YHC rolled in at 0559 after cruising the route and looking for potholes. Few went that way ….
Trail running, street running and walking occurred.
WARMUP: side straddle hops, merkins, cherry pickers, moroccan night clubs
THE THANG: mosey to lower field for some 4 corners. each corner 10 bomb jacks, 20 merkins, 30 CDDs, 40 squats, 50 flutters with MOT between corners mosey & bear crawls. 2nd half mosey to basketball courts for rounds of sprints with reverse of first half (10 flutters, 20 squats, 30 CDDs, 40 merkins.
MARY: heel grabs, cockroaches, LBCs, 6 count burpees (aka a normal burpee?)
ANNOUNCEMENTS: BBQ & bourbon. Everyone donate to give the Bethel men some ham and show up Thursday. Sign up for Christmas party Dec 21.
COT: Thanks for all the feedback and the solid showing at my VQ! Won’t be the last.
So, it started as an idea for a nice, or heavy, Sunday ruck before Church. Well, it’s now turned into a morning staple for some. I’ll tell you this, I always walk away grateful. Grateful that Crystal Lake was willing to make this official. Grateful that the hour ALWAYS includes laughs, even teenage boy humor. Grateful that we typically have a few “real” conversations and today was no different. To land the plane, I started the day, grateful.
WARMUP: Sure. It included rucking up and 5 of the 9 PAX grabbed a sandbag, too. We’d rotate on/off the sandbags every 6mins unless I forget, of course.
THE THANG: I don’t remember all the roads traversed but we started by making our way to WEP then meandering our way to “Gun Shop Hill” where everyone had the opportunity to walk down and “KLAW” (walk backward) up the hill with ruck & sandbag. We then made our way around our farming village some more and even made it back to the hill for a repeat of the walk/klaw experience.
MARY: Nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Register for the Christmas Party if you haven’t and you’re still reading.
COT: Yes.
THE THANG:
Trail Route
Ruckers
Road Route was a round-trip run to Walmart not for a honey do list which was around 4.5+ miles, shorter route was a little past the post office
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Party, Volunteers to help out in WNC.
COT: Prayers for people impacted by storms
Statement of the F3 Mission, F3 Core Principles, F3 Credo
WARMUP: 2 laps around the parking lot with a few exercises to follow.
THE THANG:
We ran the rows of the parking lot, increasing by 5 reps at each column, starting at 5, then 10, 15, 20, 25.
On one end, Carolina Dry Docks and the other, Mountain Climbers with running in between.
Make our way to the football field and line up on one end zone:
Run 20yds, NUR 10yds, perform 1 burpee.
Run 20yds, NUR 10yds, then 2 burpees.
Run 20yds, NUR 10yds, then 3 burpees.
Do this all the way to the other end zone then finish with 10 burpees as a group.
Crawl Bear back to the starting end zone. Lots of moaning initiated by the ‘ol Crawl Bear trick.
Captain Thor: 1 Big Boy Sit Up & 4 American Hammers.
2 Big Boy Sit Ups & 8 American Hammers.
All the way up to 10:40.
MARY: See above
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Multiple fundraisers and the Christmas Party…DO IT.
COT: 5th Core Principle.
WARMUP: Yes
THE THANG: Google “Payne Train” lots of pull ups, pushups, squats and running
MARY: yes, abs for five minutes
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT: yes
WARMUP:
Run to the movie theater parking lot
With lots of mumblechatter in the background…
SSH x 30
Windmills x 10
IW x 15
Merkins x 10
Mtn Climbers x 20
Low slow x 15
Dirty McDeuce
WAM x 12
Lunges x 12
Big Boy x 12
Run a lap
8 Count burpees x 12
Squats x 12
LBCs x 12
Discussion on contentment – see Q Source reference
Handoff to Maximus
Wall Work
Derkins
Wall Sits
Split leg lunges
Run to parking lot
Bear crawl to each of 7 islands with 5 Mike Tysons in between
Discussion on Consistency – see Q Source for details
Run back to start
Nur to 3 islands
Back to COT
Mary
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
See Newsletter – pour into something
COT:
You had to be there!
WARMUP: not much
THE THANG: ran Dudley down to Thomas Knapp anytime you cut across Felts, you ran full out, the rest of the time around 75%
MARY: naw, but we did a little yoga
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT: was held
The Fort is where it all started…need I say more. For many of the Pax of the Fort, this was their first post and it set the tone their journey since that time. While the Fort has multiplied many times over since it inception in 2012, this AO stands as the cornerstone for the culture, fellowship and brotherhood for our region.
YHC was excited to be asked to Q and while I had to navigate some calendar issues, it was an opportunity not to be missed.
In preparation for the Q, it was an easy decision to reach out to my Shieldlock brother, DD, to co-Q with me. He and I had been traveling this week and a beat down with some fellowship was just what the doctor ordered to remedy that jet lag.
WARMUP:
Sprint to Sweet Baby Jesus church located in downtown Fort Mill
SSH x 20
5 burpees
IW x 15
4 burpees
Windmills x 10
3 burpees
Squats x 15
2 burpees
Merkins x 10
1 burpees
THE THANG:
Step work at the church x 3
Mix in between
CDD x 10
Lunges x 10
Monkey humpers x 10
Partner Dora around the church
100 Merkins
200 Squats
300 LBCs
Hand off to DD
Run to gas station
10 burpees
Run to scarecrow hill
Bear crawl up the hill
10 burpees
Run to Massey
Run up Massey
10 burpees
Run to Close Bldg hill
Bear crawl up hill
10 burpees
Run to WEP
Run up WEP hill
10 burpees
Run to COT
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read the newsletter
COT:
DD discussed the “mountains” in our life and the perseverance to overcome them.
YHC discussed seeing your M as a child of God and them as a blessing
Lots of items shared during COT including prayers and praises.
WARMUP:
I am certain we warmed up.
THE THANG:
It occurred to me as I sat to write this, that I have no idea (since it was a MONTH ago) what all we did that morning. I usually have a plan written out ahead that I either commit to memory, or will even shove a printout in my pocket to reference just in case. I didn’t do that this time. I know that I tried to call a few of the favorites of <@UGNDJBDU3> in his honor. I know we hit The Zipper and we definitely performed the Gonorrhea Burpee (because it has The Clap), but that’s all I really recall…
Now, the only person likely to read this is <@UGU3XR5RP>, but I just got painfully convicted about not writing Backblasts in a timely nor efficient manner. As I was looking back to see if I could find this weinke, I discovered that I have the BB from both my FNG post (administered by <@UN6U5PXNJ> and <@U08GGTLHL>) and from my VQ at The Armory.
<@U07QXBKKF5F> joined us as an FNG that morning. As it turns out, this came at a critical time in his life… and is hopefully blessing it. But, I failed him as a Q. He now does not have the enjoyment or blessing of being able to go back and read the report from his first post and reflect on that in the same way that I do. The first day I posted, I was sure I was going to die when Pusher said, “And now for the second half, I’ll hand this off to Jekyll”. I didn’t understand how the toughest workout I had ever done to that point in my adult life could have a SECOND HALF.
That’s a cherished memory. So, for Road Rash and every man after him, I commit to writing BackBlasts, making them interesting and timely, and hyping the reading of them after the fact. I also will attempt to persuade other men to do the same.
MARY: No chicks.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter.
COT: The 5th Core Principle.