Author: WaterBoy

Beautiful morning for a nice meetup and run with some other fitness bros.  We started with the pledge, followed by the description of the route.  We did the reverse Roscoe, that was not actually the Roscoe route– it’s the route that is all downhill, yet it starts and ends at the same place.  It was picked because along the way the Lord opened up the sky and showed us a beautiful sunrise just as we came down one of the hills.  Some men along the way thought we were certainly going to be longer than 5 miles, but I assured them, they were all wrong.  The final mileage total was 5.4, and in every mathematics class I’ve ever taken results in a rounded value of 5 miles.  Just like I said… 5 miles!

Announcements:  June1 PT test, the other announcements have already slipped by us before I put in this timely backblast.

Prayer Requests:  Gavel’s family, Turtleman, Graduates, and a few others.

5.30 sharp, Pledge, and a short description of the run route.  Two options this morning – one, we leave the parking lot, circle McDonald’s once only and come back to the parking lot of the Pub.  This was a route for those who ran even shorter last week and are incrementally increasing their distances.  You know who you are.

The other route, was the half Defib route forward, followed by the new Roscoe in reverse for the second half of our run.  Uphill the entire duration of the run.  Somehow we ended back at the same spot.  Also it should be noted the run was dead on 5 miles in length, despite some encouraging online classes in Map My Run.

All were accounted for, so we did announcements as part of the COT.  Closed out with prayer.

Take a Powder means – departing quickly, usually before something bad happens.

Announcements –

Donations of home furniture and such – see Roscoes Post on Slack

Extinction Run April 20, 10am

Q School March 2nd

Prayers

Mr Hand made it back to F3

Holt Robinson

Turtleman

Cherie Berry

Breaker Breaker’s aunt

If you missed this one at the Pub, you really missed it.  This time at the Pub, we did something totally different – not sure it’s ever been done before at the Pub.  We picked a route, and then ran it.  It was unbelievable…you just had to be there to understand.  There were 5 brave men that showed up, and we ran the Wells Fargo route.  But this time, on the way back, we ran on West Perry and West Lee.  Usually, we do East Perry and East Lee, but because we ran the route backward – which may have actually been forward – the street names change to the direction in which you run.  I’m pretty confident that’s how it works.

Announcements – Convergence on Monday at the Honey Hunters Field, Coconut Belt Sunday morning – big weekend for F3.

Prayers for Turtleman, Jackson Hall, Norwood.

Have you ever seen those guys at the gym that would circle the parking lot looking for the closest parking space and then go inside and get on a treadmill?  All who showed this morning at the PUB got to witness the equivalent.

Tube – will you give Power Red?

It was a beautiful morning of darkness and streetlights, 50-ish degrees and all of us were quietly wondering how JJ was surviving at such frigid temperatures without a Balaclava, double gloves (“you had two pair of gloves?”),  and a down track suit.

How about Power Red?

We spoke the Pledge of Allegiance to our great nation, which does have it’s own set of problems, but we are thankful the Lord has planted us here… and then got to work.  ‘Work’ hardly seems like work when you find yourself in the company as such men as the PAX that showed this morning.  We had runners and ruckers (Power Red); the runners made their way toward the Armory and back, and the Ruckers did a loop in an apartment complex.  Heart rates were increased, stories were told, and we gathered back around the area between the flag and… ‘the Parker’.  Roscoe made sure everyone found their way around ‘the Parker’ to locate the COT.

Have you considered Power Red?

We solved an important matter – the minimum height at which you could give blood is most definitely less than 4’11”; broke fellowship and made our ways back to our vehicles and homes, with some of us having a MUCH shorter distance than others.

Announcements (Power Red):

Christmas Party Dec 3, Marathoners and Half Marathoners over the next two weekends, the Speed for Need that is coming up, Blood Drive (Power Red)…

Folks to remember to pray for:

Breaker Breaker’s family moving back to town- one is in the job hunt, Turtleman, and Amazon with the arrival of the new little one.

I was a pinch hitter for Stinky Bird today.  I was glad to help fill in.

The goal today was to see if we could make Folgers upchuck again… (he didn’t know it though)

We started with the Pledge … proud to be here.

Warmup – Side Straddles, bridge ups, blah blah  – let’s run to the playground for some fun.

It went down like this…. 25 dips, 20 hanging knee ups, 10 pull ups, 25 squats, 20 pushups, 15 CDDs, 25 single leg calf raise (then do other side for 25), and 10 underhand close grip pullups.  Run a lap around the playground area, where we enter the playground and do set number two.  We did 4 sets.  We ran back to the Martha’s entrance, 50 LBCs, with a sprint back to the Labs parking lot where we finished with some abs round robin.

Did he upchuck?  Nope.  Not even close.  Pay attention here… I am proud of you Folgers.  It’s been super cool to watch your progression.  Captain Stubing, EZ Rider, it was a pleasure to work out with you guys!

Prayer Requests – for families.  For Stinky Bird’s back.