So the virus is out there. Creeping around. Cannot be seen. Everyone is playing it safe. Staying home. Being smart. We, as F3, want to do the right thing. Be leaders. Be examples. But this whole separation thing is tugging at what F3 loves – to be together, to help each other, to fellowship. So …
YHC grabbed this open Q slot the other day. The slot was previously filled by Dear Diary who has recently been hospitalized with cancer and related issues. Prayers up for DD for healing and comfort during these trying times. It so happened that yesterday Turning Point wanted to make today a #WearBlueForDD day to support …
(posted by Kenwood on behalf of Wild Hog) Here is what transpired; Weather – 47 Degrees & Dry Disclaimer & Prayer The Thang My Slaughter Starter – 25 Merkins then Mosey to Courtyard. Circle Up (in cadence) Frankenstein’s x 10 Thru the Tunnel x 10 Side Straddle Hops x 10 Burpees x …
Carrying Bricks Makes You Stronger & Better for Lake Day 2020!Read More »
(posted on behalf of Parking Lot) Conditions:Clear skies and 34 degrees 1 minute warning Disclaimer:Listen to your body, etc….. Opening Prayer The Thang: Mosey approximately 30ft and circle up for COT. YHC had intended to have the pax complete 48 reps of each exercise but after 24 reps of LBAC, he decided that it was …
posted on behalf of MacGruber… Conditions: The weather was weather Nursing a knee issue so I didn’t run SL – not sure how many did 1 minute warning Disclaimer – Listen to your body, modify if needed….blah blah blah Start off with 20 merkins immediately following opening prayer. Head to the court yard BOM: All …
Earlier this week a change in Q’s was made at The Hollow to work around an illness. That prompted YHC to grab today’s Q. A weinke was selected that would keep the PAX out the weather. It ended up just drizzling ever so slightly – but the ground was super soggy. Working out under the …
Today marked the start of a new year and new decade. A great time to recommit ourselves to Fitness, to Fellowship, and most importantly to Faith. Today’s convergence was held in traditional convergence format. Led by 4 Qs with 4 Pain Stations. All the PAX exercised at a station, then rotated to the next until …
Today brought some nice cool temps to run in. It’s always a good time at Stride. Well except for the hills and distance. It’s been a while since YHC had been to Stride, and Qing always helps to solve that. Weather – nice, cool, damp. One minute warning, intro, disclaimer, prayer. Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/21798673 Left/North on …
The Hollow is a well established AO that has been going strong since day one. This is a result of 5 former AOQs’ strong leadership, plus a bunch of great PAX that get after it day in and day out. I cannot say enough about everyone that shows up to better themselves mentally and physically. …
Scotch’s retirement party & the receiving of the flagRead More »
Holloween fun!!! What is that? Halloween at the Hollow, of course. I went in today with two plans. Plan A was going to be under the breezeway in case it was raining. Plan B was for if it wasn’t raining and would keep us off the wet ground. The rain had subsided so Plan B …
Lexington’s newest AO got off to a great start last week – and is moving full steam ahead. YHC figured there would be several new guys there who would appreciate a good round of Beers on the Wall with some ABSolute fun mixed in. It was good to see a big crowd there with several …
YHC had eyeballed the basketball goals at Ambush before and thought that might make for a good setup for a toy workout. The only way to find out was to sign up and make it happen. Today was the day. 7 for 3-4 miles of SL. Weather was nice but could have been a little …
It was a nice morning at Stride with the recent cold front pushing through. But one thing is certain in SC, the weather will change – and change fast. Reminds me of a meme I saw before the run today that said something like, “the weather in SC just dropped from 90 to 55 like …
YHC had my Respect Q today. There was a good crowd (24 total) with a couple guys that made a little extra effort to show (appreciate that). The Hollow mumble chatter was almost as thick as the air. As with most Qs, I tried to break the norm by coming up with some different routines. …
YHC: “Stacy Shealy, 50, Kenwood”. PAX : “RESPECT”. Now that feels a little different!Read More »
With school right around the corner, I figured I’d recycle a workout I did this time last year at CAT. I added a twist to mix it up a bit. We had 7 PAX total, with 1 for RL beforehand. Weather: warm and muggy 1 minute warning, intro, disclaimer, prayer Mosey to the pole vault area …
First of all I’ll like to thank the guys who posted for coming out and putting in some hard work and (hopefully) having a little fun. I stumbled into F3 4 years ago while prepping for a Spartan event. Since then I’ve been doing a Spartan themed workout around my F3 anniversaries. Thursday marked 4 …
Today marks four years to the day that I went over to White Knoll High School early one Saturday morning to do a #sadclown workout. As I made my way towards the track, a couple guys asked if I was there for F3. One thing led to another and, 4 years later, I’m typing up …
This being my F3 anniversary week and having the Q at CAT, I decided to tweak one of my workouts to reflect the number 48 for the 48 months I’ve been with F3. We had 5 guys show and all put in hard work today. We managed to avoid the sprinklers by working out up at the …
So on Friday DriSoket posted on Wander’s message board that he and Argyle had a 4 mile route planned for Sunday (today) that would start at 5:00. So last night YHC confirmed that they were starting at 5:00 (since Sunday is typically a 5:30 start). So DriSoket confirmed with a “yes sir”. Then the AOQ …
Needing to Q at Urban Legend, I checked the Q sheet and saw that July 5th was available. I didn’t know what the turnout would be since it was the day after a holiday, vacation season, and a good day for guys to take off work. We had 10 PAX total with 3 being 2.0s. …
With all the chatter yesterday around the GoRuck Star Course event in Charlotte, FOMO was definitely in the air. So YHC decided to Q at Wander and make it Star Course themed. Here’s how it went down… https://drive.google.com/open?id=12GECpPojBIfgyjd4yDomBkNYE5SdGLBf2AfXu3uG1tM Wander STAR Course Checkpoints Lexington County Fire Station World War II Memorial Lexington Medical Center Lexington Lexington …
Today was a really nice day to get out and get better. If you weren’t there you missed a good time! We had 3 for 3 miles of SL and 9 pax for BC. Here’s how it went down… 1 minute warning, intro, no FNGs, disclaimer, prayer head to the block pile and grab one …
Back-n-forth-n-back-n-forth with blocks and conesRead More »
This will be quick. In Vegas for training. Ran with a group of coworkers yesterday. Figured I’d offer up a bootcamp workout today. Had a couple attend, and they want another round tomorrow. Hopefully will rope in a couple of the hard core runners tomorrow. Figured it was close to a typical F3 workout so …
Surge’s Q sheet is usually booked out a couple months in advance – which is a good thing. When I signed up to Q, I’m not sure if I knew it was the day after Memorial Day. Or that I would be dragging soooo bad from a couple days at the beach. But I managed to …
The Surge pax work off some Memorial Weekend calories with loaded diceRead More »
YHC had the Q today and chose to preview the SAFE Lexington route. We managed to get 2 laps in while it drizzled on and off. Of course the weather cleared just in time to do the COT. The route looked ready for all the runners this upcoming week. Don’t forget to sign up to …
Today was a terrific morning. YHC had planned a dice rolling game that included some block work, body weight exercises, and running to hopefully give the pax a well rounded workout. Hopefully everyone had a good time. Weather: nice, cool, dry 1 minute warning, intro, no FNGs, disclaimer, prayer Mosey just a bit to get …
YHC had Q’d at CAT earlier in the week during their April Trivia Q month. We made it through about half the “are you smarter than a 5th grader” questions I had prepared. So for today’s Q at Snakepit, I figured we’d pick up where CAT left off. There was 1 for SL and 1 …
Today’s workout was another installment of April trivial Qs at CAT. These different workout styles (theme based, game based, co-Q, whatever) are sometimes a shot in the arm to both the PAX and QIC who has to be a little creative. I had a couple of ideas and ultimately settled for the “are you smarter that …
The day CAT conquered the Roman Empire and Amazon RiverRead More »
The guys at Ambush know how to have a good time. They might not be able to count above 40, but they know how to have a good time. The mumblechatter is always entertaining and you know what you are getting into when you arrive. Seriously, they always put in hard work and have a …
Did you say sixty or sixteen? Ninety or nineteen? Aww heck, I’m not counting anyway.Read More »
With our brother Sundrop calling in sick at 2 AM, four PAX showed up without a QIC at the helm. While sitting in the car (since it was raining and cold) I grabbed a deck of cards, my phone, and a weinke that I’ve been carrying around to other AOs. After a quick “who wants …
So YHC is getting out the house this morning and sets my phone down. I put some clothes in a “donate” bin in the garage and got sidetracked leaving my phone sitting on the steps. Luckily my weinke was printed out and ready to go. I did have to hand write some names/notes along the …
The Jumanji guys tackle a few block and mary exercisesRead More »
Figuring my legs could use a little motivation the day after the P200, I chose to Q at Wander. It definitely helped get the blood flowing. I chose a 3.5 mile route with a lot of turns and named it the “Where’s Waldo” route. We looked but never found Waldo. Weather: cool, 40s. disclaimer, prayer …
Well another AO gets a taste of the beers on the wall routine. Like my past couple of Qs, I mixed this in with Mary. Since it was really cold, it was kinda good to not do cardio and suck in a lot of cold air. We had 8 PAX today. Conditions: cold, I mean real cold, but …
The Tomahawk pax get a taste of beers on the wallRead More »
Yesterday I checked the Q sheet for open slots and came across an opening at Detention for today (and Tomahawk on Thursday). So I figured I’d sign up and make a trip over to visit the Detainees. We had 4 PAX for a 3 mile SL and made it through the very slight cold drizzle okay. Shoes …
The Detainees get a taste of beers (on the wall… with some abs… in the cold)Read More »
Sometimes it is hard coming up with a catchy title to the BB. But today I had several choices – shoes optional, Wapner broke, Wapner reset, Wapner (fill in the blank), are these official F3 beers, working out with Fleetwood Mac, slow down, etc. I think I chose one that fit… we didn’t go anywhere …
The day 0.0 miles were covered at Turning Point, but Wapner would have rather ranRead More »
YHC took the Q at Shawshank today in a continued effort to visit other AOs. The Shawshank guys always bring big numbers and put in hard work – both of which were accomplished today. I’m re-using my blocks/beers (pvc) workout as I go around to the different AOs. With today’s large number of PAX, the …
Every day is a good day for blockwork at ShawshankRead More »
A few weeks ago Bulldog came over to The Hollow to lead the workout, and encouraged everyone to make a trip over to the eastside. YHC took note and promptly signed up to Q. That day was today and I brought my “beers on the wall / block” routine that has been use a couple …
A few days ago the Wander AOQ threw out some open dates. YHC decided to pick up the Q this morning. Partly to fill the slot, and partly because I need some more Bragg prep. The 3 mile route was intentionally a shorter out-n-back route so that we could get in some PT midway. Here …
YHC had the Q today and didn’t want to let the PAX down by not bringing toys. So I implemented an idea I had been thinking about for a while. A quick trip to the hardware store for some small chain and clamps, plus my two 45# ruck plates and 2 rings (whatever you call …
Wander gets introduced to the Rings-o-Fire Farmer’s CarryRead More »
We had a good Saturday crowd at The Hollow with representation of multiple AOs – including Mulligan from F3 Sumter. He showed up ready to run, work-out, or whatever we had planned. Sounds like he’ll be a Saturday regular as he has moved here but is still working in Sumter. There were ~8 for SL, …
Fun times had at The Hollow for today’s Saturday-vergenceRead More »
Seeing a few HC’s for Wander last night, and knowing the M wasn’t planning to post at FiA, YHC decided to join in on the fun. A quick check of the Q schedule showed no one officially locked in to lead so I signed up and made the route. I put the ruck in the …
(written by Sundrop, posted by Kenwood on his behalf) CAT was looking for pax to sign up to Q. I figured I’d have to step up one day so I took the Q for the day. Weather 38 Disclaimer Prayer. Tha Thing Money to block pile on Lower field and grab a block. Warm up …
Today’s workout was for Digits. Today’s workout began Tuesday morning at CAT, and was completed today at Surge. I felt it was important that we finished what we started and to do this for Digits, FiA and F3. To work hard, finish strong, and support each other. We had 12 pax for bootcamp. 11 of …
I’m writing this backblast because that’s what we do, right? Across the nation we get up early, workout, have a lot of fun, and the Qs (albeit every so often begrudgingly) write up backblasts. Sometimes we have to squeeze the backblast in at work, sometimes we just feel lazy, sometimes we’re just forgetful. Well this is …
It was another Thanksgiving feast at CAT. Well we really had leftovers from last year. In other words… the same workout. But, hey, it got the job done. Five (5) showed up early for 3.5 miles of good rucking. Afterward we had 7 for some coffeteria at Lizard’s Thickett. As we were getting started, several …
Since it felt like forever since I had Q’ed at Ambush, YHC snagged an open slot a few weeks back. I figured I’d do a block routine of some type. Moving forward to the day before… the rain and cold temperature influenced my planning so that the PAX would stay somewhat dry under the breezeway. Then, …
Ambush needs to put Flex Seal on it’s Christmas listRead More »
The CAT guys announced on Friday that they were planning to come join us for the Saturday semi-vergence of surrounding AOs. So I figured I better have something fun for them. The block workout used was one previously “rained out” by one of the hurricanes so I wasn’t sure how things would go. It seemed …
The Hollow hosts a Saturday morning Block-a-thon and Ab-a-thonRead More »
Since CAT stands for CORE Athletic Training, I figured I’d do… well… all core exercises today. Due to lack of originality of my part (and not being able to remember all the variations), I went to the Exicon for help. Basically I grabbed all the “core” tagged exercises and we went down the list doing …
Two cars were parking as I called the one minute warning (we of course waited on them before getting things started). But as they walked up we noticed one was pushing something. I thought it was a dolly at first. Then someone mentioned a stroller. Sure enough Fezzik brought his 2.0, who became our designated …
Didn’t know The Stand had their very own cheerleaderRead More »
YHC jotted down a couple ideas for the weinke last night and had a tough time making sense of it this morning. But it was enough to fill up the 45 minutes, and was hard enough that at least a few guys broke a sweat. 4 met early for a little over 3 miles of …
This morning was the first day of school for our area and F3 Lexington started a new tradition that should become an annual event – a Prayer Walk around the AO schools. The CAT, Hollow and Shawshank guys were invited to meet at 4:30 to pray for all of our schools (students, teachers, athletes, counselors, …
So today marked my 3rd and final Q for the week – a Q per year at the first three AOs I went to. I stumbled into F3 here at Snakepit by chance. I showed up on a Saturday morning 3 years ago to go up and down the stairs. I was prepping for the …
The Snakepit guys postpone UF for a Spartan BootcampRead More »
Well Q # 2 of 3 for the week is in the books recognizing my 3 years of F3. The Hollow was the 3rd AO I visited where I settled in and called home. Back then it took a little while to find since The Hollow was relatively new and wasn’t on the f3nation map …
The Hollow revisit’s Kenwood’s first Q for his 3rd F3 bdayRead More »
This week marks my 3rd anniversary of F3. So this is my first of three Qs for the week, all at the first 3 AOs I went to. Namely Snakepit (where it all began on Saturday 7/18/15), Shawshank (where I did my first weekday workout), and The Hollow (which I learned about later, was closer …
So… I took off work yesterday to clean out my garage. Yes it was that bad. While cleaning out the junk I came across a bag of stuff from when I went from a 1986? Dodge Conquest to a 1993? Ford Explorer. Basically it was all the stuff from my glove compartment, under my seats, …
Kool Moe Dee, Cameo, Vanilla Ice and others make an appearance at The HollowRead More »
The 4th of July always brings Gilbert and the Peach Festival to the center of everyone’s attention. I am no exception, especially since my M is from Gilbert and in-laws live right downtown on Broad Street. So I’ve been going to the Peach Festival since around 1990. It’s always a good time. They really need …
Coming off a slump of not working out much, I found an open Q slot yesterday and figured I’d sign up to hold myself accountable. The next thing I knew it was about 10 o’clock at night and I was jotting down things to do for the workout. Hopefully it was entertaining enough and provided …
YHC got a text yesterday from Caddyshack asking what today’s workout looked like. Of course I told him it’d be easy. A little later I wondered if he had Q’ed before, so asked if he’d like to lead part of the workout. It didn’t take him long to reply with some exercises he would do. The …
Earlier in the week YHC had to made a quick business trip to Jacksonville. I booked a hotel near the F3 AO there (Anthill) figuring I’d be able to post Tuesday morning. Things worked out as expected and I made it to bootcamp, joining a great group of guys. The Q did some preliminary exercises …
Chicken Wings n Things at The Hollow’s Saturday ConvergenceRead More »
YHC hasn’t been getting out to Stride like he used to, like he wants to, like he needs to. Signing up to Q helps solve all those. 11 pax and 1 Winston got in a few chilly miles of various distances this morning. Chilly, maybe ~30 degrees, thankfully little wind. Welcome, 1 minute warning, prayer, …
With today being the Westside Takeover and the (I believe) 4 year anniversary of Lexington F3, I put a little thought into today’s weinke. Trying to incorporate the numbers 48/12/4, the spelling, the weather, and the timeframe… I think it worked out okay. There were a few comments/complaints, which is usually a good thing. 9 total …
YHC likes to come up with a couple workout routines and take them to different AOs when Qing. Admittedly cut-n-pasting the back blast is a time saver. When those routines become stale, new routines are figured out. To make light of this I printed out a back blast, crumbled it up, and placed it in …
It was a pretty cold morning at CAT, but 4 faithful showed up to get better. How cold was it? We had a frozen lift gate, and a key fob that wouldn’t work, bricks that were stuck together, and an unnamed PAX that decided to warm up his car before the count-o-rama. So, yeah, it …
As the weatherman promised, it was a chilly morning. So I promised I’d keep the PAX warm by keeping everyone moving during the workout. We had 3 for a couple miles of SL. Conditions: mid 20s, clear sky, no/lo wind (thank goodness) 1 minute warning, intro, no FNGs, prayer, disclaimer (aka, “I’m not a professional”) …
Since YHC hadn’t been over to Smokehouse in quite a while, I figured I’d fill an open slot on the Q sheet the day after Christmas. That would be almost 18 months to the day since my last visit/Q (other than the Never Forget Challenge back in September). Since it had been so long, I …
Yesterday afternoon I noticed that Juice was on the Q sheet. Knowing he had a lot on his mind this week, I asked if he wanted me to take the Q duties off his plate. He did and it was soon announced that there was a “surprise Q” for Tuesday’s bootcamp. Well YHC likes surprises …
8 PAX meet at @F3LexSC @F3_Ambush for a surprise Q, and surprise workout.Read More »
Today was a pretty nice day, weather-wise. In fact it got a little warm during SL and BC – so layers were being shed all morning. Stalker even got down to his undies between SL and BC. Glad we do this stuff in the cover of dark! 3 for SL, 4 for BC. Here’s what happened… …
Since today was Thanksgiving, YHC decided to serve up a 2 course meal to get the day started right. Unfortunately YHC knows how to eat better than he knows how to cook. Six PAX in attendance today (5 regulars plus 1 2.0/fng). 1 minute warning, intro, disclaimer, mosey to the warm-up area for the COP… …
My first visit to Surge was the launch last month. My second visit was today. The men out there were ready for whatever was thrown their way, and here’s how it went down. Conditions: 40 degrees, chilly, not much wind. 3 for 5K STRIDELITE. The Thang: 1 minute warning, intro (grab gloves), no FNGs, disclaimer, …
The men of Surge get a little closer with the blocks this morning.Read More »
Today was my first Q at The Stand, and it reminded me of my first Q ever – cold and rainy. As I did back then I kept the workout under the nearby breezeway and kept the PAX nice and comfy. The workout was similar too – basically a small circuit based routine designed to …
This was my second visit to The Arena (the first being the launch a couple weeks ago). So I took some time Sunday to do some recon and found the stash of blocks and bricks. I figured I’d put them to good use. 3 pax arrived early for a breezy but pleasant out-n-back 5K route. The …
Yesterday as YHC was preparing for a partner-up/block Q, Slum Lord asked if the workout was going to be a “Spartan” workout. After a quick poll and several “yea’s”, I started to dig out the toys from the garage. Here is what it ended up looking like. One minute warning, circle up for super quick …
Ambush is 1 mile from YHC’s house; Grandstrand’s Warthog is 171 miles. Yet over the past several months, I’ve been to Warthog many more times. One way to fix that? Sign up to Q (and hope I stay in town that day). There were 15 PAX for the BC which covered about 1.3 miles. Beforehand …
YHC didn’t get into bed until late so I was kinda running on fumes this morning. Without a pre-planned weinke in hand, I grabbed a couple toys from the garage and headed towards Jumanji for a little StrideLite. Luckily I came up with something that hopefully challenged the pax. Conditions: nice, but humid, mostly clear …
Playing around with some blocks and toys at JumanjiRead More »
Recently my work schedule has made it hard to forecast my Q opportunities – to the point where I’ve had to bail on a couple. Filling open Q slots at the last minute has been working out better for me. And today was one of those days. This was my second visit to Jumanji so …