Pledge.  Welcome to F3, stated mission of F3, to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men, for the invigoration of male community leadership.  Began warmup.  YHC realizes there are some faces not recognized, one was Ocho, had not worked out with him before.  Second was an FNG.  Take a moment for disclaimer.

Continue with warmup, having the Pax give the five core principles as we go.  Mosey to the roundabout bottom of hill.

Called for Bo Dereks, 10 times up the hill, with 10 exercises at the bottom, 10 at top.  Jungle boi squats at top, V up sit ups at bottom.  Most pax had time for 6 to 8 rounds.

Head back to flag after 5 burpees for good measure.  YHC reminded that it doesn’t matter where in the pack you are, matters the effort given.

Announcements: 13 mile ruck Oct 21, benefiting Least of These  Christmas gift program, want to donate at least $1500.  Also shirt orders open for Storm and Ruck shirt, but only for a couple of more days.

Prayer requests: Praise for Anchorman father in law being able to spend time with family, and praise for little boy on Hot Corner football team recovering from car accident, prayers for Turtleman, Huck, Ratchet Jackson and family

YHC took us out

Always an honor

Tiger

Castle Rock brought an FNG to Diablo Sammich, so I had to make sure we recited the 5 Core Principles and Mission of F3.  First was the usual disclaimer and a “long way” ruck to the parking lot at Martha Rivers (through the neighborhood and connector path, which was darker than Tequila Sunrise on a cloudy morning).  Then we paused for a quick round of Mary and those important bits of insight into who and what F3 really is.  Then we rucked around the softball fields and back to Pelican’s.  Great to see Castle Rock and glad to meet Red Rocks this morning!

Prayers for Turtleman and Bandit’s brother-in-law

Privileged to lead!

• Nutria

Two Ruckers and 4 Runners posted at Members only this morning. 5 HIM stuck around for Q Source and there was much loud talking (Harris Teeter decided to run the floor cleaner during our session). Regardless we talked about Candor and the importance of giving and receiving hard truths.

I liked the quote in the QSource Dredd received from a manager “Nothing should surprise me unless you are surprised as well”.

7 HIM posted to enjoy the cooler weather for a 5 mile run through Willow Creek neighborhood.

Prayers:

Turtleman, Huckleberry, Tiger’s parents, Norwood and anchorman father-in-law

Yesterday, I went to see Turtleman at CMC Main. He received the green light to be moved to the new Rehabilitation Center next door. That was the first time he had taken a breath of fresh air since his admission in early August. He is still in a battle to recover and it’s a long road ahead. Please continue to pray for he and his family 🙏. A specific prayer would be for his appetite to increase. He has to start eating more to get through this PT. He thanked me for being there several times. Afterword’s, I went home and hugged my daughter and told her about my day. I feel guilty that I get to come home and love on my family. Does that sound crazy?  I wish I could trade a week with him so that he could come home, eat 3 meals a day, sleep in his own bed, love on his wife and kids and regain the strength to take on this battle. He just needs a break, but that’s not an option. Sorry, I’m just overwhelmed with emotions from my visit with him.

I set up a ten foot wide circle of four post cards with a specific exercise at each station. We did each exercise in a rotating order 3x’s. Then we moseyed to the nature trail while riffle carrying our coupons. Dropped them at the bottom of the hill and bear crawled up the hill, did 20 squats and moved over to the benches. There we did 20 triceps dips, then 20 incline merkins. Moseyed back to our coupons and  carried them back to base. Flip the cards over and there were 4 new exercises that we rinsed and repeated 3x’s.

With just a few minutes left, we did Mary for 3 minutes.

Good work men!

I’m looking forward to giving up PainLab next week to the new AO. Be there to fins out who!

When I arrived at 0520, Roscoe already had blocks set up in the side parking lot between the school and track. We agreed that the blocks and exercises should be in one location. To account for the 0.2-mile track, I suggested running an extra lap at the start of the workout.  At 0525, Kool-Aid arrived. Seeing the blocks laid out, he realized that today was not the day to forget gloves and immediately went back “across the street” to get them.  In the meantime, Defib, Tiger and Tesla showed up as time approached 0530.  We explained the rules (pre-lap, then 5 rounds…).  As the clock struck 0530, Roscoe and I decided that his phone will be the official timer for the event and Kool-Aid was screeching back into the parking lot on 2 wheels.  Thinking on his feet like a true leader, Roscoe calls for the pledge to give Kool-Aid time to get to the starting point, then we all start together.  Well done!

Tiger had his heart set on AC/DC to accompany the grueling block work.  Unfortunately, there was a Q-fail and no music.  Instead, we enjoyed the oscillating hum of industrial-strength “AC” harmonized with random grunts and block noises rather than “DC.”

The workout itself sucked just like it appears on paper.  Beast that he is, Defib led the way (35 minutes, Aye!) and then did extra Blockies to help push me through the final round.  Tesla finished strong at exactly one hour.

All in all, it was a great start to the day.  Thanks to the 5 HIM’s who joined me for this voluntary torture!

– Nutria