1 Year Anniversary – Stogiefied

This is as close to an anniversary Q with F3 as I can get. I started at Folsom one of the last weeks in February of 2019. I don’t know which one because the Q didn’t write a BackBlast. In fact, while trying to research (to see about copying the first Q that was at Folsom that day) I found out that I didn’t show up on a BackBlast until the March Convergence (a few weeks later, despite posting the few Saturdays in between).

All I could remember was that Gold Digger had the Q that Saturday morning. We warmed up with some SSH and Merkins and that’s all I remember of the workout. I came in hot (not really knowing when the workout started) and Bedpan was a few minutes late as well. Bedpan recognized me, since I knew Bedpan from working with him at a prior job. But I hadn’t seen him in around 10 years. He sure looked different (about 60 lbs trimmer and with a thick beard). It was good to see someone familiar amongst a decent crowd of pax (had to have been 17+).

In research, I did find (and remember from other Qs) that when Gold Digger Qs Folsom, he does AMRAP. So, that is where my mind started with my weinke.

Tha Thang:

20 Side Straddle Hops – in cadence
15 Gravel Pickers – in cadence
20 Merkins OYO – plank when finished
15 mnt man poopers – in cadence

Pledge

Mosey to Tennis Courts

• 10 Flying Squirrels with a squat jump
• 20 Stogi-fied Gas Pumps (in-out-together)
• 30 Stogi-fied Mike Tysons (plank to horizontal squat – no pushup)
• 40 Hillbilly Squats

Take a Lap…

No rinse, but repeat

Tortoise and the Hare… but instead of Ruck Sacks, the pax  lunge walked.

So – pair up… one pax lunge walked the perimeter of the courts while the other pax did an exercise. One the exercise was complete, you sprint to catch your walking partner. He then does the exercise while the other pax lunge walks.

We did:
– 20 CDDs ( I would have continued the escalating 10, 20, 30, etc… but 10 CDDs isn’t enough for much of anything)
– 20 Side Straddle Hops
– 30 Squats
– 40 LBCs

No rinse, but repeat

After completing an entire lap around, Volt and I had to leave (it was 6am). I told Big Pappy to take over (do one more lap and then finish with the COT).

Big Pappy finished things up with (all with various exercises in between):
– Bear Crawls
– Sprints
– Nurs

Prayed for: Roundup and his wife, Hacksaw, and Bedpan’s work.

Announcements:
– Convergence on March 21st
– Rooster Run/Ruck this Saturday

I made sure to mention to the Pax, before I left, that the reason I did the Tortoise and the Hare routine was to symbolize the reason I keep coming out. F3 has a bunch of good guys (especially at Folsom and some of the other Gashouse AOs) that are there for each other and always out to encourage or help you. Even when I left, LB was on the backside of the courts by himself, and Wichita and other Pax were headed his way to ensure he was able to complete the lap with others around him.

Thank you everyone for all your support and friendship. I “creatively appropriated” this from this site: https://www.christianity.com/christian-life/spiritual-growth/don-t-go-it-alone-you-were-made-for-community.html.

“The truth is, we need each other. We need to trust, rely on, and depend upon other believers. God gave us each other to walk alongside, encourage, and spur one another one in the faith. The writer to the Hebrews says, “And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near” (Hebrews 10:24-25). James 5:16 says, “Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.” We are to carry each other’s burdens (Galatians 6:2), care for each other’s practical needs (Romans 12:13, Hebrews 13:16), warn each other of sin (1 Thessalonians 5:14) and rejoice and mourn with each other (Romans 12:15).”

Thanks for everything fellas. See you guys around.

-Stogie