Fitness, Fellowship, Faith

Day: February 20, 2023

Sexy Suess, Fat JJ, Lightning McQuiche, and Flaming Hot Sargento’s Excellent Adventure

There was initially concern that the second running of the FRC D-2-D relay was going to get off to a rocky start. For the second year in a row, a charter member of the FRC pulled out of the relay. Why this year? His children had a reg season rec league b-ball games. Thankfully, JJ, who’s children were BOTH playing in a Championship Rec League Game on the same day, decided to tag along. It’s good to see at least some people still honor commitments and have proper priorities!

Sargento provided the ride, Captains chairs in the back seat!!! There was some trepidation among the group as Seuss took the front passenger seat and claimed the title of “navigator.” JJ provided the obligatory 24 bottles of water for 4 people (each of us also brought our own fluid resuscitation) and we were off!!!

We arrived with time to spare for leg 1 and mumble chatter ensued, with no less than 3 other teams asking us “where’s Tesla?” Not one asked about what FRC stood for, a point that we will need to provide education on for next years race. Suddenly, the “gun” went off and Seuss was off with other runners, who were all told to NOT RUN IN THE ROAD. About this time, Quiche popped open his “coke” (it was actually a Pepsi because they were cheaper) and prepared to run.

Summary of legs 1-4- We ran well. Order was Seuss, JJ, Quickie, Sargento. Seuss finished his run only to complain that a driver told him to NOT RUN IN THE ROAD while he was running in the road!!! Found Breaker-Breaker at the first exchange zone, who had already put a moratorium on “F-bombs” and crude jokes from Tesla, apparently. High point of these legs was Seuss sweating so much that he had to put a towel on the seat! Handoffs were clean and we moved quickly; Sargento had a South Point talent pageant that Queso was a part of that he had to get back to by 600. It was noted that after his first leg, Sargento drank a muscle mild, some vitamin supplement drink, ate a sandwich, and had some yogurt.

Summary of legs 5-8- We slowed a little. Same order. Seuss’ knee started hurting (and gosh darn did he complain about it). High point (or low) occurred at transition zone 7-8. Before Quise started, he told Sargento “based on my pace on the last leg, I am expecting to finish in 42-43 minutes,” hoping to shave even seconds off of their time with great transitions. Qiusc arrived at the exchange zone at 43:10 (late) with Sargento only to be seen streaking from the vehicle shedding some big red parka WHILE STUFFING HIS FACE WITH GUMMY BEARS!!! Needless to say, Seuss and Keshe were not amused, as precious time was lost.

Summary of legs 9-12- We survived. Same order. With an average age of somewhere in the mid 50s (thanks, Seuss), we realized stamina was waning. Keesh drank another “coke.” Sargento ate more gummies, a bag of chips, another yogurt, and I think a banana after his second run, trying to set a record for the most weight gain during a relay. Seuss didn’t know where we were, and it was okay. At this point, JJ didn’t really care about the race, as the first championship game was done and his son’s team WON!! A replay of the leg 7-8 handoff occurred at zone 11-12, with Sargento trying to find a satellite signal in the middle of nowhere SC, forgetting his bib, and then trying to EH each of the other people who were standing there (they were all already in F3). Finally, we crossed the finish line killing 64 people together as a team, finishing 10th overall and 3rd in the Master’s division!!

POST RACE: While waiting for Sargento, 6 very fit members of the DAM-sels team approached us to take their picture. Except it wasn’t “us.” It was Seuss. Seuss fumbled briefly with the camera they handed him and tried to take a picture, only for us to hear one say “move closer for a better picture” while JJ and I stood wide eyed and dumfounded. There was absolutely no doubt this group of women seemed to be attracted to the Old Geezer!!! And then what happened next? You will have to ask Seuss 😊

A few minutes later, Bubba Sparxx took his shirt off in the parking lot creating a moment for all of us exactly opposite of what had occurred to Seuss.

The trip home was filled Sargento eating more food, discussions about mispronouncing Westminster (no “I” between the ”n” and the “s”) and Pakistan (the “a” is like “yawn”), learning about “fat Seuss” and Fat JJ (HE HAS PICS!!!), and Sargento complaining about not having beer at the end of the race and then driving past a brewery to get to Queso’s beauty pageant on time, another example of misplaced priorities.

All in all, an unbelievable time with 3 amazing HIMs. Already starting to prepare for next year!

Kettlebells..Believe It or Not

11 pax at Mt.Hollywood for a post-race workout..with kettlebells. Great work! Thanks to Mayor for the kettlebells and block! Missed some of the regulars..and those who slept in..again.

Warm-up: Gravel Pickers, Plank Stretch, Toy Soldiers

Lazy Dora

P1 starts with 10 Kettlebell Swings to 50 while P2 planks, then switch. 

Next, while P1 does 20 Deadlifts to 100, P2 performs a 6″ leg hold until P1 is finished, then switch. 

Finally, P1 30 High Pulls to 150 while P2 does LBCs, then switch.

Febreze

On your six, do 2 Big Boys. Remain upright after last BB and lift feet up 6″. Do 10 Air Presses up to 10/50

40’s– Dips/Decline Alternating Shoulder Taps

B.O.M.B.S

50- Big Boys / 100- (Kettlebell) Overhead Press (one hand) / 150- Merkins / 200- (Kettlebell) Bent over Row (bend over pull to side) / 250-SSH. Partner 2 does a lap.

Announcements:

Lunch at noon on 2/21

Viking Run 2/25

Extinction Run 3/4

Sign Up for Community Foundation Run 4/1

Young Alive Golf 5/1

Requests:

Radar’s Sister

Clavin’s M

Ratchet’s son

Tooth Fairy’s daughter

Boudin

Pledge

Word:

I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed. This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles. Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry. When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.

Psalm 34:4‭-‬6‭, ‬8‭, ‬14‭-‬15‭, ‬17‭-‬18

Doodles took us out.

 

Member’s Only 2/19/23

Large crowd showed on a beautiful morning,  four runners and 11 rucking.  All celebrated Tardi Gras turning 50, respect!  His M passed word to Anchorman that coffee was her treat for the group to honor his birthday.  Thank you!!

Lost Fannie Mae but gained Orangeman for Q Source – topic was Daily Red Pill.  That topic discusses the importance of posting on a regular basis in laying the foundation for other areas of life.  If you are not attending a Q Source, work it in soon.

Announcements:  2nd F lunch, extinction run, Grow Ruck events

Prayers:  Wirenut family, Huckleberry, Turtle Man, Boudin and family, Radar sister, Termite brother, Tooth Fairy daughter, Eh Y’all friend in auto accident, Pilgrim’s friend in accident, Tiger mom

YHC took us out

Always an honor

Tiger

Was it something we said?

0530 hits and an experienced group of Pax have assembled.  Lots of chatter, but it quickly settles.

Brief disclaimer and contrary to expectations,  we take off around Snoballs and across the street to the bank. Good bit of chatter about a warmup or lack thereof.

We stop in the parking lot for

20 SSH IC

2 8 count body builders

20 LBC IC

23 MNC

Given today is Feb 20, 2023, seemed appropriate.

A lap around the back parking lot and then over to the entrance to the funeral home.

Double 11s

Merkins/LBCs at entrance

Squats/Apollo Onos at building.

We stopped about halfway through for a quick round of ab work.

Shortly thereafter, the few lights on, were now off. 🤷‍♂️

Back to the bank.   Flintstone twice mentioned hearing what he claimed to be a train.   So 5 burpees, a lap around the bank and then 5 more.

Another lap, before heading back to the flag.

We managed to get in The Pledge of Allegiance before time expired.

Announcements:

2F Lunch, Extinction Run, Viking Dash, Community Foundation Run

Prayer Requests:

Radar’s Sister, Tooth Fairy, Flintstone’s Dad, Praise for Nutria’s 2.x’s, Tiger’s Family.

 

YHC took us out.

 

An honor to lead this group.

 

Until next time,

Watts Up Powering Down

The Elixir of Magnanimity

YHC had the Q at the Gashouse and it was going to be a good day. We had five that stayed for Bootcamp. The rest rightly opted for the pain lab.

After a combined disclaimer and warm up, we went our separate ways.  The bootcampers stopped by the flag for the pledge and moseyed across the street to the business park and went to the bottom of the hill.

We would do an exercise at the bottom, sprint to the top, and do ten burpees and then slow mosey down to the bottom and repeat  the pax all claimed a number and had the option of sitting out when their number was called  no one chose to do that.  We did lunges, sprint, burpees, mosey down the hill  and cover two of the core principles of f3 .  Repeat with lbc’s, flutter’s, Moroccan nightclubs, and a couple more.  The sprint and burpees were taxing, so our mosey down was slowwwww.

After six rounds we moseyed to the library.  My favorite traffic island had been leveled and paved over so a quick modification was made.  We partnered up and p1 would bear crawl and p2 would do 20 squats and go tag p1 and bear crawl.  We did this to the top of a hill and then moseyed to the bottom for Dora.

p1 exercises at the bottom lot and p2 runs up both sets of stairs and touches the tree of life and runs back down  100 merkins, 200 lbc’s, 300 squats

We then shared some laws of combat and a few items of wisdom to ponder and discuss.  Cover and Move, Simple, Prioritize and Execute, and Decentralized Command.

The worth of honesty

The joy of work

The delights of humor

The magnetism of character

The wisdom of Perparation

The mastery of self-discipline

The importance of tenacity

The force of simplicity

The value of confidence

The attraction of modesty

The virtue of Patience

The elixir of magnanimity (Difficult to say when it is 28 degrees)

The satisfaction of serving

The habit of Good judgment

The rewards of living well.

The nobility of spirit.

We then lunged walked up the hill towards garrison because Stroganoff said he needed to do more legs before the Mortimer.  YHC saw another traffic island and was demonstrating the next exercise when Strogi reminded me we had two minutes.  A quick Omaha and mosey across the street to return to home and finish the pledge again because the Pain Labbers hadn’t done it yet.  #America

Announcements=April 1 community foundation run. Speed for need

2nd F lunch Tuesday

Extinction Run March4 at Primal Brewery

 

prayer requests

Clavin’s M

Nutria travel

radar’s sister

Turtleman

Tooth Fairy’s 2.0

Boudin’s family

 

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