We will be moving the Wednesday April, 3rd Roller Coaster hill run to the parking lot behind Palani Drive (401 Libbie Avenue). We will meet in the parking lot and have a hard start at 5:30pm. We will then run up and down some nearby hills and then retreat back to Palani Drive for HDHH! If you cannot make the run, please join us at the restaurant. Runners should be back by 6:15pm or so. This is the week of most public school’s Spring Break. Also, there is outdoor seating at Palani Drive, which will be key for those that don’t smell good after a run. This will be good training for BRR 2019 (the running part and the beer drinking part afterwards.) See ya there!
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Pre-Blast: Inaugural F3RVA Retreat 9/21-9/22
Gentlemen,
The inaugural F3RVA Retreat is officially on the books, and will be held Saturday, September 21 and Sunday, September 22. Get it on your calendars now. I know this conflicts with weddings, birthdays, college football, lawn mowing, and other sacred events. I’m sorry. I did the best I could, and this is the date that works best. I’m also aware its a few weeks after BRR. Again, sorry. Plan accordingly for this year, and for the same general time frame in 2020 and beyond.
When: 9/21-9/22. Generally plan to arrive sometime Saturday afternoon and leave by 10:00 a.m. on Sunday morning.
Where: 400 acre farm in Amelia. T-Claps to Gomer Pyle for arranging the property. I am not going to put the address on this site. If you are in, text me (804-852-0800) and I’ll shoot you the address. For you New Market guys, it’s probably within walking/rucking distance.
Why: Second F. The design is to have at least one annual overnight event that centers solely around 2nd F. There will not be a workout. If you want to run to the AO, go for it. On second thought, Swirly, Hardywood, Rosie, TYA, forget I said that…
Details: this will be an overnight camp out on a farm. There will not be a building for sleeping. Bring tents, hammocks, or see me ahead of time if you want to build a Yurt.
Food & Beverage: Circle K will bring his grill that proudly cooked 10,000 hot dogs at once during the Chicago World’s Fair. More details to follow, but we’ll break down into food and beverage committees. BYOB, etc.
Cost: There is no planned group overhead. The property has been graciously donated to the cause. I will probably ask each person for $5 or $10 to get the owner a nice gift for their generosity. Food and beverage will be worked out in smaller, more manageable groups.
This is going to be an awesome event, so – and I can’t believe I’m saying this – no guns.
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Pre-Blast — Punisher to be a New Years Eve Pub Craw/Run
Tomorrow’s Punisher will start at the normal time (6:30PM) at the normal place (Linwood Holton ES). But, it take the form of a pub crawl/run. Please wear running clothes and shoes and bring cash or a credit card. We have not finalized the routes yet, but it will be fairly short (no more than 3 mi in all). Also, we will not venture far afield in case people need to head out early. Thanks, Jville
P.S.: This is a rain or shine event. Planned route is 3.3 miles in total with 2 stops. Here it is:
Leg 1: Start at LHES, go east on Laburnum to Brook/Fauquier. Left on Fauquier. Left on Nottaway. Right on MacArthur to Dots Back.
Leg 2: Depart Dots Back south. Left on Nottoway. Left on Hermitige. South to Kitchen 64.
Leg 3: East on Westwood Ave. Left on Gloucester Rd. Left on Laburnum to LHES.
As always, Q reserves right to modify/add.
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Breaking Bread this Weekend
Hello fellas,
I have the Q for Breaking Bread this Sunday and currently I need at least two more to help serve. I’m handing all the food just need the hands to help. If you can Hard Commit either comment here or you can reach me at 804-347-9857. I already have Bulkhead on board!
Spit
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Pre-Blast: Virginia GrowRuck – March 22-24, 2019
GrowRuck 14 is coming to Richmond, VA on March 22-24, 2019.
The cost to participate in the GrowRuck Tough Challenge is $150. This includes GrowSchool, GORUCK registration, a T-Shirt, and sweet patches. Please HC (hard-commit) by listing your name on the link below:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E2j2FkPr4czWanPyNQW5U4l66u_OvaB3FtOky1Lf7SA/edit?usp=sharing
The link to officially register and pay will be available soon. You will pay a $75 deposit in December and then another $75 final payment in February to reserve your spot, T-shirt, and patch.
Your Event Q for the weekend is Honey Do from F3 Richmond. He’ll be responsible for organizing the weekend and making sure all you knuckleheads are ready to roll. If you have questions, you can reach him at rjreibel2@gmail.com or on twitter at @Honeydo_RVA
Weekend Schedule
We’re still ironing out details, but the schedule should look something like this:
Friday, March 22nd
- 7:00pm 2ndF Event – At Brewery location in Richmond TBD
Saturday, March 23rd
- 7:00am – Convergence: Led by Dredd, Bono, & Slaughter
- 8:30 – Coffeeteria / Breakfast
- 9:00 – 11:00 – GrowShool led by Dredd, Bono, & Slaughter
- 6:00pm – GORUCK Tough Challenge launches- Downtown Richmond
Sunday, March 24th
- Sometime in the AM, GORUCK Tough Challenge concludes
- Finish with breakfast and get your Patch!
The F3 Nation GrowRuck
What, you ask, is GrowRuck?
It’s simple: GrowSchool + GORUCK Tough challenge. In one weekend, you’ll get, 1stF + CSAUP + 2ndF + F3 Leadership Development & Training.
We rolled out GrowSchool in November 2016 as an offering for F3’s “Nomads” — workout locations that are on their way to becoming Regions and can use a little support and encouragement along the way.
After teaching through a couple of GrowSchools, we started to realize how important CSAUP events are to building 2ndF and the overall momentum toward a region. And no CSAUP event that we’ve ever seen has the same catalytic effect on 2ndF and F3 growth as F3 guys getting together to do a GORUCK Tough challenge.
So, we thought, why not combine the two?
GrowRuck will be led by GORUCK Cadre Daniel and will be in all ways an official GORUCK Tough challenge, but Daniel will tailor activities and the teaching to reinforce the GrowSchool curriculum and lessons. Dredd and Slaughter will participate in the challenge alongside the rest of the pax.
Over the last year we’ve had almost 300 men complete the GrowRuck in Jacksonville, Eastern North Carolina, New Orleans, Seattle, Chattanooga, Toledo, and Memphis.
T-Shirts
A GrowRuck T-Shirt will be included with your registration.
Gear
The most frequent question asked when an F3 group begins to look into doing the Challenge is “do I need to buy a $300 backpack”. The short answer is no. A GORUCK ruck is not required, but GORUCK Rucks last — FYI: the Rucker model ($265) goes on sale from time-to-time & the F3 Ruck Club will have discounts that may work for the Rucker, depending on the month. Contact Winnebago at F3NationRuck at the end of the Pre-Blast. The 511 Rush 12 is a $99 version that some guys use. The 511 Rush 24 is slightly larger and slightly more expensive. Also, many guys pick up second-hand rucks at Army surplus stores, eBay, or Craigslist.
Another option is to Tweet with the hashtag #LendARuck and tag the @F3GrowRuck account in your tweet asking for a ruck, and someone from the F3Nation will answer the call (kinda like the Bat Signal) and ship you his ruck to use. In return, you’ll wash it and send it back to him with a sweet F3 Lend-A-Ruck patch.
Besides a ruck, you’ll need some bricks for weight, a headlamp, reflective PT belt, and a hydration bladder.
Lodging
Lodging recommendations will be provided soon for traveling PAX.
Next Steps
- Sign up on Google doc above and follow @F3GrowRuck
- Join this Facebook group: F3 Virginia Growruck
- Find a ruck, put some bricks in it, and ruck on.
Important Links
Our Event Facebook Page:
Most comz will take place here at F3RVAGrowruck Facebook page. Feel free to join the page when you register. You can post updates as you train, ask questions, and most importantly “challenge” other regions here. Be sure to keep up with things here as our Cadre will post updates here that you will need to pay attention to.
The GORUCK Challenge – The link to GORUCK’s Tough page. Just look at things and get inspired.
All Day Ruckoff – by GrowRuck 04 Alumni, Brian Lohr contains many helpful links on training, equipment, and the podcast is informative. Consider following him on Twitter as well.
Pathfinder Ruck Training was started by F3 guys and is a solid training program for any GoRuck event.
F3 Nation Rucking on Facebook (closed group) and @F3NationRuck on Twitter are two key sources of information. Winnebago is the Q of that part of the Nation’s Ruck events.
You can always email growruck@F3nation.com and Bono will either answer your questions or get you to the right person. Be sure to follow @F3GrowRuck on Twitter.
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Pre-Blast: Breaking Bread, Sunday, November 25 – Need YOU!
Thanksgiving Quiz
Question 1: Where was the first Thanksgiving in America held?
Answer: Virginia. That’s easy. As early as 1610. 9 years before some Massachusetts Pilgrims scraped up their new Plymouth by crashing into a rock on their way home from a baahhhh.
Question 2: What is a HIM?
Answer: High Impact Man. This weekend, it’s YOU!
Question 3: Who will be a HIM for 2.5 hours on Sunday, November 25, 2018.
Answer: You
Question 4: What is needed?
Answer: F3 RVA sponsors Breaking Bread one Sunday evening each month. This month, it falls on Thanksgiving weekend. As of Tuesday, no one had signed up, so I jumped at the opportunity.
Isn’t this a hassle on a Sunday? Only if you let yourself think that way.
If you have not done this, it’s not a burden – it’s a reward. You will have the opportunity to serve dinner to roughly 12-15 people. These are folks who incurred injuries or other medical conditions in their lives. They found themselves homeless in the process. The Daily Planet is their chance to recover safely and, at this time of year, in a warm, welcoming environment. Your help pulls them through. And, having done this 2 times already this year, I can tell you there will be no one at your family Thanksgiving tomorrow more thankful than these folks will be for your help on Sunday.
Also, for anyone who is thinking, “But, I like to watch football on Sundays,” your prayers have been answered. They almost ALWAYS have football going on Sundays in the fall. EVERYONE watches. No burdensome M’s or 2.0s to ask you to be a husband or Dad** – just you, football, and helping the homeless.
I need ONE brother (two would be fine, but I NEED one), one HIM, to step up for Sunday. I’ll do most of the cooking.
Who’s in?
Respond to the Pre-Blast or text me (804 307 6765). Help a brother, help some homeless folks, but most of all, help yourself, F3RVA Thanksgiving-style, by lending a hand.
**Bring your kids, if you wish. Daily Planet recommends that they be 10 years old to attend.
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Pre-Blast: Please Come to Hammers & Ales 11/10/18 6PM!
Brothers! Lug Nut and I need your (yes YOUR) help.
In one month, the Richmond Community Toolbank is hosting our annual fundraiser, Hammers & Ales. We need you, your Ms AND your friends to make this the success it deserves to be. Over the next month YHC will be spreading the Hammers & Ales good news to the popped collars of Tuckahoe, to the gluten free hipsters of Richmond Proper, to the Wildlings of DaVille, and to the reddened necks of my native SOJ.
Our goal is to get more than 250 people to attend this year, so we need you! The more people we get to Hammers & Ales, the more volunteers we can equip to get their projects done with the right tools for less money.
What: Hammers & Ales — Fundraiser for Richmond Community Toolbank
Where: 1407 Cummings Dr, Richmond, VA 23220, USA
When: Sat, Nov 10 at 6:00 PM–9:00 PMWhy: 2nd & 3rd Fs! Not to mention Vässen beer, merlot for the Ms, great food, local band The Green List, a silent auction and fun and games for HIMS, Ms and 2.0s.
How: Either email me at bbassett@gmail.com to let me know how many tickets you want (you can pay me later) or grab a ticket HERE.
About Richmond Community Toolbank:
The Richmond Community ToolBank is a nonprofit tool lending program that provides fellow not-for-profit organizations with year-round access to an inventory of tools for use in volunteer projects and for facility and grounds maintenance. We provide tools to enhance the charitable sector’s capacity to serve, facilitating hands-on volunteerism in the greater Richmond area.
The Richmond ToolBank maintains an 10,000 sq ft warehouse in Scott’s Addition and an inventory comprised of more than 200 different types of tools and equipment in volumes large enough to equip thousands of volunteers at a time. Access to ToolBank tools eliminates the need for agencies to incur the expense of purchasing, repairing, and storing tools, reducing the costs associated with service projects and allowing these agencies to focus more of their resources on their mission.
Plant your corn early,
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Rest In Peace Grizzly
Folk,
This may be a first for F3 RVA. Grizzly, aka Chuck Friend, pass away on Tuesday after a year long battle with gallbladder cancer. To me, he was a friend, a neighbor, and a protector of this great country.
Grizzly posted to grid iron in the early days, along with his neighbor Short Shank (maybe the worst F3 name ever). He was always in great spirit and maximum effort, even if it was a ground pounding.
Grizzly’s obituary reads as follows:
FRIEND, Charles Lunsford, 58, lost his battle with gallbladder cancer on October 23, 2018. He was preceded in death in January by his beloved mother, Rosemary Thomasson. Chuck fought with strength, faith and courage to the very end. He spent his career as a U.S. Secret Service Agent and worked most recently as a Senior Manager with Altria Corporate Security. Chuck leaves behind to cherish his memory, his wife, Karen; adored children, Kevin and Emily; devoted son-in-law, Christopher Brown; brother, John Friend (Sandie); sisters, Emily Friend (Gray) and Dr. Jean Cary (Dave); along with his mother and father-in-law, Bob and Marilyn Snow. Visitation will be held at Woody Funeral Home, 1771 N. Parham Rd., Richmond, Va. 23229, on Friday from 5:30 to 8 p.m. A funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, October 27, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. A reception will immediately follow at Richmond Country Club. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to St. Mary’s Church Haiti Fund c/o Dr. David Gilligan, 1700 Habwood Ln., Richmond, Va. 23238 or Ledwith-Lewis Free Clinic, Box 2313, Tappahannock, Va. 22560.
Eternal Respect to Grizzly.
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Sometimes all you have to do is ask (Healing Place Training Team)
For a number of years the Healing Place, a residential program for men in recovery from addiction, has had a training team for the Monument Avenue 10k. This year they are trying a team for the 8k race that is attached to the Richmond Marathon. They started on Saturday, but only six of the twelve residents who had signed up showed up. Yesterday I went to their all-hands-on-deck community meeting to try to recruit a few new men and remind the others about accountability. I told them to let me know if there was anything holding them back and we would find a solution. Afterwards two men said they were interested but didn’t have shoes. “Just show up” I said, knowing I had two days to figure something out and that F3 would be the first place to turn.
This morning I made a request for shoes at 45 Minutes of Mary hoping to score some used but still usable donations. Who else but Hardywood offers a full carton of returned shoes that have been hardly been used. All those men had to do was ask, and all I had to do was broadcast that request. T-claps for Hardywood.
If you are interested in running with the guys, the runs are on Saturdays through November 3rd at 7:30 AM. The Healing Place is on Dinwidde Ave south of downtown in the Blackwell/Manchester area. With the team so small and other running volunteers from the community, we don’t need more than three or four F3ers.
There were also some men who wanted to know if it was possible to put together an evening run. Let me know if you are interested.
To summarize:
- I think we are good on shoes
- I’ll find out if there is a need for clothing (shorts, sweats, etc.)
- Reply in the comments if you are interested in running after work during the week, and which evenings/times you are available