“Reflection in the water”
Date: February 2nd, 2023
PAX: Low Flow, Stripes, Baby Shark, Ray-Ban, Stranglehold, Jean Claude, Chernobyl, G-String, Schrute, Black Tuesday, KOA, Firewalker, Swiper, Farva
FNGs: None
Pre-Run: Boss Hog, Low Flow, Stripes, Jean Claude, Schrute, Firewalker, Swiper, Farva
AO: The Sandlot
Q: Farva (Beans)
Conditions: Clear, 19 degrees F, Feels like 11 degrees F, Humidity 82%, Wind 5.7 mph from WNW.
At 5:30, YHC welcomed the PAX to the Sandlot and recited the 5 core principles, mission statement, credo, and disclaimer.
Disclaimer: I am not a professional, modify as necessary. The exercises are simply a suggestion.
Warmarama: No warmarama…. we got right to business.
Pre-Thang: Nope…. see above.
Thang:
YHC was not sure if the group had ever run to the Papillion water tower, but we decided to run that path on this particular day. We headed down Halleck Park Road to East Halleck Street and then south on 84th street. We followed 84th street south and G String tripped on a frozen snow pile and took a spill near Highland Street. G String and I had a great chat before the fall about my incident that was the genesis of the week o’ Farva. This was expected after calling him out on the previous day’s backblast. But back to the fall, it was very graceful, but I prefer to call it tactical. He fell but immediately rolled and popped back up with no problems. Swiper would later coin the phrase “Stop, Drop, and G” to describe the tumble. This is the stuff that make these mornings memorable. We reached HWY 370 before heading east in the field along the side of the road. The footing here was difficult, but not impossible and we all survived. It was actually more treacherous when I tested the route because of ice and snow. We stopped at the water tower and waved, but G String demanded we do 15 big boys while we waited for the 6. Freed to lead and we are better for it. We passed by the water tower before making it to 90th street and turning back north towards Lincoln Road. We made a slight detour west on Sherman Street before taking Frontier Street back to Lincoln Road. We followed Lincoln Road back to Halleck Road and finally back to the flags. Firewalker also took a spill as we made the final turn to the flags. He was not happy about it and will probably be mad I mentioned it, but he won’t read this anyways. The PAX ended up with at least 4+ miles. G String pointed out that our Strava map will probably look like a gun. In fact, it actually does but this was not my intention. Sky Q definitely has a sense of humor. Special thanks to Stripes for catching a flight to Sarpy for his inaugural visit to the sandlot/steel mill/pit.
Mary:
17 Heels to Heaven & 14 Sarpy Slammers
NOR
See above for PAX present
Announcements and Prayers:
Heartland Hope (3rd F Slack channel)
Nugent Community Leaders Scholarship Event
Polar Plunge (Please find Jeeves glasses)
Blood Drive
G String’s co-worker Mitchell
Stripes father Dale
Toto and his Meta work family
Farva’s sister
All police officers (Specifically those involved in recent incidents)
Monroe Evans III
COT:
I discussed how 01-30-17 was a significant day in my life as I was involved in an officer involved shooting on that day. I shared the details of the incident and having dealt with PTSD afterwards. As I type this, our department has experienced two officer involved shootings this week. I was also one of the first officers arriving at the active shooter at the Target store. These new incidents always bring a flood of emotions and add in the anniversary of my shooting and it could be easy to be overwhelmed by emotions. The week o’ Farva is my way of ensuring I will have support and be around my brothers during a week that is always difficult for me. Exercise has always been what has helped me deal with stress and anxiety and this group has truly been life savings so I am thankful for all of you. Reflection is my word for 2023. It is important to look back on the past and grow from it and try not to make the same mistakes. Even though that was a very tough time in my life, I learned a lot about myself and the areas I needed to improve. It also made me a lot more thankful for everything in my life and to never take anything for granted. I challenge you to make reflection a habit so we reap the full benefits of growing from the past.
Prayer – Farva
10-7, EOT
Farva
