Month: August 2022 (Page 8 of 12)

Small but mighty crowd this am. Hermie still amazes me that he continues to post. Although he does not run, he still does something and adds a lot of maturity and humor to our mornings. Hope I’m still posting in 20 years….heck, hope I’m still posting in 10 years…..or even 5 years.

We started with quick disclaimer, pledge, and WU then Hermie headed out for a ruck while the rest followed me for some fun. We went to the library and did a quick side bear crawl shuffle around a tree then quick mosey to another parking lot for some suicides. The parking spaces were vertical instead of horizontal, but turns out this was actually a good thing. At the start we did 5 monkey humpers then ran suicides for (I think) six vertical spaces with 5 monkey humpers each time we got back to start. After a quick break, we repeated with 3 merkins at each start for another set of suicides. This got the juices flowing but the pax were begging for more so we moseyed over to the pharmacy for some 11’s with burpees and big boys. Eyes were rolling and bitching ensued, but we did it anyway. Leppard said something early on about hip slappers and I didn’t want to disappoint so we jumped on the wall for a couple sets of slappers then moseyed to the church steps (the PAD for the mature PAX who are in the know) for triple nickel: 5 calf raises before each of our 5 trips up the steps then mosey to basketball goal for 5 donkey kicks. Shortsale ran off some random dude that was playing 1 on nobody basketball with a flat ball???? Seemed a little strange but whatever floats your boat. Guess we could have EH’d him but he was not really interested in hanging around for long. To help pass the time on the steps, we hopped the steps 3 of the 5 trips up. Once we finished, it was getting close to time so we moseyed back to start with a short bear crawl in remembrance of an out of town PAX named Carrier who helped plant the GasHouse BACK IN THE DAY. We finished with a short wall sit then some Mary to close things out.

Our COT this am got to me a little bit. Lot of guys with struggles in our region: family members with illnesses, PAX with illnesses and struggles, injuries, and lot of other stuff. As much as I would love to sleep in and get a little extra rest, getting out here and posting is so much better for me-mentally and physically. I don’t think I’ll ever understand why that is so hard to remember each morning when the alarm goes off but each time I do get up and get out here, I realize it was the right choice for whatever reason, and that reason is not always the same reason.

Thanks for the inspiration Hermie. You are setting that bar pretty high. Would be great to have a handful of guys posting together for the next 20 years or more.

Whoopee

2 ran off in various directions, 4 rucked around

QSource Discussion:  Vision

ANNOUNCEMENTS

F3 dads – The Yank
CSAUP 10th
PT Test – Aug 27th
JJ5k – Sept 24
This Wed – 2ndF lunch- viva tequi

TAPs
Tesla’s family
BOS’ family
Courtney – hit-n-run victim on Eagle rd
Breaker’s uncle
School starting. – parents, kids, teachers
Huck
Turtleman

Glad to be out there with these  PAX today.

—Bubba Sparxxx

4 strong posted on a most glorious morning to the “oldest” AO in the region. This is what happened…

The PAX were experienced so no disclaimer. Pledge of Allegiance. Warmup including Don Quixotes, plank jacks and Nolan Ryan’s, all in cadence. Mosey.

We headed toward the designated downtown workout area at the old courthouse. On the way we did a variety of Deep Sea Divers at the rec building and then Monkey Humpers on the corner of the town square. YHC gave a pump fake and headed us from the square toward the Ingles, stopping for some goofballs and later gravel pickers for the passersby.

We kept moseying until we ended up at Carr Elementary where the Thang would be done.

The Carr – due to the excitement of football season being upon us, we had some cool numbers to use too.

Derek Carr – current quarterback of the Las Vegas Raiders. He’s been sacked 237 times in his career. Therefore, we naturally do something using that number. Partner up and do CDDs, LBCs and Side Straddle Hops. Partner one ran around the circle while partner 2 did the work. Lot’s of cardio here!

Fellowship mosey for a bit to catch our breath before the next Thang.

David Carr – older brother of Derek and past quarterback of the Texans, Panthers and others. He really got destroyed in his career. 267 sacks all time before he retired. Ouch! Switch partners and this time, do Alternating Shoulder Taps, Dying Cockroaches and Goofballs. Even more cardio!

Because we were at Carr Elementary got us to talking about other cars. The great 80’s band The Cars came to mind and we had some riveting discussion about their music and what were their best songs. YHC believes it’s Let the Good Times Roll but others said it is Drive. The debate continues…

Mosey toward the start with some karaoke on the way.

The last Thang.

The other Carr we would learn about is the great ML Carr. He’s frome Wallace, NC, played ball at Guilford College and then the NBA for 13 seasons with the Celtics, winning 2 titles in the process.

13s – instead of 11s. Do Bobby Hurley’s at one end and Squats on the other. All while the Cars played on the ‘ole iPhone. Good times.

Time was up and we wrapped up pretty quickly. Thanks for the opportunity to lead men!

Announcements – 2nd F lunch Wednesday at Viva Tequis, F3 Dads 8/20 at The Yank, PT Test 8/27 at Gashouse, 9/10 50+ mile relay

Prayer Requests – Medicine Woman’s family, Big Pappy’s family, Huck, BOS’s dad, Wirenut’s family

Tiger messaged me earlier in the week that he needed to switch Q’s with me and I obliged. Woke up to a nice cool morning and drove to the Yank with a white board in tow. Pulled in to see some getting EC and some high rollers of F3 Gastonia. I was a little nervous but I’d turn that in energy.

Mosey down to the Bunker as a train was leaving, whew! I said in my head no burpees today. Nothing really planned for a warmup but we did Gravel pickers, toy soldiers, SSHs 11x IC. I think there were 11 merkins too, OYO.

We split from the Bunker crew and head to the track. I’m going to hate the day Belmont gets rid of that.

Arrive at the track to see my white board, borrowed from my M. Mayor had a Q at the Goat a few weeks ago and I stole his idea. I switched up the exercises so it wasn’t a complete copy of his. Idea was to perform 10 of each exercise then take a lap, 9x lap, 8x lap all the way to 1 of each exercise and a lap.

Exercises were LBCs, merkins, squats, plank jacks, Freddy mercury’s, shoulder taps, SSHs, big boy sit ups, lunges and CDDs.

Everyone finished and some starting counting back up the ladder. The up and down was bad with the low rep numbers, sorry to everyone’s backs.

Plenty of time left so fellowship mosey to the shelter. Dips and derkins using the tables 20/10, 15/15, 10/20. Mountain climbers and step ups next, same reps. Finish and mosey to The Yank for some Mary. I think we did flutter kicks, American hammers, and crunchy frogs. Pizza man counted 22 push-ups for the vets and we were done.

Great crowd this morning with a few different faces. Thanks men.

Pledge of allegiance.

Announcements:

F3 dads next Saturday 8-20
50 plus mile relay September 10
Iron pax September
skating September 17
JJ 5k September 24

Prayers and praises:

Tesla son new job/travel
Teachers and kids in school
Huck
Turtleman
Courtney, hit while running
Other Runners who were hit. Be careful out there.
M’s with babies
BOS’ Dad
Breaker Breaker’s uncle
Papa Orangeman, daughter with child.
Tooth Fairy’s daughter is showing the doctors who’s boss by pulling up and standing on her own! Awesome news.

YHC prayed us out but forgot name-o-rama. Started to do it but another train came by. You’ll have to believe me in who gets credit 😉

The Gavel out.

YHC was sorting through some of my mother’s items that I had stored in my house. As I sifted through mounds of old papers and documents, I am came across my fathers draft information.

As I read over the document, I thought about the anxiety the nation must have felt that day.  My father was 19 years old on Dec 1, 1969. He was fresh out of trade school had a job as a welder at GM. He had a life plan that changed in an instance.  His number was 125. At first he thought he was good, but every number 195 and under where called to duty.

For the Q today, our work was based of the Vietnam lottery.

If interested the table can be found here:

Vietnam Lotteries | Selective Service System : Selective Service System (sss.gov)

We started with the pledge then went right to work.

The Thang

• 22 for the troops
• A quick mosey to the baseball field.
• First Pax was under 195, we did imperial walkers to that number.
  • Would have been drafted
• Second Pax was under 195, we did LBC’s and bear crawls to that number.
  • Would have been drafted
• Third Pax  was over 195, we did Moroccan night clubs to that number.
  • Would not be drafted
• Fourth PAX was under 195, we did steps up to that number.
  • Would have been drafted
• Fifth PAX was under 195, we did LBC’s to that number.
  • Would have been drafted
• Six PAX was over 195, we did Mike Tysons and CDD’s to that count.
  • Wound not be drafted
• Seventh PAX was over 195, we did a count to recover from the previous exercise.
  • Would  not be drafted
• Eighth PAX was under 195, we did Squats to that count.
  • Would have been drafted

Think about our family’s during that time and our nation. In our group, 5 of the 8 would have been drafted and sent to war.

YHC did not grow up in a pleasant household. We were poor and lived of a steady diet of government cheese, out of date yogurt, and powered milk.  When my father came back from the Vietnam, he was disabled from agent orange exposure.  In those times, the government did not recognize agent orange for disability benefits.  My father lost his job as a welder and was unable to work.

As my brother and I  buried my mother along side my father. We both smiled.  As children we had some different chores than most kids. One of my chores, was rolling Top Tobacco into cigarettes.   60 a day, placed in old Marlboro packs. It had to be done before sports or homework.   Many times as I did this, my mother and father would rant about the VA. They were resentful and angry. My father had that great union job before the draft. That one day on Dec 1, 1969 changed their world  and hundreds of thousands of others forever.

Now here they lay, buried together overlooking the VA administration building they hated years ago.

Prayer Request

• Freight and family
• Huck
• Turtleman
• Sister Act
• BOS’s Dad
• Kids going back to school

Announcements

• 50 Mile relay Sept 10th
• JJ 5K Set 24th
• F3 Dad’s Aug 20th
• 2nd F Lunch Wednesday – Viva Tequis

Thanks to all these HIMS that helped me out after I choked-out myself.  I almost made it.

Big Pappy

A few HIMs got some work in on a humid morning at the Down-Lo. We celebrated my son Eli’s birthday. It is a story that can not be written only told.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead.

Big Pappy

6 HIM posted to the pub – All 6 with EC – Flintstone, Virus and Termite were already gone when YHC arrived to get a warmup 1 mile mosey.  And JJ and Waterboy ran from home – By the time 530 rolled around all were good and sweaty.  Route for the day was to the armory and back.

COT: Prayers and announcements

Prayers for teachers, students, JJ’s youth minister witnessing a severe car accident, Pax having children,  Huck and Turtleman

CSAUP Sept 10 – 50 mile relay

F3 dads Aug 20 at the Yank

JJ5K Sept 24