I have a special place in my heart for the Pax of Lake Wylie… It was good to pull up and see a lot of farmer’s tans and previously unbeknownst tattoos as 17 (I think maybe a record for this AO?) men posted with no sleeves because we wanted to show solidarity and maybe even work through a touch of the complex emotions that come along with something like what we learned of last night and this morning.
In case you are reading this without context, a Member of F3 Nation in Lexington, SC, John Flanagan – F3 Cheech was hit and killed while running. It’s an absolute tragedy, and a little hard to wrap our heads around…
We started with an extended disclaimer (FNG and current events led us to that) and then brought it in for a quick Ball of Man to pray for safety for us, but more especially peace for Cheech’s family. Two young kids and a dedicated wife had their father and husband taken away… Then it was off to The Thang:

When you Q 4 times in a week, you get a little stale, perhaps… So rather than go crazy and get creative, and candidly since a little wind was taken out of the sails due to the present circumstances, these men got a repeat of Tuesday’s workout at The Colosseum.

Warm Up lap around the Bowl n Bounce with a little dynamic stretching
Circle up in front for Windmills, Moroccan Nightclubs, Merkins, Squats, SSH, etc.
Then we moseyed to the lot over behind the Bagel Boat for the Main Event…

Split Pax into two groups. 1 runs across the lot and back while other group does the exercise with INTENSITY, AMRAP until the other group gets back.

We did:
– Squats
– Mountain Climbers
– Squat Jumps
– Shoulder Taps
– T-Merkins
– Lunges
– Merkins
– SSH
– Flutter Kicks

Moseyed back toward COT for a quick wall sit and 10 count BTTW, then COT…

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NMM:
There was actually a fair amount of funny stuff that happened during this workout. It would be easy to not mention it because of the somber tone of life at the moment… but here are a few things anyway…
– As is apparently par for the course, the Cat Lady made threatening gestures toward us with her car… Long story, ask Royale.
– Olaf without meds is a thing to behold… He never takes them before a workout, but today he was in rare form…
– Austin Powers (British) is Qing two days after Independence Day. After making jokes about Revolutionary War round 2, DH said something that was supposed to sound British, but sounded more like, as Witch Hunt put it, all the Axis Powers combined into one accent… Thanks for the history lesson…
– Andretti stated more than once how he doesn’t care for sweaty men
– Witch Hunt has a tattoo of his old girlfriend’s name on his shoulder. Not really, but it was fun to bust his balls about it.

That’s all I got at the moment… Gotta get another Q ready for tomorrow.

Helmet, out.