At least that’s what I thought might happen when I was lying awake in bed at 6:15 listening to the thunder and sweeping rains outside. Of course, the forecast I consulted before signing up for the Q was wrong. But this is F3. And thunder can’t strike anyone. The show must, and will, go on.
At 6:57 it seemed a self-beatdown would be the day’s order. But the Wrangler with tinted windows next to me suddenly showed signs of life with Tin Man emerging to join. On the horizon an F3 institution came into focus through the gloom; House Party, beams of light radiating from his silhouette, set down his ruck to join the bootcamp beatdown. Pierogi screeched into the lot, and Shawshank, another much beloved F3 staple, rambled over with two (!!) FNGs in tow. Immediately after that we spotted Cha Cha, running toward the PAX around the perimeter of Rockwood like much needed air support that’s finally come through. What a difference 5 minutes makes.
SSHs, helicopters, copper head squats, dead man hang, merkins, LBCs, Freddie Mercurys, Andy Dufresne, 10 burpees
Indigenous peoples run, man in back = 3 jump squats. To the pickleball courts!
10 burpees. Dora. 100 chain smokers, 200 LBCs, 300 SSHs. Runner around the perimeter of the pickleball courts. 10 burpees once everyone finished.
Mosey to the parking lot next to the dog park. 10 burpees. Next came 11s running across the lot. Scrunchy frogs and jump squats. 10 burpees.
Mosey to the far parking lot next to the power lines and the grass covered hill. 10 burpees. Mosey to the bottom of the hill.
Partner up. One partner crawl bears, or bear crawls, up the hill. The other partner runs to the top of the hill and performs 10 burpees, then runs back down the hill to relieve their partner, switching places to resume the crawl up the hill. Partners switch places until they reach the top of the hill. Once at the top, crawl bear/bear crawl back down the hill, partner running to the bottom of the hill, performing 10 burpees, then running to meet and switch places with their partner.
Five minutes remained and I really wanted to hit 100 total burpees for the workout. The PAX were instructed to do 10 burpee sets with a rest between, or in the alternative, 10 merkins with a rest between until time.
Excellent job. FNGs performed admirably, and so did the rest of the PAX. Greyhound and Castaway were newly minted today! Solid dudes who put in serious effort. Hope to see them again soon.
Names. Numbers. Announcements. YHC took us out.
I always get a big boost from working alongside my brothers in the early morning hours.
Thank you for letting me lead fellas. Until next time!
