Author: Jimmy Benson

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.

6 faithful gathered this cool morning and got our steps in today. Living up to the running boot camp we covered 3.73 miles today. We ran to our popular neighborhood and hit the Cul-De-Sacs. First few we did 15 Merkins and 15 LBCs, at each Cul-De-Sac, then headed back to the flag we arrived with 3 minutes left so we added one more set.. 165 merkins, 165 LBCs completed with @4 miles run. A good day to workout! Reminders of 10 year anniversary coming up check slack for all the details, closed in prayer and off to start the day!

four gathered on this hot and humid morning to shed some water weight and gain some muscle. The scheduled Q unfortunately suffered a back injury and hopefully won’t be out too long. YTH took the reins and here’s what went down. Mosey to COT 15 SSH, 10 Don qs, 10 Ukrainian solders, 10 merkins, 25 LBC, mosey to Wells Fargo branch. Partner for triple check: merkins, WW2s, jump squats, mosey to upper end of shopping center for non cumulative 4 corners with 15 WW2, 15 two count mountain climbers, 25 two count American hammers, 25 plank jacks. Mosey east to west broad village. Stop for 10 burpees, mosey along, stop for 25 LBCs, mosey stop for 25 two count flutter kicks, mosey along stop for 25 squats, mosey stop for 25 two count Freddy mercurys, mosey back to flag circle bus loop stop for 20 merkins and 25 two count American hammers, mosey to flag finish with 20 WW2s. Close with numbers names and prayer. Safe travel to those exploring the world