14 posted on a muggy South Cary morning as YHC took the Q and pursued the Ghost flag. The weather was less than ideal but the banter was fantastic, and the PAX of South Cary showed up and showed out.

warm up: short lap around the parking lot before the typical side effect warm up: Sir fazio and reverse Sir fazio, seal claps, overhead claps, and behind the back claps. Clap heavy as always, as the Pax can’t help but applaud a Side Effect Q.

The thang: 1 and only thang needed, YHC Qd a beatdown that was as almost as hard as the previous year has been for me.

“Crazy Dora”- Flag lot as the pickle, partner 1 runs while partner 2 works.
100 dive bombers,
200 burpees (you read that right)
300 Jump squats.

few finished it all (shout out to Silver fox and Badda)

Mary: Ms love Abs so we did a Pax called Mary circle with LBC, WW2, low slow flutter, and Superman.

announcements – golf sign up(we missed it)
Odyssey
South Cary camping

prayers/praises: Honeycombs daughter, health/wellbeing of others mentioned as well.

I can’t think of a better way to culminate 1 year in F3 than with a few hundred burpees/dissected burpees. Thankful for the Pax to meet me in the gloom for these crazy ideas.

see you soon SC

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10 HIM tested fate this morning at Jack It Up. The three ECers got a sneak preview, while the rest had to wait. No flag as it was in Spade’s “other truck” so off we go. Mosey down and around the sheep loop. Standard warm-ups then the fun began.

The Wheel of Pain came out of hibernating and was ready to dole out a solid beatdown. Each PAX took a turn with fate and per typical wheel magic we hit every slice. HG gave us the final spin and ‘somehow’ it magically ended up on burpees. Pickle between each round, pax choice, sheep loop or small pickle + plank hold while waiting for the sheep loopers. 5k covered for some, rock solid abs achieved for others.

Odyssey in October, Culture week coming in November.
Prayers for Gravel Mouth’s fire academy test coming up.

Stick around long enough at coffeeteria and you might even get to meet someone considering becoming Senator Mark Kelly’s personal assistant.

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Great workout guys. Thanks for joining.

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13.25 PAX accomplished a Figure 8 stair climb at Waverly. WebMD ran. Dukie made an appearance and left.

Warmups
Figure 8 up stairs, down the path through the middle, up the other stairs, rinse repeat ~30+ times.

Calf raises a few times.

LBCs and stretching to close.

This day means something to everyone. For me, it’s my birthday. 42 years old today. Thankful we get to do this. Take a moment for those who matter most in your life today.

8 Stair Climb at at Waverly.

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12 men joined me for a journey. A journey that went around and back again. There were trials, there were foes, and there were many manholes.

Pledge, mosey to cul-de-sac for warmup where I got reprimanded for my enthusiasm for the side straddle hop. Mosey to the Greenway for 7s of LBC and heels to heaven. Then continued on the journey with indian run. Paused in cul-de-sac to make sure we all made it. Then down into the depths of Lochmere.l golf course Greenway. 20 pushups at each manhole=100 total. Round the way and back up to the flag with star jumps and some fellowship on the way.

Good work men! Honored to lead.

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The F3 South Cary Pineapple Express had yet again another phenomenal BRR run this year. It was a year of records in YHC’s mind – 20th running of the race, typical perfect temps and untypical zero rain, and what seemed to be a higher-than-normal number of wildlife encounters – deer + bears + roaming, unfriendly dogs.

We had 7 veterans and 2 BRR FNGs this year on the Express and the team did a strong job conquering the mountains…always in good spirits and encouragement of each man.

Upon reflection this year, I would say BRR is one of the hardest but also the best experiences I’ve had in F3. It’s hard mainly because of the logistics…from a when/where do I need to be and when/where the heck am I going to rest, sleep, eat, poop, clean-up, etc. It’s hard…and I’ve done it 3 years in a row, but I would also say it’s the best experience YHC has had in F3 due to the 2nd and 3rd F that naturally unfolds throughout the training and then in the fellowship with one another and the other F3 teams throughout the actual weekend. YHC yet again learned so much about the team through our fellowship this year including…Full House’s unflappable its-going-to-be-alright confidence…to Trickle’s ability to train, overcome significant injuries, and crush it (mate had a great race this year)…to Hermes’ stand-up comedian worthy commentating talents and boundless energy (80+ mph laser-focused drive home, again)…to Badda’s 9 levels of deep knowledge of his business…to Bing’s ability to not miss a single detail (ever) and constantly problem solve ahead of any potential issue…to Hallmark’s sleeper fitness status (surprise performance of the year, just a Terminator out there)…to Flop’s natural, easy-going 2nd F abilities to just show up, drop in, and not miss a beat with any of us despite being more of a South Wake HIM , and to Sherpa’s semi-pro cooking abilities…the guy is a magician with Italian food, who knew?, but I also thoroughly enjoy his overall perspective on life being one of the most broadly experienced and well-travelled people I’ve ever encountered.

To be on a mission with these 8 men for 30+ hours, where each one’s performance is dependent on the other, and where your spirit is being lifted and sharpened by one another throughout the first day, throughout the dark (and humor) of the night that follows, and then through the much-needed dawn of the next morning…well, there is just nothing quite like it.

Word did reach us that a prayer was said at the AMBRR for us and all the F3 BRR teams, that was much appreciated. We also fully enjoyed seeing the AMBRR results rolling in on Strava, especially in light of so many PRs and the awesome 3rd F on display. It really looked like an amazing event and kudos to IC, the SAG crew, and of course all the runners.

In closing…and pardon the admittedly sleep deprived thoughts to follow…but shortly we will be in fall…Christmas will be here before we know it…and then again it will be a new year. In light of the awesome events this weekend, YHC would humbly encourage all of us to seize the days, weeks, and months remaining of 2024. Let’s close out the year with some more epic moments like these this weekend…growing in our bonds of brotherhood…and most importantly becoming better and stronger men through serving one another, our families, and the greater South Cary community.

MIAGD
MIAGW
MIAGM
MIAG2024!

Yours in all 3 Fs,
Vegemite

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After the mission and core principles Yogi brought out a deck of cards and a challenge for the PAX. His claimed record is getting within 3 cards of completing the deck during a workout, and he wanted to improve upon that today. However, what he failed to disclose until afterwards is that his record happened at a 1 hour workout. The deck remained uncompleted today. While this was all happening 2 went out and run clubbed it.
Prayers for Bubba and highs and lows of life.
AMBRR and 9/11 Stair Climb coming up.
Welcome FNG Bobby Hull!
MIAGD!

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Today was the day when #ao-sat-galewarning temporarily morphed into the Saturday version of the #ao-tue-justdoughit.

5 came to the edge of the water, ran 5 mile miles instead, and some even more. YHC was the only one who showed up with a SUP and even brought a spare one but no takers unfortunately. Regardless, none of us 5 are residents of Lochmere anyways so the threat of an actual ‘gale-warning’ loomed large.

Enjoyed the chill run with the boys during BRR taper-week.

MIAGD fellas!!!

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Moseyed to Whole Foods for warms ups
Moseyed to Duke Building for suicides
7s on the hill at end of parking lot with Burpees and Starjumps
Partner Dora with Merkins, WW1s, LBCs
2 for the Cleaver
6 for the Ocho

Remember DEET’s family, Vegemite’s mom and Enhancement’s calf in your prayers.

MIAGD

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10 HIMs showed up and went BEAST mode this morning.
Mission, pledge, mosey, warmups, then the thang: Partner up, grab a medium to large rock as a team, and prepare for the challenge. 4 corner style around the sheep loop, rock travels with the team. 5 laps.
Burpees
E2K crunch
Air drama
Superman merkin
T-bombs

Great energy and enthusiasm especially from YHCs partner Yogi. The men lifted each other up this morning.
Prayers for Drake and his health challenges and praises for Paster Sasser who touched the lives of many and has now gone home to be with the Lord.

Thanks for 2 amazing years, still having fun.
MIAGD!

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