7 men and a couple of pups left the fartsack to burn a few calories before sneaking in the jelly beans and Cadbury eggs. 2nd F was strong today fellas. Great to have Doublemint out with us today as well. Happy Easter.
Announcements:
The Bridge: See Slack for more details about upcoming Convergence.
Gomer: It’s Anniversary Week for Gomer. He has the Q all week.
Prayers: Prayers needed for DTH Sister and our Brother LabRat.
See you in the Gloom
Oyster
Fourteen Fearless redwoods (including 1 FNG – Polly and 1 visitor Webelos from F3 Naperville) gathered on a purrfect cool morning to develop their physiques for upcoming bikini season. According to those standing around at the local cricket league it went something like this:
5 burpee start
Mosey to COP all IC, all 4 count; 10x SSH, 10x IW, 10x APD, 10x Tuscaloosa Trailer Park Twister, 51 LBC, 10x Bohemian Rhapsody, 10x Freddie Mercury, 10x Hello Dolly, 10x Rosalita, 10x Merkin, 10x HRM, 10x Merkin + sky Reach, 10x Grass Angel, 10x Aussie style, 10x ww2, 10x Arm Circle, 10x reverso, 10x seal claps, 10x overhead claps. Wrap it up with 10x control freak merkin.
Triple check. Touch a tree. Flutters and WW2s.
Booyah merkin ring of fire.
Partner 11s. Jumpsquats. Everyones favorite WW2s
5 bonus burpees at PAX request – Thanks Tater
Mosey to pole smoker. 5 box cutters while PAX work various exercises. Called after 3 rounds. We will get all 60ish poles done at some point gents.
Mosey for spider merkin on bleachers – instruction needs refinement.
BTTF for a ring of fire.
Seymour took us out
Welcome to FNG – Polly (nee Adrian). Polly was brought out by Webelos visiting from F3 Naperville. Originally from Birmingham, moved to Twin Hickory from west Chitown, into music and a former Rugby Union flanker. Several great naming alternatives including Susan Boyle. We left the Twin Hickory themed Swinger and Lasagna Party for next time. Several Rocky alternatives came to mind as well. Finally, we settled on a Peaky Blinders theme – which Polly will now binge on as he has never seen it.
Polly is hardcore, and so is Polly – cigars and brown liquor on the horizon.
Prayer Requests: Lab Rat, Handshakes family, Lighthouse family.
Announcements:
NMS – YHC five year anniversary Friday. Today kicks off the annual week of Qs. See slack for more. Lets bring some FNGs out.
Get some!
10 studs from south of the river, including an FNG, got together for another epic Rock N Roll beatdown. The running was minimal, but we maxed out on 1990’s pop culture references. The following is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure:
Walking warm-up that included Helicopters, Arm Circles, Ukranian Soldiers, Hoppin’ Hillbillies, High Knees, Butt-Kicks, Karaoke x 2. Mixed in some Hand Release Merkins and LBC’s.
Exercise One: Mosey to flag for coupon retrieval.
Circuit with various exercises. One man lunge walks halfway around the circle, then runs. Rotate to the next station.
Exercises included: Sumo Squats with big kettle bell, Upright row with kettle bell, WWII sit ups w/medicine ball, Derkins, Jerkins, Burpees, Dips, Jump Squats, Flutter Kicks. Everyone did each station.
Mosey to the basketball court for Jumping Herpes – out and back.
To the baseball field: Partner up. One man runs to 1st base for 20 Merkins and back. Partner does pole smokers. Repeato to second and third base.
In the back parking lot: Bear Crawl to the sign.
To the lower baseball field. Same pattern as above, but at the bases do 20 WWII sit-ups. Partner does Heels to Heaven.
Monkey Humper Ring of Fire w/10 Merkins each.
Lt. Dan Walk back to home plate. Did some planking.
Mosey back to the flag for 1 minute of Apple Bottom Poppers.
Numbers/Names/Announcements
Hardywood took us out with some inspirational words.
Final thoughts: Great work by all of the PAX today. Welcome House Party! He lives in the area and had been working out solo at the park. Florence talked to him about our group last week. Also, shout out to Floppy Disk for posting on consecutive weeks. Wild mumble chatter today, including a Zima reference that inspired my backblast title. For additional insight on this workout, check out Last Call’s MySpace page.
Have a great Easter!
13 best of the best ready to take on DogPile. No Fartsacking, No Sad Clowns. Could this be the first Pipeline run for 2022. You Betcha! Let’s get after it.
Warmarama:
Mosey to the end field. SSH, DQ, Copperhead Squats, Arm Circles, Helicopters, Ukrainian Solders, Merkins, LBC, Flutter Kicks, Maybe a few more.
The Thang:
Pole Smokers
10 Heals to Heaven, Run to the end.
Pax waiting: Flutters Kicks, Freddie Mercuries, LBC, 6 inches.
2-3 rounds.
Mosey to the Penny Stage
Triangle of Death
Grab a Coupon. Round 1
Overhead Coupon Carry to the 1st Point (Corner of Fence) Drop Coupon.
Sprint to the next Point (Tree)
Sprint to the next Point (Penny Stage)
Sprint to the next Point (Fence).
Grab Coupon, overhead carry to the next point (Tree). Drop Coupon
Sprint (Penny Stage)
Sprint (Fence)
Sprint (Tree)
Grab Coupon, overhead carry to the net point (Penny Stage). Drop Coupon
Last Sprint around. Wait for the six.
5 Coupon Burpees.
Round 2 – Reverse
Overhead Coupon Carry to the (Tree) Drop Coupon.
Sprint to the next Point (Fence)
Sprint to the next Point (Penny Stage)
Sprint to the next Point (Tree).
Grab Coupon, overhead carry to the next point (Fence). Drop Coupon
Sprint (Penny Stage)
Sprint (Tree)
Sprint (Fence)
Grab Coupon, overhead carry to the net point (Penny Stage). Drop Coupon
Last Sprint around. Wait for the six.
5 Coupon Burpees
Penalty- Honeymoon broke his Coupon. 5 more Coupon Burpees.
Return Coupons.
Mosey to Love Hill. Mosey down Love Hill with a series of stops along the way.
Mosey to the Pipeline for a Triple Check.
Partner 1: Run the Pipeline
Partner 2: LBC
Partner 3: Squats
Mosey back to the Flag. series of stops along the way. Lunges, Reverse Lunges, Bernie Sanders. Curb Merkins, Curb Dips. Back to the Flag with a Minute Left. 25x SSH.
Announcements: See Slack for Vinny’s Post about a monthly visit to the Bridge. Flatline is leading this initiative. Also June 4th – convergence at the Bridge.
YHC took us out. Thankful for all of our blessings, thankful for each and everyone of you. Let’s give him all the Glory. Prayers Needed for DTH sister and our brother Labrat.
Well done today Fellas, thank you for letting me lead. Those Pole Smokers seemed a bit easier on paper.
See you in the Gloom
Oyster
4 men show up for different workouts and with the 1/2 Marathon in the books, the Bootcamp/Run option was in full force this morning. Below is the work out
Spit and Mr Holland ran a 10k in 53 minutes…way to push guys as this was one of the part of the Monument 10K sign up was running a virtual 10K along with an actual 10K next weekend.
Corned Beef and Helix decided on the bootcamp option and here is what went down:
Mosey to bus loop and form up for cop
20 ssh, 10 DQ, 10 Ukrainian Soldiers, 10 Imperial walkers, 8 4ct helicopters, 15 arm circles, 10 small and 5 big, reverso, 20 American Hammers, 20 LBC’s, 10 Scorpions, 20 merkins.
Bus Loop switch
First plan was to alternate running the bus loop lap as the timer, partner 2 performed an exercise. We did this work out 3 times. The first exercise was step ups on the bench, the second exercise was a continuous alteration of 2 dips and rolled over to 2 incline merkins and the final exercise was squats.
Next we mosey to the basketball court for a “True Dora” where Partner 1(P1) runs a suicide on the basketball court as the timer and P2 performs 1 pull up, 2 push ups and 3 squats, repeating this order until they switch continuing the count and alternating until we reach 100 pull ups, 200 Merkins and 300 Squats.
Mosey to the Tennis court for Sideline mid court opposite sideline brocode work.
First effort we lunge to mid court, bernie saunders back then lunge to far sideline and bernie saunders back.
2nd effort Bear crawl to mid court and crawl bear back, bear crawl to far sideline and crawl bear back.
3rd effort – Side lunge(step squat) to midcourt and side lunge back (staying facing the same direction to work out both sides). Side lunge to far court side lunge back.
4th Effort – Crabwalk to midcourt Bunny hop back – Crabwalk to farcourt (CB lunged this one) and bunny hop back.
5th Effort – Gorilla walk hop(GWH) to midcourt, GWH back, GWH to far court and GWH back.
Mosey to weight room wall for touch a tree and donkey kicks. P1 – Touch 3 trees as timer and P2 donkey kicks, switch and this was one rotation. We did 3 rotations.
Mosey back to flag for some stretching and to meet up with the runners.
Numberama, Namerama and Mr. Holland took us out in prayer.
Great workout for everyone and we are beginning the dual workout options at our AO’s so come check it out as there is no excuse for running or bootcamp as we have you covered. This is also the plan for the Tuesday ANVIL workout that it will be both the run and boot camp options; however, with Gomer posting as Q at Daville on Monday, I expect that there will be mostly running at Anvil on Tuesday….we will see!
Have a great weekend gents and we will see you in the gloom! Cheers…CB
3 HIM got their Morning Wood run in today before Chaplain’s beatdown. We did the reverse of the usual paved nature trail loop. Mumble chatter included OC’s doctor being a straight shooter, COVID lockdowns causing weight gain, and past running history in various races. Good luck to Rosetta, Boberry, Don Draper and Tobit running in Roanoke today.
30 road warriors coverged and ran towards the dark to welcome the Tax Man. Would they take the Standard Deduction? Or face the threat of Compounding Interest, or suffer the Tax Lien? We took it all on and then some! But according to the guy sky-hooking newspapers on Grove avenue, it went a little something like this:
The routes were:
The Standard Deduction is a delightful 6.39 mile romp that begins at Mary and takes Groooooooove toward Three Chopt, right on Henri, left onto Towana, left on Roselawn to UR Drive, UR Drive till it ends at River Road, and reverso back to Mary.
The Compounding Interest is an intoxicating 8.28 mile jaunt that begins at Mary and takes Groooooooove toward Three Chopt, right on Henri, left onto Towana and stay on it till it becomes Campus, Campus to UR Drive, UR Drive till it gets to the Bat Cave, take the Bat Cave and pass the shops on River Road, take Westham Station Road till it becomes S. Ridge Rd, take S. Ridge Road to Westham Pkwy, Right on Glen Pkwy, take Westhampton to Keller to Westhampton, Left on UR Drive back to the Bat Cave, head up Ridgeway and hug the golf course to Iris, Iris ends at Three Chopt, Right on Three Chopt back to Groooooooove, take Groooooooove back to Mary.
The Tax Lien (I apologize for releasing this one so late.) is an enchanting 9+ mile balderdash that begins at Mary and takes Groooooooove toward Three Chopt, right on Henri, left on to Towana and stay on it till it becomes Campus, Campus to the woodland trail by the UR entrance near College and Boatwright: the trail brings you to Wheeler Rd., Left on Wheeler, left on Hampshire, Hampshire becomes Baldwin, Stay on Baldwin till you get to Westham Pkwy, Left on Westham Pkwy and take it till it becomes S. Ridge Road, S. Ridge Road becomes Westham Station Road, Take Westham Station Road till you get to the Bat Cave trail, the Bat Cave trail takes you to UR Drive, Right on UR Drive, Right on Campus—it turns into Towana and will cross over Three Chopt and become Henri Road, Straight on Henri to Grooooove, Left on Grooooooove and it’s a straight shot back to Mary.
I got to Mary at around 3:45, and I proceeded to get my gear together and stretch out for the run ahead. I was about to get started, when I saw TYA with his dog. I was very happy to see him, because I wanted to go for a personal best today and who better to conquer the Tax Lien route with than the man who cut through all of my excuses and got me into running–so conquer we did! He is always a pleasure to run with!
There’s running, and then there’s F3 running. F3 running comes with some therapy sprinkled in, some support, fellowship, safety, all from your brothers who are trying to get better just like you. There is nothing like it! The gifts that come from running with your brothers are the gifts that change lives and prevent complacency. We need each other and one day each of us will be called on to pay those gained gifts forward. I hope each of you experienced some of the same gifts when you ran with your brothers today!
I thank you all for the impressive turnout and for the support over the years and now! It was a privilege to rise this morning and conquer with all of you! I’ll end this backblast with one of my favorite poems in its entirety:
For Every Hill I’ve Had to Climb
For every stone that bruised my feet,
For all the blood and sweat and grime,
For blinding storms and burning heat
My heart sings but a grateful song—
These were the things that made me strong!
For all the heartaches and the tears,
For all the anguish and the pain,
For gloomy days and fruitless years,
And for the hopes that lived in vain,
I do give thanks, for now I know
These were the things that helped me grow!
‘Tis not the softer things of life
Which stimulate man’s will to strive;
But bleak adversity and strife
Do most to keep man’s will alive.
O’er rose-strewn paths the weaklings creep,
But brave hearts dare to climb the steep.
L. E. Thayer
I am Bone Thugs, and I will see you at the crossroads.
Darkest just before dawn. My memory, that is. 5:30am and everyone is looking at YHC. “My q? Are you sure?” Spontaneity, be my muse. Lord show us the way.
The slow mosey is the way. Warmups with 23 SSHs, 10 DQs, stretching and mirkins, 18 LBCs and arm circles. Expect the unexpected.
On the 3rd lap of a very vanilla triple check around the loop, with jump squats and WW2s, YHC said “let’s do something we haven’t done before.” DTH rattled off some options including the baseball field – no ones been there in a year.
A slow mosey around the corner and lo and behold, the abandoned baseball field was unexpectedly bathed in the glow of hot lights. A beacon in the dark. If you light it, they will come. At a slow mosey.
Ballpark triple check with home dugout dips, donkey kicks, and an in-the-park home run.
Feeling bold, we pressed on, pressed our luck, and did some things that may or may not have run the risk of pressed charges. What happened next is completely hypothetical.
If, hypothetically, the gate to the football field was magically wide open. And if, hypothetically, some men who had never been on the field decided to feel the soft turf under their feet. Hypothetically, would they have run the track before walking on to the field? Would they have done bear crawls 10 yards, 5 burpees, more bear crawls, more burpees, crab walks, hand release mirkins, lunges, etc etc all the way to the 50 yard line? And if that were to have happened, would they, running short on time, perform a 100-yd kickoff return at full sprint before exiting the field to the great and silent fanfare of sunrise? If it sounds implausible, it’s because it is. At least, that’s what Doublemint would counsel us to say.
A slow mosey back to the flag. Sometimes the best plan is no plan. And sometimes, just sometimes, touchdown.
Prayers for the family of Dr Tryhard. Prayers for others. For the fitness, fellowship and faith bestowed on this group. And for Dealer’s daughter on the road to potty training. May she find relief, but not in a diaper. Peace.
Posted at Swansboro, NC municipal park for a Skid Mark beatdown. Came in hot due to not finding my gloves. Met a great group of mostly respect gentleman (6 respect 1 dbl respect and 1 fortysomething) It was a me and Wilson type of group.
Workout consisted of running from parking lot to parking lot performing various exercises. Exercises consisted of Merkins, WWI’s, Monkey humpers, Balls to the wall, donkey kicks, LBC’s, Squats, etc.
COT at the end and Skid mark took us out in prayer.
After some back and forth last night over whether Doozy was going to relinquish the Q and hit RAMM or stay on the Southside for TwinTeam YHC took the Q. Ultimately the planned start time was a little early With no plan for the morning, except stay off the wet grass, and 3 hard charging F3 men in tow, we headed off into the gloom.
A brief mosey to the JRHS main parking lot for a standard warm up. Stay in the lot to use the light poles for a few things. First touch a pole – partner up for 4-3-2-1 light pole touches with partner doing plank, squats, HRM, and Freddie Mercuries. Mosey to the light pole in northwest corner of the lot for 11s – merkins and Monkey humpers at each pole, finish at the track entrance. One lap for mumblechatter and come up with the next thing – BLIMPS on the track. – Mosey on back with a stop for ROF and some Mary to close it out.
It was a nice cool morning for a beatdown and we were able to avoid most of the pollen streaks created by the rain. Thanks for joining me
Anyone up for Rock and Roll with Chaplain tomorrow will be in for minimal running, I see a ground and pound in your future.