Had the Q on 5/25 and it was an absolute grind:

WU: Gravel Pickers, R over L/L over R, low slow squat, mosey. At each light post, 5 Mike Tyson’s to Rec center. Pledge.

WOD: 11’s around the parking lot. Exercise at each corner. For example: 1 flutter kick (1..2..3..1), run to next corner 1 burpee, run to next corner 1 squat, run to next corner 1 Merkin. 1 lap complete so now 2 of each, then three of each, to 11. Indian run back to tennis court parking lot for Mary consisting of Cherry pickers, kraken burpees, and LBC’s.

We finished with COT praise reports, prayer reports, and closed in prayer.

The US National Whitewater Center Time Laps Relay is a 24-Hour relay consisting of teams of 1, 6 or 12 “runners”.  Having 7 or more on your team you compete with the 12-person teams.  Team F3 Rock Pushers was assembled of nine Gaston guys who pushed the hell out of rocks for the entire 24 hours.  We had seven trails to choose from ranging from one mile to 6.8 miles, each route earned the team points based on difficulty.

Our day started with Termite and Orangeman claiming our camp spot as the rest of the guys trickled and raced in before the kickoff dinner and race briefing.

7:00pm Termite toed the line and tore through a 6.8 mile trail called corn-panda followed by Balljoint running 6.3 on east main, Flintstone running 5 on Fig-North, BOS running 4.5 on Academy, Gearwrench running 3.5 on Field Trip, Orangeman running 3.2 on South, Mabelline flying through the 1 mile channel loop, Barney running 5 on Fig-North and Sparky running the 4.5 mile Academy to complete our first team loop.

There is method to this madness.  I know…Mabelline on a one mile and BOS on 4.5?  BOS runs the channel loop later in the planned attack.  If teams run all seven trails in 8 hours the team receives bonus points.  There are also bonus points for other challenges along with free WWC passes, and beer too.

Our team ran from 7pm Friday to 7pm Saturday using almost every minute available. On the trails we logged 109 race miles running one at a time.  Remember the bonus points mentioned above.  Every eight hours we played a game of go find the orange cone.  The WWC was divided in a grid and we were provided an area where the cone would be.  This was done three times each time having to find eight cones.  The mileage clocked during these challenges most likely exceeded the mileage we racked up during the race.  We gathered bonus points for running all seven trails and gathering orange cones all three times they were offered.

A big thank you to the men who came out to hang and cheer us on.  Jane Fonda, Cheez Whiz, Eh Yall, and 2.0,  Pilgrims Progress, Sargento & M.  Plus a huge shoutout to Hacksaw and RoundUp who came out and ran a few loops with the guys.  RoundUp chased Sparky through the trail so fast they missed one of the check ins.  In Sparky’s defense we heard that fork in the trail was missed many times over the weekend.

Many different strategies were tested during the race.  We had friendly competition with the Harrisburg and MeCa F3 teams and all tried to get all bonus points along with all the miles possible.  We fell short but had a great time.  Well except for when Gearwrench was racing with RoundUp through the trails, twisted his ankle so severe he basically flipped his foot upside down.  RoundUp said he saw the sole of his shoe on top of his foot!

In total there were 300+ runners on 63 team, 5 of those teams were F3 all who ran a total of 5894.2 miles.

A great time was had by all.  Next year we should have two F3 Gastonia teams race each other.

Peace!  BOS

Five runners, mostly old, four ruckers, all old, and a spectator, also old showed up at Stowe Park for Ground Assault.

Runners traced the Park to Park to Park route out to Kevin Loftin Park and back for 5ish miles.  Ruckers rucked off into the shadows for 3ish miles. Upon return the spectator was still waiting on the park bench.

Announcements:  Memorial Day Murph at Sandlot.  Thermal Trail Ride/ Run/ Walk/ Ruck + Lunch & Arcade 6/3.

Prayers for students and teachers finishing up the school year.

Doodles closed us out in prayer.

Beautiful morning at the Ricky Bobby.  A little cool and dry.  Almost perfect.

As YHC arrives the are some new faces.  Seems that this young man and what appeares to be a counselor are in town to visit the Nascar Hall Of Fame and catch the Memorial Day race.  They were looking for a Wed morning workout when lo and behold, The Ricky Bobby.  It must be fate.

There were some familiar faces also.  The tried and true.

Nutria runs up and plants the flag, a few hellos, and its time to get busy.

Started with some lite stretching, 22 merkins, squats, and LBC’S in honor of Memorial Day.

Mosey to rear parking lot of school for Dora. Partner up. 100 merkins, 200 squats, 300 LBC’s.  P2 runs down the length of parking lot and flapjack.

3 nickel across track.  Bobby Hurleys and mountain climbers.

120 calf raises.

10 merkins, squats, and lbcs at each pole in front of school.

Almost a Q fail until the PAX remained about the Pledge.

Pledge

It was good to see the new faces as well as the regulars.  All were great guys and we had a good time.

It was an honor and a privilege.

AYE!!!!!!!

Timeframe

German Geriatric Porn, who knew?  Pilgrims Progress that’s who.  And now you do to.  So, unstrap your buckles, and check your knees, Tesla’s working on livestreaming that s&*t to you for free.  10 or 11 HIM Pax at The Storm this morning, I’m still looking for that odd man.

Disclaimer:
Pledge:
Warm up:
The Thang:
Exercise and short lap around building……numbers may not reflect accuracy
SSH- 30
Squats-25
Merkins-20
LBC-25
Calf raise-30

Street Sprints – OYO and then partner.

Return back to do below while still taking laps.
Dips-20
Big Boy -10
5 burpees
20 Heels to heaven
15 CDD

Partner Exercise/Run:  Partner 1 mosey while Partner 2:  Rinse and repeat.
Lunge walk
Bearcrawl
Inchworm
Bunny Hop

Mary:  Short Round of Mary

Time:
Announcements:
Tequila Sunrise:  Maybe it’s Maybelline with the Q
6/3 Forest City – Ride-along event with arcade games
Memorial Day Murph, Monday 5/29 7:00 am Sandlot

Prayers:
Radar’s sister, McKenzie
Watts Up Father In Law
Graduations tomorrow
Tigers Family
Bubba Sparxx and Gearwrench injuries

I had a great time this morning, honored to Q

Linus

Lots of discussion about Defib’s beatdown yesterday afternoon at Midoriyamama. Someone also shared the story about someone who used to call Big Boys until the doctor told him it looked like and STD and his M spilled the beans. Show to know.

Come to Folsom Saturday for the worst-kept secret in F3 Gastonia.

Prayer Requests: Ratchet’s 2.0, Broke’s co-worker, Westside’s friend, Huck, Haze. YHC took us out in prayer.

No rep for Sister Act.

8 HIM were not afraid to post for a Defib Q at Midoriyama.  Disclaimer was given that I was looking forward to Q’ing.

Warm-up

5 Burpees OYO, SSH, Merkins and grass pickers

Thang:

Mosey across the street with stops at each light pole for more burpees.  Then set up for burpee sides with escalating burpees with each round.  Mosey back to Flag and pick up coupons for some Dora 1,2,3 with 100 squat thrusters, 200 curls and 300 overhead presses (but ran out of time so Omaha to 150 OH presses)

Announcements:

2nd F Lunch at The Lodge in Belmont 5/24

Bike ride Forest City June 3rd meet at Mexican restaurant at 10am

Annihilation workout by Boudin June 3 at the Yank

Prayer requests:

Mike Williams (Broke’s co-worker) needing heart surgery

Purple Haze’s foot

Happy Tree’s family

Ratchet’s 2.0

Wojo’s Dad