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6 PAX headed south to Rock Hill to check out what was happening at The Patriot. I have been following this group for a while and have noticed they have a great turn out every week. I was very interested to see what it is they are doing to make it work so well. Upon arrival we were welcomed right into the group. Everyone was glad to have us there. Just a few days before going I found out that an old friend of mine that I hadn’t seen in years had recently starting posting in Rock Hill. I sent word that I would be down and it would be great to see him there. How awesome is that. To be able to reconnect after years and throw a little sweat on the ground. Keep pushing Pac Man!

The AO here is great! They meet up in a parking lot beside a track/football field at the middle school. It is also right beside Cherry Rd Park. Endless opportunities here. Fortunately we got to sample a good bit of it. Great Q and great work by all.

So I named the BB Home because that’s how I felt at this AO. At home! Everyone was very welcoming, friendly and supportive. We should all take notes from these guys and make sure we treat all FNG’s and visitors like this. So now I know their secret… they’re just good F3 men!

So I sent out a warning telling you that you weren’t ready to go to the Mustang. I was talking to you. You know who you are! Most accepted this warning( I wish I would have) and only 3 Nomads crossed the River into the heart of metro. The Mustang is located right where it all began. So some of these PAX have been doing this thang for 5 years. A beatdown was to be expected.

As usual during the journey the conversation was ripe. Wisdom was shared( Vasectomy talk) of leasons learned. We were in contact with a usual nomad, Pizza Man, who was off to set a personal best 5K time. Congrats Sir and to your M!

We arrived a little early as we like to do but were unaware of where to park. Usually you just find the cars but as our luck would have it the school had something going on so there was a lot of people around. So as time grew near we had to start circling the school getting weird looks by most. Luckily we found our group just before start time. So before we get to the thang a little side note. When I made the nomad schedule it was just based off of the map and a rotating schedule between some close by regions. I didn’t do any research on the workout. A few days before going Def Leppard mentioned he had been reading BB and noted that some of the workouts had 5+miles. How the hell do you squeeze that in plus exercises in an hour? Well after doing 5 miles and exercises with them I can tell you…..VERY QUICKLY AND YOU DON’T STOP! As someone who favors the mummble chatter this was not the group for me. These guys are all about the work. I didn’t hear hardly any chatter. Well to be fair it was hard to hear anything back at the 6 position I was in. I went into the first task feeling pretty good. Gandolf had the Q and put us on the track where he called 800m SPRINT then 20 merkins and 30 LBC’s. So what I heard was sprint so wanting to represent well that’s what I did. It took about a half a lap for the 800 part to sink in….umm he just said sprint a half a mile! That’s when I knew I was in trouble. That first half a lap was the last time I wasn’t getting the 6 the rest of the day! Slaw and Def Leppard gave it a valiant effort but found themselves picking me up.

This was one of those gut check workouts. You think your pushing the rock then you go somewhere like this and find out you’ve just been leaning against it. All that said everyone there was very welcoming. They pushed us to get better. The AO is great and we had a great time getting know everyone better at the coffeteria. Thank You Brothers! The next time we meet I will probably be going in the opposite direction with the other crowd.

Week 2 of the Gashouse Nomads took 5 (teenage acting) Pax to what would seem to be the other side of the known world(Charlotte) for some. Hushpuppy hooked us up with the start of F3 Monroe. (Un)Fortunately for us we were headed closer to hurricane Matthew or as some called it the “yellow area of the storm”. Here’s what I recall.

To start there was a lot of talk about being idiots for doing this. Will anybody even post? 34 Did! What? So at least we know there are a lot of us idiots out there. There was some discussion about Tom Selleck’s mustache, hair color, age(71 we googled it) and ability to be that dang handsome at that age! Haters for sure. We rolled in Hushpuppy’s Moms car which was missing headrest. Ash Pond was convinced it was so he couldn’t hit anybody in the back of the head with it. You know how teenagers are! We also learned that after a certain age you shouldn’t trust a fart. There wasn’t an incident just wise words. Glass Joe put on a great workout! Great turnout for such a nasty day! YHC found 35 cent worth of nickels continuing the streak of F3 paying me. About 25 showed for the livermusharama after. The ride home continued to have colorful conversation. Smuggling tips for spit soaked cuban cigars? So anyway we made it back. Well done Hushpuppy! Turns out the world is not flat. The good thing about traveling that far for a workout it gives you time to talk to your brothers and get to know them a little better. Great 2ndF. We may not see Hushpuppy for a while. He may be grounded for messing up his Mom’s car.

So this is the first installment of the Nomads journal from the road. Since the workout is posted by the workout Q this will just be insights into the journey, observations and all out ramblings from YHC.

So the first week on the road we headed for Area 51 ,home of the SOB’s, to Da Vinci. This location was selected as Huckleberry was rallying the troops to get back the ghost flag. When I first rolled into the mall parking lot I thought it looked like a group of teenagers hanging out with their cars on Friday night. Nope just some F3 guys at 5:30 in the morning! 14 as a matter of fact. Great job guys! That’s how you capture a flag! So I learned that Def Leppard isn’t a morning person. I guess that’s why he usually post to Midoriyama. We also learned there are two Chick Fil A’s on the same road not to far apart(small detour). Whoopee, with much determination, managed to get one of them to open up early for him. Da Vinci is a great AO with lot’s of workout options. YHC found $3.50 worth of quarters during the workout proving that F3 really does pay. 777 did a great job leading as always. He even turned the Sandy V into an actual exercise. Keep a watch out on the exercise list so you can add it to your next wienke.  It was great to meet the F3 brothers pushing the rock down that way and that is the whole point of the Nomads.

Next week we visit Monroe for the launch. Stay tuned for more stories from the road. I’m sure it will get interesting!