When I reached out to Site Q (Real Tree) about who was Qing the Maze he responded “You want it?” Since I am not one to turn down an opportunity to lead, especially at the Maze (Great AO with endless possibility), I jumped at the chance. Plus there has been something I have wanted to try and the York/Clover HIMS were the perfect crew to test it on.

Spent the night, refining the Wienke and testing out the new exercises in the living room, much to the chagrin of my M. She kept saying, “You really are nuts!!”, but anything for the Pax. Finally got the wienke done and materials ready, so it was time to hit the fartsack for tomorrow we do battle.

Got there early or so I thought, only to find Mr. Rogers and Nunchuck already in the parking lot. Once all the Pax finally arrived we had 17 brave souls ready to defend the wall on the Quest for 300.

Quick disclaimer and we were off. Mosey to the back of the middle school on the other side of the tennis courts including some high knees, butt kickers and karoake. Once there we circled up for 30X SSHs and 20X Morracan NCs, just to get the blood flowing.

The Thang

Quest for 300

The goal was to complete all 300 exercises before we had to leave for COT.

After each exercise below, the Pax were to perform 2 laps around the circle:

• 40 Seated Knee Tucks
• 20 1-Arm Inverted Chin-Ups (10 per arm)
• 40 Assisted Singe-Arm Merkins (20 per arm)
• 40 Single Leg Heel Touch Squats (20 per leg)
• 40 Skier Single Leg Burpees (20 per leg)
• 40 Mountain Mules
• 20 Ninja Box Jumps
• 40 V-Up Twists
• 20 Wall Plank Cross Knee Plank (R/L =1)

Expectedly, the Pax accepted the challenge with fire and fight and gave it all they had.

With two minutes left it was time to head back to COT so we got moseying. (T-Claps to Gauge for the push back to COT.)

I finished up with a quick word on doing the impossible and facing the challenges of life. Watching the Pax not only push themselves, but work together to get each other through today’s workout was amazing. Even in the darkest of days or the most challenging of times, we can accomplish the impossible as long as we surround ourselves with great people and carry the torch for HOPE.

Moleskin

“The tragedy of life is often not in our failure, but rather in our complacency; not in our doing too much, but rather in our doing too little; not in our living above our ability, but rather in our living below our capacities.”

One of my personal struggles is that I am always looking for what’s next or to push harder or for where the next challenge will come from. In the right circumstances this is a blessing, however there are times where I have allowed this to lead me down the wrong path.

Fortunate for me I have found F3 which has been an amazing outlet for this. Being surrounded by like-minded men that are constantly pushing and challenging me and are always willing to accept the next new challenge. It has allowed me to direct this energy that I have in a positive direction and not allow it to lead me astray.

I just wanted to thank the Pax for allowing me this outlet.  And creating an environment that encourages innovation and supports you through failure, all the while having a willingness and enthusiasm to take on any challenge, even if it seems completely stupid and utterly pointless

Announcements
Go Ruck is still looking for some more HCs,
Ragnar – Rock Hill team looking for one more
Orlando F3 Launch- Reach our to Chaser or Cspan it you are interesting in making the trip

Prayers/Praises
Pray for our communities that it finds the unity it needs to thrive

Thanks for Real Tree for the opportunity to lead.

Gotta get back to the Hunt, its Witch Season…