Fannie Mae and I ran Del Webb roads in reverse. A perfect 5 mile route. Good run and conversation! Rocket slept through his alarm.
Seuss
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6 runners came out on a humid morning for a Ground Assault run. It’s been a while since we’ve run run Stowe Road/ Samuel Pinkney/Dorie and back, so that was chosen route. This is a great route if you want a straight 5.10 miles without having to tack anything on at the end. Tesla ran in the park.
Announcements:
Turtleman Convergence-Pelicans, Monday 6/10
Annihilation-Gashouse this Saturday
2F Lunch: Bubba’s, 6/19
Requests:
Pillager’s Mother-in-Law and Wife
Termite’s procedure this Friday
Word:
Philippians 1:21-22
[21] For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. [22] If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell.
“Christ is the Lord of our lives; they come to an end only in his sovereign will, when his purposes in us, and for us have been completed. But if it is his will for us to continue to live, one reason is this: He means to continue to bless us and use us as his servants. If the Lord continues to keep us in this life, He means our lives to encourage others to grow as Christians and to bring joy to them. Does my life encourage others to grow and to rejoice?” Sinclair Ferguson
YHC took us out.
Nice work, men!
Seuss
Time for a ruck training thing, so if you are man enough, keep reading. I’ve been wanting to do this for a LONG time. I just didn’t know if I could. I guess I just got tired of hearing myself talk about it so I’m going to give it a shot because it’s not going to get any easier.
I am going to try to do the Free 12 Week GORUCK Heavy Training Plan and Guide starting on Monday, June 3. It’s 3 months of pain with escalating workouts that can be scaled to whatever workload you need. It has 2 rest days per week built into the guide. The plan will be to do these workouts at an existing AO that will change from week to week depending on participation and interest. I’ll put something on Slack either on a weekly or daily basis to keep everyone that is interested on track. I plan to show up at whatever AO is scheduled and run this workout simultaneously either solo or (hopefully) with a few of you. In other words it will be dualing workouts…..like dualing banjos……thus the name will be DELIVERANCE. I was considering this as the name and about 10 minutes before I started writing this, one of my girls walked downstairs and announced she just starting reading the book Deliverance so I figured it was a sign from God that I needed to go with this name…..
So if you are interested, get started rucking at least some now to get ready for next week starting JUNE 3 and look over the above training guide to get a little taste of what is coming. Prepping now with daily Merkins, Squats, SSH, and LBCs would be a good idea both for our regular PT test and preparing for some of this pain. All you will need is a ruck and occasionally some kind of weight (sandbag, dumbbell, kettlebell, bricks, jerry can,…..pretty much anything). I will occasionally come for EC before because some of the suggested workouts will last longer than 45 minutes (you can come early or do other stuff on your own at home). Depending on my work schedule I will either have a planned day off (rest) or someone else can Q the workout. If we don’t finish the workout, you may have some suggested homework to do. Part way through we will possibly have a CSAUP…..stay tuned for that. At the end, any and all participants will be invited for a MeatFest protein load meal to celebrate completing this. Think about a great meal followed by 4-6 hours of the meat sweats…….mmmmm, good!!!
Hope to see some of you there on Monday, June 3 at SANDLOT. This starts with a 1 mile ruck with a sandbag (they suggest 60#) so get off your arse and get to work. It’s gonna be great.
Whoopee
8 Pax came out for my birthday Q at Midoriyama. I mentioned that I am now 20 and that I was born in the year 2004. After it was said there was some mumblechatter on how young I am and how old the rest of the Pax were. I explained most of the exercises would consist of 20s and or 4s but not exclusively.
Warm Up:
I don’t remember
Lap around the parking lot to the blocks meet in the corner of the parking lot
Thang:
4 rounds of 4 different exercises with 20 reps each
First Round
20 merkins on block
20 pull throughs
20 squats with block
20 tricep extension
Take a lap
Second Round
20 overhead press
20 bicep curls
20 block swings
20 chest press
Take a lap
Third Round
20 blockys
20 jumps over block
20 heels over block
20 American hammers
Take a lap
Fourth Round
20 thrusters
20 rocky balboas
20 merkins
20 Alpoes
Take a lap
Then we did 11s
Overhead press and Merkins
Put blocks up
Mosey over to the wall for wall sits while one person runs around the building until everybody has ran.
20 merkins to end.
Thanks to all the Pax who showed. Very grateful for the privilege to be sharpened physically and spiritually by all these great men.
Proverbs 27:17
“Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.”
3 ran and 3 didn’t as FRC began at our old time from a new location. Sargento came to YHCs rescue, at my request for new roads, and came up with a new route..and more than a few choice words about our missing comrades.
Nice run today! All pax welcome!
Seuss
7 Pax came out on a warm Midoriyama evening. We beat the rain, worked our core (thanks to Shortsale for the inspiration to do more core), and kept moving.
Warm Up: Imperial Walker Squats, Gravel Pickers, Toy Soldiers
Thang:
Stack at Each Pole:
2 burpees
2, 4 squats
2,4,6 CDDs
2,4,6,8 Moroccan Nightclubs
2,4,6,8,10 Bobby Hurley
2,4,6,8,10,12 Crunchy Frogs
14 LBCs
16 Flutters
To shade for one minute of core:
American Hammers
Penguins
Reverse Crunch
Genie Elbow to Knee
Genie Knee to Elbow
DORA:
100 Big Boys
200 Merkins
300 Flutters
Descending Route 66 at each light pole with Big Boys
End with a round of Mary.
Pledge
Announcements:
Memorial Day Murph
Clean-up day after Yank-June 22
Blood Drive-June 26;17 slots to fill
F3 Dad’s resuming-see Slack
Prayer Requests:
Turtleman
Termite
Gavel’s family/nephew
Grandpa Leppard took us out.
Good times! Thanks guys!
Seuss
3 rucked and 10 ran the “Untitled Route” (Come to think of it, we need to name it). This is my new favorite route..but not the way Radar does it;). HIMS pushed their pace today; good camaraderie.
We enter town with about a mile left, so pax chose their preferred routes. Ruckers seemed to have to change plans, also, due to train. Nice work, men!
Announcements:
Memorial Day Murph
Clean-up day after Yank-June 22
Blood Drive-June 26;17 slots to fill
F3 Dad’s resuming-see Slack
Prayer Requests:
Breaker’s Aunt and Mother
Gavel family/nephew
Termite
Turtleman
Teachers at end of year
Word:
2 Timothy 2:13 if we are faithless, he remains faithful—for he cannot deny himself.
Hudson Taylor, ” It is not by trying to be faithful, but by looking to the Faithful One, that we win the victory.”
Anchorman took us out.
Thanks for coming out today, men! You may never know what your presence means to the man beside you!
Seuss
7 ran, 5 rucked, then 10 stayed for Q Source on “Prayer” at Members Only.
Announcements:
Goonie Ruck-this Saturday
Lunch-May 15 Ray’s Smokehouse
Memorial Day Murph
Prayer Requests:
Termite
Jackson Curdy
Anchorman
Kool-aid Injury
YNC took us out.
Q Source:
Ephesians 6:18 ESV
[18] praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,
From “A Praying Life” by Paul Miller: “Jesus’ example teaches us that prayer is about relationship. When He prays, He is not performing a duty; He is getting close to his Father. Any relationship, if it is going to grow, needs private space, time together without an agenda, where you can get to know each other. When it comes to spending time with God, take baby steps. Don’t set impossible goals and then collapse. Consistency is more important than length. Regardless of how or when you pray, if you give God the space, He can touch your soul. God knows you are exhausted, but at the same time He longs to be part of your life.”
Thanks for the opportunity to lead..good group!
Seuss
Nice showing at Crossroads today with 9 pax. Some ran, some rucked, some walked; regardless, it was great to see everyone on this eventful F3 weekend. We had 8 for our discussion of “Whetstone”.
Announcements:
F2 lunch this Wednesday at Simonetti’s in Belmont
“Goonie” ruck on May 4 beginning at Schiele
Prayer Requests:
Gumby’s family
Wirenut’s family
Blart’s son’s friend, Justin
End of school year
Wik took us out
Continue to support an encourage each other,
Seuss
So, YHC thought he might be the only FRC member today due to Ville to Ville and to Sargento’s confusing text about “running 9”. I said I would ruck alone if no one came, Buckeye said he’d walk..so all was well. Sargento and GoldDigger paired up; Buckeye and I had some fellowship..it’s been awhile. Hope he wins his age group at Ville to Ville; hope Sargento has a Happy Anniversary!
Announcements:
Convergence/Speed for Need
Ville to Ville
Upcoming “Goonie” Ruck
Prayer Requests:
Sargento’s clients..many are ill
Sudden death of a student at GoldDigger’s school
YHC took us out, followed by the Pledge, and a quick rendition of The Flintstone’s (I mean the original Flintstones with Fred and Barney) version of “Happy Anniversary” in response to Sargento’s wish that there was an Anniversary song. We all know (some of us more than others) how much he loves to sing in repetition.
Thankful for you guys,
Seuss