4 ‘Merican Water Dogs jumped in with both feet to the latest edition of The Creek. Water temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the water moccasins swimming in the Pearson’s Corner Elementary parking lot, the following strokes might have happened:
Mosey from the shallow end to the deep end of the kiddie pool, pick up Corned Beef, and make a flip turn back to the main pool for the COT.
SSHs x40 (4 count). This is DaVille, so many references to our friend The Carpenter and his penchant for SSHs.
Dead Man Hang
Fudd’s Wife
Wilson’s Wife
Fudd’s Wife
Imperial Walkers x10 (8, Corned Beef’s count was slightly different, but Yard Sale tracked the CB count)
Hillbillies x10 (“This is DaVille; this is our kind of exercise!”) (12, CB count)
LBCs x20 (18)
Flutter kicks x20 (23)
Rosalita’s x10 (11)
Inverted Scorpion Kicks x10 (21)
Mosey to the Parking Lot Driveway for a Beast. Markers were pole, tree, tree. Flip turn at the Stop sign.
Medley events were ‘merkins, squats, LBCs, monkey humpers, hello dolly, and something else. Free style on the outbound, back stroke (I.e., Bernie Sanders) on the return leg.
10 count to wiggle the water off like a dog coming out of a pool. Whaapaawhaaapaawhaappaawhaaapaa!!! (Add that to the F3 Exicon!).
Mosey to the kiddie pool for Four Corners. (No Running on the Deck!)
Round 1: 5, 10, 15, 20 reps…
Round 2: 10, 15, 20, 25
Round 3: 15, 20, 25, 30
Merkins, WWIIs, Mountain Climbers, SSHs. If it can be a four-count, make it a four count. Do anything you want, but make it a challenge.
Mosey to the water polo court for free-style suicides. 3 burpees at the end.
Mosey to the VSF for one round of Water Mary…inverted scorpion paddles.
Numbers, names, and YHC took us out.
NMS: The Pax decided to get a head (false start/DQ) start on the Pool Boy water exercises by utilizing the deep end of the Pearson’s Corner (YHC feels “Pearson’s Landing” is more appropriate) Elementary parking facility. Visiting for the first time and in the dark, YHC successfully discovered the deepest part of the lot. Jump right in; the water’s warm.
Special thanks to Phelps, Thorpe, and Spitz for joining me this morning. What a soaker. And, if you have not heard about Yard Sale’s football career, many a good line comes out of hearing stories about playing center.
Announcements (Continued dudos to Tryhard for the original list – always cite your sources!):
- Summer Tour. Oyster / Tryhard posting a ton. Get out there and meet some new men or catch up with old pals. Also, on-going contest to invent the most micro of micro events just to get a ST point.
- Dry July. Good to hear at from those making solid progress toward their goals.
- Wet July. Sorry, Hutton, Dry July has nothing to do with not sweating. And, YHC has been on vacation. Not conducive to Dry Anything.
- 7/11 Thursday (TONIGHT!) 18:30 (or 6:30 “p.m.”). Adults paddle on the James. Huguenot Landing. See Lockjaw for details. Bring your kids, if Lockjaw says that’s ok. Or, bring your neighbor who works out in front of your house. Yeah, she does.
Thur AM – 0430 Launch to Clown Car down to Amelia Courthouse (Tryhard Q). Clown Car starting location is a closely guarded secret. Credible sources have uncovered the password… “#SOJ.”Nope, this happened already. You missed it. The correct answer was “Meet at The Forge.”- Fri – RAMM Amateur Bike Ride. 05:30. This is a contest. Bring your most ridiculous ride. YHC’s money is on the “1988 Volvo.” Bring your brelly.
- 7/13 – Poolboy VQ at The Iron Bridge. Get after it.
- 7/14 – OTB Swimming Pool Bootcamp. It’s free, it’s open to all men.
- 7/17 – Woodsman VQ at The Crossing. Get after it.
- 7/18 Thursday 18:30 (or 6:30 “p.m.”). Adults paddle on the James. Huguenot Landing. See Lockjaw for details.
- 7/25 Thursday 18:30 (or 6:30 “p.m.”). Adults paddle on the James. Huguenot Landing. See Lockjaw for details.
- 7/27 – YHC is leading The Bridge. Achieve F3 “Luminary” Status by attending. “Visit the Imprisoned.” Help YHC share the F3 spirit with a group of men transitioning their lives from prison to the free world. Clown Car from RVA around 06:00. Workout in Buckingham 07:30-08:15. Coffeeteria. Home by 10:30. Note: YHC has heard every excuse possible to skip out, so make your’s a good one. Or, try this: “Honey, can you take the kids until 10:30 Saturday? I would appreciate it. I’d like to help some men who could use a role model.” Even you can score with a line like that.
- 8/3 – Homegrown Half. This means run either 10k or 13.1 miles. Most confusing F3 event of the year. Is F3 using Metric or Imperial? No one knows who to ask, so YHC has appointed Boberry to take any questions.
- 8/6 – Ultimate Crab Frisbee Tournament at the Second AO (Learn some F3 history. Figure it out). Bring your NVGs for the first 15 minutes.
- 8/11 – F3 Family Float on the James. Starts somewhere between Lynchburg and Newport News. Starts sometime between BMNT and ends sometime before EENT. Someone will provide details sometime. (If you have ever done the BRR, when TYA wants you to know, he’ll tell you.)
- 8/17 – Pickleball Tourney. This is table stakes for winning the Summer Tour. Skip this, and it’s minus 200 points. FWIW, if Splinter and LJ’s kids show up, this thing’s over before it begins.
- 8/21 – 100th Birthday Celebration at First Watch 05:00. Come celebrate YHC’s father’s 100th birthday. Roaring 20’s, Great Depression, WWII, Cold War, etc.
- 8/28 – New AO at Moseley Elementary. Note the spelling has been corrected from previous posts. Google Maps will thank you.
- 9/20 and 9/21 – 10 Year Anniversary (multiple events). It’s like F3 invited you to its wedding. Friday night there is a dinner / drinks (you’ll need an outfit; no plus 1), Saturday morning is the main event (you’ll need a different outfit and you can bring a friend, albeit not likely “that kind” of friend, yet, F3 is open to all men), and then there is a reception Saturday afternoon (with, you guessed it, a different outfit; feel free to bring a plus 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.).
Breaking Bread….for those new to F3, we have been doing this every month for about 8 or 9 years (for the last 4 years, 2 times per month. Thank you, Rosie, for the suggestion.). We will do this each month going forward. Be a stud – make dinner for a group of 8-12 folks who are in town for medical treatment or recovery and need a hand. Invite your M and/or 2.0s or F3 pals to help. See Oyster for details. LFG!
UpChuck spits the bit.
