Month: January 2019 (Page 1 of 9)

An impactful night like we had serving with Rice N Beans certainly deserves a backblast, and from what I saw, the 16 HIMs and one M  were the ones who were impacted the most.  We went to serve hot meals to the hungry, we went to cloth those about to spend a night outside in 20-degree weather, and we went to share God’s love with those who needed to hear it the most…….and what ended up happening was that we were changed in the process.  Changed with a better understanding of the struggles these men and women face, a better understanding of how blessed we are, and a better understanding of our calling to serve our fellow man.

1 Peter 4:10 “Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.”

Thank you for giving of yourselves and being a part of this incredible night.

~Anchorman

Diablo Sammich was pretty cold this am. We had 4 ruckers out there-I was likely to make it but needed backup just in case so Gastone was prepared to take over. Thankfully it was a quiet night in GasVegas and I made it there for the 2nd week of Diablo Sammich. Voodoo and Pedal were ready to go so the four of us started with the pledge then took off like greased lightning…..well, we took off like……hmmm, like……well, we started on time and we were walking. Yeah, we were walking, not too fast but not too slow…..kind of like……..walking…..with rucks and some weight. We talked about GoRuck and what they have done to elevate the popularity of rucking with equipment (all made in USA) and events. If you haven’t done so, look them up. Great quality stuff and the events are true endurance testers-ask Boudin or Freight about the GoRuck Tough event or any of the others that did the GoRuck Light event (I was not at the light event but a few of the Folsom regulars and I think JK2 were there). Before I knew it we were at Harris Teeter for the beatdown.

Circle up in the parking lot, strip down naked, then dump buckets of cold water on each other and see who can stand there the longest. Gastone cheated and peed on himself. It was great. After about 35 minutes Pedal’s nose fell off and Voodoo passed out. We took him inside Harris Teeter and poured some hot coffee on him. Pretty soon he was ok. We duck taped the nose back on Pedal and we were set.

We went back outside and continued with the workout. We circled up again and started back into the workout. We did about 15 minutes of AMRAP-turned out to be 4 rounds of the following: 50 flutter kicks while holding ruck in front over your head, 25 squats holding ruck over your head, then 10 Merkins with ruck on back. After each round, we swapped rucks so everyone had a chance with each other’s rucks. Gastone won the contest with the least-easy-to-hold ruck with his weighted vest. It actually was a good thing-it was uncomfortable and that is almost always a good thing. We saw some of the Pub-runners come by and yelled at a few of them but don’t think they heard us. Once we got back to rucking we passed a few-only one I could tell was Anthrax since I was not wearing my glasses and my eyes were cloudy from the cold water we had dumped on each other.

We rucked back to start for COT.

One of the side effects of F3 is you tend to pick up habits from the guys you hang around with. Probably the one habit I have picked up has been reading more regularly. I am currently reading a book that Jocko talks about often-About Face. It is written by Col David Hackworth (US army retired) and although it is very long, it has kept my attention so far. There is a quote from Shakespeare in the most recent chapter and it reminded me of F3 so I read the quote to the guys at COT. Here is the (slightly paraphrased) quote from Henry V:

“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;

For he to-day who rucks with me

Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile,

This day shall gentle his condition and the ruck shall strengthen his back;

And gentlemen now in GasHouse in their fartsacks

Shall think themselves accursed were they not here,

And hold their justifiers cheap whiles any speaks or reads thy backblasts

To those that rucked with us upon Diablo Sammich.”

We closed with announcements and quick prayer. Hope you can make it next week for Diablo Sammich. Don’t forget the hike up Mt. Mitchell on ? May 2 and look for some info coming soon on BRR and BRR-Ruck.

Whoopee

It was cold, probably 23 degrees, so no time for chit chat, gotta keep the Pax moving.

Warmup: SSH I/C, 5 burpees; Imperial Walkers I/C, 5 burpees; Don Q’s I/C, 5 burpees, Moroccan Night Clubs I/C, 5 burpees

Mosey with high knees down to the guardrail. 25 dips, 25 incline merkins, rinse and repeat.

Mosey up to the circle, karaoke style. Bear crawl 1/2 and crab walk 1/2 around the circle, plank for the six.

Mosey up to the school, karaoke style.

This is where the cold must have affected a few. YHC called for 10 step ups (count each leg/single count), 10 calf raises, and 10 squats, then LBCs while waiting on the six. YHC finishes before Boudin and thinks, “this ain’t right”. Boudin must have thought the same thing since he asked YHC about the counting for the step ups. I kindly remind the pax this is single count, aka, count each leg (5 each leg for a total of 10). So we rinse and repeat this time x15. Boudin finishes well ahead this time… success!, but Dr. Suess and Radar did not get the message. One last time, on the step ups, you count each leg, so this next time, it will be a total of 20. Got it? Yes… success!

Grab some wall for 10 hip slappers (single count, in total), then wall sit, wait for it… sit deeper then air press I/C. Rinse and repeat with 20 hip slappers, wall sit, then deeper with air punches. Did Radar get the counting right? YHC doesn’t remember.

As the pax was discussing the counting instructions of YHC, the parking lot lights finally showed up, so we moseyed the short way down the sidewalk for YHC’s favorite, rugby sprints! In this sprint, a HIM calls an exercise that the Pax performs until the caller yells “GO”. Sprint to the far side (two street lamps), sprint back, then recover walk to the other side. Rinse and repeat. Don’t remember what was called, or how many were called, but we finished with enough time for a round of mary back at the start.

Pledge

Announcements: Q source Sunday mornings, 7:30 am at cross roads and coconut horse. CSAUP (is that how it’s spelled?) in March, sign up by 2/16.

Namorama

Prayer requests: Anchorman’s family, Breaker Breaker’s family, Tool Time’s trip

Dr. Seuss took us out.

And thanks to Dr. Seuss for driving YHC home.

It was an honor to lead you all

-Orangeman