Author: Jimmy Benson

mosey from the flag head towards Wells Fargo parking lot stopped for warm-ups. 10 D cues, 10 Ukrainian soldier 10 Merkins, 20 LBC‘s mosey up towards poor House restaurant corner of the parking lot. Do a giant cumulative four corners with 10 Merkins 20 World War II‘s 30 squats and 40 side straddle hops. Mosey through the Short pump dog park over to West Broad Village entrance start another four corners which consists of 10 Burpee‘s and 30 LBC‘s repeated at each of the four corners mosey back to the flag. Take an extra loop with the parking lot to hit or 3 miles finish with 20 more Merkins. Hot humid morning, good mumble chattering conversation. Prayers for the family in Texas lost children others in the floods are welcome reminder to be grateful for the trivial things we worry about the stresses in our life, there are far greater losses and challenges that people endure each and every day. Peace and grace to those that need physical healing and emotional support. Always an honor to lead

Apparently the Q was tired and slept for a long time while the Alarm was sounding. After a 100 MPH drive to the AO I arrived only five minutes late. The challenge with a running boot camp is which way did they go. We vary every week but fortunately I picked the right direction and found some clues on my way to catch the pax. Mosey to westbroad village lake gazebo  circle up 10 merkins, 10 LBCs, a few other things I missed probably. Q hand off to Pinto from Lighthouse…Mosey to Golf Galaxy for 5 burpees(punishment for me being Tardy), 20 SSH’s, 20 LBCs. Mosey to Diamonds direct 5 burpees, 20 merkins, 20 WW2s. After that head over to ACAC at west broad village. 5 burpees, 20 merkins, 20 Fredy mercuries,. Head to Ironworks for 20 monkey humpers in from of Manscapes store because he didn’t show up, hopefully he has surveillance cameras. Mosey toward Dave and Busters more of the same 5, 20 and 20. Head to pump and repeat once there. Mosey back to flag but take bus loop two times to hit our 3 miles.  Circle up: name and numbers name the 2 FNGs. Thanks for letting me be part and always a great day to sweat and be together as a brotherhood Close in prayer

what a glorious day to be in the Not so Gloom…

here is what went down: Mosey to short pump park circle up 10 don Qs, deadman hang, 10 merkins. Mosey to water park for triple check: Merlin’s, Ww2s, pacer laps park. After that head over to gazebo at lake in west broad village. The rounds of 20 dips, 15 derkins, 20 bench kicks. Head back to flag long way around lake, take bus loop.  Circle up: 30 LBCs in cadence and 30 American hammers. Close in prayer

great morning to be out with the sky lit with color as we moved about. Nice to have Fudd join us today. Lunch next week at the new Fish and Pig in innsbrook.

Several showed today for the perfect start to a day, working out with our F3 brothers as the birds chirped and the sun rose during our 45 mins together. With a traditional WTH work out, we hit the Cul-De-Sacs looking for one of our missing regulars, Whitesnake. Sadly we still don’t know which house is his so we couldn’t harass him out of the house to join us. We moved faster than typical must mean we are getting stronger and faster, probably not, Each Cul-De-Sac gave us the opportunity to knock out 10 merkins and 15 WW2’s, we added an extra stop and did a few extra loops around the bus ring taking us to 115 merkins, 165 WW2’s and 4 miles of ground covered. A good start for Wednesday. Pigskin welcomed is newest granddaughter yesterday to the fold! Piglets 2nd born, Maggie Jane 7lbs and a head full of hair! Welcome to the world, everyone is doing well. Prayers and thanksgiving for the family and the road ahead for the newest member. As we inch closer to Easter, let us remember the blessings of life and forgiveness of our sins that Christ gifted to us as he hung on the cross in our place. we are all loved and forgiven despite our human flaws and imperfections. rejoice in the good news and strive to be a better man each day. Thanks for allowing me to lead and be part of this family!

5 gathered to continue the quest of fellowship and fitness on a warm spring like morning under the giant Orange Moon! Always the best way to start my day with my brother in arms. The Thang:

Head out for the lake at Wellsley from the flag. Pigskin took the early start out of the gate and the Pax caught up as we hit Pump. Circled up at shopping center parking lot for COP with SSH, Don Q’s, Ukrainian solders, Merkins and LBCs to get bodies loosened up, mosey towards the lake, Q decided 11’s were the way to start the workout, so we pulled right into two Cul-De-Sacs for deconstructed burpees: I.E. Merkins 10 & 1 Jump Squat on other end, with reverse accent and decent of numbers. after 6 or 7 rounds the Q realized the distance was too great and we merged the last 3 into single sets as we were already at 30 mins in and over 3 miles. I promised the lake so off we went. By the time we got there it was 36 min and 3.5 miles…ooops quick 20 WW2’s and then head back to the flag. Late and 4.5 miles later, we figured out 52 degrees will work up a sweat and circled up for numbers and closed in prayer. Refunds available for late return to flag, send requests to the admin office of WTH…… Always a joy to lead and start the day with F3! Keep those in your thoughts and prayers that are facing challenges in life from many different angles. Reach out to someone who has been apart for a bit.

Three showed on this frigid morning to try and warm up moving around the far westend. On cold days like this 15 degree start we all decided exercising in the parking decks at West Broad Village was the right move. We took off and navigated the snow covered sections of sidewalks and ice to make it to the parking deck. First round: 10 merkins 10 WW2s, 5 up and 5 back down, the top levels were a sheet of ice so we stopped at the edge of cover. 2nd round: 10 sets: 10 jump squats, 10 SSHs. 3rd round: 10 sets 10 WW1s and 30 second planks. last set we ended with 1 minute plank. mosey back to flag. Lighthouses watch showed 3.5 miles covered, my watch show 4.5 miles. My watch clearly was adding extra points because of the extreme cold. We all agreed lighthouse was the more accurate read. I closed in prayer after numbers and names. Special prayers of healing and success for Fireman Ed as he starts his treatments tomorrow. Stay warm and positive as we move into 2025. Peace

Five gathered for a Wednesday run and bootcamp interwind all together in the cool October air. Our hero Pigskin gave blood this week and decided he would take it easy and stay watch over the flag while the remaining four took off in the dark. Here is the thang:

Mosey towards West Broad Village, stop after half mile for warm up. Circle up, disclaimers, and 10 SSH, 10 Don Q’s, 20 LBCs, 10 Merkins. Mosey to the parking deck. two rounds of up and back. start with 5 burpees, at eack platform, 10 merkins to the top. At the top, 5 burpees and then head back down doing 15 WW2’s at each platform. Next round: 5 burpees to start, 10 Jump squats at each palform, repeat. 5 more burpees then 2 count Freddie Mercuries on the way back down. For the record thats 7 rounds of each exercise plus the 5 Burpees. Mosey back towards flag. Todays cold made people unfriendly, two hellos and no reply, stop for 10 burpees (parking deck burpees were the result of a silent indivdual who ignored a hello from pax). keep movin back to flag, then a game of find the Pigskin. Once we reached him we headed back to the flag, had two minutes to recap the earlier routine, 10 merkins, 15 WW2’S, 10 jump squats, AND 10 FREDDIE MERCURIES, closed in prayer, prayers for Fireman Ed and also Fudd’s sister and all those in need of prayer concern! The morning was enhanced by Bluemoon making a return to WTH!! 3.5 miles covered this morning. Be Well

7 brave brothers showed up in the gloom to do the work this morning, One downrange F3 brother from Charlotte area, Two Timer, We always enjoy seeing new brothers. Hers what went down. We headed out from flag towards pump to a spot that we have only hit once before, Three Notch town homes for some 11’s. YHC didnt remember how long the road was and after 30 mins we had only completed 5 rounds of Merkins and Jump squats while covering 2.6 miles already. Recognizing time was a problem and distance two great we switched to a triple check with American hammers, Merkins and a pacer. Once completed we headed back to flag grabbed the bus loops and covered sidewalk for 20 pole smokers and 20 mountain climbers, two rounds of this and time was up. We found the bus loop just in time as it really started pouring while we finished up. We covered 3.65 miles finished with COT and names. Was great to have 2XT out there with us.