A bunch of SCary-ites and 2.0s plus many outside our region came together for the premier family friendly donut eating race in our fine state. Grateful for the turnout, the volunteers and the pax who makes this all possible – Bagels. Special thanks to Shut In for planning the route and providing thorough instructions. Congrats to our 2025 winners Zero Drop and Daniel Boone. Special props to Web MD’s M who unofficially became the first female full qualifying finisher. We truly did make this a great day. If I forgot any SCary pax say the word.

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Great discussion inside the warmth of Panera. Discussed creating your 15 second testimony, the stresses of parenting, and arguing with your spouse. Thankful for F3 for pushing me to be better.

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Five men gathered at SWWingers for bells, Bono, and below-freezing temperatures. Joint coffeeteria with SWW was cold but excellent.

Thanks for letting me lead!

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Warm Up: Standard: Hillbillies, Sir Fazio, Side Straddle, merkins, calf
Thang: Picnic Table Q: Shoulder shrugs, irkins, squats, leg raises, dips: repeato x’s 3. Mosey to pull up bars. Partner 1 does diamond, knerkins, wide, Partner 2 does 3 pull ups and chillcut.
Back to the shelter: sit ups, derkins, Bulgarian x’s 2
Circle up for Mary: PAX called Mary or lower back/glute exercises.
COT: Duck Donuts still on. Term is going to check out the route.
I enjoyed my quiet walk to Ritter this morning. Picked up HGTV on his way to Waverly. Enjoy and seek out quiet moments. Listen to what we are being called to do and/or work on.
NYBD opened at 7. We were able to meet at Harris Teeter. SLT topics discussed.
MIAGD. Be safe and enjoy the snow with your family

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Four became six today as Cauliflower showed us his bell warming technique borrowed from Bronx Bomber. Kitty Litter showed up delaying the start by 30 seconds, but we gave him a pass. Pick Up showed up at his usual time. Penalty burpees were not assessed because no one wanted to do them anyway.

We had a freshly descaled coffee pot full of hot brew. Contrary to what Astro says, a patina in an Aero Press is not a positive thing. Playlist was heavy into 90s grunge though we spanned 60 years of music history. We learned that Lady Gaga was a backup singer for Paul Simon on his greatest album ever, Graceland. The Pointe Break came in for Spade’s quarterly fly by.

Oh, and I guess we worked out. You know, kettlebell stuff. Thanks to the guys who showed up in solidarity and support. If someone crosses your mind, reach out, especially if you haven’t done so in a long time. You’ll probably make their day. Doesn’t it feel good when someone does the same for you?

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Miles covered and core circuits at intersections. More important the fellowship over coffee where stories were shared of monster truck first dates, accidentally sleeping on grandfather mountain with no gear and why she stayed with him, pink snuggly oodie’s (we left that alone), and exciting times watching the English Patient. We MIAGM.

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Just another vanilla Q. The goal was to get enough running in so @chipper could enjoy coffee after COT instead of having to run a few miles to “close his loops” (or whatever Garmin does). So we did a quick warmup lap and into the green for a few warmup exercises. The rest of the PAX arrived and we did some burpees. Then off to the big parking lot for 6’s corner to corner. Then up the secret staircase to the upper parking lot. There, @fruitloop chose “mike Tyson’s”. So we ran island to island incrementing by one till we got to the far corner. (I think there were 12). @gravelmouth suggested we do crab walks back and I suggested he was insane. So I asked @chipper to pick an exercise. He chose “boat canoe”. At the end we paused for a little stretching and then a little sprinting. Then we ran down for a little Mary. We discovered we had a little time left over and a little distance left to go so around Waverly we did run. We finished at the flag and all was well.
Trunk coffee was enjoyed by most.

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This was a DAY. The EC event of the year, the cap of the 5th Q-6-pack of the month, a major announcement, and a major milestone for our young region. More in the NMS.

At least two cohorts for the WGECOcho, and at least one ruck cadre partaking in the EC options this. Somewhere around 30 gathered at the flag to welcome FNG Leigh, hit the core principles, and head out. Warm up lap around the pool lot island, and gather near the flag for warmups.

Find a partner on your way to the clubhouse and grab a coupon. Two laps around the pickle. First do murder bunnies, next do lunge walks. Non coupon partner runs around till you meet, then swap.

Next thang, supplement our collection with pain sticks, the off for the Planters Wood culdesac. Stop at every mailbox for 5 squats and 5 presses. Swap some items at the end and head back via the greenway.

Coupon Mary, the follow HG to the new coupon location.

Back to the flag… then back for the six, the back to the flag. A very incremental PAX count (only rivaled by the old SNS-Maynard days). Somewhere around 32 is my guess (as I type this in Notes before loading the PAX names). We named FNG Leigh “Sioux”. Full name ‘[A Boy Named] Sioux’. Credit to Brie for the idea early on in the Ocho. Leigh independently referenced A Boy Named Sue when we pondered the spelling of his name at COT, so it was too good to pass up.

We only lost Petey between EC and ME, but we ran for a dang hour+, so granting posting credit.

COT was strong. R2R(2R) was announced, hit up Doula to HC. Reflections on those we’ve lost, but more critically, the ones we still have. Today continues to be a gift, so let’s not miss it.

The fun part for me to reflect on today was this – I think we saw a new milestone for South Cary in the PAX lifecycle. We had an FNG join, catch fire, accelerate, have unmistakable impact on the region at large, leave, start a region, and come back to visit… infusing energy into the last couple days. Thank you Doula for stopping through, it was awesome to see you again.

This week was fun!!! But as I’m sure AKOA can attest, I am very happy that it’s over. Till sometime next week y’all.

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10 HIMs took over Danny’s BBQ including YHC who paid for everyone’s along with take home BBQ swag. Discussed Belichicks’s girlfriend, TN and Hokie football, the Super ECd the lunch, Amway did breath work, Astro ordered the wrong thing, and A BIG ANNOUNCMENT was made! Had to be there! MIAGD!

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21 for a micr-ocho featuring the exercises from that fateful morning at the Valentine’s Day Convergence at Pullen Park’s The Forge, 8 years ago to the day!

We moseyed across the street for warmups in front of Forge Chiropractic (not planned, but too good to pass up). Continue mosey through the Bojangles parking lot to the north lot of Macedonia for bearcrawls in the lot. Mosey back to the flag to finish the right half of the micr-ocho. Continue through the woods into Franklin Chase and find the greenway. Partner up and do a janky round with sets of Partner Derkins. Finish out the left half of the micr-ocho through the Coventry neighborhood, pausing for Quick Feet at the intersections. Mary with an attempt at a real Have a Nice Day. That’s it!

Super grateful for 8 years and for Water Wings bringing me out to a workout that was closer to my side of town. I think it’s true I still have never revisited The Forge, but hard to say after all this time.

CU@T8 tomorrow at 0505!

Self-Indulgent Retrospective.
2024 BB currently missing. It was at Thunderstruck.
2023: f3southcary.com/2023/02/14/2023-02-14-qd-by-jigglypuff/
2022: f3southcary.com/2022/02/14/2022-02-14-qd-by-jigglypuff/
2021: og.f3carpex.com/a-smattering/
2020: og.f3carpex.com/three-years/
2019: og.f3carpex.com/get-off-my-lawn-2/
2018: og.f3carpex.com/jps-vvq/
2017: https://twitter.com/F3TheForge/status/831474426319425536

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