Forrest Gump 76 on Avon St.

August 3 has been a significant date my entire life.  My Father was born on this date in 1943.  Today is his 76th birthday.  Being the first August 3rd without him, I requested the Q at Gashouse not really knowing how it would go.  Late yesterday, I attempted to put together a weinke for the workout but was unsuccessful.  I decided to see how it would go.

No FNG’s.  Short disclaimer.  Let’s do a quick warm up.

38 IC Side-Straddle Hops (A multiple of 76)

Dry Rub takes the Painlab group and the bootcamp group heads off with YHC.

Quick Stop at the flag out front for the pledge.

The Thang

Before this moment, I really wasn’t sure what we were going to do.  I stood there briefly and realized I had to head back toward Lineberger Park for a workout I have not done in a long time…the Forrest Gump.

Off we went to run to East Garrison Baptist Church parking lot for some exercises as follows in multiples of 76:

38 Merkins OYO

19 Squats IC

38 LBC’s OYO

Mosey to Hillbilly’s Parking lot:

38 Merkins OYO

19 Squats IC

38 LBC’s IC

Mosey to the upper side of Lineberger Park past the railroad track to Avon St (I’ll explain why later) and over to the step area where fans/parents used to sit and watch baseball on the old field (where I played machine pitch and little league baseball).  Exercises as follows:

Dips IC X 38

Step ups IC X 38

Flutter Kicks IC X 38

Rinse & Repeat one more set of each

Mosey down through the park to the Flag Circle area from some quick partner work:

Partner 1 does exercise while Partner 2 runs up the path to the top of the steps at the Pool and back.  This is repeated until each person had performed 304 Freddy Mercury’s.  (Harder than expected for YHC)

Time to start the mosey back to the Schiele.  Next stop back at Hillbilly’s for another round of exercises:

Derkin’s IC X 19

Dying Cockroaches  IC X 19

Monkey Humpers IC X 19 (Rear to the road)

Mosey to East Garrison Baptist Church for the final round of exercises:

Merkins IC X 19 (No elevated spots for Derkins)

Dying Cockroaches IC X 19

Monkey Humpers IC X 19 (Rear to the road)

Box Cutters IC X 19

LBC’s IC X 38

Final Mosey back to the Schiele.

Final wall sits including some air presses IC X 38.

End of work.  Met back up with the Painlab group.

Several announcements:

BRR Rucking Group; Q Source on Sunday’s at 0730 @ Coconut Horse & Crossroads; 9/11 Memorial Climb on 9/14; One year anniversary at Mt. Hollywood on Monday.

Several Prayer Requests

The Moleskin (A very impactful day for me)

Whoopee posted he would be rucking at 0600 for some EC so I decided to join him.  I rolled in at about 0555 to find Whoopee, Roscoe, Watts Up, Voodoo & Boudin ready to ruck.  Off we went.  I have ran and rucked many miles of EC from the Schiele over the last 4 years over many different routes.   I was not leading the route today but as we turned back toward the Schiele from Bojangles, the lead guys decided to turn left on Avon St (just above Lineberger Park).  During the last 4 years, we have never turned on Avon St.  My Dad grew up on Avon St directly across from Lineberger Park and grew up walking across to the baseball field and played throughout his youth.  I told Boudin that my Dad grew up there but really didn’t realize what had just happened.  Why today?  As I brought the group out to Garrison Blvd for the bootcamp, something tugged at me to go back to Avon St, again, something I had never done during a workout at the Schiele.  Frankly, I got chills after the workout when I had time to reflect on what just happened.  Maybe my Dad was looking down at us, hopefully smiling as we went through exercises in multiples of 76.   If he was, I’m sure he laughed at our rear facing the road monkey humpers.

I’ve had a lot of great and very impactful days and workouts with F3 but today was near the top of the list.  I felt a lot of support and inspiration , especially just after the workout as I exchanged words and hugs from several of the PAX.  Thank you.  It’s been 11 months since my Dad’s passing and it is still something I think of daily.  You men have helped me every single week for the past 11 months.

Thanks for the opportunity to serve.

Until the next one.  Aye!

Stroganoff