Month: April 2015

F3Stride Celebrates 1 year of Getting Better by… you guessed it, Running!

21 Pax (Some arrived later than others) posted to celebrate another F3 milestone.  Lexington’s first Running AO launched on April 28, 2014 at River Bluff HS to run speed on the track.  We commemorated the occasion by running the first long run route from a year ago. F3Crusade and F3stride temporarily relocated to Lowe’s for …

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F3 PROM “Enchantment Under the Sea” Dance

  On May 30th, 2015 the Men of F3 Midlands will converge outside of the gloom and inside of a building for an amazing, enchanting evening of 2nd F that will put their good times to a good use…benefiting Palmetto Place Children’s Shelter and supporting our work at Oliver Gospel Mission!   Conditions: Starry night, …

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“The Hook brings you Back” – Blues Traveler

6 pax posted at Wander for a return trip to TheHook because, as we know, It’s “The Hook brings you back!” according to John Popper and Blues Traveler.  The starting point was TurningPoint (Midway Elementary) from the front parking lot.  There were hills, and a few more hills…. it was a little hilly.  But a pleasant …

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5 pax got a burning sensation in their chest and shoulders at Boneyard

Creating a weinke for Boneyard can be a challenge, removing some of the higher intensity exercises that everyone loves and running.  However, that just leaves more time to really focus on specific areas and that extra time not spent running leaves extra time to again focus on those specific areas.  And that is exactly what …

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F3 Lexington Expands – Next Stop >>> Lexington High School

F3 Lexington is excited to announce the launch of yet another AO. The success and sheer numbers at Shawshank has pushed F3 to plant another shovel flag. The goal is to provide a location a little further west towards Gilbert and Lake Murray. Welcome to Lexington High School! Lexington’s newest AO (Name TBD by the …

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Bringing a little Shades to Turning Point!

The Thang:   Opening Prayer Mosey to grassy area out front: Side straddle hop 20 –IC….5 Burpees Little Baby Arm Circles 10 forwards/10backwards- IC…..4 Burpees Through the tunnel 20-IC……3 Burpees Merkins 20-IC……2 Burppes LBC’s 20-IC…….1 Burpees Mosey to the wall   At the wall 25 jumps on to the wall, 25 Incline merkins, 25 tri …

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Futbol Anyone?

The last several Mondays have involved intervals, whether on the track or hills, but repeats none the less. Fracture led us through the physiology of slow vs fast twitch muscle fibers and helped the pax to condition them for faster running, particularly for hilly routes. BRR is coming up, and some people feel that hill …

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Wander With Wapner (version 2.0)(still not a sign of the apocalypse)

Conditions: Upper 60’s / Low 70’s and humid Route:  Begin at the RBHS Stadium entrance, proceed up Cemetery Hill to the Super Spooky Woods Trail and continue around behind school and along Perimeter Road back up the hill beside the practice field and back to Cemetery Hill.  Rinse and repeat minus the Super Spooky Woods …

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16 pax plus a walker take on some hill repeats, not a single drop of sweat during the workout!

YHC entered the Twittersphere last night and made the comment that the workout in the gloom would be nice and easy.  So easy that the pax probably wouldn’t even break a sweat.  So he came up with a nice and easy workout to ease the pax into their weekend, ensuring that everyone had enough energy …

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Spring 2015: 500 Pax Complete the Super Bowl of F3- The Mud Run

500 pax converged at the Leatherneck Course in Gaston, SC for the 2015 Spring Edition of the Super Bowl of F3 – THE LEGENDARY ULTIMATE CHALLENGE MUD RUN.  There were some impressive perfomances from the pax ranging from 16 teams completing the course in under 1 hour time to some first time participants conquering the …

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Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery (So YHC Copied Sway’s WO)

Conditions: 71 and Very gloomy 7 PAX posted for a YHC led plagiarized WO. #noshame Disclaimer Prayer COP: SSH X 20-IC MERKINS X 10-IC SQUATS X 10-IC LITTLE ARM CIRCLES X 15-IC THE THANG: NO REST BETWEEN ROUND THE WORLD X 10 EA DIRECTION ROWS X 10 MILITARY PRESS X 10 GOBLET SQUAT X 10 …

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Bur-brick-ee

Weather: Humid and 64 degrees When a fellow Jumanji member tweeted to the Pax that he had to cancel being the Q Columbo almost immediately volunteered to which one Pax member stated, “Now I’m Scared.”  The Q announced, after the disclaimer and opening prayer that the Siren Alert was in effect (10 burpees if a …

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Pre-Blast for Mission Ruck for Babies – April 25th – Columbia, SC

March for Babies – Midlands (Greater Columbia) 2015 Date: Saturday, April 25, 2015 Time: 9:00AM Registration Time: 8:00AM SC State Fairgrounds 1200 Rosewood Drive Columbia, SC 29201 We’re getting ready to walk in March for Babies! It promises to be a fun day out with people who share our passion for improving the health of …

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Solo Crusade

YHC was the only pax to post this morning.  Mumblechatter was at an all time low. Weather:  64 degrees Route: Run out 22 min towards the dam and turn around and return to the only car in the parking lot. Moleskin:  Running alone at 5am is not fun.

Strut Brigade Converges with F3 Lexington & Brings ROPES!

Conditions: 60ish degrees with light intermittent rain, perfect in the gloom! 20 pax, with 1 FNG, fought off the fart sack and met in the Jumanji gloom at Howard Park for a F3 Lexington Convergence with the special guest F3 Lake Murray’s Strut Brigade and the one and only Pajanimal. Pax were required to have …

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Palmetto Place – Hump Day Happy Hour – April 29th

Turn on your phone, open your calendar app, and select April 29th at 5:30 pm. Title the event “F3- Palmetto Place Hump Day Happy Hour at River Rat Brewery.”   Then encourage all F3 men to show up for a beer and a chance to hear about our “Third F” initiative at Palmetto Place Children’s Shelter. …

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18 pax join YHC to celebrate his one year anniversary with F3 where it all started for him, the Graveyard

One year ago YHC had just finished a weight loss competition to lose some excess lbs.  He did this on his own, which was okay but something we missing.  YHC loved working out, but at the end of each workout, regardless of the progress being made in the competition…there was an empty feeling.  YHC thought …

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Bear Crawls, Crab Crawls and Inch Worms Oh My!!

Conditions: Humid. It’s beginning to feel a lot like good ol’ SC gloom! T-Claps to the early risers for Stridelite. 15 PAX bust out of the fartsack for a YHC led shoulder extravaganza. Good job men. Disclaimer Prayer COP: 10-SSH 15-LITTLE ARM CIRCLES’S-EA ARM 10-MRKNS 25-FLTR KCKS THE THANG: HOME-1ST-BEARCRAWL @1ST 25-JANE FONDAS-EA LEG-IC 1ST-2ND …

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Having signed up to Q weeks back and also HC’ing to run Stride-lite prior to the 5:00 beatdown, YHC questioned his luck when he woke up this morning and heard rain drops on the roof.  After a quick view of the radar, YHC knew he was going to get wet this gloomy morning and the …

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April Beep Test

DISCLAIMER THE THANG 1. THE BEEP TEST (run from line to line when you hear the beep. Beeps get closer together. Go till failure.) results are here. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_TiSe6RmRjSODeP80F1ct2y80JA4XkN2aJyjT8rYhLg/edit#gid=3 2. Mosey around to the football field. Do some suicides, sprint down 100, 80, 60, 40, then 20 yeards of field, then never-ending relays till time expires. …

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