PREBLAST: 2021 New Years Day Convergence
(Please check back regularly for updates this week) Who: To all Lexington Pax, Past – Doesn’t matter how long it has been since your last post. The next one is the most important. We miss you and look forward to seeing you return to the gloom Present – We need to you to engage that …
Campaign Q #13: The Reaper
Weekend Special was kind of enough to let YHC lead The Reaper this AM. The Reaper remains, IMO, the best AMRAP we have in the region. Cemetery Hill is always a killer but then you add the work. Form matters so YHC changed the exercises for form focus. Instead of merkins and LBCs, we did …
PREBLAST – 25 Days of Christmas 2018
Looking for something to get you in the Christmas Spirit? Or Maybe something to get a headstart on your New Years Resolutions? Keep reading to learn more about a December Challenge to help you battle the winter weather in the Gloom and the pounds from all the Holiday Events all while getting some 2ndF with …
Pre-Blast for THE REAPER – 4th Anniversary
Friday, September 21st marks the 4th Anniversary of The Reaper. A lot has changed over the 4 years but the workout is still second to none! Come see what The REAPER has to offer on this special day. If you have ever participated in The REAPER come out and help us celebrate, If you haven’t …
BULLDOG’S FINAL REAPER AS AOQ
Getting asked to be Reaper AOQ about 18 months ago, I still kind of laugh at it. But, we all made it happen. We’ve had a great run with our very first Specialty AO in F3Lexington. It’s been a competitive event. It’s been a fun event. It’s been combined into a CSAUP event at anniversary …
242nd Marine Corps Birthday celebrated at The Reaper
The United States Marine Corps Birthday is celebrated every year on November 10th with a traditional ball and a cake-cutting ceremony. We didn’t have the funds to pull together a Ball, so Tipper decided to bust us in the _ _ _ _ (s) with a top notch Reaper Hill workout with a true “Gung …
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3rd Reaper Anniversary
Conditions: finally a cool morning for the Reaper below 70 degrees The Thang: We combined all three version of the Reaper into a 1-Hour workout. Start at the bottom of Reaper Hill, run to the top and complete 21 Deep Squats, run to the top of Spooky Trail and complete 21 Merkins or 21 Block …
Reaper-Spooky Trail
Conditions: Crisp, Cool, 58 degrees with a Full Moon…..and Grout pulling an Elvis The Thang: Spooky Trail, .29 mile trail of fun with Merkins and LBC stations along the way. Go for 45 minutes The contestants: Whisper, Fast Casual, Bulldog, Boo: Couch to 10K training PYT: selection training Wapner: Wander Rucking Cueso: strangely following PYT …
Reaper…plain and simple goodness
Weather: Humid The Thang: Run up the hill, 21 merkins, run down the hill, 21 LBC’s. Add one rep/lap. BRR Reaper – run up Cemetery Hill, turn left, down the trail and down the breezeway, turn right and up hill, and then back down the breezeway, and to the hill again. Rinse and repeat as …
F3 LexSC Snowball Parade Pre-Blast
F3 Lexington Snowball Parade Participation Needed: Parade Date 12-06-15 This is a Men’s #CSAUP F3 event (all males welcome) ALL SHOVEL FLAGS NEED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE! All PAX encouraged to wear F3 Lexington or other F3 Gear. Rucks are welcome. Each participating PAX is encouraged to bring a bag of simple candy (ie: candy …
How Do We Continue to Help the Flood Victims (Our Next Step)
On October 4th the world as a lot of people of know it changed drastically as the sky’s opened up and the flood waters rose. What came over the next days and weeks amazed me. The way that neighbors, communities, and strangers all came together to help each other out in a great time of …
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21 pax show up to do legit work at the Reaper
YHC got notice that some brothers from another mother were going to be making the trip from across the river to come check out the Reaper. It was perfect timing for it since the hill version was on deck. Something about making a trek up and down a long hill that brings out the best …
Reaper Stadium – Just a Walk in the Park
10 Pax post to Reaper Stadium for another round of gettin better. Those who chose the easy route of the Dang 5K run missed another round of fun. Nightmare was the Undertaker with 8 Laps and made it look easy. I think he is just working strategy and technique and a little tapering for a …
13 pax streak through the Reaper to get better
The Reaper, what can you say…it helps you get better in so many ways. You can train for numerous events with it, either version. Training for a GORUCK event, come to the Reaper. Training for the hills of the BRR, come to the Reaper. Training for a 5K, 10K, half or full marathon, come to …
15 pax reap the reward and routing the Reaper
Weather: 70 something and muggy The Thang: Stadium: Start at near goal line, 21 Big Boy Sit-ups, run to 50 yard line, 21 Merkins, run to far goal line 21 Big Boy Sit-ups, run up back steps to the mezzanine, 21 Merkins, run up right stair tower, 21 Deep Squats, run down left stair tower to …
23 pax put on a show at the Reaper
Just as many other things start out, a small bit of chatter that started while eating sammiches got pushed out to the Twittersphere. Some #2ndF chatter about the #1stF brought a couple new faces out to the Reaper w/ aspirations of crushing the rep record and even one pax being drug into the conversation w/ …
First Friday Fathers is Back
We all know what we do has huge #IMPACT on many, not the least of which is our 2.0s. It’s that time again to share with them the F3 gloom. This Summer we’re adding more opportunities for the kids to participate. We’ll also have a Second Saturday. Here’s the schedule and the AOs hosting: Friday, …
12 pax take on various versions of the Reaper Stadium Edition
Weather: 62° The Thang: Stadium: Start at near goal line, 21 Big Boy Sit-ups, run to 50 yard line, 21 Merkins, run to far goal line 21 Big Boy Sit-ups, run up back steps to the mezzanine, 21 Merkins, run up right stair tower, 21 Deep Squats, run down left stair tower to mezzanine, 21 …
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The Gauntlet Day – 5 – The Reaper Hill
33 Pax post to The Reaper Hill for Day 5 of The Gauntlet. Fracture promised a surprise and proceeded to crush The Reaper with 7 laps carying 120lbs! he started the day 10 point behind Dumphey and proceede to pass him by 40 points by the end of the 45 minutes. Points can be seen …
The Gauntlet Day 2 – The Reaper Stadium
Day 2 of The Gauntlet at Reaper Stadium found 32 Pax ready to take on the challenge. 21 Returning from Day 1 and 11 New souls. Great effort was put out as those that rode The Bull yesterday tried to shake off some of the effects, Exept for Fracture, No Help, Nightmare, Forrest and Dumphey …
22 Pax come out to the Reaper to do BeastMode things
YHC had heard rumors floating around that Beast Mode things may be happening at the Reaper, so he put that rumor out into the Twittersphere to see if there was any truth behind it. Urban Dictionary defines Beast Mode in numerous ways, but the one that YHC found most fitting was this: BEASTMODE – This is a …
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The challenge posted out on the Twittersphere was to bring some weight to the Reaper in the morning. A handful of pax took that challenge and other accepted the challenge of taking on the Reaper naked. Regardless of weight, all pax got better. Weather: 63° The Thang: Stadium: Start at near goal line, 21 Big …
Open Thank You Letter from Blackout
***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 …
The Reaper – Stadium Edition
The second running of the Spring stadium edition of the Reaper was held this morning. 16 Pax posted in ideal conditions for the ideal workout. YHC did receive some grief about never posting to the Hill version. Not avoiding the hill, just bad timing for Friday workouts…. Also some chatter about Spackle’s efforts to become …
7 pax tackle the pre-Mud Run Reaper
The Thang: Start at the bottom of hill, run up to top, 21 Merkins, run to bottom of hill, 21 LBC’s. Rinse and repeat for 45 minutes adding one rep each round up and down. Each week we will score the Pax on rounds completed and weight carried. Our first place finisher will have the …
20 welcome the stadium edition of the Reaper back from it’s winter hibernation
There had been some requests to bring back the stadium edition of the Reaper. So when the pax want something, well they’re going to get it. And what they found was a lot of stairs, big boy sit ups, and plenty of merkins. Weather: 62° The Thang: Stadium: Start at near goal line, 21 Big …
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Nicaragua 2015 Pre-Blast
My F3 brothers at Jumanji have been encouraging me to write a pre-blast to highlight my upcoming mission trip to Nicaragua. I do this humbly as I am not necessarily a big fan of bringing attention to myself. I’m simply doing what the Lord is telling me. If you were to tell me at the …
13 pax take on the Reaper
Weather: Mid 50’s The Thang: Start at the bottom of hill, run up to top, 21 Merkins, run to bottom of hill, 21 LBC’s. Rinse and repeat for 45 minutes adding one rep each round up and down. Each week we will score the Pax on rounds completed and weight carried. Our first place finisher will …
10 pax crush the Reaper
Weather: 50° and moist The Thang: Start at the bottom of hill, run up to top, 21 Merkins, run to bottom of hill, 21 LBC’s. Rinse and repeat for 45 minutes adding one rep each round up and down. Each week we will score the Pax on rounds completed and weight carried. Our first place finisher …
7 pax ignore the weather and beat the beast known as The Reaper
7 pax removed themselves from the fartsack and went to face the Reaper. When the weathers not exactly perfect you’ll see those who really want to reach their goal. They won’t let weather stand in the way, or any other condition. They have a goal to get better and be better, that’s what these pax …
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Preblast: One Year Anniversary Convergence
March 1, 2015 marks the One Year Anniversary of The Big Bang in Lexington. It remains the largest Big Bang in F3 History as 103 pax posted on 3/1/14 to open up what we now know as Graveyard. Here’s the backblast from that day: http://f3nation.com/2014/03/02/go-big-or-go-home-the-graveyard-is-born/ One year later, Lexington is its own region boasting 13 …
Marathon Ruck 02/27/2015 at 10:00 pm
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 …
13 pax beast the frigid Reaper
13 pax bravely removed themselves from the fartsack to face the Reaper again this morning. The Reaper doesn’t care how cold it is, and neither did the pax. YHC thought that we had an FNG out there this morning as well; however, he was wrong. It was just a baby face Blindside, somebody must have …
Preblast: 2/7 Convergence at SnakePit
F3 pax like several things…among them are a convergence, a race and a #doubledown opportunity. Saturday, February 7 offers you the chance for all 3. SnakePit will be the host AO for Lexington’s latest convergence. Located at White Knoll High School, SnakePit has amenities to rival our beloved Graveyard but it has become notorious for …
16 pax blow by the Reaper with some help from a windy morning
16 braved the windy conditions and stepped out into the gloom to fight the Reaper. Some of the pax poked fun at YHC about him being there since 0330…”Its 3am I must be lonely” – Matchbox 20. YHC got some weird stares as he went through a sock change before moving onto the Reaper. So …
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20 pax beasted the Reaper with one admin to get the results
YHC went back and forth last night wondering if he would test the Reaper again in the gloom, he decided not to but to go out and support those who would (YHC did the Army PT test instead, we’ll get to that later). He got some weird looks when he stated he was going to …
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26 pax stare down the Reaper, the Reaper blinked first
26 pax woke up and cleared the crusty stuff from their eyes to find the Reaper staring them down again. Some staring down the Reaper for the first time, while others have done battle with the beast many times before. So the staring contest began to see who would blink first… Weather: 32° The Thang: …
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F3 Lexington New Year’s Day Convergence
2014 was a big year for F3 in Lexington. 103 men posted at our March 1 launch at RBHS. What came to be known as Graveyard instantly became #problematic so Crypt was born shortly after. Then run group Stride. Then Shawshank. Before too long, Lexington had 10 different AOs on the schedule with 100+ men …
20 pax crush the post Christmas Reaper
20 pax decided they needed to burn off the calories from their Christmas meals. So they beat back the sheets, rose out of the fartsack, and headed out into the gloom to face the #Reaper. Not sure which #Reaper was present this post Christmas morning… Regardless of which one was there, the pax moseyed to …
20 pax conquer the pre-Christmas party Reaper
20 pax decided they needed to make some room for the Lexington Christmas party tonight. So they removed themselves from the fartsack and headed out into the cool gloom. They found a festive #Reaper staring them down. The #Reaper is always intimidating, even with a tacky sweater on. The pax wouldn’t let a tacky …
16.1 pax post to conquer the frozen #Reaper
16.1 pax stepped out into the frosty gloom to conquer the frozen #Reaper. Once YHC stepped outside he could immediately tell that he was once again rocking the baby face, there was no facial hair to block the cold from his face anymore. That just meant that he would have to run through the #Reaper …
16 pax go out into the chilly, windy, gloom to conquer the Reaper
16 pax fought back to covers that were attacking them in the fart sack this morning and headed out into the gloom to take on the #Reaper. The conditions were perfect, well except the chill in the air and the wind. Everyone was looking for some killer cardio at the #Reaper as no one brought …
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16 pax rise up into the gloom to defeat the #Fartsack and the #Reaper
16 pax rose out of their fart sacks to take on the challenge that is the Reaper. This week the pax were back for a battle, staring down the suck that is Cemetery Hill, and seeing the #Reaper glaring right back with a full moon eerily shining down on the VSF. These 16 brave pax charged the …
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Gators vs. Wildcats F3 Tailgate Friday 10/17/14
Some of the PAX have decided to try to partake in this growing rivalry between River Bluff Gators and the Lexington Wildcats. We are trying to put together an annual F3 tailgate with all F3 PAX and their M’s and 2.0’s for this game between these two schools. Let’s put on some F3 swag …
The Reaper – Pre-MudRun pain
18 PAX came out for a pre-MudRun beatdown courtesy of the Reaper. The Reaper was looking for blood as YHC was cut by the intimidating Scythe Flag, but hey that was just weakness leaving the body. No more blood after that, but plenty of grunting, huffing, puffing, and heavy doses of pain. The Thang: Stadium: …
The Reaper (Offical Flag/Scythe Plant)
Conditions: Nice and relatively cool. 24 PAX’s came forth in the gloom this morning to once again tackle The Reaper. We had some new faces as well as some of the regulars. With the stadium edition up on deck it didn’t take long for the suck to set in and begin to …
The Reaper
CONDITIONS: Humidity was HIGH 28 PAX arrived @RBHS on a hot and humid Sept morning, starring up at Cemetery Ridge wondering what all this hype of The Reaper was about. Needless to say after a brief explanation of the route (just run up and down the hill, with a few goodies thrown in) they all figured out pretty …
“The Reaper” Stadium Edition
15 Pax showed up in the gloom this morning to kick off Lake Murray’s newest AO, “The Reaper”. First on the agenda was the inaugural stadium course. Next week, Cemetery Ridge Course!!! Blindside: 5 reps/30 lbs Malfunction Junction: 5/N Optimus: 5/N Good Hands: 5/25 lbs Meatball: 6/N Tumbler: 6/N Altar Boy: 7/N Wkd Special: 5/N …