Fitness, Fellowship, Faith
It seemed like only yesterday YHC was sending JRR Tolkien a txt saying “This SpeedForNeed Thing, I have to be a part of it. I have to push a Chair do you Understand, I have to!” Fast forward 5 months and here we are at Gashouse’s inaugural SpeedForNeed Race! Something changed in YHC when I saw this thing that is SpeedForNeed; there was a deep down in your gut Heart response for YHC….this mattered.
Wow is it November 25th already? The day seemed to take FOREVER to get here….and then when it was upon YHC it seemed like there wasn’t enough time! YHC was a nervous wreck the day of! Would all the Track Commanders make it? Would their Families have parking? Would anyone get hurt and so many more things flooded YHC mind. Then what should’ve happened first Pray! God was in this YHC knew he was in this! And let me tell you for those of you reading this that were unable to make it HE showed up in a BIG MAGICAL way!
The Families arrived one by one and YHC talked with them as they arrived. YHC had the pleasure of meeting James’s, Amy’s and Austin’s families before the race. And I have the Pleasure of knowing T-Square as my F3 brother for about 2 1/2 years now! YHC didn’t know at the start of all this that meeting the families BEFORE the race would be such a blessing. Men that’s where the connection happens! You get to KNOW there stories and their stories matter! Edison, Dolph, and Pizza Man all went with YHC to meet there riders, and having met them there’s more of a bond on the track the day/night of a race! If YHC could recommend anything to a Q / Driver for future events it would be to meet the families before a race it makes all the difference.
Thank you everyone involved in this at Gashouse! All of you made a difference that night with these kids. They were smiling and you could see the joy in their eyes! Thank you JRR Tolkien for sharing your vision and making it come alive for the f3 Nation to serve some of the most overlooked members of society through SpeedForNeed! Men I just don’t know how to emphasize YHC heartfelt gratitude for you all jumping in head first with YHC in this adventure!
The Thang:
Here’s what YHC remembered …what a whirl wind…. We are gathered at the tent…17:30 time to get the Track commanders in the chariots….the Primary drivers of each Chariot load the commanders in! Gather in front of the YMCA in the street! BOM now while we have everyone! Pray!! Pray that we would be HIS light! That we would Be the difference….that the riders would experience JOY!!! And that we all would be protected from injury! Wow….prayers answered. Let’s go! We head to the starting line and lineup at the start 4 in a row with all the PAX right behind the chariots. At this point as YHC looks at all of YOU …YHC fighting back tears! You had to see it men! From YHC’s perspective looking at ALL of you. What a group of men….doing this on a Saturday night holiday weekend….and you’re all there support these kids….humbled…almost brought YHC to his knees . The image of all of you at the start will FOREVER be etched in YHC mind!
Were off! 2mins prior to the race the course is ours!…YHC runs with Pizza Man and Amy ( she was SO excited ) to start so YHC could see her because YHC knew Pizza Man was going to tear it up and well…YHC just isn’t that fast! Drop back hang with Dolph and Austin! Man Austin was loving it smiling and laughing! Drop back run with Edison and James….the smile on James priceless! Drop back run with T-Square and Mason! Mason looking around….taking it all in chilled and relaxed as he’s on this ride! ….hey YHC can still see Pizza Man….sprint (I know Defib doctors orders no sprinting) YHC only did it once! Only because I couldn’t catch him again! Rinse and repeat the drop back sequence….YHC continued to cut through drop back as much as possible to be able to spend as much time as possible with each Track Commander. As we were heading back YHC could no longer catch Dolph or Pizza Man so I ran through to the end with James and Edison! As YHC got back in line with them YHC notice a PAX about 30 yards or so ahead carrying a flag and yelling to the crowed…” this is James! Cheer for James” well done Norwood! Well done indeed! Run though the finish line!….YHC knew Mason was out there still….run back through the finish an d backwards on the course YHC heard his 2.1 yelling “ Dad your going the wrong way!” As I see Mason coming with the “Girazelle” known as Sargento driving …grab a side ToolTime and we jail break it in through the finish! Gather again with the Pax avaible …and BOM …JRR Tolkien at YHC request prays for the group again.
Then back to the finish line! And watch Mayor, Hushpuppy, Pockets, Roadie, Huckleberry and others finish their 5k’s (PROUD OF YOU MEN! AYE!)….then Bam just as quick as it started its over….some fellowship and stories shared of experiences on the course ….stories of the joy of the riders….wow…the joy of the riders…that’s what it’s all about men …that right their….sharing Joy by doing something for some one that can’t do it for themselves! That’s WHY we are here on this Earth! YHC asked each of the Primary drivers to write a little something….here are their recaps!
The Christmastown 5k was finally here and you could feel the excitement meeting all the Track Commanders at the SFN tent. I had the honor to drive Amy along with some HIMS from F3 Gastonia. There was nothing like the anticipation of having 4 chariots at the start line and wanting to give the Track Commanders the time of their lives through the lights. As we hit the streets of McAdenville, the crowds were priceless. Every supporter we passed cheered louder and louder!! With every cheer and all the lights, we could hear Amy’s excitement in her voice. Every time we heard her excitement we pushed harder. Heading back to the finish line the supporters were chatting Amy, Amy, Amy. With all the Christmas lights and the supporters along the course, my words can’t describe the excitement we saw in Amy as we crossed the finish line!!! I would like to thank Quiche, Defib, and WeeWee for helping me give Amy the time of her life. This was truly one of the most memorable days of my life. Special thanks to Tolkien and ToolTime for giving me this opportunity. I would like to give a shout out to the men of F3, their M’s, and 2.0’s for all the support.
Pizza Man
TClaps ToolTime for pushing this event. Great job brother, honored to be part of it. Tool Time and I went to meet Austin and his parents last week, and yeah it was a little awkward but we had a good conversation and we were set and ready for the 25th. Austin is 6 and has cerebral palsy and can’t talk or walk but he has this little laugh that we heard a couple of times tonight that lets you know he is having fun. We were Team Green and we had a blast. Following a good distance behind Pizza Man we were rolling. The lights were bright and shining and the crowd cheering and shaking their cow bells as we ran by seemed to get Austin excited and he would kick his legs and let out that little laugh. Slaw kept pace with us and offered to push for a while, which I took him up on. As we ran through the neighborhood Austin got excited and somehow managed to throw out one of the side pads from his chair, I told Slaw to keep going as I went back to get it. Seeing Austin kick and laugh was awesome. Honored to be a part of it. It was a great time had by all for sure and look forward to the next one. Thanks to all the Pax for coming out as well. #ISI
Dolph
ToolTime and I met James and his grandfather “Pop Pop” at Holy Angels about 2 weeks before race night. Pop Pop took us on a tour of the facilities and we had an opportunity to hang out with James for a little while. What an awesome little guy. Although he doesn’t communicate verbally, you can tell by his smile and his actions, he is following along. From the moment I met him, I knew race night was going to be special.
On race night, we got James strapped in to his chariot and met in the middle of the street for BOM. Team blue met and made its way to the start line. Team blue consisted of Wheezy, Freight, Ash Pond, Madoff and 2.0s, Norwood, WoJo, Blart, McEnroe, ToolTime, JRR Tolkien and Graham who is my son’s and James’ best friend.
When the race started, team blue set out at a modest pace. As we watched Pizza Man’s and Dolph’s groups pull away, we heard James laughing out loud as the lights passed by. Team blue was amazing, at the beginning of every uphill climb, 2 guys would grab handles on the side of the chariot and help get up the hill. A short way into the race, Norwood, carrying the American flag, pulled about 30 yards in front of our group. Every group of spectators that he passed, he would yell, “This is James, cheer for James!” The whole course was filled with people cheering “GO JAMES!” as we passed. Team blue finished mostly together and met for prayer with the group at the finish line.
This was such an awesome experience. Thank you JRR Tolkien for SpeedForNeed and everything you do. Thank you ToolTime for helping bring Speed For Need to Gaston County. Thank you Pop Pop for sharing James with us. Thank you team blue for sharing this experience with me. I look forward to more SpeedForNeed events in the future.
Edison
I feel honored to be a part of F3 and appreciate the opportunity to push Mason in this special event. We enjoyed meeting the other Speed For Need riders and their families, as well. This was definitely a memorable experience for my family!
F3 GasHouse has been there for me & my family through the good & bad. Thank you guys SO much!
T-Square
1 Corinthians 16:13 (NLT)
13 Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous.[a] Be strong.
13 Be alert, stand firm in the faith, act like a man, be strong.
Proverbs 27:
17Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.
THANK YOU ALL!
Great work today by all PAX. It was an honor to lead you men!
Tool Time
It was a cold but clear Sunday morning at Coconut Horse. 12 hours earlier, The Pax could be found doing work of a higher calling, “pushing the rock” at SPEED FOR NEED during the McAdenville 5K (GREAT job, by the way, TOOL TIME!!!), so I wasn’t expecting too many to show for the early morning hour. Thankfully, Sargento and I had talked Saturday and committed to the run. Defib had given me a soft commit at Speed for Need, so I was hoping to be able to endure the gloom with someone in addition to Sargento, with whom I have spent hundreds of mornings of gloom.
I showed up about 7 minutes early, almost hitting a darkly clad gentleman walking down S. New Hope Road at 613 AM wearing white “Beats.” Sargento rolled in about 5 minutes later, looking fresh and ready after the previous nights jaunt at Christmastown USA. He mentioned that he saw the gentleman as well, but didn’t come as close to hitting him. At least he was walking against traffic instead of with traffic and had white “Beats” on, would have been harder to see otherwise. Much to my chagrin, Defib left us hanging. I tried to put on a good face for Sargento. He, in usual fashion, was in a good mood, trying to tell corny jokes.
Warm up: None. When you run, the first 1/2-1 mile is the warm up; trying to do something before running is just wasted energy that could have been used for running.
The Thang: We set out at 631 for a 5.1 mile run. Where we went, you will never know, but Sargento and I have a rule that you always try to run a road that you have never run before, so needless today, the DOG and GOD run were modified. We also tend to talk about whatever comes to our minds. This can make for interesting conversations, as “runners brain” often takes over. For those of you who cannot relate to this, I would recommend that you go run 2 miles as fast as you can and then try to have a conversation about something deeper than what time you woke up that day. It can be challenging!
Despite this runners brain, I couple of things stood out from our conversation today:
What a great way to spend a cold Sunday morning, running with a good friend. Wouldn’t have it any other way!
Aye!
The regularly appointed time for today’s workout was delayed until 7am due to the fact that it was Thanksgiving! Hope you guys enjoyed the extra sleep. This holiday can be minimized or overlooked sometimes but it is a important day to reflect and recognize all that the Lord provides us. We should never take all of our blessings for granted, especially one as awesome as the opportunity to work our bodies. Let’s get it on!
Pledge of Allegiance
Warmup
Goofballs x15IC
Shoulder Presses x15IC
Grass Pokers x10IC kind of
Mosey up the road but then a quick about face down to the bridge to Goat Island.
Thang part one
Bear Crawl the wooden span of the bridge to the other side. Once the six arrives perform about 10 Fairy Jacks IC. Then karaoke to the bridge at the other side of the island. Crab Walk the span of this bridge and plank for the six. Mosey across the bridge then karaoke to the other bridge, cross it for more Fairy Jacks. Bear Crawl the length of the bridge again and plank for the six. Skip (yes like when you were a kid) all the way to the other bridge. Crab Walk this bridge again then mosey down to the parking lot.
Thang part two
Doracides – Partner up and do cumulative 100 World War II situps, 200 Peter Parkers, 300 Dying Cockroaches and 400 LBCs. While partner 1 exercises the other does suicide runs to the first light pole, then the second, then to the end of parking lot (not the next light since there wasn’t one!). This six pack maker should help with the mega meals we were sure to indulge in later on.
We finished with just enough time to mosey back to the start.
Announcements and Prayer Requests
Great work today men. I’m still sore. You are all awesome and I am Thankful for you friendship!
7 HIM blew back the covers of the fartsack to show on a cold brisk morning at the Yank. Our resident mumble chatter (Tool Time) getting over his sickness, I was sure to get a laugh or two. Orangeman showed with a surprise FNG, his twin brother, up from the Atlanta area. The morning was sure to be fun! With Broke, Slim Shady and DR Seuss ready to go as well we started.
Warm up. All in cadence
10 x goofballs
10 x SSH
10 x Cherry Pickers
10 x Flutter Kicks
10 x WW1 Sit-Ups which I found that our PAX didn’t want to help with my in cadence count
Mosey to the corner of Woodrow and North Main and stop. I found myself telling the PAX that the next few exercises would sequential. starting with the honor of the 12 disciples.
12 x Hillbillies
Mosey to the corner of Woodrow and North Central and stop. In honor of our veterans we did
22 x Merkins
Mosey to the corner North Central and West Myrtle in front the school and stop. In honor of my favorite book. The Bible. Which is made of 66 small books.
66 x LBC’s
Now that my sequential part had taken a hit by our shy PAX we moseyed down to the ball field behind Belmont Middle School for some ab work. Robbing some moves from Tool Time’s back blast we completed
10 x Oblique V-ups each side
10 x American Hammers
10 x WW1 Sit-Ups
10 x Crunchy Frogs
10 x Freddy Mercury
10 x Dying Cockroaches
Rinse and repeat. After more sarcasm about my sequential remark I asked for anyone to guide us on some yoga to help stretch us for the 5K. Slim Shady stepped up and guided us through some yoga plank moves. Being halfway through the workout we devided into teams and played some Frisbee rules football. Not keeping score we had a blast chasing a slippery and hard football around. 15 Min. to go, we mosey to the picnic shelter for some merry. Everyone took a turn calling out an exercise. A few Burpees, Al Gore, Step-ups, Derkins, Diamond Merkins, Cherry Pickers, and some Dips, we mosey to the statue for the COT and naming our FNG.
Annoucements
Speed for Need tonight 5K if you are not running, please come support
Christmas party Dec 1st
Convergence at the Shield Dec 2nd. Bring toys for Operation Sweet tooth
Pizzaman is collecting shoes
Prayer request
Slim Shady and M on new baby
All our PAX and traveling family members.
That we can spread the message of God’s will. That we can impact more men in our area.
Thank you brothers for helping me everyday and for letting me spend time with you for an hour of your day. Aye!!
14 showed at Midoriyama on Tuesday. I figured since we had a SFN race coming up we might as well get in some more running.
Pledge
Warmup:
I asked one PAX to give me a core principle of F3.
We did a few warmup exercises and then we started the mosey.
The Thang:
We moseyed across the road to the new loop. Stopped and done some core work while we waited on the 6. Moseyed some more. As we came to some of the fences we did lunges(forward and backward) and some bearcrawls. We also stopped a few times for more core work. During some of these stops I would call on another PAX to tell us another core principle. We made our way back across the street to the shed for stepups and dips. We moseyed back to the main drag. Starting at one end we moseyed to the other stopping at each light pole for 5 jump squats. Once complete we made our way back to the flag.
COT:
Announcements: SFN Christmas Town race, Christmas party 12/1, Convergence and OST collection 12/2. Pizza Man is collecting used shoes to donate. Be on the lookout for him.
Prayer Request and Prayer
Moleskin:
5 core principles
It was nice to see Whoopee tweet asking if anyone would be in the Sunset Beach area over Thanksgiving since I would be at Ocean Isle Beach with the family at the same time. I immediately responded that I’m in……..not sure it was the best idea.
After some early recon, we agreed to meet at the Sunset Beach park near the Sunset Beach bridge on the mainland side. Can you tell I’m stretching out the text of the backblast?
We arrived at the exact same time. It was dark. Whoopee immediately declares, “It’s colder than I expected.” Hmmmm…..there’s an app for that.
Having only driven past this park in the past, I was not sure what we were getting into as it was not lit at all. Regardless…..let’s get after it.
Short mosey around the walking/running path for some warm up:
SSH X 10
LBC’s X 12
The Thang
A photographer shows up about this time (apparently to take some pics of the sunrise), it was still dark and I think we scared him pretty good, especially in my F3 Ninja gear.
Mosey over to a memorial for local veterans for the Pledge and our first round of IC work:
Merkins X 15
LBC’s X 25
Squats X 15
Rinse & Repeat
Mosey around the length of the path back to the Memorial for round 2:
Dips X 15
Flutter Kicks X 25
Lunge Walk along the path for….I think about 20 miles
Rinse & Repeat
Mosey around the length of the path plus some to get to the other side of the park near the waterway for Round 3:
Derkins X 15
Freddy Mercury’s X 25
Step Ups X 15
Rinse & Repeat
Mosey around the length of the path back to the waterway side location to finish off with a set of each of the previous exercises IC:
I believe it was during this Mosey that we realized the photographer was dressed like a Teletubby, specifically Laa-Laa (the yellow one). He really was decked out like this. If you are not familiar with the Teletubbies, Google it…..you will be amazed and probably creeped out as I was when my kids briefly watched the show.
Merkins X 15
LBC’s X 25
Squats X 15
Dips X 16 (lost count)
Flutter Kicks X 25
Lunge Walk another 20 miles
Derkins X 15
Freddy Mercury’s X 25
Step Ups X 15
I believe it was just before the last set of Freddy Mercury’s that the photographer’s phone started ringing, it was some glorious bagpipe music and I asked him if he was Scottish. He replied no and that he just wanted a ringtone that was loud and obnoxious so I replied, “Oh, you mean like Whoopee?” Whoopee proceeded to count out the reps in a ‘not very accurate’ Scottish accent. All I could envision was Fat Bastard from Austin Power’s fame.
One last Mosey around the park path and we’re done.
I just realized we did not officially do the COT even though we did have an informal prayer request section.
The Moleskin
Not sure I would have ever imagined getting in a workout such as this during a Thanksgiving Holiday trip to the beach with the family. I have ran before but not really gotten in a workout like this before gorginig myself with food. Thanks for the push Whoopee.
I have said this before, but I am very grateful to F3 Gastonia, F3 Nation and all my F3 brothers. You guys have changed my life in a positive way.
We all have the struggles of leading families, work, community, etc. but we also have a lot to be thankful for. I know I do and I do not remember this enough.
I’m looking forward to the next workout. (Probably tomorrow)
Until the next one.
Aye!
Stroganoff
I apologize for the delay but since this was a pseudo CSAUP event the 24 hour backblast rule is a little gray.
Unfortunately my plans to eat at a decent breakfast eatery near Crowder’s Mountain went awry when everywhere decent I checked was closed on Sunday except for McDonald’s. I arrived about ten minutes early and sorted my car out and wondered to myself if anyone would bother to show but I had a good feeling that my hiking partner Stroganoff would and at 0600 hours there he was. The pre-blast had a 0600-0640 breakfast timelime and no one else showed so I wondered how many would actually come for the hike. About 0645 JK2 showed up and ordered some food to go so I knew we would have at least 3.
I pulled out right on time and wondered why Stroganoff wasn’t behind me. I waited and figured he was being a good wingman for JK2. Only later did I learn that someone left their phone in the head and had to go retrieve it.
We pulled into the Linwood access at 0658 and the gates were open and there was the Nantan and his crew waiting to go. Kotter Richard Simmons let me know he was coming since he signed up for a HTL Ruck in 2018. Once he appeared nine PAX got in two clown cars and off we went to the Boulder’s access at Kings Mountain. Defib and I registered our vehicles while everyone hit the head and got organized. Before I could set the tone for “church on the mountain”, Stroganoff ripped JK2 with a quip about his Ron Jeremy mustache. JK2 didn’t know who that was and some others pretended they didn’t either. This was the first of many Ron jokes the rest of the day. I decided we needed to read the “Mile One” verse before we started. GENESIS 2:15 “Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it.” God intends for us to work and through our efforts we can honor God by fulfilling our purpose to work.
We then headed out on the trail. It was clear and brisk to start. We went up a hill and down a hill and I walked past some signage and kept going. Fortunately the wiser group in the back called to us and said we were heading towards South Carolina so we returned to the sign and made the appropriate adjustment. It could have been a very long day.
We had a good pace and there was lots of fellowship along the way. The group of nine all stayed close together. I learned all about Richard Simmon’s training for the GoRuck in Charlotte next year. He had a 40 lb plate in his ruck which made the rest of feel pretty weak in comparison. He also had a feisty female voice on his phone telling all of us constantly to pick up the pace.
Everyone had on a pack of some sort from Camel-backs to first aid kits and food. Monk, the stoic that he is, only had his thoughts with him and a few snacks in his coat pocket. He had a water bottle that probably held about 3 ounces. Fortunately I had at least half a case so I gladly gave him some of mine later in the day. At every mile we stopped to read another verse of scripture and share a lesson. For the first 3-4 miles we only saw one person…an odd man sitting on a bench who seemingly came out of nowhere. Both Monk and JK2 had foot problems during the hike. Monk later declared that his boots were too small. However between some quality first aid and fresh socks there were no complaints.
On the Ridgeline trail there is an option to climb to King’s Pinnacle. There was a discussion about whether or not to do this but Stroganoff didn’t hesitate and led the way and the others followed. We arrived at the top with the mountain to ourselves. We had a snack break and Stronagoff ate a delicious looking smashed PBJ sandwich. Then Freight tried in vain to get his phone to take our picture by balancing it on a near vertical steep rock face. Suddenly two strangers appeared and Monk asked them to take our photo. When they asked if we would take theirs, I believe Monk said “NO”! It was a pretty well timed joke but of course we took their photo.
From this point of the trail and we were about halfway and we past many hikers coming from Crowders or the Sparrow Springs parking lot. At one point near Sparrow Springs the trail was closed as indicated with about a fifteen foot section of Crime Scene Tape. Someone said, “anybody got a dime? Somebody’s going to have to go back and get a sh%tload of dimes!”
We crossed another road and had a Mayor of Charlotte sighting. She was walking her dog and actually passed us twice on the trail. From this point the elevation increases towards Crowder’s Mountain. Eventually we made it to the Crowder’s Pinnacle where there were what seemed like hundreds of people. After a mosey down the stairs we ended at the Linwood parking lot where we finished with a COT. JK2 drove Defib and me back to the Boulder’s Access and we called it a day.
During the times we stopped for bible verses, Def Leppard could almost always repeat the verse with just a few hints. He is a wise sage and I appreciate his impact on me.
All in all it was a great day with all three F’s on the Mountain. Next time we will start from South Carolina for the whole trail. I don’t think it would add much distance but at least it would resolve the feeling of unfinished business.
Psalm 1 18:6 “The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?”
Live without fear and you can be free knowing that your ultimate destination is in heaven.
I appreciate all the F3 brothers that I have crossed paths with over the last several years. The hike was right around the 11 mile mark. I know that Def Leppard thought this was a CSAUP. I can’t argue with that especially since the soreness I experienced this week was ridiculous!
It was a pleasure to lead as always.
YHC was optimistic about the turnout for a turkey day serving of breakfast in the gloom. A few loyal Folsom PAX had already claimed their deer stand as preference over the AO…….which may have been a better idea. Rolling in, I see Pizza Man in stride doing some EC prior to the Q. Not long after PAX start rolling in. The Twitter message about Midoriyama not meeting brought out a handful their finest and even Nantan himself. After some good ole fashioned fellowship and how-do-ya-dos, it’s time to go to work.
Warmarama
SSH, monkey humpers, all x12 IC, with all the mumble chatter and sarcasm it was hard to focus on the non existent weinke. So, let’s just do this.
thang
mosey to the park entrance for the pledge, wait, not so fast Pizza Man, on our six for LBCs x20 IC. Ok now, the pledge, haha. Ok, mosey across death highway to our local neighborhood Walmart. While in pace, much chatter about going in where it’s warm to workout, cabbage curls, laps around the store, etc. Although it was very tempting, YHC had a limited time and what was not sure about what was about to go down. Continue to mosey around the back of the store and finish up by this nice looking hill. Ok, not that hill, but the one next to it, which kookier a fair bit safer. Ok, 11’s. Mike tysons on the curb, up the hill for burpees. Yes, much mumble chatter, this idea seemed great on paper, which it never made it to paper. Finally, recover. Mosey on up to the front of the parking lot for some calve raises, or calf birthing, a PAX commented. 20 IC. Mosey on back over to the Folsom horse track for step ups and arm squats x15 IC rinse and repeat. Let’s take the long route and mosey back to start. 22 Merkins for the Vets.
announcements, Xmas party Dec. 1, Xmas town 5k Saturday(be there early to help setup), Convergence at Gashouse Dec 2.
quick around the horn to mention what you’re thankful for, then YHC lead in prayer
nice work men, honor to Q and to have you guys out there encouraging me to push harder. Freight seemed to be very excited this AM, very talkative, at some points QIC lost train of thought. Made for some good laughs. Pizza Man learned that train horns are not a sound wave very familiar to Folsom. YHC learned Blart skipped a 30 year tradition of hunting Thanksgiving morning just for my Q. Thanks bro, and PAX also learned much about moist Stroganoff, which is where the train of thought left. There were many topics of discussion that were on the way downhill or already there when the Q had to ring us all back in, but again, good times. Have a great Thanksgiving men and thank God for the precious gift of His son, Jesus. Aye!
Gloom. For those not in the habit of posting regularly of late, finger pointed squarely at YHC, it takes unusual effort to get up the gumption to show. This morning there seemed to be many PAX who said they haven’t posted in a while. Great to see you out men! This is what I remember.
Semi disclaimer given, I’m not a professional.
Pledge of Allegiance
Warm Up:
Goof Balls x10 IC
Hallelujah Don Quixote’s x10IC
Hallelujah Squats x10 IC
Mosey down the sidewalk to the building in the middle of the baseball fields for a quick Dora 123. Gastone led the count off and we had 11 this morning. Partner up and the PAX performs cumulative reps of 50 Mericans, 100 Jump Squats (these sucked) and 150 LBCs. While partner 1 exercised, partner 2 would bear crawl around the building. This was lots of fun. During one of the circuits I made my first incorrect PAX name references. This would be a recurring theme. Proof that I need to show more regularly than I have of late.
We finished this and moseyed around the way to the parking lot near the playground. YHC then led the PAX on a demo route and naming of locations for the next event. This explanation turned out to be more tedious than expected. Next exercise, the Figure 8. Let’s get it on! At each location, in a figure 8 pattern, the PAX would perform 10 reps of the following exercises.
Once we did a circuit of this the PAX got the hang of it and we were good to go. Plank for the six. Easy Riser ably filled the role of time reporter after each round. Rinse and repeat for 3 full rounds. Aye!
Mosey back toward the start but with a stop along the way for some 11’s since Early Riser said we had enough time. On one end do 10 CDD’s run to the other for 1 Hallelujah Squat. Back and forth, flip flopping the number of reps to reach 11 each time until we’re done. ER said we needed to head back.
Back at Pelicans for one last exercise, the Nolan Ryan. We’re done, AYE!
Prayer Requests: T Square’s M during the holidays, Easy Rider has several needing prayers, those travelling for Thanksgiving, a couple more I can’t remember, sorry.
Announcements: Christmastown 5K, Christmas party Friday 1st, convergence Saturday the 2nd at Gashouse, others I can’t remember.
Moleskin: God is good all the time and gives us everything we need by his mercy and grace. The Thanksgiving holiday is a reminder of this fact.
Thank you for the opportunity to lead today men. It is an honor. AYE!!!
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