- QIC: CSPAN
- When: 05/30/16
- Pax: Deacon, Rebel (Respect), Atlas, Beastmode, Corruption, Trucker, Aquaman, Apache, Howitzer, Blackhawk, Longshanks, Witch Hunt, Double D, Stang, Pegleg, Bones, Bricks, Funhouse, Offspring, Mr. Clean, Razzmatazz, Mary Lou, Tesh, Quack Attack, Sunshine, Assassin, Flat Tire, Stockade, World Wide Leader, Bolt, Spitz (Respect), Slinger, Fish Sticks, Skate or Die, Ringer, Matlock, Peabody, Rock Thrill, Dark Helmet, Ginsu, After Market, Subprime, One-Niner, Riddler, CSPAN (QIC), The Fridge (FNG), Kung Fu Panda (FNG), Catwalk (FNG), Ronda Rousey (FNG)
- Posted In: Block Party, Flight Plan, Golden Corral, Laces In, Laces Out, Millllkshake, Pantheon, Quagmire, Ring of Fire, Run 'n Gun, Slow Burn, Tempo, The Armory, The Ballroom, The Colosseum, The Deep, The Fort, The Hive, The Ranch, The Reservation, The Snake Pit, The Swamp, Varsity
Step 1: Finish your regular Monday Post
Step 2: Show up at The Coop (Nation Ford High School, Ft. Mill) and do The Murph.
Step 3: Remember that Memorial Day isn’t just cookouts and pool time…
The Thang:
We began with a warm-up led by each of the Veterans who were in attendance (CSPAN, Blackhawk, Howitzer, and Apache – my apologies if I missed anyone, but that’s all I could remember). There were a number of Seal Jacks, SSHs, Imperial Walkers, and some Bro-ga…
We then brought it in to be reminded of why were really there. The workout is good, but Freedom isn’t free, and we were there to honor men and women who gave their lives for our freedom. So, after a lesson from CSPAN on how to count to 4, we moseyed to the track to begin.
47 Pax completed the following for time (some with 20lb weight vests, and some with our built in weight vests who competed in the “modified” category):
1 Mile Run
100 Pull Ups
200 Merkins
300 Squats
Another 1 Mile Run
And there you have it… Workout complete. Then we circled up and each man present read the name (either one that they brought or one that CSPAN provided) of a fallen serviceman/woman so we could memorialize them.
NMM:
It’s always humbling to do The Murph for me. Not just because it is very physically demanding and I get to see how many times guys like Mary Lou can lap me on a mile track, but also because I am reminded of the men and women that gave all so that regular folks like me can live free. It is a gift that is unmatchable, unrepayable, and undeserved, and for it, I am grateful.
I can’t speak for everyone’s faith tradition, but in my personal belief system, Jesus Christ gave His life willingly to pay for my sins, my stupidity, and my weakness that I may live again in the presence of my Heavenly Father with my wife and family for eternity. Through His sacrifice, He has made me free from the tyranny of the Devil, free from pain, from death, and from Hell. He did something for me (and all of us) that we could not do for ourselves. It is my feeling that in keeping with that pattern, anyone who performs a service for another that they could not perform for themselves is acting in a Christlike way. The fallen soldiers that we honored today (and the many, many more that went unnamed this morning) did much that same thing. They willingly gave their lives and sacrificed that I may live on Earth in this country with my wife and family. They have provided me freedom from the tyranny of evil men, and they have done for me things that I could not do for myself. Reading their names after a workout is small in comparison, but I like to think that they are looking down and that maybe they appreciate the fact that we are trying, in our feeble ways, to honor them. To acknowledge that we rise and sleep in a country that their sacrifice made possible…
Helmet, out…
Very well written brother. I was thinking this morning as I was running in the NC mountains that there are many who don’t have the freedom like I do to just go run anywhere, and I thank all of our fallen soldiers, current soldiers and veterans for that. I also thank my God that he sacrificed His son Jesus Christ for me . . . and you . . . and everyone else who will call upon His name. You are an inspiration to us all Helmet. Keep up the good work.
Sounds like a high caliber workout! Indeed a high caliber message, by a high caliber HIM…made so, not only by F3 but that very message adopted as his own. One to LIVE by. Man, when I read these other BB’S it makes me want to post everywhere. Eh, kind of hard to do so read them I will!