Tag: The Creek

  • The Night We Saw Them All

    A PAX eclipsing 40 ditched all common sense for about 18 hours to receive a plentiful helping of each of the three Fs.  This was the F3RVA Century Classic.

    YHC has conversed with a number of individual PAX members about their experience, taking notes during the event and thinking about how to transcribe all of these memories into a backblast.  There is no way YHC could do the stories justice by attempting to capture them for the collective PAX.  Then, after chatting with Lockjaw and the (sober) Ronnie, it became clear.  Treat the backblast as a living backblast.  YHC will make no attempt to capture the essence of this workout, only setting the stage for each and every PAX member to capture it for himself.

    My memories are collected below.  I encourage everyone to add to this list by commenting with your favorite memory.

    Leg 1:  Trying to contain my energy for the CSAUP while stuck in traffic for opening night of the squirrels game
    Leg 2:  Praying for Saab on Meadowbridge and Atlee Rd.  Kudos to all that ran that leg, a true game of frogger
    Leg 3:  All the Mechanicsville PAX member who were not running, companion running with the actual runners.  Kudos!
    Leg 4:  The Creek parking lot is great for fellowship.  This truly felt like a tailgate parking lot.  The energy, games and conversation were all electric.
    Leg 5:  The headlamp on my run reflecting all the pollen flying through the air with me initially thinking it was raining.  30 minutes later realizing all that pollen was being sucked into my lungs at an incredible rate.
    Leg 6:  Hearing of TYA and Swirly questioning if YHC actually marked his legs of the course and me telling them where they can shove it.
    Leg 7:  Realizing how peaceful and quiet the city can be when when you are in it and surrounded by trees.  The new moon highlighted the stars and all their brilliance.
    Leg 8:  Showing up to Hoedown and having Ronnie greet us after his enjoyable evening.
    Leg 9:  Marv almost taking out another animal with his running shoes.
    Leg 10:  Thinking about how comfortable it is to try to sleep on the top of a picnic table.
    Leg 11:  Watching the back and forth between Saab complaining about not being able to sleep and Upchuck for waking him up.
    Leg 12:  Waving to the UR security guard while sitting in a white van with 4 men laying on the ground.  He waved and continued by.
    Leg 13:  Marv learning that Fudd was going to show up only for leg 18 and would still get a tshirt.
    Leg 14:  Seeing Lockjaw drive 20 in a 45 on Charter Colony so he could stay between the lines.
    Leg 15:  Reminding Marv that Fudd was still sleeping.
    Leg 16:  Hearing of a certain individual’s multiple escapades to the bathroom at a singular Wawa.
    Leg 17:  Making the van take a 3 mile detour to Wawa so YHC could get a breakfast hoagie, thus missing the final hand-off.
    Leg 18:  Pulling into Dogpile, realizing it was almost over and thinking the whole experience was too fast.

    This humble correspondent would like to thank everyone involved with making this event successful, especially those listed in the QIC list.  Without it, this would have been a completely stupid and utterly failure of an event.

    Splinter out.

  • Happy Birthdays!

    Ten souls rejected the fartsack and showed up to work and welcome the weekend.  It went down like this:

    COP, IC, 8 reps for all

    Merkins         SSH          LBC’s       Plank Jacks

    Mountain Climbers    Imperial Walkers      Freddie Mercury’s    Don Quixote’s

    Mosey to the corner of the parking lot, ready for 4 Corners.

    1st corner, 50 Jump Squats, sprint to 2nd corner, 50 LBC’s, lunge to 3rd corner, 50 American Hammers, sprint to 4th Corner, 50 split jacks, lunge to start, then do it all over again.

    Mosey to side of church for 11’s.  Curb to curb, flutter kick for 8 seconds (counts as 1), hold 6 inches for 8 seconds (counts as 1).  Either lunge, bear crawl or crab walk between curbs.

    Mosey to the flag, COT, numberama, namerama, YHC took us out

    NMS

    YHC’s daughter turned 8 yesterday, and Thomas Jefferson would have been 275 today, so YHC honored both with the count.  8 exercises for COP, 11’s work for 8 seconds, 2 circuits of 4 corners, and the total number of reps is 275.  I fudged the math to make it work, counting the 11’s as 11.  The PAX was in fine form today, and Chowdah paced us all through the 4 corners, while Opus proved he can bear crawl faster than most PAX can lunge.  I think we need to have a bear crawl race between Opus and The Carpenter!  Not a lot of mumblechatter today, but YHC thinks Emoji and Yardsale talked through all of it.  BB and LP killed it today, and BB even sprinted all out to the flag.  After finishing this Q, YHC realizes that leading 3 AO’s the week of his daughter’s birthday was probably not wise, but well worth it, and that not all ideas conceived at 11:00 at night work well at 5:30 the next morning.

    As usual, I have No Idea what I’m doing.

  • Hello, Friends

    All apologies to EF Hutton… YHC had planned a Master’s themed workout before heading to 45MOM on Thursday.  After Thursday’s amazing Master’s themed workout, YHC considered changing his whole workout around and doing something completely different, but decided the two workouts were different enough that it really didn’t matter too much.

    That being said, here is the way the workout went down…
    9 amateurs showed up for a day on the links.
    Started off bear crawl on short sides of the church.  Ran the long ends.

    COP — SSH, Helicopters, crabcakes, smurf jacks, jack squats, plank jacks, wedge squats(toes out), tiger crawl R, L, in, out with 4 merkins before changing each direction.  Repeato

    Master’s Trivia quiz — Right answers are 10 crabcakes, wrong answers run and touch a car, come back and do a set of round the world merkins on the picnic benches (3 at first, then adding one for each wrong answer)
    Here are the questions.
    1. Site of the Masters?
    2. What year did the Masters start?
    3. What is the 18 hole par score?
    4. Last year’s winner?
    5. What flower is hole number 13 named for?
    6. How many amateurs in this year’s event?
    7. Which golfer came back this year after 3 years off?
    8. Holes 11, 12, and 13 have a special name.  What is it?
    9. Oldest to win?
    10. Youngest to win?
    11. Back to back winners?
    12. Who says ” A Tradition unlike any other?”
    13. Name one thing that if you brought it with you on the course would get you kicked out?
    14. According to Vegas, who has the best odds of winning?
    15.  Another name for a double eagle?
    16. Name one of the first female members of Augusta National.

    One more round of round the world merkins for good measure.

    2 balls, one putter.
    No it’s not the punch line of a joke.  PAX split into two highly unequal teams.
    Moved to the only place with light at the whole AO.
    YHC threw the yellow ball out.  One member from each team putted their ball — closest team wins and has to plank up — other team does ten burpees.  Do this until everyone had a turn.

    Mary —
    Par 4 ring of fire merkins.  PAX holds plank while one person does one merkin.  Pass around the circle.  Then two, three, then four.
    Freddie Couples (Mercuries)

    Highlights and general observations —
    1.  Good to see Patty Mayo again even if we didn’t recognize him at first.  The signature beard was gone!  He said it was a Christmas gift to his wife.
    2.  Question 9 — Spike’s answer was Jack.  YHC asked him for the last name.  He said “Nicholson”  YHC — “No, that’s an actor.  Let’s run.”
    3. Question 13 — The answer YHC was going for was “cell phone”.  What he got from the PAX was camera, weed, knives, guns, chinese throwing stars, etc.  YHC appreciated the creativity and gave them credit for a correct answer for a poorly worded question…
    4. We were planning to do a lot more bear crawls this morning, but YHC changed the plan when Wheelie said bear crawls were bad for his back early on.  YHC wants this brother to keep coming back and not injure himself again, so the plan was altered.
    5. The Jetts are not good golfers, but they are good at doing slooooow merkins.

    Go take on the day!

    Opus

     

     

     

     

     

  • Crikey

    5 men and 4 2.0s climbed down from the fartsack trees and gathered in the 70 and sunny weather. Here is what went down

    quick run around the church

    COP all In cadence

    SSH x 10

    Merkins x 10

    LBC x 10

    Arm Circles 10 small, 5 big and reverso

    Four Corners

    Bear Crawl with a Hand Release Merkin every five steps or Lunge with 3 Hand Release Burpees every five steps to corners 1 and 2

    Corner 1 – 10 V-ups

    Corner 2 – 20 Flutter Kicks

    Crawl Bear with a Hand Release Merkin every five steps or Backwards Lunge with 3 Hand Release Burpees every five steps to corners 3 and 4

    Corner 3 – 30 LBCs

    Corner 4 – 40 Supermans (Supermen?)

    Mosey back to the flag

    Numberama

    Namearama

    Chewy took us out

    NMS

    YHC and his crew of 2.0s arrived at the AO with time to spare, to see Emoji waiting for us in the parking lot. The flag was planted and the rest of the PAX came rolling in shortly after. YHC’s younger 2.0s have stated that they want jto Q for their birthday. So the COP was given over to them to count cadence and call the exercises, they look ready, and the PAX should expect something interesting in May.

    Welcome to Koala (Drop Bear). She arrived with a look of determination and stayed with The Carpenter the whole time refusing to not finish with the rest of the PAX. Hope to see you back out soon.

    Quick note. Yardsale is trying to gather volunteers for what sounds like the sketchiest game of bingo in the state. An i think that something about having to do it for Community Service was mentioned.

    Good work was done by all

    As always, it was an honor to lead.

    info on drop bears https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_bear

  • Crawling Forward

    7 crawlers guided their cars into The Creek parking lot for a festival that went something like this…

    Bear crawl to the COP

    COP all IC – 20 SSHs, 50 LBCs, 20 SSHs, 10 merkins, 20 SSHs, 20 copperhead squats, 20 SSHs, 10 DQs, arm circles, 19 SSHs, 50 LBCs, 1 SSH…

    Bear crawl to the first corner of the church building

    March Madness

    10 Bobby Hurleys, crab crawl to the first light post, 10 LBCs – repeat 10x

    Bear crawl to the second corner of the church building

    More LBCs…

    Hold legs 6 inches followed by 65 LBCs IC

    Lunge part way and then finish with a bear crawl to the third corner at the parking lot entrance

    Contra Forward

    Line up and do 10 broad jump contra burpees (1 merkin up to 10 merkins) toward the final corner. Lunge or bear crawl the rest of the way.

    Final LBCs – 50 LBCs IC, 20 flutter kicks IC, 50 LBCs IC

    Total LBCs IC = 365

    Numberama, Namerama, Announcements, Opus took us out.

    Announcements: Rounders asks for prayers for someone in need for her family and children. Check with Rounders for more details and ways to help.

    NMS

    YHC woke up ready to celebrate the two year F3 birthday (yesterday) with The Creek. Opus shared the night before how he was unable to run due to an injury so YHC designed a workout around that reality. Wild Thing was the first one in the parking lot and others rolled in. The highlight was Rounders storming the parking lot with music blasting. He was ready to rumble!

    The PAX seemed relieved that we were not doing 100 SSHs right out of the gate. They didn’t have to worry because YHC broke those out over the COP. The wide variety of SSHs was highly impressive. YHC thought that Rounders might break out into a SSH dance. Others joined in the ridiculousness but that didn’t stop the SSH train from rolling.

    The PAX groaned loudly as the reality of a potential all bear crawl workout took form. Nobody backed down from the challenge however!

    The hatred for DUKE was verbal and frequent as the PAX engaged in the March Madness exercise with Bobby Hurleys serving up part of the pain. The crab crawls added a twist. Hardywood took off like a snow crab in the dark and paced the PAX through the back-and-forth work of offense (Bobby Hurleys) and defense (LBCs).

    The lights went out as the PAX was partway between the second and third corners. This led to multiple instances of the PAX bear crawling into mud and various puddles. Perfect!

    The PAX didn’t quit and they pressed through to the end. The final 50 LBCs were a race to the finish and everyone crossed the finish line for 365 IC total LBCs.

    Two years… I wasn’t sure what to expect when I showed up at DaVille on 3/22/16 but Circle K provided a memorable beat down that day and it has been a F3 adventure ever since. The memories, the challenges, the new friendships… it goes on and on. I am grateful.

    I’m looking forward to finishing the two-year celebration tomorrow morning at Dogpile!

    The Carpenter

  • The Murph is at The Creek!

    12 bonny lads showed up in the gloom to commemorate an early St. Patrick’s Day and crush a workout.

    YHC decided to introduce the Murph to The Creek, so we started off with a mile run, and after a bit of confusion all of the Pax killed it and some even put in extra credit before YHC could flag them down.  Mosey to the picnic table pavilion for COP, IC:

    18 SSH, because Ireland joined Britain in 1800 to form the United Kingdom

    5 Merkins, because the Potato Famine lasted 5 years, from 1845-1849

    22 Imperial Walkers, because the Irish Civil War, begin by Michael Collins, started in 1922

    11 arm circles, big and small, then reverso, because St. Patrick died in 461 AD (4+6+1)

    20 LBC’s for March 17 (3+17), the date on which St. Patrick died

     

    The Murph, OYO

    100 Dips              200 leg raises, while holding a potato between your feet             300 jump squats, because it’s also March Madness

    Run a mile to finish the Murph

    Mosey to the SF, plank up for 2 minutes while YHC reads St. Patrick Day facts:

    -St Patty’s Day is the celebrated in more countries than any other national holiday

    -Myth: St. Patrick drove snakes out of Ireland.  There were never snakes in Ireland, and this is allegorical (thanks Opus) because his Christian ministry drove out the Druids, who were supposedly snake worshippers

    -Lenten restrictions are traditionally lifted on St. Patrick’s Day, so indulge if you wish tomorrow!

    -the 3 leaf shamrock supposedly is associated with St. Patrick because he used it to explain the Holy Trinity

    Numberama, namerama, YHC took us out.

    NMS

    YHC had a lot of fun coming up with this workout, and it seemed the PAX enjoyed it as well, because they crushed it.  There was some mumblechatter about “this isn’t going to end well” (oh, but it did, more on that in a bit) and Mudface was bringing the effort, but had to keep stopping as his 2.0’s didn’t seem awake this morning, so he got to keep ‘encouraging’ them to move it.  Hardywood killed the Murph, and we didn’t realize he had finished the exercises until he was gone running the second mile, and perhaps a 3rd, leading to speculation that he might be a robot, or maybe he benefits from “different air” not hailing from DaVille.

    After COT, YHC invited everyone to his car, and all adults were given the reward of a bottle of Guiness, while 2.0’s received PowerAde (evidently blue is a good flavor).

    Happy St. Patrick’s Day, and thanks for letting me lead, it is always an honor.

    As usual, I have No Idea what I’m doing

  • Fibonacci’s Beast

    9 Crazy guys showed up this morning for a mathematical beatdown…  Here is what transpired…

    Bear Crawl up to the picnic tables
    Skull Crusher Starter — IC 25x
    Wheel of Merkins on PIcnic Tables 5 each direction IC
    Skull Crusher part deux IC 15x
    Wheel of Merkins repeato

    COP —
    Crabcakes, Plank Jacks, Arm Circles, Heels to Heaven, Dying Cockroach, Pistol Squats, Side Straddle Burpees (8 count)

    Fibonacci’s Beast
    Run to light post, do 2 merkins, then 3, then 5, then 8, then 13, then 21 in Fibonacci sequence.
    Other exercises — American Hammers, Jump Squats, WW2 situps, Smurf Jacks, Burpees

    Bear Crawl relay — 3 teams of three.  1st person bear crawls to 1st curb and runs back, 2nd person to second curb and runs back, third person to 1st curb and runs back.

    Back to flag — hold low merkin position for thirty seconds…

    Numberama, Nameorama, Announcements, Chowdah took us out!

    What a great day for a beatdown — YHC was impressed with not only this groups hustle today, but also their knowledge of the Fibonacci series of numbers!  No one really knows what date Leonardo Pisano (Fibonacci) was born, but today seemed like as good a day as any to celebrate  the joyous occasion.

    Highlights of this morning — watching the Carpenter totally kill these exercises, having LP back today (we missed you), trying out something new and the group really responding to it, being finished with all the burpees at the end of the fibonacci.

    As always it is a pleasure to lead you all!

    Opus

     

  • 14,411

    8 wind-sailers guided their cars into The Creek parking lot and fired up a party that went something like this…

    Mosey around the church building and back to the far part of the parking lot

    COP – All IC – 20 SSHs, 10 merkins, 20 helicopters, 10 merkins, 20 flutter kicks, 10 merkins, 20 copperhead squats, 10 merkins, 10 don quixotes, arm circles, 10 merkins

    Mosey to the cross at the other end of the parking lot and back to the same place.

    The Mountain

    Pair up – one partner exercises while the other runs to the cross & back. The cumulative exercises were 100 merkins, 200 two count mountain-climbers, 300 squats, 400 LBCs, 500 SSHs. Help the rest of the PAX finish.

    Mosey to the cross

    All IC – 20 American hammers, 20 freddy mercuries, 20 flutter kicks

    Numberama, Namerama, Announcements, YHC took us out.

    Announcements

    • Breaking bread is open
    • Support TYA in prayer and encouragement for his upcoming 100 miles this weekend!

    NMS

    YHC didn’t know what to expect with the wind gusting as he left the house. The workout was planned and Hardywood had sent a text asking for YHC to “bring it” so he didn’t want to disappoint.

    YHC had the opportunity to climb and summit Mt Rainier (14,411 ft) in Washington State in 2009. The climb required perseverance in both the many months of training and the actual days of the climb. YHC remembered the challenge of the wind on that climb and used that as inspiration for this morning’s beat down.

    The PAX gathered in the parking lot and ChowDAH shared how Opus had challenged him to show up. Opus was nowhere to be seen by 5:28 am and the PAX started barking about the pump-fake challenge. But then Opus rolled in with fight in his eyes.

    The Mountain pushed the PAX to persevere and fight (you against you!). YHC intentionally chose the running to go from the far end of the parking lot to the cross on the other end. YHC shared how much he called upon God during his ascent of Mt Rainier and he encouraged the PAX to call upon whatever higher power they believed in for help. For YHC, he looks to Jesus and his perseverance with staying on the cross to achieve the victory over everything that stands between us and God. The sprints to the cross encouraged me. The rest of the PAX appeared to receive the same encouragement along the way.

    The original plan was to have 200 American hammers but Recess had another plan. He raised his hand during YHC’s description of The Mountain. YHC called on him like it was elementary school and Recess said, “Hey, shouldn’t we have mountain climbers as part of this?” Kaboom! Request granted… 200 two count mountain climbers were substituted in!

    Hardywood and Opus paced the “climb.” Some of the 2.0s disappeared behind bushes and cars at various points but they didn’t give up. They may have needed some entertainment or a change-of-pace.

    The wind added extra fun to the running portion. In fact, the wind added extra fun to everything!

    This morning provided yet another adventure with F3!

    The Carpenter

  • Rain and Rainbows

    14 strong ventured out to help YHC with his VQ at the Creek.  It went down like this.

    Mosey around the church

    COP-7 reps each, IC

    SSH     arm circles (small, big and reverso)      Helix squats       Imperial Walkers      LBC’s          Helicopters     Don Quixotes

    Mosey to picnic table pavilion for Proper Dora

    100 sets:   1 Split Jack        2  2-count Mountain Climbers       3 LBC’s

    The PAX crushed this so went into Derkins and Dips, start at 7 reps and work down.

    Mosey back to the SH, did a little stretching, and YHC took us out.

     

    NMS

    This was YHC’s first time Q’ing The Creek, and couldn’t come up with a theme, so asked his 2.0’s for help.  Rainbow suggested “unicorns and rainbows,” and after a search came up with nothing numerical etc. about unicorns, YHC decided that a rainbow having 7 colors would be it.  YHC knows—-very inspiring.  The PAX was very happy this was the number when it came to the Derkins/Dips combo, as 10 might have been fatal after the Dora.  Also very glad the rain had stopped prior to commencement, as YHC is really sick of rain.

    Thanks for allowing YHC to lead and try out a new Q, will definitely be back.  Big salute to all the 2.0’s for their work this morning, and to the PAX for the assist when YHC forgot an exercise name (this may become YHC’s trademark).

    No Idea

     

  • Gung Hay Fat Choy!

    13 Chinese (or partial or none) fighters rolled into the The Creek for a Chinese New Year party that went something like this…

    Mosey around the church building running backward for the first length, forward for the second length, backward fro the third length and forward for the final length.

    COP – All IC – 50 SSHs (different cadence… see below), 50 LBCs, 20 merkins, 20 copperhead squats, 20 crab cakes, 20 imperial walkers, 10 don quixotes, arm circles.

    Year of the Dog (curb crawl)

    Curb crawl with (dog crawls are kinda like bear crawling, right?) 11s with merkins and flutter kicks on each end.

    Chung-Kuo (the Middle Kingdom)

    • Do four 4x4s at the first corner while facing the building
    • Run to the first corner and do four 4x4s facing the building
    • Run to the second corner and do four 4x4s facing the building
    • Run to the third corner and do four 4x4s facing the building
    • Return to the first corner and do four 4x4s facing the building

    The PAX went to pick up the six and completed the exercises.

    • Do one 4×4 at the first corner while facing the building
    • Run to the first corner and do one 4×4 facing the building
    • Run to the second corner and do one 4×4 facing the building
    • Run to the third corner and do one 4×4 facing the building
    • Return to the flag and do one 4×4

    Lo Mein

    • Plank up side-by-side
    • Last person army crawls (gets “lo” and noodles their way through) under until all of the PAX has cone

    Back to the flag

    • 20 IC flutter kicks

    Numberama, Namerama, Announcements, YHC took us out.

    Announcements

    • Breaking Bread this Sunday evening
    • 2nd F gathering at Rise & Shine Diner on Thursday mornings – Wild Thing leading the charge!
    • EH guys as the weather warms up – let’s get guys back with the PAX!!

    NMS

    YHC remembered earlier this week that today was the Chinese New Year. Being that YHC is half-Chinese (Dad is Chinese, Mom is German/Welch), it called for a workout based on that theme!

    The PAX stormed into the parking lot with a purpose. Rounders rode up to an ovation on a bike (with child seat attached in the back). Someone asked if he had given YHC a ride to the workout. Minimal laughter on that one… We were all glad to see Rounders back since his work has prevented him from coming in the mornings. He always helps us take the workout to the next level!

    YHC took liberties to give some family history during the COP. YHC’s grandparents (Dad’s parents) met “on the boat” in transit from China to the United States in the early 20th century. YHC’s grandfather was in the first class part of the boat and his grandmother was in the lower class part. Filet mignon was being served in the first class part but YHC’s grandfather wanted rice and vegetables so he found a way down to the lower class area. Who did he sit next to? The woman who later became his wife and YHC’s grandparents! It was like the Titanic romance story but the ship didn’t sink!

    YHC then shared that his Dad wanted him to blend into American culture and that is why he didn’t learn the Chinese language. YHC only learned a few phrases and one was “Gong Hay Fat Choy.” This is said on the Chinese New Year as a way to wish someone great happiness and prosperity.

    After all that was shared, YHC alerted the PAX that his Chinese background would make it into the rest of the fun (even if it sounded borderline insensitive at points but I can go there since I have China in my blood!).

    YHC called for SSHs as the first exercise and renamed them “jumping chop sticks.” He also shared that he would be seeking to give the Chinese blessing of great happiness and prosperity through the IC. He proceeded to replace (1-2-3…) with “Gong Hay Fat Choy.” YHC didn’t realize how much energy it would take to call out all 4 syllables for the full 50 SSHs IC. That almost destroyed him out of the gate. But, we all rallied.

    The “Year of the Dog Curb Crawls” provided ample pain for the PAX. Hardywood, as expected, crushed the effort. Opus wasn’t too far behind and he demonstrated his increased bear crawling ability! Mudface called out the fact that he was trying to teach his sons to be more culturally sensitive but this workout could set them back years. Aye!

    The “Chung-Kuo” 4×4 throw down also gave opportunities for muscle failure and fun! Chung-Kuo refers to China as the “Middle Kingdom” and the Chinese belief that they are the center of the world. It is the Chinese and then everyone else. Hardywood commented, “They were the Millenials before there were Millenials!!”

    The 4x4s turned toward the center to pay respect to this middle kingdom… Wild Thing more than kept pace and showed that the double respect (killing it in his 60s) is well-earned by this brother. A few of 2.0s set a lot of the pace and kept everyone on offense for the whole deal.

    The “Lo Mein” exercise was originally going to focus on the crawl but someone shouted out that we would be forming “The Great Wall of China” and that is what we did! There was an odd break in the wall at one point as one of the 2.0s didn’t line up shoulder-to-shoulder. The dynasty would have been threatened by that hole but, alas, we did not have to worry about that this morning.

    We ran out of time or we would have fired up “Beef with Broccoli” for one of the final exercises. It would have been “Partner up. One of you is Beef. The other is Broccoli. Partner carry as far as you can go around the building and then switch. Keep switching until you have made it around the building.”

    The whole PAX came to play today and earned every bit of pain and strengthening along the way. I couldn’t be more proud of this crew. I also couldn’t be more grateful to have the opportunity to be on this team with so many men who are seeking to reject mediocrity and the “sad clown syndrome” that pulls at every single one of us!

    Go eat some Chinese food and celebrate! Call out “Gong Hay Fat Choy” but please do not do SSHs while yelling it in public!!

    The Carpenter