Author: SABLE

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    8 of the pax came out for the final edition of RH for the year. The gander through the woods went a little long but it was worth it. Great 2nd F as always, thanks for the company on this frosty morning. Heres to the new year and reaching all those goals. SYITG!

    Announcements: Convergence at Dogpile @ 7am.

    NMS: As always, i felt so invigorated after spending the start of the morning with the fellas. Reflecting on fatherhood, the challenges of the last year and looking forward to whats next. In the past few years I have come across the idea of the past year review. Popularized by Tim Ferris, it suggests an alternative to the typical new years resolutions that we are all too familiar with. Instead, review your past year week by week, month by month and put everything you did, people you engaged with and anything else that you experienced in either a good column or a negative column. Summarize the top positive items/events/company and start planning more of them in your new year. Trips, people who you enjoyed being around, anything that was positive, then as much as possible avoid “signing up” for the negative ones out of obligation or FOMO. I am just really thankful for the opportunity to spend so much time with the brothers of the F3 community. More to come. Have a great, safe end to 2025.

  • Ruckhenge 122425

    Twas a merry Christmas eve morning that saw 5 of the pax assemble for a walk down some of Stony Point’s well illuminated streets. Nothing fancy today though we did tackle a few hills. Thanks for coming out this morning and here’s to a great festive season.

    Announcements: New Years Day convergence at Dogpile.

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  • Court Crackers

    Nine men ventured out to engage in the latest subzero edition of Huge Bells. After a rusty intro and warm up we moseyed down to the tennis courts for our first set of exercises.

    Pair or triple up and while one pax is completing swings, the other moseyed around the perimeter of all 3 courts. Repeat, switching double hand swings for singles. Complete 8.

    Next sets were a rotation between Turkish get ups and amour building complex’s while parter completes walking recovery till partners are done. Repeat until 10 TG and 10 ABCs complete.

    4 corners with the KBs, suitcase carry to 1st stop for 10 burpees, second corner for 20 American hammers (single count), 3rd corner for 30 lunges with a twist, finsh up with 40 LBCs.

    KB circle of fire, each pax to hit a muscle group not addressed. A new version of man makers was learned from Freezer burn, and court crackers are now a part of the Lexicon. Come out and see what they are all about.

    Mosey back to the flag for time. Thanks for the company this morning and thanks for the ☕️, Snuff!

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  • Ruckhenge 121025

    3…no 4… actually 5 of RH’s usual suspects came out for the Christmassy vibes on hand on this snowy and icy morning. With a fresh breeze on hand we did a parking lot lap to wait for stragglers before heading for the woods. Good thing everyone is sporting the bright orange beanies of late. A traverse across Larus Park was followed by a Stony Point FP stretch that saw most of us get to practice some of our balance skills while under weight. As always good banter and convo to cover the miles. Thanks for coming out lads. A great start to the day.

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    On this potentially wet morning we had 8 of our RH regulars join for a brief venture into the woods of Larus. We kept the pace comfortable given our men returning from GrowRUCK this weekend.

    Coffeeteria was focused on the building of awareness of our daily habits (Chapter 4 of Atomic Habits). The challenge has been set to identify a habit that we would like to change….permanently and not just fleetingly, a change that will get us closer to being the person we aspire to be. As always some solid humor and good banter was appreciated. Thanks for joining.

    Announcements/Prayers: Congrats to L Woods, NTB and Pad Thai on completing the GrowRUCK this past weekend. By all accounts they represented F3RVA excellently. Prayers for L Woods and the family as his old man deals with a cancer diagnosis.

  • Ruckhenge 092425

    10 of F3RVAs men gathered at Einsteins Bagels for this weeks edition of RH. Weather was perfect and after the usual welcome slagging off from the crusher of oranges, we were off. We began on the red trail, linked to green and then slipped under Chippenham parkway for the Stony Point sections. We passed around a very light 60lb sand bag for some extra fun and covered just over 3 miles this morning. As always the conversation was great and our follow up coffeeteria was full of humor. Good discussion on how identity drives our habits and vice versa. Thanks for joining lads!

    Numbers, Names, Announcements, NTB took us out.

    • CSAUP this Friday the 26th September starting at the Alamo @8pm, check Slack for details.
    • Nancy Lopez is collecting shoes till the end of the month and any donations to cover costs of shipping. QR code on Slack.

  • Ruckhenge 091025

    Beautiful morning for a few miles under our rucks. Lots of mumble chatter about the upcoming GROWRUCK event in NC, just not with the two HIMs doing it. They may have been doing a more challenging ruck somewhere else this morning. Just a hint of trail and then some of Bon Air streets. Mixed it up by adding a mosey loop midway. Thanks for the company gents.

    Numbers, announce….. , names, How does this work?

    Announcements:

    • 2nd F at L Woods place this Saturday 3pm. Meat and bennies provided, bring a side and let him know if you and the family are headed their way.
    • F3 RVA 11 year convergence will be lead by Rosie, EF Hutton and guests at Dogpile starting at 6:30am on 9/20/25, check slack for additional details
    • CSAUP ruck and bootcamp between Alamo-Old Hundred-Alamo on Friday 9/26 at 8:00pm

    We started the first chapter of Atomic Habits and look forward to more discussion in the weeks to come.

  • Ruckhenge 082025

    Seven of F3RVAs finest met at the usual spot before embarking on a tour of the local surroundings—Stony Point & Larus Park to be exact. No coupons this time round, just 3 miles under packs with some banter to lighten the load. Thanks for the company gents. Continuing discussion on the birth of Western civilization was limited given the concurrent reading load and back to school demands of life. Till the next time. SYITG

    Announcements:

    • Labor Day convergenceUpcoming
    • CSAUP opportunity on 9/26 to ruck and bootcamp: details forthcoming. Probably something like a 30 minute beatdown that will start Friday night from Alamo, ruck to Satan’s Hill, another 30 minute beatdown, ruck to Old Hundred, another 30 minute beatdown, back to Alamo. ALL WELCOME!
  • Ruckhenge 073025

    7 gathered for the latest edition of RH. Waited for a straggler, then hit the streets today. A challenge was thrown out to increase usual rucking weight by 5-10% this week in an attempt to shift from a place of comfort. Goal was to cover some decent distance as well, with hills and variable activities (Bernies on hills & Farmers Carry’s) thrown in. Solid job by the pax who covered 3.5 miles in 1:02:21. Our chapter this week focused on the Greeks and the rise and fall of their empire. As always some great discussion cropped up. Thanks for joining today!

    Announcements:

    • Homegrown half on the horizon with multiple options including ruck. details on start etc forthcoming.
    • September overnight ruck – hit up Crabgrass for details
    • New routine at Timberwolf starting in September

    Prayers:

    DTH led us out.

    Till next time.

  • Ruckhenge 061825

    15 men gathered at the Stony Point SC for this week’s edition of RH. Great to welcome some new pax and welcome back some others. Welcome to Lil Jon (FNG) too. We covered 3.3 miles of some streets and trails, and threw in a few off the cuff activities to remind the Freedom Ops lads of what’s in store come October. Not even a really sick tree could dampen the spirits of this group though as we returned for coffee and bagels, if just a little late.

    Summer Tour continues at Satan’s Hill Friday 6/20

    Dookie VQ @ the Forge Thursday 6/19

    July 4th Convergence — details on the way!

    Other upcoming events include:

    Home Grown Half – 8/16;

    Night Ruck – September;

    Freedom Ops (GrowRuck) Raleigh – October