Rain? What rain? I cannot begin to tell you how disappointed I was to get up this morning and see dry ground outside. I was so looking forward to moist and gloomy workout! Ah well…

After a quick 5 core values quiz, a discussion about my opinion on gloves during warm weather, and the pledge, we got moving with a trot to the upper lot. Once there, we played a quick game of “where the F is that food service truck going” while executing a fairly standard B-A-B warmup.

Thang 1: A loop that included BOTH sets of stairs, and the elevated walkway. WME’s on the Elevated section, WWII’s at the top of one set of stairs, Body Weight rows behind the fountain, “Logo Removers” at the top of the other stairs. We did this for approximately 20 minutes.

Thang 2: Legstravaganza. A quick set of 20 calf raises on the stairs, then over to the turf for Single leg step downs (10 each leg), 10 proper deep squats, single leg reverse lunges (10 each leg). After that warmup, we got 20 more calf raises followed by a full set of Lt Dan on the turf. With a minute remaining, we did calf raises/Biner Hops until time ran out!

Announcements: Highland Games and SCary Picnic coming up and deviously planned for while YHC is out of town. Travis Manion next week at FMJ.

YHC closed out with a brief leadership thought for the day; Fault vs Responsibility.

Fault focuses on who is to blame, but does not present a path forward. Responsibility focuses on the path forward. As leaders, it is most important to focus on responsibility. Be responsible! One example used this morning is if you wake up in the tomorrow to find someone has left a baby on your doorstep, that’s not your fault. What happens next however, IS your responsibility.

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These 8 HIMs weren’t scared of a little rain, and good thing because it turned out to be a beautiful morning.

3 for the EC.
For the ME, moseyed around the sheep loop and executed warmups in the usual spot. Headed to the shelter for non-standard DORA consisting of 100 derkins, 200 step-ups (L+R=1), 300 dips. OTW was highly skeptical of my L/R counting, seeking clarification numerous times.

For thang 2 we grabbed a rock and traveled the sheep loop with periodic exercises, working our way up to rock yo body.

Great way to start the week.
MIAGD!

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2 for EC. 10 for ME.

YHC brought traveling coupons, a 50# sandbag and 25# kettlebell, which made it 3 miles rotating through the pax. A few pitstops to change out coupons and get in some merkins.

We ventured into Ave of Estates and ran the entrance hill while swapping out for squats with the bag and overhead extensiona with the bell.

Back to the flag for some Mary. Boat Canoe was a fan favorite.

Rain held off for a beautiful morning to lead these HIMs.

Still room for the All-Star Special challenge tomorrow…

MIAGD!

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4 for the 6 @ 6, which will no longer use the term “slowzy” after the general consensus at Chanticleer yesterday was that everyone hates that word, and it’s Carpex word anyway, so go figure. So they can have their word and stop complaining about us stealing it. Next we are going to start driving on the other side of the road.

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4 tackled the Spartan Super in Charlotte. Weather was warm but beautiful and the mud was thick. Great fellowship along the way with our other F3 brothers. Feel blessed to be able todo these types of things along side you men! AROO! MIAGD!

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Visited an old fav this week. Met some new guys, too. A few observations on Claymore and what goes on there….

1. Manny the dog now has a live in girlfriend.
2. Large empty tennis courts make great settings for limited run workouts.
3. COT should be thought about as more than just standard F3 routine – its a place where man can share stuff, oft not easily shared in the home setting, or elsewhere AND have an expectation that it would stay in COT and not worry itself through a verbal grapevine. Nice and simple environment to share what’s on one’s heart to a group of guys, circled up, trusting each other. COT. That was my experience at Claymore this week, in addition to Press’s endless 4 corner exercises, called out by each PAX…DEI was in full swing.

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11 piled out of the big black van into a lonely parking lot. After deflecting a few questions about where everyone else was, YHC was able to pull 7 of the 11 off the playground for soccer in the outfield. 7 quickly turned into 6, losing another to the playground. YHC’s M showed up with coffee and then there were 5… so the game shifted to kickball which eventually drew in 10 of 10 2.0s. Kickball continued until we got the boot for 9am baseball practice.

Lesson learned
1. Hard for F3 dad’s to compete with spring break and spring sports
2. Roll with enough kids that you can field two and entertain each other

MIAGD!

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There was something for everyone this morning at South Cary’s premier Saturday AO. 8 runners ran, 8 boot campers boot camped, and 1 rucker rucked.
The boot campers made it down to the docks for standard warmups which quickly shifted to flying warmups because YHC didn’t want to cadence count any more.
Up to the road for what would be our thang for the day: counting the posts of the red railings that line the road. First section: squats, start at 1 and increment by at 1 each post until we get to the middle. There are 25 posts on that side of the dam, so 325 squats later we started on the other side, this time with overhead presses, to see if the railing was symmetrical. It was. After 325 overhead presses (and multiple amused drivers wondering what we were doing) we made it to the far side of that damn dam and could turn around and enjoy the sunrise over the lake.
Time to go back across. This time we did Paula Abdul’s (2 steps forward one step back) lunge walking 2 posts forward, running back one. After doing that for a bit, changed it up for time: run 2, lunge walk back 1. Made it to the middle bridge where the swans were swanning and the clock was ticking and started moseying back towards the flag, stopping a couple times for rounds of irkins on the railing.
YHC stepped in on the mosey back so we cut across the grass and slowed to a shuffle to wipe it off before a vanilla mary (LBCs, Chris R’s Cobras, Superman’s/Aussie Snow Angels). HAND as the runners returned to the flag.

Announcements: ASS Challenge sign up is locked, but all are encouraged to show up anyway; Highland Games and picnic are on the horizon.

Quote from Mark Twain: “Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, but your government only when it deserves it.”
I think about this for government and for the people more immediately in our lives. Support and love them all the time, even when their behavior doesn’t live up to their promise – and take that as an opportunity to guide and nurture them towards more appropriate action.

Good turnout at Chanticleer with a starskey by Petey .

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4 for a 3 mile ec. 9 for main event. Great Eschatological discussion. Where is “the Rapture” in the Bible? What about all those “dead in Christ” prior to being “caught up” (Greek ‘harpazo’: caught up, seize, snatch, take away by force). What happens after being caught up? What about those that don’t get caught up? Do we really even know what will happen? Does it matter? Generally based on 1 Thessalonians Ch.4. Which contextually is generally providing guidance for grief over believers who have died.

Also a discussion on baptism and various view points. Touched a bit on Calvinism and Catholicism.

One near crash by Promo. Some worn out legs by YHC. Wishing Trickle safe travels as he embarks on an adventure of a lifetime today.

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Headed to Alderaan for a nice morning jog with the Green Level crew. For the record, this AO is in Chatham County. They were gracious hosts. Logged ~6 on the tobacco trail and might have even set foot in Durham County.
MIAGD!

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