Author: Oompa Loompa (Page 2 of 11)

Keeping with seasonal motif. No cancel culture here.

Started with quickly pointed out Q fail. Parked in time but was a few seconds late getting started. Only accepted answers are Yes sir, No sir, and No excuse sir.

Ran the simple route to Martha Rivers and back. The leaf pile monsters didn’t attack. New yap dog on the route. All returned safely.

Beer ruck.
Beer mile.
New Years Day to be determined.

No new prayer requests this morning.

Thanks for allowing me to Q.

Small crowd. Who didn’t change their clocks?

Some ran. Flintstone led a ruck themed workout for the rest.

Announcements
Hero WOD next weekend
Freight’s Trail relay the 18th
Thanksgiving morning frisbee tournament
Speed for Need at Christmastown 5K
Convergence
Christmas party

Prayers
Wirenut’s family
Broke’s mom
Others not mentioned
YHC

Last afternoon Midoriyama frisbee before fall time change.
The two oldest nantan got to pick teams.
One team lost, so the other cheated as always.

Slaw didn’t attend. We missed you.

Announcements

Impromptu sick out (LOL) tomorrow for Sister Act Q downtown.

24 hours No Brainer Relay this Saturday at Old School 0530 start. Come and support these men and this good cause event. Walk, Run, Ruck a lap or two.

Touchdown Beatdown & Frisbee Football at Old School 0700 Saturday.

Charlotte marathon Saturday.

Don’t forget to set clocks Saturday night.

F4 Freight’s Trail relay Nov 18th. Sign up.

Christmastown 5k Speed for Need Nov 25th. More pushers needed for 4 chairs.

Convergence at Yank Dec 2nd.

Christmas party at Lewis Farm Ranlo same day.

Prayers

Gumby’s mom
Pockets dad
Happy Trees family member
Huck
Turtleman
Pallbearer son
Clavin’s M
Oompa Loompa
Quiche travel back to USA
Others not mentioned.

YHC took us out.

Backblast completed in +/-two hours to make weasel shaker happy to see a good example.

Leppard said that to YHC on around lap 12 around the horseshoe pits.

Sister Act would have hated it.

Pledge.
Disclaimer.

11 merkins run a lap.
11 big boys run a lap.
Rinse and repeat until time runs out.

Broke and Leppard led the way.

Announcements

See previous backblasts as I don’t know of any updates.

Prayers

Jackson, Turtleman, Huck, Gumby’s mom, Happy Trees family member, Freight foot, others not mentioned.

YHC took us out.

Gumby said score was three to one.
Close enough for YHC.
Fact #1
Genetics wins out. Luigi is a clone.
Fact #2
Bigfoot didn’t get his athletic ability from his dad.
Fact #3
Slaw is very aerodynamic when he pins his ears back.
Fact #4
Def Leppard never loses.
Fact #5
Burpees, Abe Vigodas, HR Merkins, LBCS,
SSH & Moroccan Night Clubs were all part of warmup.
Prayers
Gumby’s mom.
Wojo family member.
Turtleman.
Huck.
Others not spoken.

Good stuff to share. Brillo is a new sailor.

Announcements
F3 lunch.
Stanley Creek Massacre.
F4 trail run.
Beer ruck.
Half marathon ruck.
Christmastown 5k.
Christmas party.
Check listings for time and location.

Pledge.
YHC took us out.

We met up at the Ingles in Dallas to run or ruck.

Announcements: Iron Pax Challenge Relay Friday. Half Marathon Ruck the 21st. Beer ruck in Belmont coming up. Christmas party December 2nd at Lewis Farms.

Praise reports: $4,800 raised for Jackson Hall. Ann Ramsey good biopsy report.

Prayers: Ball Joint’s brother Trojan deployed to Germany for the USAF, Turtleman, Huck, Blart’s 2.0, others on IL and those not mentioned.

Thanks for allowing me to Q again on my anniversary.

Soap box time:

Seven years ago Def Leppard told my M about a bunch of guys who get together and exercise what seems to be the middle of the night. M thought that it sounded like a great idea as my solo running wasn’t decreasing the old waistline. Months earlier my mom showed me the article in Gaston Gazette about a group of guys that did morning workouts. I thought it was the dumbest dadgum thing ever since I had encountered what I surmised was that exact same group of idiots doing burpees in the Martha Rivers parking lot several times during my morning jogs to the park and back home. (Nobody tell my M that she was right, I’d never get to stop hearing about it. I guess mom really knows and wants what is best for you too.)

So at the Stop Soldier Suicide in Belmont the following Saturday morning, I promised Def Leppard that I would show up at Midoriyama that fateful Tuesday afternoon. I did and for me, it was life changing. Some guy named Slaw made us do bear-muda triangles and run up and down the hill at the pond until I thought I was going to die. Then I was presented with one of the more memorable nicknames in F3 nation. Shockingly, I even posted that Thursday while being too sore to lay, walk, or sit, or stand.

But as a result, I have a group of male friends that will help me with anything I would ask if I need something. You have made me a better leader, friend, husband, and father. I have been challenged to do things I would have never believed I would start at 56 years old: Run 200 mile team relays; push Speed for Need chariots up the hill at McAdenville for the Christmastown 5Ks; Nomads; CSAUP’s; Iron PAX challenges; hijack the Ghost Flag in Shelby in sub-freezing temperature; posting and Qing downrange in multiple states; Rucks; Spartan races; Mud runs; and many other events where our shared experiences overcame the at-the-time misery.

Also thanks to all the PAX who I look forward to seeing every time we meet up at the shovel flag.

We found the breeze that Defib’s Q on Tuesday was missing.
Made for some hearty belly laughs during the frisbee game.
The adage about Leppard came true yet again!

Announcements:
Need runner for Tuna.
Ruck event same weekend.
Lunch at the Pita Wheel coming up.

Prayers:
Jackson Hall, Turtleman, Huck, Haze’s dad, Norwood, Hacksaw, Wirenut, Montross’ family, those unspoken.
Chili’s hamstring

Lots of miles ran. Lots of sweat dripping.

Prayers:
Westside’s family
Hacksaw
Mayor
Huck
Brillo at Navy Boot Camp
Teachers and students

Announcements:
PT tests coming up
Kings to Crowders hike
Coconut Derby
Need runners for Tuna! Get up with Pockets.

Today’s word:

39 One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”

40 But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”

42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.[a]”

43 Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

Copied from William Graham Devotion @ Billy Graham.org:

The cross means different things to different people. For some it’s just a pretty piece of jewelry. To others it’s a decoration for their home. To Christians it is a symbol of the sacrificial love of Christ and His conquering of the grave.

However, to criminals under Roman rule in the first century, and those who witnessed the punishment, the cross was a symbol of torture, cruelty, death, and humiliation.

We can learn a lot from a man on a cross. This individual’s name is only known to God. We find this man—a criminal sentenced to death—hanging beside Jesus in Luke 23:39-43.

The first lesson that we learn is that he had a correct view of reality (Luke 23:40-41) and a correct view of himself. He saw himself as a criminal who was rightly condemned for the deeds he had committed. He correctly realized that he deserved death.

Further, he had a correct view of Jesus. He recognized Jesus as the spotless Lamb of God and he testified to this while hanging on the cross. He knew he was a sinner, and Jesus was innocent.

The second lesson that we learn is that this criminal had a correct view of life after death. Though he was sentenced to death and hanging to life by a thread, he believed that his soul would continue to live after he died.

Many people today live as if this life is all there is, but the Bible says that your soul lives forever and that it will abide in one of two places—heaven or hell (Matthew 10:28; Luke 12:5; John 3:1-21).

Finally, we see that this criminal had a correct view of salvation (Luke 23:42). He saw himself as totally helpless. He could do nothing to improve his odds in life or save himself. He was now bound to death and could not escape. Yet he cries out to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.”

He wanted to offer the last thing he had to give (his soul) to Jesus. He realized that Jesus was the Son of God and that he wanted to be a part of Christ’s kingdom.

The criminal on the cross: he knew who he was and who Jesus was, he knew that his soul would continue after he died, and he knew that Jesus was the Savior. He could do nothing but cry out to Jesus and place his faith in Him for his salvation.

To which Jesus replied, “Today you will be with Me in paradise” (Luke 23:43).

Thanks for allowing me to lead.

Shoot fire and save matches. I’m turning into Slaw. It rains everytime it’s my turn to Q at Midoriyama.

However it’s not a bad thing.

How else could I become more like Slaw?
Be an absolute beast? Nope.
Be a former championship belt holder? Nope.
As Popeye says “I yam whut I am”.

Can only be an example to see if you will post forty, thirty, twenty, ten years from now when you’re my age.

For safety concerns over wet and slippery conditions on the soccer fields due to raining most of the day……
earlier YHC sent out word to meet at the picnic shelter by the playground near the pump track.

Simple instructions right?

No…it’s Midoriyama.

There’s always someone who doesn’t get the word.

I know how Short Sale feels about us cast of clowns.

Discovered one pax on the back side of the soccer fields getting in EC. Cannot admonish him now.

Get some! OOHRAH!
Run to join him.

Passed the word for him to stay by the turdshack and let any late arriving pax know location changed.

Was at the appointed place by the appointed time.

Okay gang’s all here.
Let’s get going.

Bringing Rain / Bringing the Pain
 
It’s pissing down rain like a cow on a flat rock.

Q fail. No disclaimer.
No pledge. Crap now, I’m turning into an un-American commie SOB.

Warmup

SSH. Abe Vigodas.
MNC.
Patented ROL-ROR, arm/ab/neck stretches.

Couple of Rounds of these sets of exercises with 10 to 25 reps in cadence (Except for cherry picker/droppers single counts like the burpees).
 
CDD
Superman-Iron Man
Cherry pickers, Cherry droppers, overhead claps

Incline merkins
Decline merkins
Mountain climbers
Dips

LBC
Pretzel crunch both sides
Flutters
low slow squats

MNC
Will Smiths
calf raisers
burpees

Shared some verses where Jesus used two word sentences to manifest his glory.

To the leper “Be clean”.
To the deaf mute “Be opened”.
To Jarius’ daughter “Child arise.”

Finish with more stretching.

Only had a single miscount event at Midoriyama.

Thanks guys for sharing in the fun!

Announcements
Lunch Belmont Pita Wheel.
Convergence coming up.
Coconut Horse 5 mile Sprint for the Belt.
Possible co-event with F3 Lake Wiley.
Thunder and lightning.
PT test.
Iron Pax challenge.
Check preblasts and previous backblasts for time and date.

Prayers for
Huck
Turtleman
Norwood
Mayor
Sargento
Def Leppard
Termite
Radar
Students back to school and their teachers/staff
Sarlacc
Hacksaw

All went home soaking wet from sweat.

Thanks for allowing me to Q.

It was a wonderful morning to SNOOZE.

Disclaimer.

Warmup
SSH, Abe Vigodas.

Pledge.
Mosey to Park at the CANOE ramp.
MNC

We moseyed back and forth on the Greenway Park. Mostly flat and paved. +/- .75 Mile each way. You vs you. Pick 1/4, 1/2 or 3/4 for your out and back. Multiple rounds of 63 total reps. Flying squirrels at start, then 15 of each CDDs, Big Boys, Shoulder taps, SSH at marker and return to start. Rinse and repeat.

Flutters and LBC at the CANOE ramp. Mosey back to flag.

Bedpan almost got swallowed up by a giant anaconda down by the river. Bedpan was super chill and ignored the evil wiggling horror and just trotted on by. Linus was so focused on his story telling, he was oblivious of the danger lurking nearby. Totally disappointed, the great serpent slithered off into the foliage to die of hunger.

Good to see the usual hard chargers: Radar, Defib, Roscoe, Short Sale, Bedpan, who all encourage me to push a little bit more.

Good to see Linus out and about.

Pleased to meet Snow Bunny. Keep pushing it will get easier.

Announcements: July 4th Yank at 0600, Folsom, Storm, regular time. Midoriyama closed.
Prayer requests: Radar’s sister, Jackson Hall, Huck, Turtleman, and Norwood.

YHC took us out.

Thank goodness, no one attempted to sing “Happy Birthday”, no clapping, no horns, and no somberos!