Author: crabgrass

  • Friday Night Ruck

    12 HIMs made it out for a special 9/11 version of Friday Night Ruck. We did this last year where YHC planned a frozen-triangle-esque ruck here in the Deep South.

    Started at Alamo 8pm. Only 6 HIMs to start the bootcamp, but the other savvy 6 joined before we left. 343 – 300 KB swings, 400 squats, 300 around the worlds. Runner to the trash can and back with their block.

    left the AO and headed to Matlocks house and then into the abyss of the wilderness. There’s a nice path through the woods that brings you to Satans Hill, so tick chiggers and spiders be damned, we marched on through! Up the hill one time for Rodeo Clown and bootcamp #2

    9 11’s – 11 merkins, 11 squat thrusters, farmers carry across parking lot. 9 rounds. Legs were feeling it! A pre-stashed cooler of water hit the spot and rejuvenated the PAX.

    Rucked through the new section and to the Woolridge Extension they recently cleared. Members of the pax became weary that YHC had a trick up his sleeve, and well, I didn’t disappoint. It’s about 1.25 miles to the end with a steep hill, and at the top was 6 sandbags waiting to be carried home. Work as a team, swap after a couple of minutes. Made it back to the beginning of the extension and we were all relieved to leave the sandbags behind.

    Rucked back to Alamo to the delight of many passer buyers. The PAX was rewarded for their hard work with cold beer and bourbon. Enjoyed some quality 2nd F afterwards.

    Great work everyone! 8.2 miles in 3 hours

  • Super Bowl XXXVI

    Ultimate Frisbee | Team 2 def. Team 1, 7-6

    Team 1 (The Greatest Show on Turf): Crabgrass, Fandango, Rudy, Flyboy
    Team 2 (The Patriots): Matlock, Pad Thai, Hei Hei, Da Bear, Festivus

    Every so often a game shows up on the schedule that you’ve already seen before. February 2002. The Rams were the highlight reel, the fastest, flashiest offense anybody had ever put on turf. The Patriots were the guys who tackled you, took what you gave them, and never made a mistake. Everybody knew who was more fun to watch. Everybody knows who lifted the trophy.

    Team 1 came out flying. Passes were crisp and moving down the field in a hurry. Rudy was going up and snagging everything above the rim. Fandango found the seams all morning, exactly what you expect from the 2025 BOS champ. Flyboy demanded coverage — they had to account for him on every single possession, and that opened things up for everyone else. YHC was dialed in on the throws early and the disc was going exactly where it was supposed to go.

    Back and forth to 3-3. It felt like ours.

    Then Team 2 did what Team 2 does. No fireworks. No hero ball. Just a smothering defense that closed every window a half-second before it opened, and an offense that took precisely what was in front of it and executed at damn near a flawless level. 5-3. Then 6-3.

    We got one back to make it 6-4. They answered: 7-4.

    The Iron Pax bill came due right about then. Week 1 was yesterday, all the running you’d expect, and YHC hit the wall square in the third quarter. Legs gone, lungs gone. But we found something — a big TD to pull us within one at 7-6, and suddenly the sideline believed again. Rudy was out there working himself into a genuine puke-shade of green, trying to be a downfield threat and then sprint back on defense. He was about one deep cut from redecorating the end zone.

    The flurry came. We threw everything at it to tie it up. It fell short.

    Moleskin

    • Rudy’s win streak dies at 1. Matlock’s is born at 1. Circle of life.
    • The roster sheet says five against four. Just noting it for the historical record, no further comment.
    • Flyboy had a couple of drops he’s going to see when he closes his eyes tonight. He also made them cover him all day. Net positive, and the hands come back.
    • Fandango fought valiantly right to the end. Champions don’t have a coast setting.
    • Credit where it’s owed: Team 2 didn’t get lucky. They defended, they were patient, and they didn’t beat themselves. That’s the whole formula and it’s harder than it looks.
    • Style points don’t go on the scoreboard. Ask the ’01 Rams.

    COT

    Prayers and praises up. Grateful for everyone who posted the day after Iron Pax week 1 and still left it out there. Team 1 will be back. — Crabgrass out.

  • VO2 Max

    our Sunday tradition continues. 3 PAX members gathered at the track and ran their little hearts out. Cooler, slightly humid, wonderful sunrise

  • This one’s for you, Rooster

    Ultimate Frisbee | Team 1 def. Team 2, 10-6
    Team 1: Fandango, Flyboy, Festivus, Da Bear
    Team 2: Crabgrass, Rudy, Orange Crush, Squash

    Light was short, so the field got short, and that turned out to be the best decision anybody made all morning. Less real estate, more chaos. Score early, score often, no time to catch your breath between points.

    It was a knife fight through the first half. 1-1. 2-2. 3-3. Neither side could string two together. Every possession felt like it mattered because it did.

    Highlight of the day belonged to Da Bear, who cashed in a disc that Orange Crush got a fingertip on. Tipped, floating, everybody stopped for a half-second to figure out where it was going — except Da Bear, who was already there. Touchdown and a permanent spot in the group chat.

    Which brings us to the call.

    Da Bear claimed Crabgrass got a hand on the disc while it was still in the thrower’s hand. Replay — and by replay I mean four sets of eyeballs and the laws of physics — clearly showed the disc had left. HIGHLY questionable. Capital letters were used at the time. But this is F3, not the NFL, so we moved on like gentlemen.

    Crabgrass did, however, begin narrating every subsequent swat. Dikembe finger wag included. “CLEAR OF THE HAND.” Every single time. Purely for the historical record.

    That woke Team 2 up. Rudy went full Rudy — a couple of catches out there that had no business being completed, the kind where you’re already conceding the point and then he’s standing in the end zone holding the disc. We clawed all the way back to 6-6 and the momentum was ours.

    And then we hit the wall. Team 1 tightened up on D, extended their cherry-picking range to roughly the parking lot, and we couldn’t get bodies back in transition fast enough. They closed it out 10-6.

    MOLESKIN

    Short field is the move. Put it in the rotation.

    Even Superman doesn’t win every day. Not every day is yours. But this story ends with Team 2 as Superman — we’re just in the part of the movie where he’s flat on his back in the crater.

    Rematch. Same teams. Bring the replay official.

  • Futon’s 53rd Woodshed Post

    Today was the final Woodshed AO workout as we look to change our schedule in SOS. One PAX member has held down the fort consistently since we launched last June, so we felt it was only right that Snookie led the final workout.

    That was until YHC remembered he had the ghost flag. Rolling in with windows down and Twisted Sister blasting on the speakers, flag in hand. Let’s mosey!

    down the block, down the sidewalk, around the corner and up the main road, we came across a little space on the side of the road perfect for a warmarama. As we were getting close to the end, a slow driving vehicle admired us, so much that he hit a U-turn to double back for more action. We obliged with monkey humpers. He saw that these hips don’t lie and he was impressed. Apparently this is the spot he parks at and walks (wanks) each morning, so we moseyed out of his way and back up the hill.

    Due to Warby’s terrible math, we did 13 days of Dolly.
    1 – manmaker; 2 – overhead press; 3 – curls; 4 – skullcrushers; 5 – squats; 6 – kb swings; 7 – HRM; 8 – mtn climbers; 9 LBC’s ; 10 Freddy; 11 – heels to heaven; 12 – APD; BONUS 13 – Hello Dollies. Run to end of parking lot each time we added an exercise.

    closed it off with one final mosey. I think Dumar was more upset I ghost flagged the Q than Snookie was, oh well. Watch out for Snookie coming to an AO near you soon!

    Starting next week in SOS:
    Bootcamps: Mon Alamo, Tues Bermuda, Wed Timberwolf, Friday Satan’s Hill, Saturday Rock N Roll.
    If looking to do a Thursday bootcamp, I highly recommend you check out the Forge.

    Variety: Tuesday – Kettlebell, Wed – OTB Rucks, Thursday – OTB Sports at Timberwolf.

    See you in the gloom!

  • It’s good to be wanted

    Had to take a few weeks off to focus on the bike, but I know by Heist’s and Nancy’s onerous mumblechatter that they missed me. Luckily I was able to wake up today in time to show up to my own Q at Satan’s Hill…

    What a morning! guess all this rain has some benefit. LFG! Up the hill to (didnt know at the time) Rosetta’s front yard for a lot of SSH’s and stretching of limbs. Back down the hill to scoop up Oyster.

    Partner up! Gauntlet time

    2 burpees to enter (thx Woodsman) followed by 10 banded merkins, 10 squat thrusters, 10 curls, 10 banded squats, 10 overhead press. Upon exit, run up the hill and back. P1 has a band around their waste, P2 pulls on it as they go up the hill. rotate each time up the hill.

    Ring of fire to finish it off.

    Thanks Heist for the coffee!

    8/21 Hot Ones challenge tonight at Satan’s Hill 5-8pm all are welcome
    9/11 night ruck 8-1130pm at ALAMO

    Announcement: We are moving Timberwolf to WEDNESDAY beginning 9/2. Thursday will now be an open day for OTB moving forward in SOS and those looking for a bootcamp can head up to the Forge

  • Frisbee of the Ultimate Variety

    Pad Thai blocked Crabby’s throw.

  • (Pen)Ultimate Frisbee

    Fun continues to be had, so fun must continue. With light fading, we’re running our of time to run around the field chasing an object, but may have to run it back one more time next week…

    Side note: If you enjoy sitting on benches in Sri Lanka, Warby has some new feet pics for you.

    Team COOKIE – Superhuman Snip + 5 average joes

    Team HEIST – Heist, Crabby, Flyboy, Polar Bear, Festivus, Warby, Machismo

    Team Cookie scored quickly, but Team Heist bounced right back to tie it up, then the grumbling of the ‘extra man’ began. Traded scores again and HEIST went up 3-2. Here, we decided to sit our extra man, and eventually got to 4-4 I believe.

    And then Snip decided that he wasn’t messing around anymore. This KG story sums up what happened:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGVdZ156is4

    It was a blur, but what I do remember is it went from 4-4 to 4-9, Pad Thai, Fandango, Da Bear, Posey were catching dimes in the back of the end zone, in the corner, down the middle – all out assault. Team Heist did not have an answer today

    Kudos to Team Cookie, great game! Fun was had by all

    8/21 SATANS HILL CLUBHOUSE – F3 Hot Ones challenge, bring the family, pool will be open 5-8pm

    9/11 Friday Night Ruck 8pm – 11:30pm Meet @ ALAMO

    Prayers for Speakeasy and Meatball

  • Penultimate Football

    As the morning sun fades away each week, the PAX vocabulary begins to increase and we say things like penultimate and connoisseur. By the exercise of our conjoined faculties, we did devise and promulgate certain rules, which are hereby elevated and enshrined as binding law, of formidable force and effect, henceforth and in perpetuity.

    Said rules:
    Tightened up the field based on 8 players.
    Wide end zones
    Touchback and kick off markers (10 paces from endzone)
    Established a permanent FG kick attempt area
    Interception runner rule
    QB lateral and reversal movements
    10 Mississippi

    Using skills-based matchmaking, YHC put everyone in pairs and had Pad Thai and Festivus flip for first pick, then went through each pairing and selected them for each team. Teams felt balanced, may do this again.

    Team 1 – Festivus, Rudy, Matlock, Squash

    Team 2 – Crabby, Pad Thai, Hei Hei, Cookie

    Sluggish start as we found our sea legs and got used to the wet ball. Despite the larger end zone, Festivus still managed to go outside the end line, and T2 held a 1-0 lead. T1 tied it up, then T2 scored back to back to go up 3-1, but quickly relinquished the lead to a 3-3 tie.

    T1 then began to build some cushion, I believe being up 6-4. T2 tried to take advantage a poor kick off and declared a kick. Cookie stepped up to the plate and hit a boomer, but just like a Jake Elliott extra point attempt, it missed just right. T2 did rally and come back to tie the game. No time left on the clock, next team wins.

    T2 eventually pushed towards the goal line, with the ball in Cookie’s hands at the 2 yard line – one play to win it all. Like a classic 90’s movie, time slowed down, the roar of the crowd was drawn out, defense was smothering and had us on lock down and was aggressively counting Mississippi’s. None of that fazed Cookster, standing tall and poised, he kept his eyes locked and his arm loaded, waiting for the defenders to slip up. Crabby made a break to the back corner and just like Kelce and Mahomes, the connection was automatic and Cookie hit Kelce…err..Crabby in stride, who dunked the ball on the goal post in celebration.

    7-6, but we were all winners today, great game and everyone was making plays all over the field today.

  • Cornhole

    There was a bluebird special going on at Woodshed this morning, folks got out early to put in some work today!

    Start off with mosey down the way and back, and some light warmups.

    Tha Thang: CORNHOLE!

    We rotated through some individual and team challenges, with penalties in between that included block chest press, sprints, jump squats, donkey clappers, running, hrm, mike tyson pushups, and mountain climbers.

    Fun was had by all, our unofficial F3 member the walker was slightly jealous.

    Prayers – member of Excels church in a DV situation, Boss Hog in KY who recently passed away.

    Announcements:
    8/21 – Hot Ones challenge
    9/11 – Friday Night Ruck