefore, we skip the late burpees because he’s got a huge flag outside a doorless jeep. #winning
Partner up
P1 runs down the hill and does 10 burpees at the bottom and then runs back up the hill
P2 does merkins
Flapjack until 100 combined merkins
Plank until all teams are done
Repeato with 200 lbcs
Repeato with 300 squats
My guess is we ended up doing more than 100 burpees each but I’m smoked so don’t trust that if you are doing your own 10K burpee challenge. Now, quick water break and hand it off to EE
Long Native American Run towards Elementary School Playground. Stop short of entrance gate for:
50 x SSH IC
Line up PAX and split into 2 teams
EE pulls 2 x 45# Plates #partyfavorite from behind gates for the 2nd Ever: “Half Mile Hair Burners” (#GameShowSpecial)
One member from each team pushes the plate as far as they can down the Road to Nowhere while the remaining PAX rotate 3 called exercises between each pusher.
Rotate to the next pusher in line and continue until we have reached the half mile finish line!
Called Exercises:
Hand Release Merkins x 15
Bombjacks x 10
Flolly (Flutter/Dolly combo) x 10
Pin Ball Run back to PSV for COT
Moleskine:
Glass Joe: Complete smoker out there. At one point during the EE half-mile hairburner, I’m trying to push my plate and HH is laid out on the road blocking me. Okay, who put the Horse(Head) with a bad leg down? And it broke my momentum with EE’s freaking epoxy covered plates. During the pre-run, EE tells me that the plates are getting worn down. This hope was quickly destroyed during the hairburners and I realized it was just EE being the eternal optimist. Those sucked! Especially after smoking the crowd, and myself, on the hill. My M was waiting on us at McDonald’s with my 2.0s for F3 Dads and she said we all looked rough walking in. Pretty sure that’s a compliment.
Welcome to FNGs Happy and Patch. Happy was the guy at the F3 Golf event with a modified AR-15 that can shoot golf balls. Thus, he got Happy after Happy Gilmore. Patch is a nurse and got named after Patch Adams. He was invited out by The Count. That’s who you get to blame for all this.
EE: Not only was it smoking hot and humid at the Outland, the PAX were completely smoked from an hour of non-stop Work. Fantastic job today by all PAX including 2 FNG’s and HH who pulled a Pee Wee Herman (bike reference only thank you) and rode his bike around during the pre-run and workout since his knee is on the mend! But he did manage the GJ Burpee-thon and took his turn on the Hairburners! #Strong Get well soon brother. GJ had the PAX smoked at Hello with his rendition of Dora right out of the gate, but all took the challenge and ran with it! Good to see Espresso holding his own (down at least) and Big Trade pushing his limits on the Quads #3rddayinarow. HB made sure to cut the sleeves out of his new F3 shirt and almost got arrested for bringing those Big Guns on School property! TLS and CT are machines on the hill and Shep and Count are stepping up their inner beast weekly! Great to have 2 FNG’s, Happy and Patch, with us at the Outland. This was a very tough workout, but you guys held your own and brought it strong. I hope to see you guys back out every week!
Thank you for taking us out TLS! Amazing Group to Grow with every week!
EE & Glass Joe
12 men gathered for another episode of the Day Zero. As promised there was cake.
Run to back of field for COP
SSH, IW, Merkins, Mountain Climbers, Rock Stone Hoppers, & more Merkins.
Run to Carswell and Bevington. Run up Carswell from Bevington to, well, Bevington. At the top do 10 jump squats at stop sign 10 heels to heaven. Head from Bevington back to Bevington. Jump Squats then heels to heaven. Repeat from Bevington to Bevington and back to Bevington. Look at a map if this confuses you.
Run back behind school, grab stone, wall sit with overhead presses, then stone presses straight in front, the overhead press with stone press straight in front. Then 20 thrusters with stone (squat with overhead press)
To the loading dock. Groups of 3.
P1 – Run around front parking lot. P2 – Jump ups (step ups) on loading dock. P3 – stack the cake. i.e. move all 4 plates (45 lb, 35 lb, 25 lb, and 5 lb) , one at a time like a shuttle run from one end of lot to other. When done do 3 burpees and repeat the process returning the cake.
Repeato, but P1 – Declined dry docks on, you know, the dock. P2 – run to playground for 10 pull ups. P3 – stack the cake.
Carry plates to front of school for 2 rounds of 15 split squats each leg an 20 derkins. When done lunge walk to parking spaces and mosey back. Carry plates back to cars.
Grab stone and head to field. 21 6-count burpees, LBC’s, 19 6-count burpees, flutter with press.
Return stone to pile and head to COT.
Moleskine
Announcements
F3 Dads was at 9am, but you already missed it if you are reading this. Try next week. Lex Luthor Q’ed a good one.
Six men hung around a parking lot early Saturday morning. This is what they did.
Warm-up (in Cadence Work)
Interlude #1 (More in Cadence Work)
Interlude #2 (Partner in Cadence Work)
Interlude #3 (Partners without Cadence)
Finale (Back to Cadence)
COT. Very strong take out by Witness.
Moleskin
If you like this F3 thing, and want the workouts to get easier, there is only one remedy. Do more of them. That’s it. All you have to do is show up 2-3 times per week for a couple months, and you will barely recognize your own self.
Here are the weekday workouts close to home for our Union County brothers (all are 45 minutes and start at 5:30, unless a running workout, which starts at 5:15 and may go an hour):
Mondays: Nesbit Park in Waxhaw, starting July 13th. (Workout to be named). Until then, consider the kettle bell workout at Foxhole at Elon Park Elementary
Tuesdays: The Vine Restaurant in Ballantyne, running and bootcamp options (Bagpipe and Swift). 5:30 start for bootcamp, 5:15 start for running
Wednesdays: Marvin Ridge High School, 5:30-6:15 (Dromedary, bootcamp)
Thursdays: Stonecrest bootcamp (Rebel Yell), and Running at Rea and Bevington (Devil’s Turn)
Fridays: Sun Valley Middle School (Overdrive).
Finally, check out “Steps for New Guy”: http://f3nation.com/10-steps-for-a-new-guy-in-f3/
Hope you all have a great weekend. Blessed to spend time with you this morning.
Great showing out there today with a total of 88 making it through the full adventure at Colonel Francis Beatty Park. There were at least 4 to 5, maybe more, that didn’t stay for the count off so we may have been even closer to the century mark.
The Thang:
COP:
Water Break
Shark’s and Minow’s
Relay Race with PAX breaking into 5 teams
Water Break
Scavenger Hunt
Same five teams grouped together to hit 5 different checkpoints (home plate, shovel flag, slide in the park, volleyball court and lake) all while carrying an egg and water balloon. Along the way team members were carried and items were scavenged (picked up), including: maple leaf, oak leaf, pine needle, sand, water from the lake and miscellaneous litter.
Moleskine:
Awesome job by all of the Dad’s and 2.0’s out there today. There was a lot of great demonstrations of the various exercises early in the workout along with enthusiastic cheering for the different team members during the relay race. Everyone had an opportunity to participate in the scavenger hunt with some of the largest contributions coming from the smallest members of the PAX.
Thanks for the opportunity to lead the F3 Dads workout today. Had a blast and look forward to seeing everyone come on out during the remainder of the month of June.
My apologies for not getting all the names down. Instead of just a partial listing I left us all off. “All for one and one for all”
5 men gathered this morning, charged everything to the Underhill’s account, and got things done like this. This was Hammer’s VQ – having not coordinated at all beforehand, we drew for who went first. I won. Good thing – we would’ve quit at 7:30 if he had started.
Gummy Q
Yog around the parking lot, mixing in various moves that apparently get us warmed up (high knees, butt kickers, etc.). Gather on the soccer fields for the warmup (IW, Slow Squat, SSH).
4 stations across the length of the field. 1 guy at each station, 5th guy runs from last station to first, first moves to second and so on. Stations were LBCs, merkins, jump squats, CDDs.
Mosey up to the islands. Work in a little Mary (Flutter, slow Freddie Mercury).
Then line up abreast at the first island for suicides. 10 merkins at the first island, then back. 10 merkins at first island, 10 jump squats at second, then back. So on with third island (CDDs), fourth island (squats), fifth island (nothing).
Mosey to the hot box for 10 derkins, 20 step ups, 30 dips, but mostly so I could drink from the water fountain. Hand off to Hammer.
Hammer Q
Four pain stations. First is 20 dips in the hot box. Second is 20 burpees at the fence with the yellow thing on top (150 yards away?). Third is 20 air squats at the backstop (150 yards). Fourth is 20 “sprints” up and down the hill. That’s 20 times up. Really. Repeat the whole thing.
Finished with some People’s Chair, Jack Webb up to 5, and a little Mary. Done.
Moleskine
Great VQ from Hammer. Unfortunately for him, I didn’t know it was his VQ until 2 minutes before the workout started. Bad site Q. He brought something new and tough to The Rock repertoire though. That is a big field. And hot. Didn’t bother Hops though. He earned himself a free coffee from Hammer by beating him (and the rest of us) around the circuit.
Announcements
F3 Dads was this morning. So was the last chance to collect grape jelly for Calvary’s food pantry.
Almost 2 years ago, Spackler (Who has never been seen since he relinguished his duties) and YHC started Rebel Yell. We started at one AO, moved it, and now it has flourished. Feeling that it was time to release myself and pass the duties on to another, Heartbreaker decided to take on those duties. But, before the Pax were to hear the news, there was a workout and yes, I was not going to leave without dishing out some pain. Here is how it went down:
Disclaimer was given before leaving.
Jog around the movie theater parking lot with butt kickers, high knees, side shuffles and backwards run. That was your warmup.
At each stop do set exercise OYO and plank when done.
5 Burpees; Jog to next stop
50 SSH, 5 Burpees. Jog to next stop
50 LBC, 50 SSH, 5 burpees. Jog to next stop
25 merkins, 50 LBC, 50 SSH, 5 burpees. Jog to next stop
End on side of Target, circle up: 25 squats, 25 merkins, 50 LBC, 50 SSH, 5 Burpees
Plank with 6” with a couple 10 counts
Mosey behind Target for Speed Bump Suicides(Crowd Pleaser)
Starting at the 1st speed bump, run to 2nd 20 merkins, back to 1st 25 LBC
Run to 3rd 20 CDD, back to 1st 25 Freddy Mercury
Run to 4th 20 merkins, back to 1st 25 LBC
Run to 5th 40 merkins, run back and collect the 6
Jog over to Strawberry’s truck grab 2 bricks get into teams of 3. Back to front of movie theater for Grinders. 1 person w/bricks, 1 person on opposite end and 1 person running between. This is timed for 3 min AYG and 30 sec rest between sets
1st set: Brick Presses and Flutters
2nd set: Lateral raises and LBC
No more time, back to AO and return bricks to the confines of Strawberry’s truck.
A great crowd showed up this morning and hopefully I did not disappoint. It was good to see some faces that haven’t been out in a while, Vinyard is out of school and dad (JR Ewing). Good to see Salt Lick. Hope your back allows you to keep coming out. Welcome Steven, Martyr(FNG). What I do know, Rebel Yell is in great hands with Strawberry and Heartbreaker. Maybe even Spackler will show up some time.
Thanks for allowing me to lead you through the gloom.
Announcement:
New Site July 13th Nesbit Park. Watch for something from Dasher
12 men showed up on Thursday in the Arbo ABC store parking lot. But, this time, it had nothing to do with purchasing some Mad Dog 20/20 for the upcoming weekend escapades. It was about Ghost Runner…and its 4 to 6 brutal miles in the nighttime heat and humidity.
Alf has set up two nasty runs. And he’s somehow defied loop physics such that the routes are uphill the entire time. Or maybe it just seems that way when your legs are barking and you can’t see from the sweat dripping in your eyes.
Some observations…
Haze out.
Several Area 51 AO’s have collected food for the Calvary Church Pantry Food Drive. Thank you men of Area 51 for your help with this effort.
Young Love and YHC will be at Starbucks Piper Glen coffeeteria to collect donations that YHC has not already secured. Please bring collected donations to Starbucks Saturday 06/13/2015.
We will gather the donations and run them over to Calvary by 8:45 to meet our contact for drop off. We should be able to manage with 2 SUV’s, but may ask a few pax for help. If you would like to join us for the drop off you are certainly welcome to do so.
23 men of purpose with pure hearts gathered at CCHS for their weekend downpainment at Centurion. The disclaimer was given and a reminder that any man who brought canned ham was allowed to forgo the coupon for the morning. Rock Thrill topped YHC’s can count (50 versus 20) and thus YHC had to carry a larger paver (#Mermaidspecial). Given Rock Thrill more than doubled my count, he could have shamed me into carrying both large pavers but luckily he didn’t think of that. T-claps for the 50 cans and still carrying the paver.
The Thang:
COP – SSHX23 (each man calls out his F3 name in order thus 23), 5 burpees, IW X15, 10 burpees, Squats X15, 15 burpees.
Grab a paver and jog up to the shopping center. Plank until the 6 arrives. Ladder up to 12 diamond merkins – run to 2nd floor and down to elbow, 1 diamond merkin, back down to start, 2 diamond merkins, 5 more round trips so we finish with 12 diamond merkins.
Jog down to the Walgreens (Q was looking for some Aleve at this point). Mary with Freddie Mercury until the six arrives. Bear crawl down right side of Wal Green, mosey to other side and crab walk back (#longerthanQthought). Partner wheelbarrow down and back.
Jog to practice field for some gassers – exercise with paver at one end and hold six inches for 10 count at other end in between gassers.
Jog back to starting point, stopping at each speed bump for 5 burpees (15 total). Drop off paver in the SUV and circle up for COT.
Naked Moleskin
Q fail on marketing for canned ham as I didn’t get the reminder out until late Thursday. Unfortunately, Rock Thrill saw it, including my challenge to bring more cans than YHC, and thus I had to carry the larger paver (#gladto)
Original plan was the Murph with the brick but the run up to the shoppinig center with the paver forced me to audible – not sure the result was any easier as combo of heat, humidity, and paver made for a jacked up heart rate. Udder threatened mutiny if we ran past teh Wal Green down 51 so chaos avoided.
Udder was winning the gassers (#firsttimeforeverything) so I’m wondering if he heard 1 versus 10 for the called paver exercises and Abacus beat me in the bear crawl/crab walk (#firewood for next week – never let your son or younger brother beat you – #strong work). That is 0-2 but thankfully Teddy let me stay in front on the ladder (could hear him breathing down my neck the entire time) so at least it wasn’t an 0-fer on the score sheet.
Rip Curl, Triple 7, and Puppy Love continue to show the young guys that even if your age starts with a 5 you can still mix it up (or beat) the Hates. #respect. Great to see Pulp Fiction out again – I think he is 3-3 since his first visit to Centurion a few weeks ago.
I have Purple Haze in the list of PAX but never actually saw him between warm up COP and COT – can somone verify he was with us and not sitting in his car?
Parking deck should be done soon so time to start “ramping” it up rest of week to get ready for Friday the 13th every week – Centurion will surely qualify for the #paradeofhorribles then if not already.
Lastly, site Q Escargot was back out so hope he can stay injury free. And congratulations on the new biscuit in the oven – hope he/she doesn’t look like the milk man.
As always, an honor and a privilege to lead such a great group.
Announcements
Drive to support the food pantry at Calvary continues – bring some canned goods to a workout tomorrow. Check with Mermaid if you have questions.
Area 51 CSAUP event coming soon and Centurion AO will be a stop (if not then we will have to add it). Watch web site and @F3area51 on Twitter for more information.
Likely a convergence on July 3 so stay tuned.
Lastly, please let me know if you want to Q. We would like every man to Q – #getstronge
ADD ON – Link to sign up to Q. All 23 PAX from Friday can do it – first step is to sign up. I am happy to assist in preparation and execution (not sure that will help). https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Yj2i_vLSAb1hZAmQaUBHNHwvhC5tWSGo1x4-rdLt1dI/edit?usp=sharing
This one is easy to write about. YHC wants a version of Metro’s Muthaship introduced to Ballantyne, the home of F3 Olympics Champion Haggis (who never showed this morning). Metro has 14 parking deck levels and Ballantyne’s combined decks have 15, we win!!
After much debate yesterday with a fellow PAX member who resides in Union County and doesn’t post much in Ballantyne, his opinion was Ballantyne’s MS was weak, he never showed up to test it, hopefully he will come out next time!!!
The Thang:
The challenge was to run up the deck ramp and back down on three separate parking decks (Premier x2 and Met Life) with 25 merkins when you reach the bottom of each deck. Who ever ran the most decks wins, kind of like Frasier going to Metro and running their Muthaship 16 times.
5.15am depart lively pace 0.7 miles mosey to Premier Deck A. Quick instructions given as expected verbal chatter from Site Q Champagne. Meet back at the putting green at 6.05am to make sure we have everyone.
Soft Pretzel and Pebbles went off like lightning closely followed by Mic Check, Van Pelt, Tussaud and Cable Guy. Everyone arrived back at the meeting point at 6.05am and two lone wolves wanted extra credit and decided to head out to fully accept the challenge.
Remaining PAX fast mosey back to the AO for a total of 5 to 5.75 miles of hard running and 100+ merkins. Most guys completed 4 decks and the winner on this challenge is Soft Pretzel with a solid 5 parking decks and 125 merkins, nice job brother.
Great job by everyone, good to see Champagne back out there crushing it and Jay our FNG Wilma solid work brother thanks for bringing him out Pebbles.
Announcements: Fruit juice collected for the Calvary food drive, F3 Dads camp August 14-16, F3 Dads Beatty Park Saturday 9am Lex Luther on Q.
Dredd & OBT are heading south to Stonehenge Saturday July 25th at 6am The Vine. The founders of F3 are visiting a Ballantyne AO fro the first time lets try and get a solid group out to support them. Stay for coffee and a bagel.
Thanks for the send off Mic Check.