Category: CSAUP

2021 Goggins 4X4X48 Challenge

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“I don’t stop when I’m tired, I stop when I’m done.” David Goggins

Beginning at 10:00 AM on Friday, September 17 and continuing to just after 6:00 AM on Sunday, September 19 F3 PAX are welcome to join in on the David Goggins 4X4X48 Challenge.

This is an endurance run that requires a 4-mile run every 4-hours for 48-hours total. That equals 48-miles in 48-hours.

The most important part of this endurance run is support. So, we ask that as many PAX that can join us for the entire time or only a run or two. We understand that we will not be running together each time but will do our best to meet up as much as possible. We are completely aware that all PAX have other responsibilities in our lives.

Below is the schedule (if you want addresses of any location reach out to any of us). At least one of us will be at each location mentioned below at the specified time.

Friday, September 17

10:00 AM – Allison Park, Ft. Mill (Trails)

2:00 PM – Maximus’ House

6:00 PM – Anne Springs Close Greenway from the Canteen (Trails)

10:00 PM – Maximus’ House

Saturday, September 18

2:00 AM – WorldWide Leader’s House

6:00 AM – 6 @ 6 Panera Kingsley (only running 4-miles)

10:00 AM – Allison Park, Ft. Mill (Trails)

2:00 PM – Sullivan Middle School/Cherry Park Side (Rock Hill)

6:00 PM – Anne Springs Close Greenway from the Canteen (Trails)

10:00 PM– Reborn’s House

Sunday, September 19

2:00 AM – WorldWide Leader’s House

6:00 AM – Riverwalk at Hills of Gloom AO

As stated above, we will not be together the entire time as we have other activities during those two days, but as much support that we can receive will be welcomed.

Aye!

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Fast5 – I’m BAAAAACK !!!!!

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Who: YOU (plus 4 of your friends), women, kids, everyone.  Do I have to be part of F3 or FiA to participate?  No

What: Fast5 relay!!!  5 person team (1 team member must be over 200 lbs OR over 50 years of age).  This is a 5k (3.1 mile) 5 person relay – 2.5 laps/person around the track.  Kids fun run will be 1 lap after relay is complete, free.  Fast5 cost is $10/person ($50 per team).  Team captains can send $50, or more, to PayPal @f3theFort .  Please indicate your team name and captain so we have an idea for numbers.  (sign up link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/106Ay60pelm5rUkj8f2HL5FYrSm80hWzteJrh5zIrl2U/edit?usp=sharing )

When: July 31, arrival time for sign in is 9:30 am, warm-up at 10:00 moving in to relay.  Wrap up 11:00.

Where: Pleasant Knoll middle school, 2320 Pleasant Rd, Fort Mill, SC 29708

Why: Bacon.  Yes, bacon will be served.  Second why, and more importantly (I suppose over bacon), community fund raising opportunity.  In coordination with other school organizations, we are raising money to fund an ongoing F3 scholarship fund (to be administered by The Foundation for Fort Mill Schools) for the 3 high schools we have in Fort Mill; Fort Mill, Nations Ford, and Catawba.  Depending on total dollars raised, funds will be distributed equally amongst the schools.

2ndF post race: TBD

Look for updates to pre-blast between now and July 30 especially regarding a 2ndF option for after the race or additional fundraising ideas.

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Pre-Blast – 2021 Dam to Dam for a Cause

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  • QIC: Cornerstone, Stang, Jekyll, Funhouse, Bass-o-Matic, Boss Hogg, Slash, Sir Topham Hat, Pusher
  • When: 02/20/2021
  • Posted In: CSAUP

8 teams from across the Fort region have committed to the 2021 Dam to Dam Relay from Lake Murray to Lake Greenwood. In addition to this effort, these HIMs have committed to continuing the mission of F3 by invigorating male community leadership in a partnership with a local charity, Harlan’s Heroes.

Harlan’s Heroes is dedicated to spread awareness and aid those affected by pediatric cancer, with an emphasis on recurring and terminal brain cancer.  Their mission is to provide the entire family with help, hope, and care. For more information, please find their website here http://www.harlansheroes.com.

We have set a goal of raising $20k for Harlan’s Heroes. We ask that you support us with a contribution to our GoFundMe page here GoFundMe-Harlans Heroes. Thanks in advance for your consideration and contribution.

In addition to our Go Fund Me page, we have several upcoming events. Please see information below and contact the QIC for additional details:

12/12/20 – Fort Golf Tournament (Stang – QIC)

12/24/20 – Santa Clave 5k and 10k (Boss Hogg – QIC)

1/30/21 – Dam to Damn Bar 10k (Hardwood – QIC)

TBD – Bourbon Raffle (Cornerstone – QIC)

 

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The Sweati 2020

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The Sweati 2020-
79 HIM took to The Forts annual summer CSAUP event. It was 78 degrees when 24 Ruckers launched from The Coliseum at 0530. They had their disclaimer and direction to the first of the 3 pain stations. Just After at 0600 54 runners took to the route. They departed and ran about 2.5 miles and got to meet Bones at Golden Corral for the first pain station. He worked them over as they came in for about 10-15 minutes. Once he finished dishing the pain they took off to Pantheon only about 1.5 miles up the Road. Fishsticks was waiting for sprints and pain. He had the PAX attention for another 10-15 minutes. Once they left they brought the route back to YHC. While waiting for the PAX to return and doing burpees I decided that my other two Qs most likely put the PAX through so much I would give them a choice. Either 20 burpees at 5 light poles with bear crawls in-between or they could buyout of it for a $50. going to our brother Cash. Most wanted to take on both challenges. We wore black for Cash and am still amazed at the Photos coming in from across the Country showing support to this HIM. We love you Cash. Here is a link to the pay-pal account if you feel you would like to support.

paypal.me/f3thefort

Backdraft Out

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The Sweati

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The Sweati
8/15/2020

Want to Run or Ruck and Sweat? Join YHC for both. Let’s get out of your comfort zone.

Come out and enjoy 5.75 miles of running or rucking. Included with your ticket is 3 pain stations that will test out if you have been posting to workouts over the summer/ Covid pandemic. This has been and will continue to be the summer sweatdown.

Launch from Coliseum (1025 Dave Gibson Blvd) you will be told where to go next.

Ruck- depart 0530
Run- depart 0600

Water will be available at pain stations. Bring your own if you are against trash.

Coffee will be provided by The Fort. Donations to the fund are accepted.

Q Source will follow at this site. Please bring chair and Q Source manual (not required)
Q source will start shortly after PAX catch there breathe.

Fellowship, popsicles, and coffee to follow.

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The Barry – The Bear + 1

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July 9th was supposed to be the running of The Bear, a 5mi run up grandfather Mountain, however we’ve been covided. Event cancelled and so an open slot for crazy was open.

So in The Fort fashion, we can’t waste an opportunity to have an event with some level of difficulty and whole lot of fellowship and so THE BARRY was born. 

Don’t ask me why it’s called The Barry. The list of why we do things in F3 is endless and so you can add this one on there. THE BARRY will be The Bear plus 1, so it will be 6mi for you math geniuses.

Now pay attention; Running is not the only option!!  

  • You can run it, ruck it, bike it, walk it and if you are World Wide Leader…..you can power-skip it.

This is a Thursday evening and there will be 2ndF following. Please see Sign Up Genius so we can get an idea on numbers.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080E44A5AE28A64-thebarry

Details:

  • Who: All PAX that are interested….spread the word
  • What: 6mi event with Pizza and drinks to follow….(bring own adult beverages if not a PBR fan)
  • When: Thursday July 9th at 7pm
  • Where: 7000 Regent Parkway (giant pyramid building….really unique place)
  • Why: Seriously ??
  • How: Just show up with gear to do what you do and have fun

YOU CAN ALSO USE THIS EVENT FOR YOUR MIKE DOTY RUN RESULTS. SEE EMAIL FROM DOTY RUN FOR MORE INFORMATION

  • Bring chair with you for 2nd F
  • Please use Sign Up so we have idea on numbers: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080E44A5AE28A64-thebarry
  • Event will kick off at 7pm Sharp, with cold PBRs and hot Pizza to follow. 
  • Participation prize for first 50 participants
  • Great opportunity to EH someone and show them how nuts we really are
  • Hat will be passed to cover pizza 

Let Cake Boss know of any questions.  Don’t Miss THE BARRY.…..you only live once!!!

 

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Preparedness- Are You Prepared?

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Attn #HIM of the The Fort and Lake Wylie,

Preparedness is discussed in Foundation Point F5 of the the Q- Source.  As Defined Preparedness is: Getting Ready for the Expected While being Ready for The Unexpected. This is an all encompassing need to us as men.  It is valid in all parts out our lives;  Father, husband, boss, team member, Site-Q, WO Q ect.

The purpose for this pre-blast is in regards to life saving measures that Pax can take in the event of an unexpected medical emergency at home, work, or at an AO.  We have talked about it in Site-Q Meetings and at the last Invergence.

Last week HomeBrew ,a Pax from Lake Wylie, who is near and dear to our hearts, had just this type of medical emergency come crashing down on him after his 2.0 suffered a Febrile Seizure and stopped breathing.  He had no training but HAD to ACT. So he mimicked what he had seen on TV and was able to revive her before EMS was able to arrive.  Good On Ya for maintaining a cool head and doing what needed to be done.  CPR and Faith in the Sky Q is what saved her life.  I have maintained CPR/AED/First Aid certification for 6-8 years now for work.  I feel better knowing that if I am put in that sort of situation I have at minimum the base knowledge to try and keep someone alive till EMS-Fire arrive on site to take over.

Here is what HomeBrew and I are proposing.  This will be a friendly competition between The Fort and Lake Wylie regions.  From 4-1 to 4-15 every PAX from either region that completes certification or re-certifies in CPR/ AED/First Aid he and I + the Nan’tan and 1st F Q will complete 5 burpees.   The region that draws the most new or recerts will pass that number on to the “Loser”, but honestly- Who really loses in this situation? IE The Fort get 30 pax LKW gets 20 pax = LKW will do 150 burpees. The Fort will do 100. As you all know, I HATE BURPEES, but have committed to drive action across the regions.

The Certification I have been using comes from NationalCPRFoundation.com.  It is Red Cross compliant and should take between 30 mins to 1 hour to complete.  It is free unless you decide to purchases the hard copy certificates.  We will require a screen shot/ picture Tweeted or slacked to both HomeBrew and myself of the completed training for a CPR/AED/First aid at the end.  It will be added to the spreadsheet we will use to document Pax completion. The certification is good for 2 years.

It is highly recommended that All Site Qs get on board with this effort, but all PAX can benefit from this training. What better way to show leadership than making sure the Pax that Post to your AO know you have that training and are ready to act in the even that someone goes down.

Please join us in this and lets Ensure we are Prepared for the unexpected. Stay tuned to TwEETAR for a message from Homebrew.

Thanks

Duck Dynasty  🦆👑and HomeBrew 🏠🍺

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PRE-BLAST: 2020 Yeti…5 Year Anniversary!

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2/23/20 Updates:

Parking: Please DO NOT park at WEP but in the parking lot next to WEP behind the Springs building.  There will be plenty of parking and this way, we aren’t taking up the park parking lot for the entire morning.

Where/What time: We will start at WEP and will end at WEP.  Depending on what you are doing: Ruck 0500, Ruck/Bike 0530, Run 0600, Run/Bike 0630, Bike 0700.  The YETI will average about 4 hours so we will be wrapping around 10:00.

After / 2ndF: We will be meeting at Amor Artis as you finish (they’re opening their doors at 10am for us).  We will have food catered from Improper Pig.  Please invite your M (or significant other) and your shorties!  There will be a $10 contribution for food and Amor will gladly take your $ for a frothy beverage which you will need after the YETI.  Please contact Shady with rough numbers for food count.

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Original pre-blast:

The time has come for the annual CSAUP of…THE YETI….5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY YETI!!!  The date has been set (no not February because we’re late to the game, we have the Dam to Dam, the Rooster CSAUP in our neighboring region of Rock Hill we should be supporting, etc.).  We missed the mark for Feb ok, so get over it and get ready for early March…talk to the M, and get.it.on.your.calendar!  This also means more prep time for the Qs, you to mentally prepare your bodies, gather your teams (if that’s your jam), make sure your reflective gear isn’t in need for a dusting…all those things.

So get ready for not only some 1st F, but some 2nd F, as you run, ruck, ride, sweat, freeze (wait…freeze? Well, we can’t predict the weather and it will be outside, duh) next to your fellow PAX.  Build that bond, push that guy next to you, and get better!

High level deets…

Why: Well, why not.  It’s stupid and pointless, it’s fun, you’ll do some major bonding with fellow PAX, uh…it’s early and what else do you need to be doing – sleeping….good one!!!!  And did we mention it’s a 5 year anniversary!!  We’re also working on a shirt (yes, this is an annual shirt, not some minnow pond shirt some site Q drummed up to hype up his site…who does that!)  More details coming on the shirt.  And patches…yes, patches!  For those of us that are motivated by patches and want to add another patch to our collection, well, look no further (and there may be another special edition Zima patch…like I said, more things in the works).  (Cost on Yeti patch is approximately $5…more details on this in the near future.)

What: Annually, the YETI makes it’s way to the Fort and we pay our dues and take what the Yeti gives us.  This can be accomplished via a combo of different ways, or just one way: running, rucking, biking, put a team together and break it up.  Modify as needed!  A course will be provided prior to the CSAUP, AO pain stations will exist along the route where PAX will endure whatever said Q tells them, and water/energizing snacks will be provided.  Past years courses range from 14-20 miles…Zima miles will be included this year for those interested.  What’s a Zima mile you ask, you’ll need to ask around on that one.

Who: All PAX…so you, reading this…you’re invited and it will be fun.  Trust us.  Not recommended for younger 2.0 PAX.  If you want to create a team to break up the course, totally fine and modification acceptable…trust us.  PAX do accomplish the YETI on their own as well and it’s doable so don’t be scared and push yourself.  After the Yeti, families are invited to pat you on the back and tell you how stupid you are…or I mean how proud they are of you.

When: Date is above, but in case you glazed right over it in your excitement, it’s Saturday 3/7.  The times tentatively are as follow (but subject to change): Ruck 0500, Run 0600, Ruck/Bike 0600, Run/Bike 0630…you kind of get the idea.  We would expect to be done by 10:00am.  After the Yeti if you’re able to stick around, we will plan to meet at a local establishment for some food/drinks (BBQ maybe) and more 2nd F.

Where: We’ll start and end at WEP (Block Party / The Fort / Millllkshake AO).  Parking at WEP, or potentially in the bigger parking lot next door may be advised.  Food and drinks (and BBQ maybe) location are in the works.  We’ve had to pull in #TheCorner office staff to pull some strings and get the 2nd F training rolling.  Yep, it’s that big of a deal in these parts.  Stay tuned for more updates.

 

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PRE-BLAST: The Brotherhood of the Traveling Pants (AKA: #BTP)

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Willpower is only the trigger to get a person started on a positive habit (#Brick). In order to maintain and continue #Bricklaying, a person needs to change the mental and physical environment in which they live, so that the habit can develop the “muscle memory” needed to go the distance. My #DRP list is lengthening, as is my ability to have #IMPACT in the men around me, and the following is intended to continue to put me on the right trajectory.

For the year of 2020, my word is “GO”.  In an effort to continue to #Accelerate my 1stF, and beginning on 1/6/20, I am instituting (for myself and anyone who wants to join me) an EC (Extra Credit) 15 minutes (of Boot Camp or running, or maybe even Broga) prior to every 45 minute workout. I will tweet and Slack the location with the hashtag #BTP the day before for those who wish to join me. (It’s a way to “trap” myself into an accelerating habit…)

For example, Monday I usually hit Honey Badger which is an hour workout. There would not necessarily be an EC prior to this (though there could be). Tuesday, I will be at Golden Corral. At 0500, I will begin an EC portion of the workout for those that want to join. It will launch from the same AO, and will be back at the AO in time for the 0515 normal start of the Post.

Clear as mud? Good. Ask me your questions. Otherwise, check your Twitter/Slack and #Accelerate with me.

Helmet, out.

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Dam to Dam for a Cause

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  • QIC: Pusher, DD, Cake Boss, Sippy Cup, Rebel, Fogerty, Bass-O-Matic, Mainframe, Short Sale, Barry Manilow, Anchorman, Boss Hog, Twister, Shady, Esso, Slash, Tesh, Router and Hardwood
  • When: 02/15/2020
  • Posted In: CSAUP

F3 defines a CSAUP as a dirty, dangerous and difficult event that builds Trust between Team Members. In the Fort, we are expanding this definition to apply that trust back into invigorating male community leadership in 2020.

20 HIMs have committed to run the Dam to Dam Relay on 2/15/20 which is a 100km course from Lake Murray (near Columbia) to Lake Greenwood on behalf of Classroom Ready, a program under the Foundation for Fort Mill Schools that provides free school supplies to students in need in York County School District #2.

We are asking you, the men of F3 the Fort, to support our schools and our mission of invigorating  male community leadership with the Dam to Dam for a Cause mission. Over the next 3 months, we are requesting donations be made to Classroom Ready via their website Foundation for Fort Mill Schools/Donate

As you consider your amount of donation, please keep the following in mind:

$25 – Provides a student with a pencil box filled with supplies/binder
$50 – Provides an Elementary school student with a backpack & supplies 
$75 – Provides a Middle or High School student with a backpack & supplies
$100 – Provide a Graphing Calculator to a High School student
$250 – Provides a High School classroom set of agendas (40 total)
$500 – Provides a set of (100) 3 inch binders
  • All donations are accepted
  • The Foundation for Fort Mill Schools is a 501 (c) (3) organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent the law allows. The Foundation does not provide financial support for programs regularly funded by the Fort Mill School District operating budget. Strict management of fiduciary responsibility is a basic tenet of the Foundation.

Our goal is to address a need within our growing community by partnering with Classroom Ready and the Foundation for Fort Mill Schools. We thank you for your support in advance!

 

 

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