Daily Maxwell JULY 17 DO THE RIGHT THINGDoing the right thing doesn’t come naturally to any of us. As America’s first president, George Washington, said, “Few men have virtue enough to withstand the highest bidder.” Yet that is what we must do to develop the kind of character that will sustain us.It’s not easy to …
Daily Maxwell July16 THE POWER OF A DREAM I believe that each of us has a dream placed in the heart. I’m not talking about wanting to win the lottery. That kind of idea comes from a desire to escape our present circumstances, not to pursue a heartfelt dream. I’m talking about a vision deep …
Daily Maxwell 07/13/17 VISION My observation over the last twenty years has been that all effective leaders have a vision of what they must accomplish. That vision becomes the energy behind every effort and the force that pushes through all the problems. With vision, the leader is on a mission and a contagious spirit is …
Daily Maxwell July 15BREAKTHROUGHEvery major difficulty you face in life is a fork in the road. You choose which track you will head down, toward breakdown or breakthrough. Dick Biggs, a consultant who helps Fortune 500 companies improve profits and increase productivity, writes that all of us have unfair experiences; as a result, some people …
Daily Maxwell JULY 14 SELF-IMPROVINGWe live in a society with destination disease. Too many people want to do enough to “arrive,” and then they want to retire. My friend Kevin Myers says it this way: “Everyone is looking for a quick fix, but what they really need is fitness. People who look for fixes stop …
Daily Maxwell 07/13/17 COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIPWhen I began my leadership career, I was very ineffective as a leader. I believed I had talent. But when I got out into the real world, I fell far short of my expectations. How did I turn things around? By making small decisions that were difficult. With each one, I …
Today’s Maxwell 07/11/17 PREPARATION FOR TOMORROW BEGINS TODAY Recently, a few friends and I were privileged to have dinner with former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani and his wife, Judith, in Orlando after a speaking engagement. I found the mayor to be a very warm and personable man who was an easy conversationalist. During …
Daily Maxwell 07/09/17 CREATE A GROWTH ENVIRONMENT Just as the growth of tropical fish is limited by the size of the aquarium in which they live, you are affected by your environment. That’s why it’s crucial to create an environment of growth around you. That kind of place should look like this: Others are ahead …
Daily Maxwell 07/08/17 BE WILLING TO DO WHAT OTHERS WON’T It’s said that an aid group in South Africa once wrote to missionary and explorer David Livingstone, “Have you found a good road to where you are? If so, we want to know how to send other men to join you.” Livingstone replied, “If you …
I read with great fervor the post from CrotchRocket about the success of the Spring LEAP season. There is nothing quite like the thrill of seeing more and more men #FreedToLead. And then I thought about my own LEAP experiences, from the very first time I went to another area to launch all the way …
Spring 2017 Expansion: Our Biggest Leap Yet! Gentleman, If you have heard OBT and Dredd speak, they stress that the only way F3 continues to be successful is by each man giving it away. To that end I wanted to take a minute and update everyone on our Spring ’17 LEAP efforts. This was our …
I’m putting out a call to all of F3 Nation to converge in Charlotte this July to FLOOD THE ZONE at an event started by one of F3’s own. This is the 16th year of the “24 Hours of Booty” that raises funds to fight cancer, and while it has historically been a cycling-oriented event, …
Join F3York as we host our first ever CSAUP…the Mastodon. As F3York continues to grow, we decided that we needed to make a mark on the map with an insane (completely stupid) event. With the overwhelming amount of Pax getting into the ruck craze, a ruck inspired endurance event was conceived. This event will suck …
Are you a #SadClown when on vacation at one of the Brunswick Co, NC Beaches? That includes Sunset Beach, OIB, Holden, Oak Island, Bald Head, Kure Beach, Carolina Beach. @F3BrunswickDRW is a service to connect the southern-NC-beach-vacationing men of F3 Nation for DRWs to help you avoid #SadClown syndrome. Here is how it works: You …
*RACING CHARIOT IS HERE! Here is updated preblast with movie trailer video for the Metro American 4miler race (click above). Please follow @F3SpeedForNeed as communications will be transitioned to that Twitter handle. YOU MUST REGISTER BY JUNE 21 TO GUARANTEE YOUR GENDER SPECIFIC SHIRT * SPEEDFORNEED Inaugural Race!!! After months of planning, marketing, praying, fundraising, and …
Preblast: SPEEDFORNEED 1st Race Metro- American 4miler 7/4/17Read More »
YHC is aware that some of you have already received this update. Better to have it twice than not at all. Travel safe! INFORMATION BEFORE THE RACE • Donate to the Hidden Wounds foundation at the following link. This is a worthy cause and we will be presenting them a check at the race site. …
CALLING ALL MEN IN F3NATION: PLEASE take just a few minutes to read about this new and exciting charitable initiative, watch the video link, consider making a donation to fund the charity, and seeing how your region can get involved and IMPACT our communities. “When I became a part of F3, I gained so much more than …
Introducing: @F3SPEEDFORNEED / HELPING Kids & GROWING F3NationRead More »
August 18-19 Team Spearhead Charlotte hosts their next Red Light and Blue. This will be a GORUCK weekend filled with four events and the chance to earn five patches if you do all four events. This event provides your chance to experience a GORUCK class at their entry level option as well as raise money …
GORUCK Red Light and Blue 006 – August 18-19 – Pre-BlastRead More »
Friends, Romans, Basiners……lend me your ear. In what will undoubtedly go down as one of many reinvigorating events bringing F3 to the forefront of the fitness, fellowship and faith landscape, we are proud to announce our first forray into the wild world of RELAY RACES! (F3 Runs the Basin…get it?) It started as an innocent joke. …
F3 Runs the Basin – Relay Races are all the rage!Read More »
Men- I am sure many of you have seen this on twitter already (Bagger Vance sent out yesterday), but I thought it was worth posting in this way to ensure everyone had a chance to read this. Chase Kemp is F3 Grease Trap. His M wrote the message in the link below…please read. Powerful stuff. …
F3 Rock Hill 3rd Anniversary Saturday May 6th This year marks F3 Rock Hill’s 3 year anniversary. Come join us in the celebration of epic comradery and growth. Comradery is the spirit of friendship and community in a group, like the comradery of soldiers at war who keep each other upbeat despite the difficulty of …
F3 Rock Hill 3rd Year Anniversary and The Rock Region ConvergenceRead More »
Sign-up here Here’s where you pay. Remember anything above the $15 is donated to NC ALS paypal.me/SasquatchIII Where: The Town Commons, Greenville, NC When: July 29, 2017 6:00 am What: CSAUP is defined as “…something we do not in spite of their difficulty, stupidity and pointlessness, but because of those things.” (Freed to Lead, p. …
If you like information then you are going to love this preblast. The excitement is palpable in the BROlympic village as we stand less than 36 hours from the 2017 F3 BROlympics opening ceremonies. The event Q’s have gone to great lengths to guarantee that this will be a #csaup to remember. In case you’ve been hiding under …
#Lexicon WAS-NOW: A story of change through IMPACT. There I WAS, then this happened, and here I am NOW. Brothers In an effort to recognize Pax and their transformation through the Shield Lock of F3, the F3QSource will be spotlighting different groups and individuals that have benefited through the aspects of Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith. …
A CSAUP of a new variety is coming to Greenwood, SC in July! Mark your calendars for July 22 as The Ascension enters the CSAUP fray. This is a CUSTOM event put on by former military special operators and others who have completed the SEALFit Kokoro Camp. Kokoro is a 50-hour event held at SEALFit …
Conditions: 60’s and ClearYHC still felt bad about missing his last Q due to Delta and the Weather (Thanks again to Lombardi for an Awesome Backup!). So I wanted to make sure and bring something different to this workout. I took a trip on Friday afternoon to Warthog to get some inspiration. As I walked around …
Brothers In an effort to recognize Pax and their transformation through the Shield Lock of F3, the F3QSource will be spotlighting different groups and individuals that have benefited through the aspects of Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith. Everyone has a different story and reason for the betterment of the F3 brotherhood. As such, we want to …
It seems as though we have been searching for that perfect CSAUP event for some time now. Every year another event comes along and peaks our interest, we all sign up, train for it, and join a handful of brothers who share a decent experience, yet something is missing. The race might be fun but …
[iframe id=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/sp9kzmiiBEA” align=”center” mode=”normal” autoplay=”yes”] REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN Buy tickets below! The one and only F3 DADS CAMP is August 11 – 13. This is to one camp you don’t want your kids to miss out on! Bigger than ever this year!!! For the 5th Straight Year F3 Dads is taking over YMCA Camp …
…because we are not first, we are not second…We are 3rd. Fellowship is the glue that keeps the pax of F3 together. In the case of the eastern bands of F3, that glue was formed this weekend. It is the glue that will turn 4 separate, yet connected regions into the Closed Hand of the …
F3 Dads invites you to sing with the Knights! On May 26th F3 Dads will take the field for the National Anthem! Tickets on Sale Now Click here to get your seats! F3 Dads has a large block of tickets reserved for you and your 2.0s at the Charlotte Knights game on Friday May 26th at BB&T …
On Saturday March 4, 2017, the #HIM of the GrandStrand will converge and post at 0700 at #Warthog to HONOR our Brother, William “Willie” James Pederson – aka Dipstick Billboard will be on Q. Other AO’s here will be closed. Please post at #Warthog If you are visiting in the area, please join us as …
Pre-Blast – Convergence to HONOR our Brother Dipstick – March 4, 2017Read More »
It’s time to sign up for the 2017 F3 Super Bowl.
I BELIEVE yet I’ve never BEEN. I’ve never walked where Jesus walked and I’ve never seen the land that Jesus saw. That’s gotta change. Have you been? Don’t we have to go at least once? If you’ve been once…why not twice? If you’re like me you’re a Christian and have been for decades. Yet I’ve …
The F3 Marketing Team will soon select and unveil a new national Official F3 Race Jersey Logo for 2017. PAX from all regions are invited to submit ideas for this year’s design. Like previous years, we plan to keep the standard F3 logo on the front, uniting us as one F3 Nation, and feature a …
Now Accepting Entries for the Official 2017 F3 Race Jersey LogoRead More »
Quarter Ruck V Preblast can be found here: QRV Details
YHC has been advocating for awareness of our armed forces for nearly as long as I have been able to breathe. That has even been paired with F3 when I launched REDFriday here in Greenwood and shared my passion for it with groups in MECA and Mint Hill. We even spotted a guy from Richmond, …
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 …
A Big Leap for F3 Gear: MudGear Shirts to be Built in the USARead More »
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. …
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 …
Back at the 5-year anniversary Ultra-Convergence in Charlotte, something Dredd said at the end stuck with me. I’m paraphrasing this quote but it’s fairly close: “Some guy out there needs this. Some guy out there is wondering what the heck his life is all about. Some guy out there is being a lousy Dad. Some …
About two years ago, I made some plans. The plan was to drop some extra weight. I started working out with the ferns and was off to a decent start. Luckily I was EH’d by Pusher into F3 and not only did the extra weight come off, but then some. The plan was to get …
A few weeks ago, I began soliciting stories from the PAX of F3 Greenwood to show how F3 has impacted their lives. My thought was that I would chat with the guy to get a feel for his story, then sit down and interview him before writing up a nice puff piece about he went …
The F3 Marketing Team will soon select and unveil a new national Official F3 Race Jersey Logo for 2016. Winning designs have originated in the F3 Columbia region for the last 2 years, but the depth and breadth of competition has increased greatly this year with expansion. Like previous years, we plan to keep the standard …
Now Accepting Entries for the Official 2016 F3 Race Jersey LogoRead More »
The past couple of years, Santini has challenged our F3 brothers to choose one word to focus on that year to help make a meaningful impact in their life and the people closest to them. See here – http://f3nation.com/2015/12/28/your-one-word-for-2016/ Some intial words I came up withe were GOALS, PLANS, and SERVE with each being an acronym …
January 30 F3 Mint Hill will have the honor of hosting Dredd and OBT for a beatdown extraordinaire. Come on out and learn from the founds of F3! Date – January 30 Time – 0700 Place – Mint Hill Veteran’s Memorial Park, 8850 Fairview Road, Mint Hill, NC 28227 Coffeeteria to follow at a location TBD. EH …
Preblast: Date TBD – Dredd & OBT Invade The Vet! (Mint Hill)Read More »
It’s not an accident. Men of purpose and impact are intentional about their lives. Men who become part of F3 start to explore the idea of Faith. In many cases, this starts with asking questions like, “What do I believe? What do I value? What is important to me? Is there more than just writing …
The Foundation: An approach for 2016 Planning #HIMRead More »
Gentlemen, it’s time see how much #CSUAP you can handle once Marines have gone home, the course markings taken down, and your breakfast wore off 8 hours ago. The swamp is waiting to see how well you can handle being thrown in the woods with a map and compass and need to proceed the next …
Preblast – 12hr Swamp Fox Adventure Race 3/19/16 #CSUAPRead More »
Pax, It maybe holiday season as you sit back, enjoy those Turkey Day leftovers, look forward to taking those built-up vacation days you either use or lose, and start to work on your Santa Wish List. But it is also 284 days until the 2016 Blue Ridge Relay (September 9-10, 2016)! You may be wondering …
For the second straight week, the Knoxville LEAP team outscored by beloved Vols by posting 26 determined and ready PAX, anxious to do work, in 30 degree weather, with your YHC and some of the finest from F3Davidson, NC. The Vols managed to post 24 on North Texas…not pretty, but a win! Great to see …
Knoxville Score 26 and 24 In Homecoming Weekend WinsRead More »
Note: This post is about the men of F3 Columbia, Lexington, and Lake Murray who have answered the call to serve men in their community. When I say “I” or “we”, I’m talking about these guys. If you take one thing away from this post, I hope you will find it in your heart to …
LOCATION: THE RESERVATION- Indian Land Elementary : 4137 Dobys Bridge Rd, Fort Mill, SC 29707 TIME : 0630 TO APPROX 1000 (depending on attendance) * *Please note that the course take approximately 8 to 10 minutes to complete. You may come anytime between 630 and 1000 to run and are not required to attend the entire event. Saturday 12/12/2015, will be …
As the comment function has been disabled on the actual Mud Run backblast, which is fine (author’s discretion), I just wanted to provide a separate venue for those that have further comments to be able to make them, if they are so inclined. I don’t have any comments because I wasn’t there, but I support …
The 4th Annual Joe Davis Memorial Resolution 10K/5K Run benefiting Keystone Substance Abuse Services is scheduled for Saturday January 9, 2016 at 8:00 AM starting at Walter Elisha Park in Fort Mill, SC. This family-focused/family-friendly event has special meaning to F3 because it is in honor of the brother of our own F3 Brother Rock …
Something to forward along to the Ms and family of the men of F3 nation: November 20 – Last day to submit pre-orders for regional or custom logo shirts to arrive before Christmas. View logos from all regions here and contact your local Gear Q if you need a new pre-order opened up for the …
Over 400 pax converged at the Leatherneck Course in Gaston, SC for the 2015 Fall Edition of the Super Bowl of F3 – THE LEGENDARY ULTIMATE CHALLENGE MUD RUN. This was a year of the “First”. The fact that this was YHC’s first EVER MudRun was completely overshadowed by much more worthy “First” acknowledgements. Thanks …
Fall 2015 Mud Run. 420 Pax Converge to take on the F3 Superbowl.Read More »
We trust all of you are excited and ready to be a part in our largest gathering of F3 men. When F3 Nation descends upon the Leatherneck this Saturday, we will definitely turn some heads and draw a lot of attention. There are a few logistical changes, so this PreBlast is an attempt to provide sufficient detail …
There once was a man who lived in a cabin next to a field. In the middle of the field was a huge rock – an enormous boulder. One night, God came to the man in a dream and said “I want you to go out in the morning and every morning after that and …
Pushing the Rock — An Anniversary Message from SwayRead More »
As it happened, YHC ended up in the chop & drop of A-/B+ riders that were part of a popular, local group ride. With no other @F3Gears riders around, it gave me a chance to observe, or compare the group dynamics and skills of this group to my typical #Gears riders. The comparison was staggering. …
WestLoop, D-League, SloCAC, WaffleRide, Monday Shakeout and all othersRead More »
Greetings brothers. I am celebrating a year of involvement with F3. It’s been somewhat a whirlwind of a year full of endeavors, opportunities I never thought would be possible. But with faith and little encouragement, from my F3 brothers, friends and family I have succeeded in things I thought were far out of reach at my …
Less Fartsacking and other CSAUP stuff. My one year F3 Anniverasary.Read More »
F3 Saturday Cleanup Day – Preliminary plan of attack: We have a list of 30+ homes that have requested our help, but if you know someone with a specific need, please fill out the form here: http://tiny.cc/f3clean Break volunteers into teams of 8-12 3. Assign teams specific tasks 4. Dispatch teams, they report back when task …
The Thang: September 11 and September 12….from Whitetop, Va to Asheville,NC….208 210 mile relay run completed by teams of 6-12 pax, each running 1 of 36 legs in sequential order. NM: 54 Teams consisting of almost 500 Pax completed this event which is the pure definition of CSAUP. As with all things F3, there is …
Not fully satisfied from BRR? Want revenge? Having trouble with post-CSAUP #repat and need another carrot to chase? Well…..ThunderRoad is coming up sooner than you think, it’s on 11/14. Plenty of time to commit and then crush your last CSAUP before Thanksgiving. If you do not know, it’s a road running race with half or full distances launching out of Uptown …
Six months ago, Columbia area regions launched a downtown AO to support the men enrolled in The Oliver Gospel Mission’s residential recovery program. In that time, we’ve developed a strong relationship with the men in the program, as well as the leadership over there. Here’s an update of what’s been going on… Mentoring The OGM …
There comes a time in every man’s life when he is forced to make tough choices. A time when he must take some personal inventory, reflecting on the things he has or hasn’t done, and decide to make a bold maneuver in order to benefit those in need. Like the first monkey shot into space, (space monkey!) …
Update: 10/2/2015 – Event has been POSTPONED to a later date. Basics Where: US National Whitewater Center (duh) When: Oct 4, 2015 Cost: Adults $99, 6-12 $49, 0-5 free What: EO (Entrepreneurs Organization), which has many members among the pax, is hosting this event on October 4, 2015 to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle …
F3 Nation– On September 11th 55 teams from F3 Nation will find their way to Grayson Highlands State Park in Virginia and begin the 2015 edition of the Blue Ridge Relay. Congrats to everyone for a) getting registered; b) getting physically prepared; and c) trying to keep your teams together. (C may be the most …
YES It’s that time again, so get ready…the MUD RUN is coming! YHC will be the Q for F3Nation this year. Your Regional Q’s are being finalizing. Many regions have an assigned Mud Run Q for the Fall, the full list should be completed and displayed soon (updates will be made to this blast to …
Fall 2015 Mud Run Pre Blast: LATE Registration has opened with HARD close Oct 3rd!Read More »
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F3 DADS / NFL PLAY 60 COMBINE EXPERIENCE Who: F3 Dads in partnership with NFL Play 60 What: NFL Mini-camp style workout (No sign-up required, just show up) When: Saturday July 11th, 1-3pm Where: Panther Stadium Practice Facility Why: Because every kid age 5 – 55 want to do this! Additional Information: Parking: Parking …
It is time to raise the CSAUP bar again…. Sign up now for the Custom F3 GORUCK HTL – Heavy, Tough (Challenge), Light on 4/21/16 03/03/16 Update: We are working towards the max of 70 guys for each event, you can do the H, T or L individually, below are your options. Get signed up now so we …
As of this writing, there are 77 days left to the 2015 edition of BRR. There are 53 F3 Teams registered from all over our footprint with an additional 3 on the waiting list. That’s about 500 men who will be traversing the rugged NC mountains on foot and in a big white van. Teams …
F3 brothers the Hurricane is coming to North Charleston SC! On Saturday, 27 June at 0700 F3 Summerville will kick out its first created #CSAUP! It will be a four hour event with lots of pain, suffering, and brotherhood. We have planned a great workout for you – challenging all parts of the body! To …
After some encouragement, I was asked to tag multiple regions for this post. I am JD from Lake Murray, SC. Here we go. This is the, “what F3 has meant to me post”. Now, I know this post has been done many times before, so hopefully I can add something to what has already been …
Men of F3 Nation, Like the detached arm of a starfish that then regrows into its own, @F3Nation will soon be growing a bit stronger. @F3MECA is launching a new AO in the Davis Lake area! Come be a part of the inaugural workout of @F3 Davis Lake! When: Saturday, May 30, 2015 at 7am sharp Where: …
F3 Boondocks F3 is expanding again! It seems the recent foray into the Mint Hill area has brought several East Charlotte pax out of their holes in the boondocks. It appears a bunch of us have been posting in different AOs for quite some time never knowing about each other’s existence. We have decided it …
REGISTRATION FOR F3DADS CAMP IS CLOSED!! WE HAD A RECORD TURNOUT AND LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER GREAT WEEKEND WITH OUR 2.0’S. For the THIRD straight year F3 Dads is taking over YMCA Camp Thunderbird! Camp will be the weekend of August 14 – 16. We will build on the great success of last year to provide …
***The following letter is from F3 Lexington’s Blackout addressed to the pax of F3 Lexington & F3 Nation*** First of all let me say thanks to all of my F3 brothers. This started for me when I got EH’d in the hidden AO (The Farm) by “No Show”. I made my first workout on a …
New #CSAUP opportunity for F3 Nation. F3 has been formally invited to participate in the Special Operators Challenge (SOC), on May 30 at The Carolina Horse Park in Raeford, NC. SOC is the brainchild of Special Forces Major Ivan Castro. If you are looking for a definition of bad a$$ read this. SOC is a …
Special Operators Challenge – Raeford, N.C. – May 30thRead More »
Wow! The men of Mint Hill, NC are fired up to get this thing launched. They finally have their own AO close to home, and now an official launch date! Please join the men of Mint Hill, Saturday, June 13th at Veteran’s Memorial Park off I485 on Highway 218. The workout will launch promptly at …
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 …
Spring 2015: 500 Pax Complete the Super Bowl of F3- The Mud RunRead More »
The MECA region is honored to host the 2015 edition of The Bear, the preeminent NOCO #CSAUP event. Who can participate? F3 Nation What is it? A strenuous 10 mile course, with Pain Stations, winding through various MECA AOs Where is it? This event will begin at Highland Creek Elementary (7242 Highland Creek Pkwy Charlotte, NC 28269) …
Alright brothers, the time is now to band together and take on these Leaps! This post is to ensure the PAX taking trips over to lead or attend workouts have everything needed to be successful. Taking a free, outdoor workout organization that invigorates men, creates friendships, transformational stories, and whole bunch of other good and spreading …
Do you know anything about The LEAP? Is it… A. What we were all hoping would lead to Tom Brady seriously bruising his ego? I know I was hoping that Bill Belichick had leapt just before him and Tom would have landed on Belichick down in that lagoon and neither one of them would coach or …
Quick link to PART ONE – http://f3nation.com/?p=156979 PART TWO – The D.R.P. My father’s desire for a “miracle pill” really did not surprise me. We live in a world where technology creates so many things in terms of instant results and instant gratification. We are spoiled by technology – too much sometimes. We want what …
For all of my F3 brethren. It is a little long but has been on my mind for a while now so please bear with it. I hope it brings you some good reasoning for what we do together! PART ONE – THE SEDENTARY LIFE Today I made my one of my routine visits to …
The word has been getting out for a while now that we will have a Marathon Ruck here in Columbia, and this pre-blast is to let you know it is a reality. #TClaps to Promo for the route design. What: 3 loops of a 9.5 mile course in the downtown / Rosewood areas. Total distance …
What: Community Dodge Ball Tournament with 6 Man Teams ($30 registration fee per team) When: Saturday, March 7, from 4:00-7:00 pm Where: St. Luke’s United Methodist Church Family Life Center in beautiful Hickory NC Why: St. Luke’s UMC college ministries is raising funds for a spring mission trip to inner city Los Angeles CA and we want …
The mission of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership. It’s a wonderful mission that has seen great success in the past couple of years. The idea of “community” may prompt much discussion. Is it our neighborhood? Our town? Our city? Or, is it any …
Pax – the time has come to step up to the challenge! This is a great opportunity to push yourself for either a 5k+ or 10k+ beatdown. Regardless of your physical condition, I GUARANTEE you will feel this one the day(s) after. Lets Rock the Quarry with f3Nation. This event is being promoted nationally through …
Happy New Year! It’s that time of year, when we all say were going to make changes for the new year, eat better, lose weight, exercise more, stop smoking, volunteer more, etc. etc. etc., blah blah blah. Chances are you’ve had resolutions every year and by the end of the 1st week or month of …
January 3, 2015 – Update Tried the core piece this morning, and the plans didn’t go as desired. This upgrade will still occur… it just needs a new form. Hold tight, it’ll happen. Quick summary Sometime in early January, a site update will occur. During that time, the site will be down for maintenance and …
UPDATE: There will be a pre-race beatdown led by Flay at Conestee starting at 0815. Be there early so you can get “warmed up” / “stretched out”. Alfred here, recycling most of this post from the one Flay wrote up last year, so I can’t take credit. However, I would like to give my personal experience …
Back by popular demand, NoCo presents the Quarter Ruck II This is an F3 NoCo CSAUP and training event for your upcoming GORUCK events. As Dallas stated in the F3 GRH 001 PB (http://f3nation.com/2014/09/08/custom-f3-goruck-heavy-31315-raising-the-csaup-bar/) GORUCK Heavy is something you will have to train for! While F3 boot camps and rucking 15+ miles each …
Davidson College is hosting a free lecture on Monday night. This may be of interest to F3 Pax. Commander Halyburton is a 1963 graduate of Davidson College who spent 7 1/2 years as a POW in Vietnam. Tickets are free but you need one to get in: http://www.etix.com/ticket/online/performanceSearch.jsp?performance_id=1852948&cobrand=davidsontickets; Official announcement below: Honor Under Pressure: Commander Halyburton …
7 SPEARHEAD Rangers reported for an essential mission to rescue starving freezing babies and restore power to their orphanage. The Mission: Deliver food and water to Orphanage under enemy fire, We had a 40#, 60# and 120# bag of supplies as wells a bullet proof vest to protect the Nuns running the Orphanage. Supplies must …
NOCO SPEARHEAD Special Ops 002, SPEARHEAD Rangers rescue Rock OrphansRead More »
Many of you have heard me speak about Howard at various workouts when asking for prayers for Chad(Howard) and Cindy’s up and coming Mission Trip to Kenya. Well here goes again… YHC has been privileged to spend the better part of the last 10 month’s early mornings with Howard. When YHC first met Howard he thought …
Howard(Chad and Cindy Neal)- Please Read and Act!!!Read More »
As the gloom lifted on Saturday, October 4th, 2014, over 600 pax from around the country descended upon the Leatherneck. While we may have come from different cities, states, and backgrounds, we had one thing in common: a bond, represented by a single letter and a single number, enclosed within a circle. (For those of …
On the eve of the Blue Ridge Relay (BRR), the excitement is palpable amongst the pax. Months of training culminates with F3 brothers in teams of 12 piling in two vans to take on 200 miles through the mountains of North Carolina. Are you downtrodden that you missed the sign up for the BRR? Are …
It is time to raise the CSAUP bar…. Sign up now for a Custom F3 GORUCK Heavy on 3/13/15 GORUCK Heavy is the Ultimate Team Event. A heavy is 24+ hours, 35+ miles and allows Cadre to teach more leadership and teamwork under stress. As F3 we have completed 7 custom GORUCK Challenges and 1 …
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