Columbia, SC

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#Ramble runs hard

11 faithful posted despite warnings of a 7+ mile #RunHard route.  This route featured the meat of the #RunHard finish as well as the opening couple of miles which feature the Saluda hill climb.  Everyone appeared to leave everything they had on the course.  End result?  Folks got better. Conditions: 44 and a bit cool …

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Special Opportunity for the Lake Murray AO’s

On March 28, 2015 a new kind of AO was formed in downtown Cola, somebody came up with it’s name-The Mission.  The familiar F3 mission statement applied:  To plant, grow and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of the male community leadership.  What made The Mission a “new kind” of AO was the male …

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Thanks to Beads…

Last week at Thunder, Beads led us in a devotion about not fearing discomfort, that pain brings growth.  So today we pushed through the pain with high reps against the same muscle groups.  There was much grumbling and groaning.  And eleven men got better. The weather was fine.  A beautiful, cool, SC winter morning. The …

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SPUR Focus on Form

Conditions: Mid-40s, low humidity, perfect to keep cool through the workout. Start with the disclaimer: YHC is not a professional and encouraged everyone to work hard, at their pace and modify where necessary. The Thang: Mosey around the AO for a half-lap to the pull-up bars. 5 pull-ups, pull up to top of the bar …

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Scramble 1.23.17

Conditions:  50 Six Pax started their week off with some good ole fashioned hills this morning. Route:  Leave Trenholm Plaza heading west on Forest Drive to Willingham, R on Willingham to Atascadero, L on Atascadero up the hill and across Forest and down and back on Greenhill, R on Forest to Clemson, Right on Clemson …

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Jennering Jenners “Make #Dawnstrike Great Again”

11 rose…11 Jennered…most moaned and groaned…typical #DawnStrike (minus the running of course)! Conditions – Not January weather… The Thang: Due to the frustration of YHC for the consistent association with the creature currently named Caitlyn (formerly Bruce for those hiding under rocks) by several Dawnstrike regulars (which will remain anonymous), YHC felt the need to …

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2017 New Year Fuel Challenge Week 4: Hold The Dairy

Congratulations – you have almost made it halfway through the challenge! Starting Monday, we will take on another weekly challenge… one that YHC and many others find to be quite difficult. Thought we’d let the info out early so that you can shop for your groceries accordingly. Don’t forget the bread and….. never mind. This …

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A Big Leap for F3 Gear: MudGear Shirts to be Built in the USA

    MudGear is a company born from the F3 experience. In 2012, a FEBA-filled Malkovich and a small crew from F3 Charlotte Metro stepped up to take over F3 Gear ordering responsibilities from OBT, who had grown weary of handing out shirts from the back of his car. The operation nearly failed to launch …

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#Ramble Rewind

Some old favorites always remain favorites.  When called upon to Q #Ramble it’s like reaching back into years gone by to dredge up something not unique but perhaps forgotten.  Such was the route du jour, a throwback to the early days of exploring Columbia from Shandon Pres. and finding gems like the Blatt Bridge and the …

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Over the hills

When: 1/19/2017 Conditions: High 40s, not too humid- very pleasant! QIC: Big Worm Pax: Welcome Week, Wi-Fi, Rated R, Don Ho, Biggie Smalls, Big Worm The Thang: Disclaimer Run down Wheat street from the Blatt until someone points out the train is parked on Pickens Street; then mosey back up Wheat and up the steps, …

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Thunda Dora

It was, thankfully, a bit cooler this morning with the temp back in the mid-40s and out of the summer-like 60s for those worried about the ice caps and all (YHC is starting to be one of those that are)…I disgress…14 men appeared in the gloom for the second installment of the latest two-part #ReynoldsWeek …

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PREBLAST: Disaster Early Response Training

Are you ready for a convergence with a purpose!!! After the Hurricane Matthew clean up, it became vitally clear that while F3 had the manpower and gumption to assist in disaster relief, we didn’t have any official credentials. F3 St. Simons is going to host, in partnership with SSUMC, an Early Response Team Training event. …

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Thunder Runs in Circles, Then Sits in a Circle – Basically.

13 hit the ideal conditions this morning at Thunder and put in some high quality work. This was an old fashioned cadence-filled F3 workout that attempted to strike a chord with each man’s specific area of weakness. The Pax got through it with decreasing levels of enthusiasm (thank you for keeping the count McLovin). Though …

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THE “TIGERS ROLL” over bama. 35-31 – National Championship !!!

Eight PAX celebrated the National Championship as the TIGERS ROLL bama. Great to have Chief back after many moons in the medicine tent. 4/10 roaming the entire USA hunting new deals was able to join this week before heading to west coast. Hammer still has the JUICE – respect in race back to flag. The …

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2017 New Year Fuel Challenge Week 3: Please…Not My COFFEE!!!

Way to go, fellas! We’re TWO weeks into the fuel challenge. Now it’s time to discuss the Week 3 Challenge: The Caffeine Cutback. Yes, it hurts me, too. Yes it’s hard. Yes, our co-workers and families may want to avoid us this week. There’s nothing inherently bad about moderate (<3 cups a day) use. In …

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F3 Camden Launch- 1/14/2017- Ice won’t stop us this weekend

I am happy to announce the I-20 corridor between Florence and North Augusta will be adding another F3 location with the launch of F3 Camden. There has been a strong demand from the Camden area for F3 and I know this area will prosper. We are doing a four weekend launch starting 1/14/2017 before we …

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#Scramble Track

When it’s cold, YHC has a habit of dropping gear along a route.  When it’s this cold it’s like a yard sale… in everyone’s front yard.  So, rather than scattering gear across half of Forest Acres, and being that Monday’s a traditional speed/track day, Trenholm Plaza become our course with a bunch of ugly mixed in. …

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2017 New Year Fuel Challenge Week 2: WHOA, Pig!

Congratulations, thrill seekers! You’ve made it through Week One of the fuel challenge. After getting acclimated to the base program for a week, we will now incorporate some weekly challenges in addition to the base plan. Remember, these weekly challenges are not cumulative so you can handle it! YHC is throwing a curve ball here …

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2,017 in the Snow

So with the coming of a new year, YHC thought a good theme would be 2,017, as in let’s do 2,017 repetitions as our workout.  Disclaimer, any FNG, prayer Weather:  light rain and 32F.  Yes, cold and wet, the worst combination when doing an outside workout.  Snow was threatening and we got some flurries about …

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Stump Jumpers

As I stared out my window at 1 AM and watched the lightning flashes and rain pour down, I was already planning my cancellation notice for today’s workout. A Q cancellation had me hastily throwing something together the day before, even though I usually spend several hours planning my Qs and have a full set …

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Crabbing to Midlands

Conditions: Outstanding. 55 in January, everyone in short sleeves Intro and Virtual Disclaimer (i.e. non-existent) Sign Card Tha Thang: 13 including Bidet (Kotters!) and Yellow Cake from across the river came out to Stumble for a indefinitely modified workout. As you know, our brother Crab Daddy was in a serious car accident recently, although praise …

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Turning Pain Into Purpose-The Final Wrap on the First Annual Operation Sweet Tooth Toy Drive

When my wife and I had the idea to create Operation Sweet Tooth to honor our daughter’s memory, we had no idea of how our initiative would be welcomed.  We are just a simple, mourning family, wanting to honor our daughter’s memory and do some good for other children, and their families while trying to …

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If SCORE is going to run, we might as well bring some bricks

In case you have not heard, one of our fellow F3 Columbia brothers, Sean “Robber” Rankin, was received the Mungo Homes Community Builder award for his amazing work with the Oliver Gospel Mission and F3 Nation. Seriously, if you have not posted to The Mission workout – you are doing it wrong. YHC was there Saturday …

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Devereux Stroll

The first Monday of February brought back typical South Carolina warmer weather as well as our good friend Red Light.  Glad to see him back out in the gloom and running with the pax.  After several weeks of running towards downtown, I decided it was time to go another direction. Conditions: 44 degrees and calm  …

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Just when you thought things couldn’t get better at #TheMission…

Just when you thought your previous experiences at #TheMission couldn’t be topped, this Saturday came along and took things to another level. It truly was a special day at #TheMission on Saturday. While it wasn’t the first time a TV camera was in the Area of Operations of an F3-Columbia workout, this time it was …

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Russian Dancers

15 PAX sprung out of the sack this morning in search of YHC and Skirt at the helm.  Workout details were being finalized in the last minutes approaching 0530.  With two Stumble PAX leading the workout, the PAX had a feeling some running may be involved.  What followed did not disappoint.  Simple but effective was the …

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January 2016 Dealer’s Choice

11 men aced another monthly Dealer’s Choice at Hammer. Here’s the concept and premise of our Dealer’s Choice: http://f3nation.com/2015/10/29/the-house-always-wins-at-dealers-choice/ http://f3nation.com/2015/09/17/hammer-goes-to-vegas/ Here’s how it was, who called it, and what happened: Conditions – 46 degrees, cloudy, light rain at times The Thang Misfire Mosey to the playground 50 pull-ups and 100 iron cross complete in 10 continuous sets …

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