Author: Florence

  • A Date With Cindy

    12 shy gentlemen went on a blind date with Cindy. She was a mean ole bessie. Here’s the torture she put us through :

    Mosey lap around parking lot

    Circle up for Definition of 3 F’s, Core Principles, Mission Statement and Disclaimers

    Warmarama : 20 SSH IC, 10 Ukrainian Soldiers IC, 15 IW’s IC, 10 Merkins IC

    THE THANG :

    Grab a Cindy and mosey to playground

    15 Blockees (Burpee on the Cindy, pick it up on the way up and do an overhead press)

    *From this point forward until time expires, carry Cindy and don’t let her touch the ground*

    Mosey up satan’s hill, take a right, then take another right down the cul de sac hill

    20 goblet squats

    Mosey up the hill to next street then stop

    Lay on your back then do 150 bench press while doing flutter kicks

    Mosey down the street, eventually take a left then down to the bottom of the next hill

    20 Thrusters (this is a squat with an overhead press on the way up)

    Mosey up the hill, take a left, go down that street, take a right then go all the way down the hill

    25 Curls with your hands through the Cindy holes

    Mosey up the hill, take a left, go down that street, take a right then go all the way down the hill

    20 Cindy Swings

    Mosey BTTF

    DONE

    Numbers, Names, YHC took us out

    Announcements :

    – Tonight Happy Hour at Diamond Billiards on Midlo Turnpike

    -Tomorrow’s AO options : DogPile Ultimate Frisbee, Rock N Roll with Snuff Q, Gridiron with Attila Q

    -Sat 8/26 Pickleball Tournament at Batteau (doubles team play format)

    NMMS : Welcome Dan Brown now known as Carvana! He works in automotive parts and sales, lives in Ashland, and Futon invited him out. You may see him start posting with the DaVille crew. Been awhile since YHC has Q’ed out at satan’s hill. Enjoyed it fellas!

  • F3 Charleston SC : Hills of Park West AO

    7 Sweat Shop Workers slaved away at 0500. Conditions were horrendous : 95% humidity and 80 degrees. Here’s what the adjacent high school football players witnessed :

    F3 disclaimers

    Warmarama : 20 SSH IC, 10 Imperial Squat Walkers IC, 10 Hill Billy’s IC, 20 Mountain Climbers IC, 10 Merkins IC

    THE THANG :

    Mosey to wooden fence poles for 10 Jail Break Burpees (Grab the fence with your hands, do a lateral jump over the fence and go straight into a Burpee = 1 rep)

    Mosey to nearby hill

    Bear crawl to top of the hill, do 10 Merkins at the top, bear crawl to the bottom of the hill. Then Crawl Bear back up the hill, do 10 Merkins at the top, Crawl Bear to the bottom of the hill (Repeato entire routine)

    Mosey to *gigantic hill*

    Stairway to Seven : Run to the top, do 1 Burpee, Mosey back down, Repeato with increasing Reps of Burpees until you complete 7 burpees 

    Bernie Sanders to top of the hill, do 10 Ball Dippers DC, Mosey to the bottom of the hill, do 10 Merkins (Repeato)

    Mosey to garden wall

    10 step ups IC with right leg only, 10 Incline Merkins IC, 20 Flutter Kicks IC while sitting on the wall, 10 In and Outs IC while sitting on the wall, 10 Derkins IC, 10 American Hammers IC, 10 In and Outs IC, 10 box jumps OYO, 10 step ups IC with left leg only

    Mosey to soccer field

    10 Lt Dans IC

    Bernie Sanders to quarter field

    Merkin Burn Out : Without Stopping – 8 Merkins IC, 6 Diamond Merkins IC, 10 Werkins IC

    Sprint to opposite side of field, Sprint back, Sprint one more time to opposite side of field 

    Mosey to track where pull up bars are

    10 Pull Ups, 20 Merkins, 30 Squats

    Mosey BTTF

    DONE

    Numbers, Names, Boomer took us out

    Prayers for a Charleston PAX named Orville battling cancer; Safe travels to Big Dif and YHC

    NMMS : Man….this humidity and heat exposed YHC. Thought I was in-shape but got some work to do. I heard tales of Big Dif from my BIL Bocephus and let me tell you…he lived up to the hype. Big Dif is a 48 year old retired Navy Seal. You’ll routinely see him in the top 10 stats for Iron Pax Challenge every year for F3 Nation in September. Dude just doesn’t stop…

  • It’s Gonna Be A “House” Party

    13 Nineties Movie Fanatics and Techno Ravers hit the pavement of Rockwood Park to celebrate House Party turning 41 yesterday. Here’s what the Richmond Beekeeper’s Association witnessed before their annual Rockwood Park festival :

    Mosey to basketball court

    Definition of 3 F’s, Core Principles and Mission Statement

    Turn on the original House Party soundtrack

    Warmarama : 20 SSH IC, 15 Ukrainian Soldiers IC, 15 IW’s IC, 10 Merkins IC

    Suicides with Different Movements to the foul line, half court, opposite foul line, opposite end line and back :

    1st Suicide Set – Broad Jumps

    2nd Suicide Set – Front Facing Crab Walk

    3rd Suicide Set – Sprints

    4th Suicide Set – Lunges

    Turn on House Music (aka Techno Music) and Mosey to tennis court

    4 Corners Prostitute – 20 Merkins, 20 Jump Squats, 20 Chum’s One Legged LBC’s, 20 Mountain Climbers DC

    Mosey to Concession Stand stairs

    Triple Check – Dips, Doozy Style WWII’s (arms crossed over chest), Timer runs up the stairs then down the other side

    Mosey to forest trail entrance at the far side of the park and stop at the Exercise Station

    Mini Mini Dora : 30 Pull Ups, 60 Lunges SC, 90 Chum’s One Legged LBC’s (We had to stop after Lunges to Mosey BTTF)

    DONE

    Numbers, Names, YHC took us out

    Prayer Requests : Cha Cha’s back, Chaplain’s back, House Party’s knees, YHC’s Dad healing & care coordination for Parkinson’s

    Announcements :

    -This Tuesday 6/27 Gumbo’s Home Run Derby at Robious Elementary (Go here instead of No Toll)

    -July 4th Convergence at Dog Pile 7 am – 8 am

    -Friday July 7 State Farm VQ at Satan’s Hill

    -Saturday July 8 School of Rock after Rock N Roll Q : This is a family friendly 30 min bootcamp with snacks and drinks (contact Dr. TryHard)

    NMMS : Happy Birthday House Party! You’ve been a great addition to F3 and more importantly a great friend. Welcome Broadway EH’d by DTH (he enjoys acting). Welcome Tool Time who was EH’d during the Warmarama by Big Rig (he works in construction). Welcome Flea who is DR from Colorado visiting Purple Rain and family (he plays bass guitar like Red Hot Chili Pepper’s Flea). YHC gave 2 challenges to all PAX today, particularly the FNG’s : 1) Come back, 2) Find 1 other AO during the work week to post at

  • Graveyard Shift OTB 6/19/23

    Big Rig and YHC escaped the clutches of the fart sack to run the Graveyard Shift. 4.85 miles were logged. We did the Morning Wood paved trail loop Twice then added on a little extra. Big Rig has definitely bested YHC for long distance running. He was slowing his pace for YHC a couple times. Here’s the route :

  • F3 Hampton Roads : Ignite AO VA Beach

    12 F3 Brothers descended upon La Playa de Virginia. Here’s what the pedestrians and hotel onlookers observed :

    Mosey to trash cans and BTTF then circle up

    Definition of F3, Core Principles and Disclaimers

    Warmarama : 20 SSH IC, 15 Ukrainian Soldiers IC, 15 IW’s IC

    Merkin Jax – Done in a 1:4 ratio : 1 merkin, 4 plank jax, 2 merkins, 8 plank jax, up to 5/20 and all the way back down

    THE THANG :

    Partner up for Mini Dora : 50 Pull Ups, 100 Ball Dippers DC, 200 One Legged LBC’s, Timer runs to trash cans and back

    Form teams of 3 for a Triple Check : Dips, Flutter Kicks, Timer runs to lifeguard stand and back

    Quarter Pounder – Sprint 25 yards and Do 25 merkins, Bernie Sanders back to start. Sprint 50 yards and do 50 squats, Bernie back to start. Sprint 75 yards and do 75 DOUBLE COUNT Mountain Climbers, Bernie back to start. Sprint 100 yards and do 100 SSH, Bernie back to start.

    Line up in single file straight line for Bataan Death March : PAX in back does 2 Burpees then sprints to the front while the PAX in line are doing Lunges. Flap Jack and Repeato for about 100 yards 

    Head to the water and line up side by side in a straight line at the surf line : PAX at the back of the line bear crawls to the front while the rest of the PAX do Navy Seal Burpees in the water. Flap Jack and Repeato until all PAX have bear crawled

    Mosey BTTF

    1 minute of Flutter Kicks IC

    DONE

    Numbers, Names, YHC took us out in prayer

    Prayers for Scully and Flatbed’s sons, Prayers for healing for YHC’s Dad

    NMMS : Man I love this AO. Can’t beat this vacation spot. It’s YHC’s second year in a row posting here and staying at the Holiday Inn North Beach. Enjoyed seeing Free Fall, Average Joe, and Scully for the second year in a row. Enjoyed seeing Funny Car after our last post in Richmond together. Thanks to him for inviting me to guest Q. Nice meeting e everyone else including Bilbo who was DR from F3 Sacramento and welcome Sea Legs to F3! GET SOME!

  • You Say Tomato, I Say Jorts

    4 Davillians welcomed 2 Jorts Wearing SOJ PAX for the following run. Spit helped State Farm and YHC get in a little extra to get 4 miles exactly. Speakeasy and Phonics were up ahead. Yard Sale started his ruck at 5 am. Good times were had by all!

    Below is a snapshot of the Route. Here’s the specific directions : From the Clubhouse, take a Left then take a Right on Combs Dr, Right on Oakham Dr, Left on Colvincrest Dr, Left on Hughesland Rd, Left on Crestfield Dr, Left on Combs Dr, Stop at Oakham Dr intersection to complete 1 Lap.  If you complete 3 Laps then head BTTF you’ll get 3.81 miles in. If you complete 4 Laps then head BTTF you’ll get 4.88 miles in.

  • More Running, Less Bootcamp Please

    6 West Enders joined forces with 1 Mystery SOJ Takeover Q. It went something like this :

    Disclaimers and F3 Mission Statement

    Warmarama : 20 SSH IC, 10 Ukrainian Soldiers IC, 15 IW’s IC, 10 Merkins IC

    THE THANG :

    Did our 1st round of BLIMPS at the Flag (5 Burpees, 10 Lunges DC, 15 IW’s IC, 20 Merkins, 25 Plank Jax, 30 Squats)

    Moseyed to various locations around the school while stopping for more sets of BLIMPS. After completing the 5th round of BLIMPS, Lighthouse said, “You know, we do a little more running here and a little less bootcamp”. Point taken so after the 6th and final rounds of BLIMPS, we were at 1.7 miles travel and had about 13 minutes to spare so we ran loops around the school until time expired. And we got in our 3 miles traveled for the WaThoHuk Standard!

    White Snake and Pigskin did their own THANG of walking in loops around the school with stops for PT

    DONE

    Numbers, Names, YHC took us out

    Announcements : SOJ Takeover continues with Friday being the final day. And Summer Tour continues until Labor Day (Visit 10 AO’s outside your nano region, Attend 1 Convergence, Lead 3 Q’s outside your nano region, Attend 1 Q “outside of your comfort zone”)

    NMMS : Enjoyed visiting WaThoHuk and hanging with the West Enders I rarely get to see. Admittedly, their cardio endurance exceeds YHC. Well done

  • Thinkin About Postin with this New Guy from Logistics…

    7 Disgruntled Initech Workers including an FNG were called in on Saturday. Here’s what Milton and his Stapler observed :

    Mosey around to other side of school where benches are

    Definition of F3, Core Principles and Mission Statement

    Triple Check : Dips, Stationary Lunges, Timer runs to tree and back

    Mosey to parking lot hill

    Dora : 100 Merkins, 200 Chum’s One Legged LBC’s, 300 Squats

    Mosey across street to baseball field

    Bearmuda Triangle : 1 Burpee at First Base, Bear Crawl to Second Base then do 2 Burpees, Bearl Crawl to 3rd Base then do 3 Burpees, Repeato going back the other way to First Base

    Mosey to Basketball Court

    4 Corners with 10 Ball Dippers DC, 20 Merkins, 30 Plank Jax, 40 Chum’s One Legged LBC’s

    2 Sets of Suicides going across the combined distance of the two courts without stopping (1 Set = Run 1/4 way then back, run 1/2 way then back, run 3/4 way then back, run to far side then back)

    Mosey BTTF

    1 Min & 30 Sec of Flutter Kicks

    DONE

    Numbers, Names, YHC took us out

    Continued Prayers for State Farm’s M’s family stress and YHC’s Dad’s parkinson’s disease

    Announcements : Summer Tour continues!

    NMMS : YHC’s facebook post yesterday worked! It brought out FNG Jim (James Stohlman) now known as Initech because he works in Logistics (watch Office Space movie if you don’t get this reference). The Crucible AO is serving a great need providing an AO in the Manchester area which is under-served. It’s the farthest east of our AO’s. Put the word out and EH some new guys to get out there. State Farm, Bed Pan and YHC all punched a ticket on the Summer Tour today! Final Thoughts : Shout Out to Flintstone who ran a 10k before posting today. That heat hits different at 7:30 am. YHC was on the struggle bus today.

  • Graveyard Shift OTB 6/5/23

    The clock struck 0430 and off the Running Dead went. New route unlocked by YHC for 5 Miles (see snapshot below). Lots of announcements so see Slack. Strong mumble chatter this morning. Enjoyed the run and fellowship :

  • Ultimate Frisbee Timberwolf Edition

    14 Semi-Pro Frisbee players gathered on the hallowed field of Tomahawk Creek Middle School. Here’s what the roaring fans in the bleachers observed :

    Mosey to football field

    F3 Mission Statement

    Warmarama : 20 SSH IC, 10 Ukrainian Soldiers IC, 10 IW’s IC, 10 Merkins IC

    Brief description of Ultimate Frisbee rules with this added kicker : 1 Navy Seal Burpee for every drop and missed throw, 2 Navy Seal Burpees as a Team every time you get scored on

    Final Score : Rosie’s Roses 6 – Oyster’s Shellfish 2

    Most Catches Award goes to Benny

    Best Catch Award goes to Rosie

    Best Collision goes to Ikea and Heist

    Best Defense goes to Warby and Oyster

    Best Wipeouts goes to all of us

    Mosey BTTF

    DONE

    Numbers, Names, YHC took us out

    Announcements :

    -DTH is leading family friendly bootcamp School of Rock after the Rock N Roll Q this Saturday. Snacks and Drinks will be there.

    -Next week Fri 6/9 Happy Hour at Diamond Billiards whenever you can get there. Some will arrive as early as 5:30 pm. We’d love any of the PAX from different regions to join us. Always an open invite

    NMMS : Had a blast today! Sorry the field was wetter than I thought it’d be after a full day of sun.