Back in the Q Saddle at The Arena
The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance This was YHC’s first Q since coming off injured reserve from eye surgery. There was a lot of rust to shake off. The workout went something like this: Warmup Indian run lap around the parking lot and stopped in the corner for …
Running The Race at The Arena
Weather: 70 degrees The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance YHC has a birthday coming up Thursday, but that is also the day before the Blue Ridge Relay, so today was the birthday Q. 55 was and will be the number. The workout went something like this: Start out …
Crazy 8’s on 8/8 at The Arena
The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance The workout went something like this: Warmup lap around the parking lot, running a figure 8 pattern and stopping in the middle of the 8 for warmup exercises. SSH X 8 IC Merkins X 8 IC LBAC – 8 FWD & 8 …
Arena Four Corners
Weather: 65 degrees, Beautiful sunrise at the end It’s been about 6 months since YHC’s last boot camp Q, so today we had to knock the rust off and get moving. YHC’s college roommate and good friend Jay is in Houston for two months undergoing immunotherapy treatment for cancer. YHC has committed to running 3 …
12 Days of Arena Christmas
Weather: 40 degrees, Crisp Today’s workout was about 40 degrees cooler than YHC’s last Q at Arena in June. The rule of planes, trains & automobiles was in effect today. Any time a plane flies overhead, a train is heard or a vehicle enters the parking lot that results in 5 burpees for all pax. …
Simple But Difficult at Turning Point
F3 is a leadership organization that also happens to do physical workouts. The mission of F3 is: To plant, serve and grow men’s small workout groups in order to reinvigorate male community leadership. Weather: 50 degrees – pouring rain, made use of the breezeway and its numbers. The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer. …
Arena Remembers Da Bear
Weather: 72 degrees, Muggy Today’s workout was about 40 degrees hotter than YHC’s last Q at Arena in January. Today we remembered our F3 Brother Da Bear – David Barker, who died in an auto accident this past Saturday night. He was a relatively quiet man, especially compared to some of our Arena pax, but …
Planes, Trains And Automobiles at Beech House
Weather: 42 degrees, Crisp especially for late April Today was YHC’s first Q at the Beech House and the first time YHC has even visited in a long while. Today’s focus was on merkins – quality, not quantity – and abs as the pax soon found out. Also, any plane flying over would have resulted …
Planes, Trains And Automobiles at The Arena
Weather: 33 degrees, Crisp Today’s workout was about 35 degrees cooler than YHC’s last Q a mere three weeks ago. Today’s focus was on merkins – quality, not quantity – and abs as the pax soon found out. Also, any plane flying over would have resulted in 5 burpees for all pax, but none came. …
Three Bulldogs in The Arena
Weather: 66 degrees, Rainy Due to inclement weather YHC wasn’t sure how much participation the Arena would have today, but Rock Drop and The Hedges proved faithful. Rock Drop and YHC are proud Citadel Bulldogs, and The Hedges is a good Georgia Bulldog. Given the intermittent and sometimes heavy rain this morning we stayed close …
Cool Ride On The Oyster Pain Train
F3 is a leadership organization that also happens to do physical workouts. The mission of F3 is: To plant, serve and grow men’s small workout groups in order to reinvigorate male community leadership. Weather: 48 degrees, felt GREAT but a lot of pax showed up in long sleeves….not Bubbles, though The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer …
Graveyard Pain Train
It’s been almost three years since YHC has had the Q at Graveyard, and that is way too long…. The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance. Mosey down to the football field. Take a warmup lap and circle up on the 50 yard line. 5 Burpees on Your Own Hand …
No More 22’s At The Arena
F3 is a leadership organization that also happens to do physical workouts. The mission of F3 is: To plant, serve and grow men’s small workout groups in order to reinvigorate male community leadership. Weather: 64 degrees – nice The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer. Pledge of Allegiance Everyone got tired of …
Elite 8 at Turning Point
F3 is a leadership organization that also happens to do physical workouts. The mission of F3 is: To plant, serve and grow men’s small workout groups in order to reinvigorate male community leadership. Weather: 70 degrees – misty but we dodged the heavy rains that were forecasted The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s …
Birthdays, Relays, Murder Bunnies and Opossums at The Arena
F3 is a leadership organization that also happens to do physical workouts. The mission of F3 is: To plant, serve and grow men’s small workout groups in order to reinvigorate male community leadership. Weather: 70 degrees – humid The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer. Pledge of Allegiance Mosey around the parking lot and …
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Sleeveless Like Cheech at The Oyster
F3 is a leadership organization that also happens to do physical workouts. The mission of F3 is: To plant, serve and grow men’s small workout groups in order to reinvigorate male community leadership. Weather: 75 degrees, humid, humid, humid The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer. Pledge of Allegiance During Saturday’s run with some …
Gratitude Adjustment at Turning Point
F3 is a leadership organization that also happens to do physical workouts. The mission of F3 is: To plant, serve and grow men’s small workout groups in order to reinvigorate male community leadership. Weather: 73 degrees – pretty nice for July The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer. Pledge of Allegiance 7 Burpees …
Blocks and 7-6-21 Reps at The Arena
F3 is a leadership organization that also happens to do physical workouts. The mission of F3 is: To plant, serve and grow men’s small workout groups in order to reinvigorate male community leadership. Weather: 70 degrees – pretty nice for July The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer. Pledge of Allegiance Mosey around …
Miles and Merkins at The Arena
F3 is a leadership organization that also happens to do physical workouts. The mission of F3 is: To plant, serve and grow men’s small workout groups in order to reinvigorate male community leadership. Weather: 62 degrees The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer. Pledge of Allegiance Mosey around the parking lot 1.5 times and …
You Never Even Called Me By My Name….
F3 is a leadership organization that also happens to do physical workouts. The mission of F3 is: To plant, serve and grow men’s small workout groups in order to reinvigorate male community leadership. Weather: 52 degrees, full moon. The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer. Pledge of Allegiance Mosey around the parking lot and …
Delta House at The Arena
F3 is a leadership organization that also happens to do physical workouts. The mission of F3 is: To plant, serve and grow men’s small workout groups in order to reinvigorate male community leadership. Weather: 60 degrees, cloudy. Lot of mumble chatter early on – easy to see why the Nantan was issuing corrective actions Tuesday. …
Back To Basics At The Arena
F3 is a leadership organization that also happens to do physical workouts. The mission of F3 is: To plant, serve and grow men’s small workout groups in order to reinvigorate male community leadership. Weather: 32 degrees, Arena winter breeze apparently took the day off! The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer. Pledge of Allegiance …
Pains, Trains and South Carolina Drydocks!
F3 is a leadership organization that also happens to do physical workouts. The mission of F3 is: To plant, serve and grow men’s small workout groups in order to reinvigorate male community leadership. YHC has been traveling a lot, and this is probably the 9th or 10th time at Point Break in Carpex, including second …
Arena Pain Train
F3 is a leadership organization that also happens to do physical workouts. The mission of F3 is: To plant, serve and grow men’s small workout groups in order to reinvigorate male community leadership. YHC has been traveling a lot, so this is the first Q at Arena in several months. In fact, YHC has the …
12 Out, 12 In, 14 Total?
Weather: 55 Degrees – Nice Fall Morning The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer YHC had no had the Q in almost 9 months, so it was time to do it again. Might as well head towards the dam. We started with 12 and ended with 12, but not the same 12. Two stragglers came in a …
Carpex Point Break – How Many Steps Was It?
YHC showed up for the 5AM run at Point Break for the 4th Wednesday in a row, but the only other runners who showed were the Chick Fil-A ladies who sprinted from their cars to get to work on time. At first it didn’t look like anyone was going to show for the workout, either, …
6 Year Anniversary – All 6’s on the 6th!
This workout from last year looked pretty good, so it’s time to recycle it with some updates! About 6 years ago YHC got an invite from none other than Spackle to “this workout thing where a group of guys did a few exercises” or something like that. It’s been a great 6 years! 6 Year …
Arena Mini Q School
Weather: 68 degrees without Arena light breeze, humid The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance. Mosey around the parking lot for warm up. Today YHC decided to help the pax learn a little more about being a Q, so each of them got the chance to call the cadence on the …
5AM Virtual Boot Camp
Many thanks to Booster for taking attendance and running Zoom! Weather: 74 degrees, slight breeze During these crazy Covid-19 times YHC has done a couple virtual workouts, so today marked YHC’s first virtual Q. Since today is April 9, the numbers 4, 9 and 20 will be prominent in the workout. The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, …
Arena Block Party
Weather: 55 degrees with a typical Arena light breeze The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance. Mosey around the parking lot for warm up. COP 3 Burpees OYO Merkins X 10 IC SSH X 20 IC TTT X 20 IC 3 Burpees OYO LBAC X 10 IC – Forward & Reverse …
27’s For Jay’s Birthday
Weather: 40 degrees, windy, strong gusts of odiferous wind at times Turning Point made the mistake of not having a Q signed up as of Monday this week, so YHC decided to jump in and take the spot. Today is the 52nd birthday of YHC’s college roommate Jay, who is also batting lymphoma. Therefore the …
Foggy Crusade To Lowe’s
Weather: 55 Degrees – Foggy, Humid The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer Hot 4 Teacher showed up at 5AM to sell some strawberries, but he didn’t hang around for the running! Another Good Wednesday Crusade group. Since Canseco led the way to Home Depot Monday, YHC decided to continue the home improvement them and point the …
Spackle Points The Way
Weather: 35 Degrees – no snow, no black ice, no wintry mix The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer AOQ was tapering for his half marathon, but a few brave pax showed up to get some miles in. YHC Spackle took charge and pointed the way! Head south on North Lake drive. Go to 2nd entrance to …
Engage The Elements! or – Just The Two of Us
Weather: 61 Degrees – heavy mist to light rain The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer The forecast was looking nasty yesterday, so YHC signed up to Q just in case there were any doubts about showing up. Weather was looking bad, and only Simon Says showed up. We kept it close to home base just in …
Get Busy Leading
Weather: 63 degrees with a few light sprinkles. It was another round of Shawshank coming to the Arena for a mini-convergence of sorts. The pax struggled to stay warm in the 63 degree February weather – everyone except Pot Luck who was wearing a sweatshirt, stocking cap and winter gloves! Hopefully he was able to …
The Perfect Ten
Weather: 50 Degrees – Nice – 20 degrees warmer than the last time I had the Crusade Q two weeks ago The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer Today we headed toward the dam. Some went out for 22 minutes and came back. Some turned around at the dam to practice leg 1 of the dam-to-dam relay. …
Become a Better Leader in 2020
Weather: 43 degrees, wet ground, with a slight wind YHC’s M is off at a training class today, so it seemed like the perfect time to Q on Saturday at Turning Point. The workout started with about 8 pax, but after praying and running around the parking lot we ended up with 19! Most of …
8 Men Out, 8 Men Back
Weather: 29 Degrees – Crisp – 40 degrees colder than the last time I had the Crusade Q in December! The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer It was a little cool to head towards the dam, so we headed through Whiteford and took a left near the top of the hill. Ran by Hobby Lobby, the …
Become a Better Leader in 2020
Weather: 45 degrees with a typical Arena 10 mph wind The AOQ is off somewhere on vacation, so YHC had the run of the place today. The number of the day is 20 because 2020 is right around the corner. The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance. Mosey around the parking …
Wapner Sets New Crusade Speed Record
Weather: 68 Degrees – Humid – managed to dodge the overnight rain for an hour The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer On Mondays the Crusade pax are known for heading towards the dam, and since this was the final run for 2019 we headed to the dam and back. Crusade needs Q’s for January 2020! Spackle …
36 For Digits
Weather: 61 degrees, Just Beat The Rain! Many pax went to the Fia Runvergence today to remember Digits. Most Arena Pax aren’t runners, so we remembered her at boot camp. The number of the day is 36 because Digits was 36. The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance. 36 Merkins …
9 Men Out
Weather: 47 Degrees – Very nice The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer 9 Pax posted at Crusade on the 9th day of December. On Mondays the Crusade pax are known for heading towards the dam, but Simon Says was not in charge today, so YHC decided to hit three neighborhoods and check out the Christmas lights …
Crusade Trio
Weather: 45 Degrees – Heavy Mist The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer YHC decided to sign up to Q to loosen up the legs after Saturday’s half-marathon in the rain but forgot to check the forecast first! Apparently Spackle checked it and decided not to show up. The route – head south on North Lake drive. …
27-10
Weather: 65 degrees, misty YHC is still enjoying the life of a retired AOQ, so today called for a little vacation Q over at Crypt at my old stomping grounds. The weather forecast called for a lot of rain, but the rain held off. Work was done. The pax seemed adept at anticipating some of …
Return To Shawshank
Weather: 65 degrees YHC just retired from AOQ duties last week when yesterday the call came to the bullpen that Cowbell needed a substitute Q. This was YHC’s second Q at Shawshank, and the first in about 19 months. It was a lot warmer today than last time, but the weather was pretty nice. …
Just Do 51!
Nice to have Rehab here for the first time – transfer from Irmo. Now lives next door in Sterling Bridge. Labor Day is over. It’s BRR week, and YHC was sort of in taper mode today, but not completely. It’s also YHC’s birthday again this Saturday. Weather: 71 degrees, clear The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer …
Iron Pax Challenge – Fast-Casual Style!
Perfect morning at the arena. Even saw a bright shooting star! 70 degrees, low humidity. The Thang; YHC had just realized Monday at crusade he was in charge Tuesday so i began planning a weinke. After speaking the AOQ suggestion was made to think about incorporating the iron pax challenge. So YHC ran with it. …
Arena Goes Back To School With Notebook
9 Pax worked out in the serious gloom on the first day of school. Misty and 72 created the perfect conditions. Great work by all, there was very little mumble chatter until the basketball portion of the BC. Disclaimer and prayer, Lords Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance Mosey to the Lunch Lady parking lot, COP SSH …
Urban Up-Tempo for Cheech
YHC would like to thank the mystery pax who signed him up to Q at Urban Legend today! It’s almost BRR time, which reminds YHC of our brother Cheech. All of today’s exercises are 38 counts or 19 IC because he was 38. Sleeveless shirts were plentiful also. Strong crowd of 16 pax, including Spackle. …
5 Year Anniversary – All 5’s!
About 5 years ago YHC got an invite from none other than Spackle to “this workout thing where a group of guys did a few exercises” or something like that. It’s been a great 5 years! Ironically, 4 other pax showed up for a grand total of ….. 5. 5 Year Anniversary – Let’s Do …
Buy T-Shirt, Get Free Workout
Headgear’s 3rd Time as Q: Opening Prayer, Lord’s Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance Mosey around the parking lot. 20 SSH IC 10 Merkins IC 15 Imperial Walkers IC 10 TTT IC The Thang: Mosey to the block pile and get a block. Mosey to the front door of the school. 25 merkins on the blocks OYO. …
Notebook’s 1st Back Blast!!
77 and Hot with no breeze Opening prayer, Lord’s Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance. I have decided to get better myself and start posting back blast, F3 has good reasons for having structure. I have benefited greatly from F3, so I need to respect the structure. 11 Pax enjoyed a very warm morning workout, it …
Crusade 6 Pax
Weather: 80 Degrees – Very Warm The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer The route – head north to look for any kind of breeze or cool air. The hunt was mostly unsuccessful. COT & BOM Prayer Requests Unspoken requests. Swanson’s dad Announcements – Not much interest in the Paper Jam 20 mile 4th of July run …
Arena Block Party
Training Wheels originally signed up, but he got derailed temporarily so YHC got the call from the bullpen. Weather: 75 degrees, humid The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer. Pledge of Allegiance Slaughter Start – 20 Burpees OYO Mosey around the parking lot for warmup. COP – SSH X 27 …
Out of Town Q Part 2 – Block Day
Due to an unusual work schedule, YHC has had the pleasure of visiting Mac and the Golden Strip for the second time in a week. YHC did not expect to be allowed back again to Q, but there I was, and here is what happened. Weather: 70 degrees, humid The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer …
National Moonshine (and Running) Day!
Weather: 70 Degrees – Humid – No Rain Yet The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer It was good to have Granola with us this morning – thanks Simon Says for running with him! Discussion before hand about the Battle of Midway, which was June 4-7, 1942 and D-Day, which was June 6, 1944. Today is National …
Out of Town Q Part 1
YHC has had the pleasure of visiting Mac and the Golden Strip pax a few times over the past year. Their Q sheet was a little bare, so why not bring them some betterment from down the road at F3LexSC? Too bad Mac was on vacation this week, but fortunately Punch List was there to …
Back to Basics – Pen and Paper at The Arena
I was excited to finally Q with no rain forecast ( need the rain). Was able to set up 2 blocks and 4 bricks for all 4 stations on Memorial Day. Started off with prayer, and was about to mosey when correctly was asked how about the pledge. After the pledge; Mosey to station 1: …
Dam It’s Hot At Crusade
Weather: 70 Degrees – Warm for May The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer It’s been hot – too hot, so YHC decided to head to the dam for some cool breezes. Great group of men out running this morning! Good to meet Hulka, 23, and Terminator, 63 this morning. Hulka is joining the Army in June …
Six Pack or Mutiny
By YHC’s best guess at an official count, this is his 50th Q at boot camp. Weather: 62 degrees, perfect The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer. Pledge of Allegiance Mosey around the parking lot for a warmup lap. COP SSH X 19 IC Merkins X 9 IC TTT X 19 IC Little baby …
Another Bearmuda Triangle
Dear Diary was scheduled to come over to Q, but he had a few issues, so YHC took the Q instead. Weather: 52 degrees, perfect The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer. Pledge of Allegiance Mini-slaughter start of 10 burpees OYO. Mosey around the parking lot, mixing in some high knees and butt kicks …
Just Do 100
Good to have Headgear out for his first Arena workout and 2nd overall. Poor guy made the mistake of buying a house between Notebook and Voltron – never had a chance….. Weather: 40 degrees, raining The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer. Yesterday was April Fools’ Day. The crazy AOQ claimed there would be …
March Madness in The Arena
Weather: 46 degrees, perfect The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer Pledge of Allegiance to the shovel flag. Let’s start with 45 merkins OYO to remember our pax Waterbug. Mosey through parking lot for a half lap and stop for some COP. SSH X 20 IC TTT X 20 IC Merkins X …
What Do You Mean It’s Not Raining?
Weather: 32 degrees, Finally A Day With No Rain! The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer It was great to have H4T and Postal as well as No Help for some P200 training. It was also good to have Revere out for his 2nd F3 workout! Good job by Yahoo and Spackle getting their miles in. Pick …
Mission Possible
Weather: 46 degrees, Light Mist & MOIST After multiple visits, today was YHC’s first Q at The Mission. The first F is always good, but the 2nd and 3rd F’s are always the most important part of a Mission workout and the coffeeteria afterwards!! The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance. …
A First Time For Everything
Weather: 38 degrees, clear The thang: Love Letters SSH x 10 IC TTT x 10 IC LBACs x10/10 IC 1 full speed lap around the parking lot Next – Love Letters from Fish Wrap. The pax took turns opening envelopes with exercises on them. After running 1/3 of the way around the parking lot, pax …
Eerie Silence at The Arena
Weather: 55 degrees, Light Mist & Fog Today was YHC’s first Q of 2019. Time to kick off the rust and get moving. The absence of Notebook and Floppy Disk resulted in an eerie silence due to the lack of mumble chatter today. The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance. Indian …
Can’t Spell Critique Without A Q
Weather: 60 degrees, Typical February Morning! Fax # (803)-SPACKLE Shake & Bake had to take a day off today, so he made a call to the Q bullpen. YHC handled most of the duties and Spackle handled the rest, which mainly consisted of complaints and criticism. After all, you can’t spell critique without a Q! …
Bread And Sugar for Christmas
Weather: 45 degrees, Light Rain Today was the last day for Crypt to send a Q to Arena in the Christmas Q exchange. Rocking Chair couldn’t make it, so YHC filled in. Apologies to Training Wheels for a repeat of Tuesday’s activities. The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance. …
Crypt Christmas Stories
Weather: 36 degrees, clear Today was the last day for The Arena to send a Q to Crypt in the Christmas Q exchange. Rocking Chair will return the favor at The Arena this Thursday. Good to see Rebar out there this morning as part of a good crowd of 17 pax. The Thang: …
Back To The Beaten Path
Weather: 45 degrees, Perfect running weather The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer Another strong showing of ten pax at Crusade on a Monday. After last Monday’s creative route, YHC had a few more options up his sleeve; however, since we had a large crowd including a few ruckers, YHC opted to go with the tried and …
These Are A Few of My Least Favorite Things
Weather: 41 degrees At some point fairly recently YHC experienced a moment of temporary insanity (which may not be all that temporary) and wondered what it would be like to have a workout that was a combination of all the exercises that YHC hates personally. Today Graveyard got a good sampling of what those exercises …
The Housecat at Crusade
Weather: 60 degrees, Moist The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer Another strong showing of thirteen strong men at Crusade on a Monday. The Wildcat was this past Saturday, and since most of the pax present today did not participate in the Wildcat, YHC decided to give them a sampling of that CSAUP event – hence …
Thanksgiving Recovery Crusade
Weather: 52 degrees, Moist The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer Another strong showing of a dozen strong men at Crusade on a Monday. No dam run today. We headed towards town, took a left on Old Cherokee and went up the hill. At the top took a left into Bent Creek Plantation. After completing a …
The Bird Is In The Oven
Weather: 42 degrees, Clear, Full Moon With today being Thanksgiving YHC wasn’t sure how much participation the Arena would have today, but we had a strong showing of pax with three running 4.5 miles before hand. Wonder how many turkey sandwiches that equates to…… Training Wheels came in almost late. Said he barely made …
Karma Q at The Arena
Posted on behalf of Fast Casual: YHC Fast Casual is not a poster when it rains, claims the windshield wipers on his spectacles are a hindrance. So he postponed his Q from last week (because it was supposed to rain, and DID NOT that morning) to this week. Well as Karma would have it the …
Veterans’ Day Crusade
Weather: 45 degrees, rain coming but not present The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer Happy Veterans’ day and a big thank you to all of our veterans out there. Three pax showed up at the start, and we finished with four. Perfect running weather – rain did not start until afterwards. Unfortunately, we saw almost as …
Arena Leg Day
Weather: 45 degrees, Spooktacular Dirty Bird was scheduled to pay his first visit to Arena, but since Boneyard is having its 4-year anniversary the pax will have to wait to experience his bone scatter beatdown. YHC couldn’t quite make up his mind about what to do today, but finally it came down to leg day …
Cat or Crusade?
Weather: 58 degrees with a half moon The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer Perfect weather for a Monday morning run. Instead of the usual Monday dam route we headed the other direction, up Old Cherokee, through the Publix parking lot and back through Whiteford. Good work and good fellowship! Welcome to the F3 Cat Shovel Flag …
Spackle’s Honeymoon
Weather: 50 degrees with a full moon The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer Our AOQ claimed his 2.3 wouldn’t go back to sleep, so YHC answered his early morning plea for a Q. Fortunately that provided at least 5 minutes to think of a route for this outstanding group. Since we had not been to Kenwood …
56 For Darth
Today we sadly remember the loss of our F3 Brother Darth Visor who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 56. We did 56 reps to remember him. The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance. Mosey around the parking lot to the far side and stop in front of the …
GoodBye Flo, Hello P200
When: 09/17/18 QIC: Voltron The PAX: Pearl, H4T, Utah(R), Quisenberry, Swanson, Pick Ax, Kyrie(R), Simon Says, Yellow Cake, Wilbur, Joust, Night School, Wapner, Voltron(R) Weather: 75 degrees & very humid. Hurricane/Tropical Storm Flo finally left town The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer The storms over the weekend left a lot of debris, so to be on …
Just Do 50!
Weather: 75 degrees, humid Since YHC’s 50th birthday is this Friday during the BRR, today was my birthday Q. Last year I learned that it is best not to schedule a birthday Q the Tuesday after the BRR. Friday is also Detour’s 50th birthday. He confirmed that he was born in a different hospital, …
Twice the Q’s, Twice the Fun!
Weather: 76 degrees, humid No volunteers stepped up to be the starting pitcher for today’s activities, so we went to the bullpen and got two long relievers to split up the workout’s Q responsibilities. The workout went something like this: The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance Mosey one …
Four Year Anniversary Encore
Weather: 76 degrees, humid YHC had so much fun at his 4 year anniversary party at Crypt Tuesday that he decided to continue the party at Arena today with a few modifications. Apparently Eve enjoyed it also because he came out to Arena to do it again. The workout went something like this: The Thang: …
Four Years Already?
Weather: 76 degrees, humid It’s hard to believe I have been a part of F3 for four years now – just wish F3 had been around when I was in my 30’s. Welcome to F3 Nick who has relocated to Lexington (and has already run on a 9 man P200 team). The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, …
BRR Here We Come
When: 07/30/18 QIC: Voltron The PAX: Pearl, Wilbur, Joust, B&E, Voltron Weather: 72 degrees & very humid The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer The BRR is coming, so we needed hill work. Off we went to Whiteford and climbed the hill to Hwy 378. Small group but high quality! COT & BOM Prayer Requests Unspoken requests. …
Road Q at Blackbeard’s Revenge
Weather: 76 degrees, Humid But No Thunderstorm for the first time all week! Good job Mr. Clean for making it to his second F3 workout after surviving his first one Tuesday! YHC has had the pleasure of visiting Blackbeard’s Revenge several times over the past few years, but today was the first time taking the …
Back To Basics in The Arena
Weather: 73 degrees, nice for July This was basically a repeat of last week’s workout at Crypt with a few changes due to the lack of hills and a smaller campus and YHC’s lack of gloves that were sitting back at home. Thanks to Notebook and others for keeping the mumble chatter going. The Thang: …
Back To Basics at Crypt
Weather: 73 degrees, humid It’s good to be back for another Q at Crypt. Since changing jobs YHC doesn’t venture over to Crypt as often, but since Breakfast Club needed a replacement it was too good of an opportunity to turn down. The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance Mosey through …
Yellow Cake or Chocolate Cake?
Weather: 73 degrees & very humid The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer It has been a while since we went to Kenwood, so off we went. It was great to have Yellow Cake come out and join us today even if he didn’t like my chocolate cake GIF! COT & BOM Prayer Requests Badger’s Family …
Tying Spackle’s Shoes
Weather: 64 degrees & clear The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer Spackle couldn’t figure out how to tie his fancy shoes, so he was given assistance in doing so. Several pax actually requested a run to the dam, and since Shake & Bake is running the dam as part of his 100k race tomorrow, we ran …
Two Man Circle?
Weather: 59 degrees & misting rain The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer With the Gauntlet still going on and the imminent threat of rain, Co-Pay was the only other pax who showed up today. We headed for the dam for an out-and-back. He is on the 2-minute run, 2-mnute walk training plan, so that is …
Spackle Part Deux
Weather: 45 degrees & clear The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer Twitterless Spackle pointed the way again today – two Q’s in a row– same exact route that we ran Wednesday. Head down Hwy 6 and take the second entrance into Carriage Hills. Run to the stop sign, take a right and run back to Hwy …
Spackle Leads the Way
Weather: 62 degrees & clear The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer Twitterless Spackle pointed the way today. Head down Hwy 6 and take the second entrance into Carriage Hills. Run to the stop sign, take a right and run back to Hwy 6. Turn right. Run down to Hunter’s Ridge and loop through the neighborhood. Head …
Friday the 13th Crusade
Weather: 60 degrees & clear The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer After two previous runs to the dam this week and with a 10 mile run coming up tomorrow, YHC decided to take the relatively flat route to Kenwood today. Spackle was his usual self in the circle afterwards. COT & BOM Prayer Requests Wapner’s Great …
6 Pax Work on Their 6 Packs
Weather: 50 degrees, damp YHC has worked out at the Arena several times, but today was my first opportunity to be the Q. Today is 4/10/18, and my twins just turned 15, so these were all significant numbers today. The workout went something like this: The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer, No Pledge …
Back To The Basics
Weather: 45 degrees, Nice The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. YHC was thinking that it was time to go back and work on some of the basic exercises. Merkins, Big Boy Sit-ups, Squats, Burpees. Especially since our new nantan is known for his merkins. And, since it …
Mad Hatter’s Send Off
Today marked the last workout at Crypt for Mad Hatter, aka Dustin Jenkins, before he moves back home to Louisiana. The Thang: Intro, Disclaimer, Prayer and Lord’s Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance Mosey past the front of the school, zig-zagging through the columns, and over to the pad at the side of the school. The workout …