Day: September 27, 2018

When an organization doesn’t have a leader, it forces others to step up.  This was the point of me being late for the start of my Q today.  I hope the PAX all take that lesson to heart.

Okay maybe not.  I admit it was a Q-Fail.  GOOD

I heard a great podcast on sleep the other day.  One of the many things I learned was to not look at your phone or any light source until your alarm goes off.  I have a tendancy (most every night) to wake up sometime between 0100 and 0400 and look at my phone for the time, especially on days when I post to F3.  This morning I fought that urge the first time but then couldn’t take it and looked at my phone and behold!  It was 0530.  My mind immediately went to a picture of the many assembled PAX in the parking lot of the Pub wondering what to do and them scrambling off confused in multiple directions.  It also went to the fact that A. I would own up to being a slackard  B. They would be fine figuring out the route and C. Give me lots of grief for being a loser this morning.

From the Q-Source (Q1.1):  The HIM depends upon his Guardrails to continue Accelerating. The faster his Movement, the stronger they need to be. To get ready for the expected and be ready for the unexpected, the HIM gradually improves his Guardrails by forming Routines that allow for increasing action with decreasing thought. Because it is comprised of habits, a Routine does not require an active choice to perform. Over time, it becomes ingrained into the HIM’s daily rhythm such that it would require his active choice not to perform.

I set an alarm for 0555 and not 0455.  I set the wrong time.  I usually set two alarms.  The new routine is not looking at the clock.  I need to keep the guardrails!

Settled on that I went through my normal preparation about 15x faster than normal and raced out the door barefoot to get on the road.  It was raining.  GOOD

I arrived at the PUB to see lots of cars and a beautiful American Flag flying.  I knew JJ was there.  I put on my shoes and started running around the parking lot, not sure where to go at first.  I ran towards Hoffman and circled the McDonalds then back to the parking lot and then past the gas pumps.  I thought maybe the PAX would be doing the New Hope route so I ran down and after a mile or so I saw Sargento on his way back, and then Tool Time, and then Defib told me who was the six because I had to find the six.  Several runners later…..Monk, Whoopee,

I crossed New Hope and found the 6!  Wojo, ShortSale, and JJ were coming up the hill so I turned and ran with them back to start.  Everybody got 5 miles with the exception of YHC.  Perhaps some did EC?  I owe another 1.63 miles to complete the Pub route which I will make up tomorrow with an EC run from the Schiele to the Pavilion and back before and after the Pavilion workout tomorrow.  0500 at the Schiele if you want to join me.

We got back to the flag and YHC took a little grief for being late.  We did the Pledge of the Allegiance and the Name-O-Rama, Announcements,  and Prayer requests.

Announcements:     Burpees By the Lake.  Sign up, donate, help put something positive at Rankin Lake next Saturday

Prayer Requests are many:   Pray for Maddox Ritch

2.0’s and their struggles at school, driving, etc.

Sly in Afghanistan and ToolTime’s 2.0.  Marriages

Monk’s M on her new job.

Gastone’s MIL and his 2.0’s on the pending health crisis.  Pray for Gastone.

Thanks for giving me grief. Good.  It give me a chance to get better.  Also, T-Claps to Folsom’s twitter account for accountability!  Much respect!

Forge 9/26/18
Our story this week was an Old Testament man named Namaan who was a popular, respected battle hero but had a terrible skin disease called leprosy. The cliff notes version of the story is his wife’s servant girl said he should go to Israel and see a prophet who could heal him. He talked about this with his king and his king have him money and sent him on his way. The King of Israel got angry and thought this was a trick but the prophet Elisha sent for Namaan. When Namaam arrived at Elisha’s house, a messenger was sent out to Namaan and told him to wash seven times in the Jordan river and your flesh will be restored! Namaan got angry about this since the prophet didn’t even come out to greet him and he also complained about the dirty Jordan river! Namaan’s servants convinced him to do as the prophet said and as a result he was healed! Here are a few lessons from the story that we discussed:
1) God uses available, committed messengers. The servant girl was small, humble, obedient, insignificant to men and living in dire conditions but used her position for God’s message to an unwilling listener.
2) The Grace of God can’t be purchased. The king wanted to help by paying the King of Israel to help heal Namaan rather than relying on God’s healing through the prophet.
3) God is contantly at work to lead people to himself, no matter how dark their condition. Elisha says “Let him come to me” and this is a symbol of God’s love for all of us.
4) Pride can cause us to miss out on God’s blessings. Who can experience God’s grace? The humble. Who are the proud? Those who are indifferent to God’s plan. There are many verses on the destruction caused by pride.
5) Opinions can also cause us to miss God’s blessings. Verse 11 begins with “I thought” whereas following God’s plans as laid out in His Word is usually a pretty clear path to follow. Opinions shouldn’t take priority over God’s Word.
6) God has the power to change lives if we follow His commands. Just as Namaan stubbornly followed God’s plan, it healed him and changed his life. The same can apply to our lives and those we affect.

Questions We Discussed
1) Are we open to God’s message? Do we even remember what our preacher preaches or what our devotions are about?
2) Do we sometimes ignore certain people with God’s message because of their “condition”? Family members, angry people, people different from us.
3) Are we too proud? If we were sure God was telling us to do something seemingly ridiculous, would we do it? Are we humble enough to be open to God’s plan?
4) Do we let our “opinions” about God’s word cloud the message he is trying to send? My preacher friend said he often heard from people, “I know the Bible says this but…” Are we guilty of saying that or at least thinking it in some situations?
5) Do we really believe God still changes lives? Have we “given up” on certain people?

Thanks for the guys attending and hope to see you next week.

Well, as you all may know, YHC broke his leg about a year and a half ago. Since then, I’ve had some minor setbacks and complications. That being said, Folsom being relentless as they are, had a Twitter account setup for “MW’s Jacked Up Leg.” Moving along, i sold my F350 truck since I no longer needed it and bought my dads company truck. My dad has some medical issues which validate the need for a Handycap License plate. Now that the back drop has been set, let’s move along to the WO……….I roll into Folsom running a little behind which is not normal of myself. Rather than backing into a spot, I pulled straight in.(this is where I messed up). So, looks like we have a great group, so let’s get it started.

Pledge

13 PAX total on this episode of PrisonBreak. 12 ran while 1 mall walked. Montross is back at it slowly and on the mend. After a few miles and a bathroom break(myself), we finish up at start.

so…….as we circle up for some COT, Roadie feels the need to point out my afformentioned license plate. Which escalated into yet another continuation of the Leg saga. Therefore, that was the topic of discussion on GroupMe for quite a while.

Prayer requests lifted

YHC took us out in prayer.

Its an honor to be asked to be the Site Q of PrisonBreak. It has truly motivated me to get out there at least 1 more day to workout. Thanks to y’all Folsom PAX who continue to bust balls that pushes us to post and be accountable.

As we gathered today at The Goat, small talk led to some wondering if it was going to rain on our workout.  YHC quickly said, naw, not until maybe 6:00 am. We’ll be fine. OK, it’s 5:30 am and we started with the pledge and then some noticed a sensation of being wet, so I guess for them the pledge was pretty strenuous because they were already “sweating”.

Warm-up

Goofballs

Toy Soldiers

Walk out plank (10 OYO)

Squats

Arm circles (F & R)

By the time we finished the warm-up, everyone was soaking wet.  Hmmm, I didn’t think the warm-up was that hard. Oh well, “Last Man Up” run to the top of the stairs.

Pyramid 16/8/4/2/4/8/16 (x2)

16-Gumby Jacks

8-Mountain Climbers

4-Burpees

2-Clock Mercans

4-Burpees

8-Mountain Climbers

16-Gumby Jacks

It appears that the ground was a little damp.  “Last Man Up” run to the basketball court.

Basketball court

Partner up

A=Suicide runs on the court (3x normal, 3x side shuffle)

B=LBCs, American Hammers, leg raises

At this point everyone was soaking wet…..must have been my hard workout.  I guess some of my sweat got on my phone screen and accidentally deleted my winkie.  Waterproof phones keep them from being ruined but it doesn’t mean the touchscreen will function with water all over it.  Fortunately, I did this whole workout OYO on Monday since this was my VQ and I wanted to make sure it timed out right. Good thing I did, because the rest of my Q was based on memory.

Run to the train bridge as fast as you can and then loop back to get the 6.  Repeat to the Goat Island bridge.

As I predicted, at 6:00am it was raining.

Bridge

Perfect time for a train to come through…..5 burpees.

Partner up

A=Single leg squats (R/L)

B=Bear crawl halfway, Crab walk halfway

Pavillion

Partner up

A=Zombie Walk w/twist

B=Dips, Inclined Mercans

Fellowship mosey across the slippery wood bridge. This workout was about being a part of a team and a partner to your F3 brothers.  Since moving to Belmont 7 months ago, and starting with F3 shortly thereafter, the fellowship and regular workouts with this group have been extremely important to me, so thank you, brothers, for showing up week in and week out.   Announcements; Burpee-thon (not all burpees, feel free to donate just for the shirt), Christmas lights 5K. Prayer request for Maddox Ritch. Dr. Suess took us out in prayer.

Thank you again brothers,

Anchorman