Initial Count- Prayer 7 pax came out for an easy out and back, only to find that QIC had different start for their week, SUICIDES!!!!!!!! Start at Pilgrim Church, run to White Ford and back to Pilgrim Run from Pilgrim to Hunter’s Ridge, back to White Ford Run from White Ford to Old Cherokee and …
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, …
11 Pax weren’t scared to come out and run some hills this morning. YHC has started training for the BRR in September. So, with that being said, a route with hills was selected. By the way, YHC hates running hills so this is truly a CSAUP event for me. The Crusade pax know you can’t …
11 pax posted for a Wednesday morning run Qed by YHC. When in doubt of what to do, we can always go for an out and back up Mt Regal. Good Work by all the pax. Lots of Getting Better was had. Conditions: Mids 60’s – somewhere between Nice and muggy The Thang; Prayer / …
2 Pax showed up for an early Memorial Day run. YHC and SOG determined the night before that a double down was in order for this morning. Run and then head over to Snakepit for The Murph. It’s one of those things that looks better on paper. We just figured, two workouts is better than …
A total of 9 pax came out this morning to better themselves at the monthly Dang 5k. 3 of the pax (Mac, Candystripe, and Granola) started out early, around 4:30 to run across dam and into Irmo. They returned right around the same time as the 5k pax. The three XXLers put in a little …
QIC was disappointed that he did not have a FNG for 3rd straight Q. I call this one the 3 loop option. Run down 6 towards 378, if made to 378 make a left, 3 loop option, thru Home Depot Parking Lot, down Old Cherokee RD or through Whiteford…….No one made it to Whiteford!!!!!! …
QIC decided to take it easy as the 2nd member oft he Brady bunch joined in the fun. The FNG(Cindy) kept up quite well. We were told that there is a Jan, but he is too lazy to get out of bed!!!! Back to the run, QIC decided to run out to the dam & back.
9 PAX came out to rule the morning. And that we did. Conditions: 64 and clear. The Thang: BOM & Prayer Head out of the church towards the dam. Right on Andrew Corley. Right on Midway. Three mile out and back turns around at Kenwood subdivision. Four mile out and back turns around at the …
10 pax sprung out of the fartsack this morning to do a little running. Not sure about the rest of the Pax, but YHC sure didn’t spring out of bed. It’s this thing we call accountability that made YHC show up. YHC had no plan in mind, so when in doubt, just run somewhere. Conditions: …
21 pax (including one 2.0) converged this morning for the monthly donut run. YHC is considering bribing the pax with donuts on Monday’s too since we get great turnouts at this run. Conditions: 55 and great for running. Disclaimer, count off, go over route. The Thang: Nice and easy out and back. Make a left out of …
***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 …
14 Pax got better this morning by defying the fartsack. An email went out earlier this week from Jenny Coker to support Walker as he heads to Duke this week by wearing our Walker Strong shirts today. YHC knows how much Nailpop loves to run hills, so the “hilly” route was planned. Conditions: 55 and great …
May the Fourth be With You! 5 pax posted for YHC’s VQ of crusade. Since our faithful Garmin took the helm at Stride for the Beep Test, YHC took the opportunity to fill the Q hole for Crusade’s still developing speed edition. Tweets ahead of the workout warned of hills. A hill was delivered and …
13 pax posted this am for a YHC’s Q for their first trip to a Turning Poing and Wander favorite – THE HOOK. The pax seemed to enjoy it as well. Could become a Crusade favorite… We shall see. Side note: there are more willing Qs among the Crusade pax, just need to speak up …
16 Pax post for the monthly running of the Dang5K. When YHC saw a certain breakfast cereal named pax show up after his warm up 5-6 mile run, he knew interesting things would happen… Here we go! Conditions: Cool and pleasant. A bit of a breeze in your face going one way on the dam. …
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Written by Turnbuckle 8 Pax show up on a rather humid morning to check out some more neighborhoods. There was a nice breeze on hwy 6 but once we hit the hoods the breeze died. That will make YHC think hard about summer runs. All in all it was nice to see the pax stick together for some good 2nd F. Weather: …
We were supposed to start at Pilgrim run down Hwy 6 to Whiteford subdivision, run through until Hwy 378. Make a left, then turn around. Some people(Spakle) lead a group and did a loop down Plantation, back to Pilgrim. Count a ramma Name a ramma Prayer requests: Missions AO Audra Walker and family Say …
11 PAX arrived to show 5am who’s boss. Amid encouraging car horns from PAX passing by for other AOs, we were all ready to #getbetter. Conditions: Misty and 52 degrees. A fine day to run! The Thang: BOM and Prayer Take off out of the church towards the dam. At the second parking entrance, take …
YHC was the only pax to post this morning. Mumblechatter was at an all time low. Weather: 64 degrees Route: Run out 22 min towards the dam and turn around and return to the only car in the parking lot. Moleskin: Running alone at 5am is not fun.
Conditions: 75 and muggy Disclaimer & Prayer 20 PAX came out to stay loose for the USMC Mud Run. We met at the Kripy Kreme in Lexington for a nice out and back on the North Lake hills of Lexington. Moleskin: T-claps for 2.0 Chipper pushing it on the hills. All the PAX were giving …
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BOM: Prayer by Nail Pop. Weather: 70 degrees and humid/sticky. 11 PAX posted at Crusade for a 22 1/2 minute out and back with a small loop mixed into the route. The thang: YHC came in on 3 wheels as he fell out of the #fartsack at 4:57. Thanks to the PAX for waiting an …
Written by Turnbuckle 4 pax rolled out on the first day of spring break for a neighborhood watch party. TClaps to the guys who opted against the snooze button which I really wanted to hit myself. No shenanigans were found in either neighborhood. Weather: 55 degrees and extremely pleasant The Thang: Hang a left out of the church …
Written by Cheech 12 PAX showed up dark and early this Good Friday for a quick run up Mount Regal. YHC has somehow missed every single group trek up this little hill so far and wanted that to change some day. Today was that day. Conditions: Breezy 63 degrees Disclaimer and go over route…. but …
3 Pax woke up this morning and decided they wanted to get better. So they drove over to Pilgrim Lutheran Church to find that at least they weren’t the only ones who decided to run on this unseasonably cool morning. YHC has decided to HC for the 2015 BRR so hill work was the goal. …
Weather: 55 degrees and pleasant. 8 PAX posted at Crusade after the P200 for a jaunt thru Whiteford and then continuing thru Lexington. BOM: Prayer by Nail Pop. The thang: Head out of Pilgrim Lutheran Church parking lot and head toward Whiteford. Take a left into Whiteford and continue on Whiteford Way till you get …
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13 pax ignored the #Cantore forecast and posted for a misty Friday morning in the Gloom. The forcast called for a chance of showers this morning, but we only got a slight mist. While a few Crusade Regulars are running the Palmetto 200, we kept them in our thoughts and prayers as we #GotBetter. Conditions: …
10 pax posted at Crusade this morning to get better together. YHC wanted to give the pax a new route to try out. YHC has never run the route before so it wasn’t clear on how the pax would react. Of course, all attacked the route aggressively and did great. As an added bonus, we …
6 pax posted for the 2nd Monday Crusdade. YHC took the Q and took a page from the Monday Swagger workouts YHC posted at last spring. Conditions: 50’s and nice. The Thang: BOM/Prayer 0.5 Mi conversational pace to the old Bentley’s Beach house, Circle and Stretch 0.5 Mi near race pace to the stoplight at Corley …
When a high school Xcountry coach joins your group and volunteers to lead a running group workout, you know good things will happen. Add to that the opportunity to run on the track under the lights! –BONUS. (YHC thinks he ran faster because he could see the finish line!) Add to that the coach’s F3 …
Weather: 50 degrees and pleasant. 20 PAX posted at Crusade for a backwards “Lollipop” thru Whiteford including one FNG (Meb). BOM: Prayer by Nail Pop. The thang: Leave the Pilgrim Lutheran Church parking lot and head toward Whiteford. Once you get to Whiteford take a left into the subdivision onto Whiteford Way. Proceed to Saddlebrook …
The 11 pax posted at the BOM grew to 12 pax by the COT. Today YHC decided that it was time to return to the Whiteford hill. 22.5 minutes out and back for a 45 minute total run today. Every pax made it to the top of Whiteford without stopping to Walk, and every pax covered …
Well it’s 4:00 AM, wait 5:00 AM, it’s way to early to do any thinking. This was a non scheduled, non published Monday run for Crusade to see if there was interest in bringing this to Mondays. 7 PAX show up very early for a out a back trip toward the dam. Conditions 62 and …
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13 Pax posted this morning for the first Krispy Kreme donut run. #Crusade and #Stride converged at Krispy Kreme on Rt. 378 for what I call a counter-productive run. That’s if you eat the donut’s, and who doesn’t like a hot donut on a cold morning following 45 minutes of running. Conditions: Much colder than the day …
12 pax posted this morning for a warm(er) preview of summer humidity. The fog was thick, goggles would have been handy, but better yet, Windshield Wipers. All returned to the parking lot safe and sound. Conditions: 48 and Foggy The Thang: Disclaimer/Prayer Depart PLC parking lot, heading south toward downtown Lexington for 20 minutes. Turn …
9 PAX show up for YHC’s VQ at a running AO. I would have never imagined that I would ever Q a running AO, but it happened. Had a great route in mind that could keep us all somewhat together, no matter what level. 7-5-3 mile routes. Show up a little early if you wanted …
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 …
8 Pax posted this morning to take on a double loop. The Lexington School District has a 2 hour delay this morning (not sure why, maybe the roads were too dry), but as one of the pax stated, “F3 does not have a 2-hour delay”. Conditions: Around 34 degrees. No ice anywhere to be seen on the …
Conditions: A warm 12 degrees. Minimal wind. COT Disclaimer YHC knew nothing about course much less the event, and was told, “we know what we’re doing”. YHC left it at that and followed suit. Prayer by Ken Doll The thang: 16 pax defied the fartsack to get better and see how their run times have …
9 Pax posted this morning despite the cold weather approaching the area. With a few very cold mornings approaching, this was the last “warm” day to work our bodies. Conditions: Around 30 degrees. Pretty good for a run. Disclaimer, count off, go over route. The Thang: Leave Pilgrim Lutheran Church and make a left onto N. Lake …
Weather: 29 degrees and clear. 7 PAX posted at RBHS for some speed work at the hands of YHC. YHC brought back a workout from last year that only 2 repeat PAX endured. The other 5 PAX were in for a treat from the start. BOM: Prayer by Nail Pop. The thang: Mosey, to the …
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12 Pax post despite the high winds and cold temperatures to get better… and probably to hear the name of Lexington’s newest AO, and to learn the identity of the AOQ. The AO’s Name: Crusade. The AOQ: Meatball. Conditions: 28 deg, wind chill of 20. The Thang: Depart the parking lot into the …
14 pax posted for the official launch of the 5:00 am AO. Today’s mission was to conquer the beast in the form of Mt Regal. The pax returned to the COT with a high level of oxygen deprivation that coming up with a final name for the AO became an impossible task. Strong work by …
15 Pax posted for the 3rd 5:00 am test run group, and thankfully all 15 pax returned to the COT physically unharmed. YHC decided to try an out an back down Pilgrim Church Road. Safety was a concern with sight distances and lack of sidewalk. However, a Friday morning would be the best morning to try …
11 pax posted for round 2 of the 5:00 am run group. YHC decided for a familiar route, and the groans were overwhelming when Whiteford (and the hill up to Lowes) was mentioned. One pax almost got in his car to leave… (Cough … Cough…. Cheech … Cough…. Cough), but thankfully it was only to …
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7 pax posted for a test run of a 5:00 am run group. YHC was suprised to see such a good turnout with less than 24 hours notice (however, we are talking about F3 pax, so YHC shouldn’t have really been surprised). The run this morning was a flashback to YHC’s swagger days when the …