On my 3rd year anniversary, I took the start to Splinter’s Q from Labor Day 2021 and gave these 55 great men and 2.0s the same experience. We also had one FNG today (Mountie) and hopefully he makes it back like I did.
We first moseyed to the back playground lot to start the morning. After some poor disclaimers and then with the Q help of Heist and Tater, we warmed up with something like the following: 20 SSH in Cadence and then one Burpee OYO, 10 Imperial Walkers in Cadence and two Burpees OYO and continued all the way to ten Burpees OYO with 10 Ukrainian Solders and three Burpees, 10 Copperhead Squats and four Burpees, 10 Merkins and five Burpees, 15 Arm Circles and six Burpees, 25 LBC and seven Burpees, 10 WWII and eight Burpees,10 Freddies and nine Burpees and Dead Man Hang and ten Burpees.
Many were ready for the Q to rotate but instead we partnered up and did a DORA of 100 HRM, 200 Squats and 300 LBCs, running the short length of the playground lot. This was the end of the “Blame Splinter” section.
After that we broke up into 3 groups. Tater took his group to a fun hill on the West side of the school with an Ab focused workout. Started with 25 Crunchy Frogs, 25 Freddie Mercury, 25 Mercury Freddies and 25 WWII. Then did 7s of Get Up and Squats using the hill. They finished with 25 side crunches each side, 20 V ups, 25 American Hammers and some stretching.
Heist stayed at the playground lot. They started with 11s using the hill next to the playground with Squats and WW2 with Bear Crawls up the hill and jogging down. Then he found the pullup bars and benches and did a Triple check of Pullups, Dips and Timer fan to the middle of the soccer field and back. They finished off with 4 corners prostitute style with 10 ww2, 20 merkins, 30 squats and 40 SSH.
My lucky group went to the bus loop. We started with a triple check of jump squats, merkins and the timer running to the end of the school and back. When then did 4 corners around the school. Started with 20 Flutters and then Bernie’d to the end of the school. There we did 20 WII and then ran to the top of the hill at the other end of the school. Here we did 20 Crunchy Frogs and then did some more when the walkers arrived. Forgetting to get my phone from my car, we ran back to my car (to the joy and confusion of many) and then ran to the last corner of the school. We took 3 trips up the hill (same hill used by Heist) via Bear Crawl and Crawl Bear back then ran or bear crawled the fourth time to be back on the playground lot.
We joined in with Heists Four Corners for the 40 SSH, Tater’s group came flying in and soon we were all back together for some Mary. We did some combination of American Hammers, LBCs, WWI, Flutters and who knows what else. Numerama and Names, then I almost skipped Announcements, and Attila took us out.
FNG Mountie used to work with Gomer and they reconnected recently. He is from Canada (as you may guess) and lives nearby at West Broad Village. Welcome Mountie!
It was an honor to lead this morning. Big thanks to Gomer for the invitation 3 years ago and to Splinter for unsuccessfully trying to kill me that day. F3 has been a blessing mainly because I have been able to meet and get to know many of you. Coffeteria today was great as always.
What a fantastic way to christen The Deep which will be at Nuckols Farm every Monday at 5:30AM. Please help us get this rolling and join in over the next month. Next week we will be two Nuckols at the Deep.
F3 RVA Ten Year Anniversary celebration starts the evening of the 20th social with the 21st having a Convergence, Awards and a Family BBQ. See Slack for all the details and signups. Also, see Bodo’s Slack post on a 5K-The Lara Teague Curry Memorial.
Have a great rest of your long weekend.
