Walmarts of Jerricho – The Return

As I began to plan my workout for this morning, I knew I wanted to run more than usual and let the guys stretch their legs out a bit. Plus, I haven’t been running much and I need to get back at it. There was also a request to go easy on shoulders which, honestly, mine needed a little lighter day as well after I’ve been working on my pull-ups outside F3. As I looked back through my spreadsheet of weinkes, I saw one late April of 2018 – Walmarts of Jerricho. I believe that was my 2nd or 3rd solo-Q and the first one where I really felt like I found my stride and gave the PAX a good beatdown. 5:30 rolls around and the crowd is a little light. MW, Tater Hole, and Ratchet fartsacked, Huck is still MIA (we miss ya!), Rockabilly is out of town, and Allen Tate is gone as well. All good though, we have enough to put in some work. 5 HIMs went to visit the people of Walmart this morning!

Warmaup:

Runners stretches and hip stretches. We are going to run so it was worth taking a few extra minutes to stretch out. Sparky has the tightest hips in Gaston County! Hard to believe he runs like he does!!!!!

Grass Pickers – 10 IC
SSH – 10 IC
Toy Soldiers – 10 IC

Mosey to the flagpole. I knew Stogie is batting a sore back and isn’t supposed to run much so I planned some abs to let him catch up.
LBC – 15 IC
Flutter Kicks – 15 IC
Sandy Vs – 10 IC

Pledge, now let’s mosey to Walmart. We stopped at the road to all regroup and cross together. I think that made things a bit safer just to make sure we’re all together and focused before crossing!

Walls of Jerricho – 7 each burpees, Merkins, Appalachian Americans (Hillbillies), and Squats, run a lap around Walmart. Repeat 7 times.

Frogger Mosey back across the highway (starting to get busy now), and continue to mosey back to the parking lot. Another set of ab work to finish things out.

LBCs – 15 IC
Flutter Kicks – 15 IC
Captain Thor – 5 rounds (we all agreed our butts were still raw from Big Boys last week so we called it)

Announcements – Tool Time’s going away party at Sargentos (RSVP ASAP) 8/3, Remembrance Walk 8/17 for Pizza Man’s niece at Rankin Lake 10 – 2 PLAN TO BE THERE (I’m pretty passionate about that one guys!), Speed for Need 5ks, JJ 5k. Prayer requests – Bedpan, Stogie’s back and travels, those battling addiction, all the PAX not there today. YHC took us out in prayer.

Moleskin:
As I was leaving the house this morning, I saw Sparky had sent out his daily devotional so I listened on the way to Folsom. It spoke of a verse from James 1: 2-3 “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.” In the devotional it goes onto talk about how, just like stress to your muscles makes them stronger, stress and challenges in your life help grow your faith. The tie-in to F3 really resonated with me today and I felt led to share that. As I am writing this, I think about it a little more and there’s another F3 analogy you can make here too….when we are struggling physically in a workout, we can lean on our F3 brothers to help support, motivate, and push us to finish and succeed. In our daily struggles, we should be doing the same with the Lord…lean on him, give those worries to him and he will also help you get through the tough times and come out stronger on the other side! It’s always an honor to lead.

We miss the Kotters! – Montross