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YHC arrived to see two PAX members ready and eleven more followed. The shovel flag was placed and the mumblechatter lead to no official Q so a hot potato was announced and you know the drill. YHC took lead at 0600….mosey to ampitheater.

COT-some exercises and of course, YHC goofed one exercise. YHC quickly called 11’s. Up the ampitheater and down, alternating from dips and merkins. Q given to Helix.

Helix called a ring of fire with V ups and holding 6 inches while waiting your turn. Q handed to GP

GP took us to rust cage, using our nightvision goggles, and called for 20 pullups, 20 dips, and 20 jerkins. GP decided to find some light so off we went to the Penny Stage. 5 exercises with 20 reps=100….GP’s favorite number! Q handed to Wilson.

Wilson took us back to ampitheater stage for a triple check. One ran around top of ampitheater, one sat in the invisible chair, and third PAX member balls to the wall. Q handed to Bone Thugs.

Bone Thugs wanted to work on our core. Two lines and PAX alternated bear crawls down the line in concrete-both feet and both hands on the line….each PAX member attempting to walk the line, twice! Q handed to Corned Beef.

Corned Beef took us back to the flag where we stretched and yoga’d for the last 5 minutes.

Number-ama, Name-r-ama, Announcements:

Oct 20, Free to Bleed, see Pigskin and there are a few time slots available around lunch to donate.

Beer Mile was a success except for Gypsy. Handshake represented with a time of 8:35.

Nancy Lopez took us out!

Loud and Proud and Thankful for you brothers!!

Flatline

With no Q on the sheet a Hot Potato was Launched. YHC has to admit he was doing the exercises but not paying enough attention to remember what exactly transpired. 

Tryhard – COP and Triple Check in the Amphitheater 

Gomer – A couple of Triple Checks at the Jerkin Gym

EF Hutton – Various Bear Crawl/Crab Walk/etc exercises in the circle

Handshake – compounding Triple Check and a mosey back to the flag before time expired. 

Announcements – 

Gomer leaves next week for Honduras on a scouting mission for his upcoming January Mission Trip. Prayers for safe travels and for the Mission Trip itself. Gomers typical crew of 16 is only at 2 currently, so prayers they can get more people to support the upcoming January trip. 

Freed to Bleed. Pigskin is coordinating a Blood Drive and he needs morning/afternoon volunteers and Donors. 

Beer Mile – Faceplant is coordinating the 10th annual Shawn G Hogan Memorial Beer Mile. Faceplant will be hosting this year at his home in Ginter Park. Provide your own 4 pack of Light Beer. Friday, October 15th. Launch time at 7:30. 

NMS – it was a great morning. Lots of people were busy and had to roll quickly, but several of us had the opportunity to gather for Breakfast at ET’s. Swiper and Shakedown weren’t at the Bootcamp but they ran together during the beatdown. We also saw TYA, he had just finished running with his Dog Doppelgänger. 
**pardon any typos or anything missed. YHC typed this from his phone while his M was driving to Fredericksburg**

YHC signed up to celebrate for his upcoming birthday. Mosey to the field of the Virginia War Memorial Carillon Tower for some warm-ups.

• COP:
  • Deadman hang x 10, arm circle x 10 (both direction), DQ x 10, helicopters x 10, American hammers x 20, LBC x 20, merkins x 10

• Exercise# 1
  • Do an exercise on 25 yard, 50 yard, and 75 yard each direction for four rounds.
  • 1st: 5 burpees, 2nd: 10 merkins, 3rd: 20 LBC, 4th: SSH

• Exercise# 2
  • Moseyed to “mixing bowl” behind the Amphitheater. Total 11s. 1 burpees and 10 WW2 on one side, run into and out of the mixing bowl to the other side, repeat the same exercise, and ran back to the other side, did 9 burpees and 2 WW2.

• Exercise# 3
  • Moseyed down to the middle of the road right behind the Amphitheater. “Love Hill”.
  • Partner 1 ran up to the gate and back while partner 2 do an exercise.
  • Exercises are bear crawl, lunges, and frog jump and repeat until both partners reach to the gate.

• Exercise# 4
  • PLT (Partner Leg Toss) x 25

• Exercise# 5
  • Moseyed back to the flag and did a ring of fire with 5 each person’s choice of merkins

Namerama, Numberama. Bacon Bits took us out.

Thank you guys for letting me Q this morning. It is a privilege to celebrate my birthday with you guys.

17 men met in the morning gloom. We made fun of each other. We encouraged each other. It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood.

COP: Warmuparama started with arm circles, then cherry pickers, don quixote’s, side straddle hops, mt. climbers, WWIIs and rounded out with some merkins.

The Thang:

Quarter Pounders – Jog to the 1st quarter of the field, do 25 merkins, then sprint back. Jog to the center for 50 squats, sprint back. Then 75 LBCs at the 3rd quarter mark…100 side straddle hops before sprinting back the length of the field.

Valley of Ill Repute for 11s – It might have more aptly been named the Valley of Ill Communication. Apparently, the instructions were super clear-ish. 17 men strong, in mostly dark clothing, before the sun was up, ran into the valley and up the hill for 10 burpees and some of us then went to the other side for one 2-count lunge, then 9 burpees and two 2-count lunges, etc. Wilson, what could go wrong?

Coupon Sit Up Pass – Partners sat facing one another in the sit up position, one did a Coupon Sit Up while his partner did a WWII, then the coupon was passed between them, as they then switched duties.  Each man did 25 WWIIs alternating with 25 Coupon Sit Ups.  Bodos and Bacon Bits seemed to crack the code on this one by locking feet.  But then they went and (I believe) did double the amount.  They’re gonna feel that.  

Triple Check – Murder Bunnies was the timer while partners Flutter Kicked and Monkey Humped.  Also, GP taught us the proper way to Murder Bunny.  I’d share his method, but it’s inappropriate.  

BTTF:
Native American Run – The Pax paid homage to the original Americans while moseying in unity BTTF.  

2 min of various Merkins, selected by each man, around the shovel flag, wrapped it up.  

COT:
Numberama. Namearama.
Announcearama: There was a GP-led Sit & Sip last night (hope it was a good time), Upchuck shared that there is an opening spot for Breaking Bread after Thanksgiving that needs filling and DTH informed the group of the passing of F3 member Joe Ferguson, known to F3 as Chisel.  
Pigskin was not present, but please be aware of his announcement on Slack: “I set up a new channel, Freed to Bleed, for the next blood drive.  
1 We need donors. ?
2 We need people to announce at the AOs about the blood drive.
3 We need volunteers the day of the blood drive to setup, sign people in and to return the site better than we found it.
Details: Wednesday, October 20 at Good Shepherd Lutheran in Midlothian (off 288). The same place as back in the spring. (FYI edited to correct the day of the week.)
There is always a need for blood.
Sign up at http://redcrossblood.org donate blood, find a blood drive and enter “F3” as the sponsor code.
Thanx!”

Prayer Requests were followed by a truly-moving Prayer by Probation.  Thx buddy!  

Moleskin:
I left the AO feeling grateful to be a part of this brotherhood, grateful for another day of life and grateful to get through my VQ without completely embarrassing myself.  This F3 thing is truly special and I’m honored to be a part of it.  

Coupon

Thirty Four perennial 4th graders posted for a Back to School version of Field Day. Bus after bus after bus pulled into the parking lot (in the case of Hardywood, it’s a true statement) to bring the heat and feel the pain. The uniform machine was strong, with West Enders dawning their usual and respected popped collars. D’Ville stepped up their game in a big way, bringing a Mechanicsville sponsorship into the fold. Well done men! Free oil changes, or something, for everyone!

7:01 – Let’s mosey to the field. Four teams of 8/9 were establishe.

Crab Soccer opened up the games. Eight minute games. Tight matches on the pitch ensued, with Team Southside (including YHC on a borrowed contract from City Proper) took both matches in style. There were no controversial goals.

Olympic Relays were next: Wheelbarrow out to the cone, BooYah Merkins x 10, switch and wheelbarrow back. Team City Proper won the podium. Sack Races were next. Form varied, and there were surprise performances. Mudface showed serious agility and speed, while TYA and Bone Thugs showed neither. Handshake took a Matrix dive in slo-mo in a valiant effort to cross the line in front. To no avail, he came up five feet short. Once again, City Proper took the podium.

Marathon: COVID appropriate Tunnel of Love across the field. For a third time, City Proper took Gold.

Merkin Egg Toss: Several rounds. After each round, distance got greater and Merkins got more difficult. Merkins x 10 / Chuck Norris Merkins x 10 / Diamond Merkins x 10. Team D’ville took the entire podium, Gold, Silver and Bronze. Competition is now fully on.

Tug Of War: Gladiators came together in epic battles of muscle torque and gusto. Not really, but it sounds good. In the end, Mudface and company were too much to handle.

BTTF:

Announcements: 1st Inaugural 3rd Annual F3RVA Retreat is next Saturday at Gomer’s family farm in Amelia. Contact me or Gomer for the address. Gates open at 1:00. Cornhole will commence around 2:30. Sign up in Google Docs, Monthly Challenges. This is a bring your own everything event. We will provide a grill, you bring the rest. There are no formalities other than corn hole. There is plenty of room for yard games. Have a baseball catch, play birdie ball, Try Hard may bring his ropin’ station – who knows. Do bring a dish for the group to share.

COT: Let us be ever mindful to remember where we came from. For me, I come from F3RVA in many ways. I miss you all dearly, and am always grateful to be with you, my brothers. Today was a special honor for me to lead. As we grow and separate from various phases of our lives, let us not forget where we came from. Embrace your heritage, embrace your upbringing. Hold them tight and never allow them to be forgotten.

It was a pleasure to lead.

On this 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack, a handful of non-BRR studs joined YHC for a remembrance Q. Here is how we honored the fallen:

The THANG:

Heading off to each new COP, YHC spoke the heroic words of Todd Beamer, Flight 93:  “Are you guys ready? Let’s roll!”

COP #1:

• Mosey to the grassy lit knoll
• Welcome & Disclaimer
• For 2996 TOTAL 9/11 DEATHS:
• x2 Burpees 
• x9 Merkins IC
• x9 Copperhead Squats IC
• x6 WWII IC
• Complete x2 more rounds OYO

COP #2:

• Mosey to collect coupons at the stage
• Mosey down to the Amphitheater 
• The Two Towers had 110 Flights of Stairs (2,071 Steps)
• Carrying a coupon (Fireman’s gear weighs at least 45lb), PAX were directed to ascend the the 17 Amphitheater steps 6x, then add x8 more individual steps for a total of 110
• Return Coupons

COP #3:

• Mosey to the Carillon Field
• DORA for the Service Men & Women who died on 9/11
• Police x60 – WWII’s (Moving partner lunges across field, runs back)
• Pentagon x189 – Merkins (Moving partner Broad Jumps across field, runs back)
• Fire Dept x343 – SSH’s (Moving partner Bear Crawls accross field, runs back)

COP #4:

• Long round-about mosey to the bottle of the triangle
• For the 44 Heroes who bravely crashed Flight 93, the PAX circled up to complete x44 Hand-Release Booyah Merkins, alternating slaps on their neighbors shoulders – it was both exhausting and magical

COP #5:

• Bernie/Mosey to the 1st Grass Circle:
• Citizens of 78 countries perished, so complete x78 Flutter Kicks IC

Mosey BTTF with 5min for Mary:

• Pick back up on the 2996 theme, going around the circle, still Burpees x2 followed by each PAX calling an exercise IC for the x9, x9, x6 …etc

COT:

• Counterama # 7
• Namerama
• Announcerama (see Comments)
• YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

NMS:  This morning we remembered and honored the fallen, and spoke of our country, our freedom, and our responsibility in this fallen world. It starts with us – sacrificing sleep to do the hard thing, to grow stronger together, to lock shields for one another and our communities. YHC is incredibly honored to count myself among the F3 brotherhood, and I hold myself to a higher standard because of it. The following two quotes were shared and discussed in COT. YHC, Tryhard

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”  President Ronald Reagan

“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” (Romans 12:21)

Fourteen performers joined today’s orchestral act for the latest edition of The Dogpile. Temperatures were (actually) 70 and sunny. According to the rogue film crew preparing for the actual orchestra, the following may be somewhat close to what happened:

Quick Start: a Gentlemen’s 5 burpees

Mosey to the Amphitheater’s side entrance and to the orchestra area for the COP:

SSHs
Dead Man Hang
IWs
Flutter kicks x 17
Box cutters x14 (yeah, 17-14 Hokies)
HRMs x10

Quick mosey to bottom step (for those not already on the bottom step) for an escalating ascension up the Amphitheater: dips, 1-18

At the top, quick stretch.

Round and Round: Pick a trash can. There are 20. Do 5 WWIIs at any orange trash can. 5 burpees at any other color trash can (YHC asked for suggestions, then pick his own exercise). Then, run around the loop. Go to the next trash can. Repeato. Continue through all 20 trash cans.

(Some PAX griped about 20 rounds. Each round is about 50 yards, or half of the Great Lawn. A beast is 6 x 4 = 24 fifty yard stretches. This is shorter. YHC apologizes for cheating the PAX out of 200 yards of running.).

Stretch, including some for the cameras. Deals for NIL were signed by some PAX.

Mosey to the side of the Amphitheater for a Dora. Each man does 50 HRMs, and then combines to do 200 American Hammers and 300 SSHs. Bear crawl up the hill to the stone wall. Avoid the van doing…well, nothing, eventually.

Mosey to the stage for a Triple Check, Touch-a-Tree Style. Touch 1 tree for the first person, 2 for the second person, 3 for the third, 4 for round 2, man 1, etc…up to 9 trees. Dieing cockroaches and hello dolly (YHC thinks).

Mosey to the bottom of the Amphitheater again…18 V-ups, then 17, then mosey BTTVSF for the COT.

Numbers, names, YHC took us out with a message about finding a prodigal son and bringing him/her back into your life.

Announcements and Requests:

Welcome, Hokie. Come back, hopefully under better conditions. That’s 2 times YHC has spoken favorably of the Hokies today. Some kind of record.

BRR, Field Day, and Retreat.

Let’s keep the Hokie, his family, and all of the people of New Orleans in mind. Let’s also keep Bacon Bits and his family in mind. Same goes for the wild fire victims, the flood victims in NY/|NJ, and the people inside Afghanistan as well as those creating new lives and helping the refugees. Lots of need out there.

Welcome back, Hardywood. Good to have you in the Orchestra today.

UpChuck spits the bit.

Who has the Q.
Anyone?
Hot Potato?
What’s a potato? 

18 Mens said NO to the Fart Sack this morning. No regrets as it was 70 and Sunny as usual at Dogpile. Lets get after it:

Gomer Pile with the warmorama.   Grab some of these bricks out of my car and take them to the Penny Stage.  PAX:  let’s split up and go different ways to the Penny Stage.  

Gomer Pile passes the Q to Oyster:  Native American Run let’s go.   Oh wait there’s the six with some more bricks let’s go back.  PAX:  We’re going with Hitchhiker.

Hitchhiker takes the Q. 
SSH
HELICOPTERS
LBC
MERKINS 
SCORPION KICKS
IMPERIAL WALK
ARM CIRCLES

Hitchhiker passes the Q to Faceplant. 
Mosey to the bottom of the hill. 
Find a curb: 10 MERKINS
Mosey
Find a curb: 15 hand release derkins 
Mosey
Find a curb: 10 Merkins 
Mosey
Find a curb: 5 hand release derkins 
Mosey
Find a curb: 10 Merkins 
Mosey
Find a curb: 5 hand release derkins

Bottom of the hill. Let’s get to the top.  
Find a partner.  
Partner 1 run to the top and back.  Partner 2 lunges. Switch. 
Partner 1 runs to the top and back.  Partner 2 bear crawls. Switch. 
Partner 1 runs to the top and back.  Partner 2 broad jump burpees.  Switch.  

Pax is now in Sync.  Faceplant gives the Q  back to Oyster. 
 
Mosey to the back of the Carillon.  
Triple check
1. Find 6 trees
2. SSH
3. Flutter Kicks

Mosey to the Rusty Cage. 
Triple check
1. Run to the fire hydrant 
2. Pull-ups
3. Dips

Mosey down pipeline (YHC is it left or right)
Triple check – 1 round
1. Run the pipeline (Ether found that Stump we were looking for)
2. Copper head Squats
3. LBC

Let’s Mosey back to the flag.  
Hitchhiker – should we take the short cut?
YHC: No
Hitchhiker – are you sure?
YHC: Yes
YHC:  let’s take the short cut we’re running out of time.  

Numberama and Namerama. Faceplant took us out in prayer.  Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel

Announcements –

Field Day, September 18, 2021 @ 7am at Dogpile. 

Retreat, September 25. See preblast for more details.  

9/11 step run with the Fairfax region at the Lincoln memorial, possible clown car for this event. 

Colonial Trail 10 mile run coming up and Spit will have details soon if you are interested

10 gloom warriors took to the verdant fields of Dogwood Dell this morning for a beatdown that went a little bit like this:

Mosey to the second circle, turn back to first. COP. Standard stuff like 24 SSH, some other stuff…

Short trip to the Triangle, 5 burpees OYO. Each man bear crawls the top leg of the triangle, 10 squats, run down the hill, 10 WW2, Bernie up the hill, 10 Carolina DD X 3

Mosey towards pipeline, stop at cul-de-sac for 5 burpees OYO

Triple Check at pipeline. P1 lunge, P2 flutterkicks, P3 runs the pipe loop. Kinda dark, watch your step.

indigenous people run up Love Hill to the Valley of Despair. Start a Lindsay – 10 dips this side, 30 Merkins the other side of the brush pile. Have a civil discussion about science and politics, audible, back to the flag.

Lab Rat takes Pax through some Manteo Yoga. Thanks Lab Rat.

Announcements – See Lab Rat if you are interested in some Ultimate Frisbee games that happen around Dogwood Dell.

Prayer Requests – please pray for the doctors, nurses and staff tirelessly working with the sick. Please pray for all the kids going back to school and their families – hopes for a successful year. Please pray for our brothers currently sick or quarantining and for their familes.

Neutral took us out.

NMS – Good times this morning boys, thanks for letting me lead. Saw the Q was open last night and grabbed it. Was doing some back of the napkin planning before hitting the fartsack and the M suggested I go with a theme. I told her it was going to be just a boring old school DP. She did some quick googling and told me that it was going to be International Homeless Animal Day and Scungili Day. So, that was the theme. The 24 SSH were in honor of the show 24 and Jack Bauer was a big supporter of animals. There you have it.