Fitness, Fellowship, Faith
3 men posted at the future Monday morning AO “Mt. Hollywood” for some recon work. We logged 4 miles and explored most all areas of downtown Mt. Holly. We now have some great ideas and opportunities for the AO. Official launch date for “Mt. Hollywood” is Monday August 6th @ 5:30am. This AO will meet at 124 South Hawthorne Street Mount Holly, NC 28120.
Thanks to Tiger and Broke for joining me to scope out the area.
9 HIMS showed to Folsom this morning looking to avoid the rain. The chance of avoiding a potential beat down, well, that’s not going to happen if I can help it. Getting close to start time and the PAX are still rolling in. Here comes Sparky, so I am late or it’s definitely time to start, so let’s roll.
Warm-Up: SSH x 10(IC)
The Thang:
Mosey towards the flag at the entrance to Folsom, along the way stopping at 4 different light poles and knocking out 5 Burpees OYO at each pole. Got in 20 before we reached the flag. Sort of like a mobile Slaughter Starter. Go ahead and say the pledge, then we continue to mosey across the street to the back right corner of Walmart.
Exercise called was Walls of Jericho. This exercise usually is performed around a large building. Today we are using the Walmart building. You pick 7 different exercises and complete 7 reps of each and run one lap around the building. Exercise is complete once you finish your 7th lap. The exercises chosen today were; Burpees, Plank Jacks, Big Boys, Imperial Squats, Ski Merkins, CDD, and Seal Jacks. Not a lot of mumble chatter during this exercise. Only talk was of Sparky making an emergency pit stop into the Walmart. He sure did take his time. Then somewhere after the 2nd round, Allen Tate pops up out of nowhere. Sort of like he was trying to sneak in like he had been there the whole time. He swears he ran a 5k looking for us, but he wouldn’t provide his Fitbit for proof. This exercise took longer than anticipated, and we were quickly running out of time. We had to cut the last round short and start our mosey back to flag.
Still with a couple minutes left to spare, I didn’t want to waste any valuable time. So a quick round of Burp & Merk was called. This is when you begin a traditional burpee with a single merkin at the bottom, then complete. Drop back down for a second burpee with two merkins, then complete. We did this up to 7, and then worked our way back down to 1. This was a crowd pleaser to end the workout. Time.
COT
Name-o-rama: Completed rather quickly, not sure where Sparky was off “two”
Announcements: CSAUP relay, JJ5K, Belmont 5/10k
Prayer request: YHC took us out
It was an honor to lead today gentlemen. Thank you for allowing me this opportunity.
Sister Act
YHC was looking forward to PrisonBreak this AM. Running, or moseying for me, is one thing I can still do while the shoulder is injured. Shut-up Folsom. Anyway, moving along, 5 HIMS posted to run. Apparently the so-called “Chief”, Allen Tate, and his entourage were too comfy in the fartsack to attend. SMH. Sister Act arrives shortly after myself and takes off for EC about 5:15. 5:30 hits and the rest take off. No ruckers this morning. Good to see Blart out there. One day I’ll keep up with him the whole route. After about 1.5 miles, Sister Act breezed by as if floating on water. “If only I were 50 pounds lighter…..”. Anyway, all arrive back at start after putting in some miles.
Pledge
Announcements; Snowbird registration(link is in a PreBlast), CSAUP relay coming soon, runs happening all the time, get involved
COT Prayers for our families, country, and those who didn’t make it out
YHC took us out in prayer
Always an honor to Q. Thank you for the opportunity to lead PrisonBreak. I’m not a runner or true rucker per say, but the responsibility and obligation has pushed me to get better at it. I know the Folsom PAX will bust my balls later, but thanks to those fools, I’ve been pushing to post and do what I can do with the injuries I have. Without the trash talk and apparent love those guys have for me, I’d just be in “that dark place” ignoring the hand reached out to bring me to the light. (Little Folsom inside shenanigans) I keep hearing from other AO PAX how special the Folsom group is and the image of F3 it brings. I believe it’s not just happening at Folsom, but throughout the Gastonia region. I encourage our region to continue to grow in our fellowship and relationships among one another. The stronger the bonds within our AOs are, the stronger effect we will have in our communities to build more leaders!
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