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4 of your friendly neighborhood Folsom men flexed their beards and loaded into the nearest 4×4 truck for a lil’ ride to the highcountry of NC in the name of celebration, supporting our brothers across the Nation, and sharing the greatness of F3 Gastonia with the world.

Wheels up at 4 am, we had time for a quick stop for refreshments as we exited Hwy 74. We arrived at The Ridge about an hour before the workout started. Roadie complained about the cold and we made fun of him. We saw a guy who we thought was the Nantan ride by about 9 times on a liquor-cycle. Fortunately, we were wrong, but I think he had his eye on Huck!

4 men from F3 Asheville and 1 from Savannah were there as well. Montross did what he does and started talking from the get-go. We’ll leave those jokes in Waynesville though, for legal reasons. Roadie warmed up quickly and Huck was rocking along through the first half of the workout, making “easy work” of the Indian Run. I think Wichita had the fastest burpees of the entire group, FWIW, and his Merkins were on point. We all struggled together as we ran the hill to Troll Hunter’s house twice for Monkey Humpers in his driveway (smile for the camera). Further Strava recon shows it is a 17% grade! We all got in a good workout as we celebrated F3 Waynesville’s 2nd Anniversary.

Afterward, we joined the Waynesville crew for a some grub at The Buttered Biscuit. While it is no Country Kitchen (best coffeeteria in F3 period), the food was very good, as was the conversation. The biscuits were Serena Williams thick! We rolled towards the house shortly after and were home before noon.

It is great to get out and visit other regions. You learn what other regions are doing and we all learn from each other. Most importantly, the four of us spent some good quality time together and we are all a little closer because of it! Join us next time! Thanks to Huck for suggesting this trip!!!!

• Montross

6 PAX traveled as Nomads this past Saturday to check in on some Metro AO’s. Chosen this month was the Muthaship of this this thing we call F3. AG is where it all started at. There are actually 3 workouts held in close proximity to one another. The Worm starts at 6, AG at 7 and Mustang at 7. Having gotten smoked at Mustang before YHC chose to checkout AG this go around. In total we split the group 3 went to Mustang and 3 went to AG.  Mustang is known to cover some ground and really put down a beat down. They often cover 4-5 miles in a workout and still manage to smoke some non running muscles. AG seemed like they didn’t run as much. To our surprise this week at AG we covered 4.5 miles and still got in some exercises. There was a lot of hills involved! Cougar was our Q and despite a lot of complaints about the distance we were covering he led us on a tour anyway. The Mustang crew was led by Agony, who just completed the Black Mtn marathon, covered 3.5 on the trails around the campus. Needless to say with all the rain we’ve been getting they were nasty. One PAX stated Sunday he felt this one in his shoulders. All in all it was a good trip. Keep an eye out for next months trip and join us on the road as we visit other regions and meet new PAX and old friends made.

After a week of Top Secret planning, and some additional planning that ended up with Whoopee getting his own Slack channel, the day to invade F3 Shelby and crush the hopes and dreams of F3 Rock Hill finally arrived. A total of 31 Brave, Honorable, Courageous…..oops….31 IDIOTS rolled into the Powderhorn AO in a line of cars that made it look like the fair was back in town. The weather was perfect for a beatdown, around 33 degrees and raining. After some fellowship, mumble chatter and a disclaimer we got to work.

The Thang

1,000 SSH’s, 2,000 Flutter Kicks and some other stuff in grass fields with 6″ of standing water.

There was a ton of mumble chatter through the entire workout and it was great to see the 3 different regions come together for an awesome event. 64 total PAX in terrible weather shows how much F3 means to so many PAX. In the end, the Ghost Flag stays in NC and I’m sure we can expect a visit from F3 Rock Hill in the near future.

Thanks to Pizza Man for promoting the trip and all the PAX who attended.

Broke

4 Gastonia Nomads went to Denver’s SVU for a 4 year anniversary convergence. Having just visited one of their other AO’s, The Mustang, not to long ago we found some familiar faces. However I was not expecting to see Justin Timberlake! That guy was everywhere. A true hustler.

The trip there and back, which is half of what the nomad experience is all about, was ripe with good conversation. Thus the name of this BB. I couldn’t pick just one idea!

Denver is full of HIM’s. A very welcoming crowd. SVU is a great neighborhood AO. They really like to run backwards up there. I was a little disappointed that the PAX from Mustang haven’t been able to get the PAX of SVU to perform the SV exercises yet but with time maybe?  I was pleased to run into an old friend I haven’t seen in years(Goodwrench). I went to school with this guy from elementary through High School. This makes two times I’ve reconnected with an old friend through F3 and traveling with the Nomads. You just never know what you will find on the road.

2 Nomads headed north to visit The Mustang of Isotope this morning. YHC headed out of the mall by himself to pick up Def Leppard(Thanks for the company Sir) on the way. I guess some guys trackers won’t let them go that far. I mean we barely left the county and we didn’t even cross the river!

Clubber had the Q and a good one it was. After the warmup he announced a 1 mile run. I know DL had the same thought I did. What is it with the mustangs and running. The last mustang we went to nearly killed us running. Thankfully after the mile run it was short burst followed by 20 and 16 exercises to make sure we get 2016 out of our system. During this time we got the chance to introduce and explain the Sandy V. I think the guys up the road at SVU will be hearing about this one. Your Welcome!

I found out some of the usual guys at this AO were over in Lincolnton helping out there. So Gashouse PAX it is still going so lets get up there and help it grow.

Yet another great group of guys! They even bought our breakfast at the coffeteria. Now that is the way you treat visitors.(cough, clear my throat, just sayin for any future AO’s we may visit). Thanks again guys!

3 Amigos met Dolph at The Fort this morning for another Nomads journey. There was a moment when the amigos arrival was questioned as an owl swooped down in front of the windshield of Def Leppard’s momma’s car on the interstate. The reaction of all three will not be told but we shield-locked and pushed on.

Whatdid(his F3 name! should’ve got the story on that) did a great job today. We talked afterwards and he explained how he really put the effort into preparing for anything. He had cones and various things laid out throughout the area ready for a beatdown. The one thing he wasn’t expecting was 40 HIMS showing up. Knowing we couldn’t run his workout with that number he modified and did a great job of it. I feel like we could’ve done a few more merkins though! Whatdid spoke about the theme of the month being hope. Great words indeed. Great group of guys down at The Fort! I felt I was among my people with all the mummblechatter.

Slaw has continued to amaze me on these trips showing his skill for movie line memory. I can’t remember what we watched from the redbox last week but this guy is throwing out lines from The Three Amigos like it just came out yesterday. Don’t get me wrong I loved that movie in the 2nd grade back in the 80’s but I don’t remember much about it. The ride home went smooth(Dolph good luck on your work project today) thanks to Def Leppard’s M’s sunglasses. A guy as cool as you can pull of anything.

Hope- I feel like The Lord has been speaking to me a lot about this lately. Every time I turn around something comes up. Whether it’s about hope, struggle, or suffering. We all have struggles.  We as F3 men have each other to lean on to get through these times but there are so many that don’t have that in their life. Take a moment to talk to people and see whats going on with them. It doesn’t always have to be an EH to a workout. That may not be what they need. As we say it’s more than just a workout! See if there is some way you can help create hope in someone’s life. Without hope what’s the point. I believe it was Billy Graham that said I have read the end of the Bible it’s going to be all right!

5 Nomad PAX ventured out to check out Latta in Metro. We loaded up in Pizza Man’s burban, hit the road and the mumble chatter started. Many of the things said on these trips are probably best left out of a BB. However some wisdom is shared. This morning there was much said about the struggles of raising daughters. All present had at least one. It’s good to share these experiences with one another. We are all in the same “fight”! We talked about current issues and lessons learned. It was said that raising a daughter is like 3-1 compared to raising boys. That makes 9 kids for poor Whoopee!

Once again we met another great group of guys. Very welcoming and excited to have us out. I noticed during the workout(when we could breath) there were a lot of get to know you conversations between the PAX. I especially enjoyed what someone misinterpreted Ash Pond’s name to be. The Latta AO is Latta Park in what I believe is the Dilworth neighborhood. Nice park set in a nice older neighborhood. I really like the old craftsmen style homes and this place is full of them. It’s also conveniently located near CMC Main and a terrible parking deck. After moseying to the deck I was shocked at the ramps. I mean these things look like hills on the BRR and the first thing we do is NUR up one! The NUR seemed to be a favorite of the Q. From the top of the deck there is a great view of uptown which you could enjoy as you NURRED(?) some more. According to the tracker we did 3.1 miles. Most with a good bit of elevation change. A good beat down all together.

COT:  Alcatraz who knows Whoopee from the early years of doctoring reminded him he was coming up on his 8 year anniversary of having had colon cancer. Awesome that he cares enough to remember. Of course due to the name Ash Pond was called it sounds like it would be something he would keep up with(sorry had too)! Announcements were made and they respectfully asked one of the visitors to take us out. Thanks Def Leppard!

5 Nomads went to Mighty Jungle. Our first visit to the Isotope region. When we arrived we thought we were late as we saw PAX running through the parking lot with blocks. Luckily it was just the early crowd for the Gladiator workout. Some of which doubled up and joined us for the 7:00 workout(Beast). We spotted a large tire and knew we were in for a good one. The Q started it up and took us for a tour of the church and school grounds via an indian run. Lot of possibilities at this AO. Once we returned to the parking lot we did station work with blocks, sprints and tire flips but the best part was the last 15 minutes. We split our group into two teams of 8 and played some ultimate frisbee. Kind of like football with a frisbee. This part was still an excellent workout and put a smile on everyone’s face. There was a little competition and a little bit of blood spilled!

Yet again we have met another great group of guys. Very welcoming. Hope to see you all again soon!

So what does the tittle have to do with any of this? Well I won’t say but on the way home there was a restored Falcon on the interstate and I guess the mood was just right and…..well you just never know where a conversation will go when your on the road with the Nomads! Show to know!