2024 Tour de Lightmere is in the books. Record 44 pax showed for this year’s premier SCary event despite the 28 degree temperatures. In the gloom glow ropes were passed out on the cookie table, brief safety instructions and then we were off.

First stop in a cul de sac was all about warmups featuring stealth burpees and the required Scary stretch. Waved goodbye to the house and then safely crossed Lochmere drive to run to Windy Rush Lane. Gathering like the Hoos ’round the leaf pile we held for the six, did a few more exercises culminating in Monkey Humpers in front of @hgtv’s house. Then on to Candy Cane house where the traffic suddenly picked up.

Down to the dock where the featured exercise was @kirkland leading us in 100s, a stroll down Lochmere drive, Earkins, Dirkins, Dips…cross the road, through the disc golf course culminating in the crazy house. The back to the flag for COT. Around this time @Kitty Litter pointed out that mileage topped 2.0 miles — a bit more than expected, but the pax made it through.

Robust COT with 10 FNGs. Six took names and four wisely remained anonymous so that they can’t be tracked by the government spies among us. The fires felt mighty nice.

Thanks to @Shipyard and @ Water Wings for fire duties and to all who helped make this a lot of fun for all. Ten FNGs at YHC’s workout means that with multiplier effects, means that @Fruit Loop has rocketed into first place for the 2024 Scaryiest Man contest. I humbly accept the honor. Who knew that Tour de Lightmere was the sleeper event to achieve a massive victory from behind?

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SCary’s most problematic AO is back, and this time with record numbers! The dads jumped out to an early 4-1 lead, supported by the finesse of FNG dad VO5 (The Super’s BIL) who put up an early hat trick. The kids came back with a vengeance, tying up the match and then it was a close match the rest of the way. Sherpa’s 2.0 Hat Trick reminded us of our superb footwork and scoring abilities.
VO5’s 2.0 Rocket showed us his rocket of a foot. Grisham was full of energy and played most of the time with a 2.0 on his shoulders…taking rucking to a new level. Future F3 leader and kid veteran Four-Seam made some incredible saves in goal. Sbarro was a stonewall as usual. Water Wings and YHC showed off some fancy header “skills”. The Super found the back of the net in his SCary Dads soccer debut. Well Done saved our butts on defense more than once. Little FNG Yoshi showed no fear. George family 2.X’s Seadoo and Snorkel kept the kids’ offense moving. Kiffin wore his fancy glasses. The Mayflower girls might be on their way to playing for Barcelona. Somehow we ended up with 2 FIFA’s. Amazingly, no injuries. Happy Birthday to FIFA (Well Done’s 2.0), The Super, and Mayflower. Great time today! Looking forward to the next one.

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SCary’s most dangerous and most problematic AO luckily did not have any injuries and was only 1/10 of normal attendance this morning, but Armstrong and YHC had a great time playing some 1 on 1 and doing some drills to work on shooting, ball control, defense, etc. Kid is gonna be a menace to opposing keepers—watch out! Followed by Coffeeteria and bagels at NYBD. Quality time to kick off Father’s Day weekend.

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4 dads and 9 kids converged on Ritter Park for a very dadsy-boot camp. After a warmup in the parking lot and a round of animal walk relays, we pearls’d with 1 Burpee at each stop out of the park and back around through the Baker Roofing lot into Ritter.

Welcome to FNK Umbreon! For reference: pokemon.fandom.com/wiki/Umbreon

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The dads showed no mercy this time and prevailed 11-10 for their first win of the season. Standout performances by Adjacent and his aptly-named 2.0 Manchester. A nice spread of assorted doughnuts and Gatorade provided by the Sbarro family.

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Fun was had by all, regardless of whether some claim that attendance numbers were inflated!

Dads held a commanding lead until sudden death during stoppage time. Notable standout performances were Chanticleer, Chanticleer and Chanticleer. He owned the field and we just participated! But seriously, some of these 2.0s were fearless, going head to head HIMs twice their size.

Welcome @Homegrown’s 2.0 ‘Panda Bear’

Post game gymnastics practice was fun too

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Competition was fierce at the soccer field today. A shortened field and more players meant more traffic and more goals than last week. We played the entire game as Kids vs. Dads, and the dads quickly realized they needed to actually bring their A-game if they were going to keep up. The dads jumped out to an early 4-2 lead but the kids eventually caught up and it was neck and neck the rest of the way. Some shirts may have come off during celebrations. In the end, the kids prevailed yet again by a score of 10-9 with a last-minute game-winner by Snorkel. The dads clearly need to get better. Maybe next time!

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4 dads and 8 2.0s displayed world class talent on the pitch today. Sherpa’s 2.0 was named Hat Trick for the obvious amazing display of talent! Too many highlights and standout performances to mention here.

You’ll just have to show up next week to see it live…

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23 total F3 Dad’s and their 2.0s enjoyed a lovely first taste of fall weather and extended the no injury streak at South Cary’s most dangerous AO to 2.

The activities kicked off with the pledge of allegiance followed by a full speed mosey to the warm up spot. Good mornings, merkins, squats, side straddle hops, and lunges got everyone ready for the fun to come.

A mosey to the basketball court was followed by several balloon themed relay races and a couple animal relay races.

After that it was off to the baseball field for jump the creek and cross the ocean.

The Dad’s and 2.0s returned to the flag and welcomed two FNGs.

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6 Dads and 14 kids made it a great day for F3 Dads in August. We got started at 5 after with…

Welcome
Pledge
Ballet warmups lead by Pirouette
Medley Relay of Hops, Skips, Gallops, and Sprints across groups of 4 through several rounds
Merkins, LBCs and SSHs led by Acapella
Pokémon Freeze Tag (Kids Vs Dads) for several rounds
COT + Gatorades
Welcome to FNGs – I’m Not Telling, Twilight, Llama, Hippity Hop

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