PAX: Stitches, Bovine, Slow Pitch, Cheap Seats, Demogorgon, Flying V, Polaroid.
QIC: Invictus
Weather: 18 deg, feels like -5. I called an audible the night before since it had rained the day before and the temperatures
overnight would plummet and freeze all of the moisture on the paths in the normal parking area. We met in the UNO East
Parking Garage.
0500 – Pre Run – Cheap Seats, Slow Pitch, Invictus. We did laps around the parking garage on the first and second levels switching
at the end of each lap.
0530 – QIC kicked off the morning with the description of F3 – Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith.
Five Core Principles – Free, Open to ALL Men, Always Outside, Lead in a rotating fashion, and Ends in a Circle of Trust.
Credo – Leave no man behind, but leave no man where you found him.
The Mission of F3 is to Plant, Grow, and Serve small workouts groups for the reinvigoration of male community leadership.
There were no FNG’s present, nonetheless, QIC noted he was not a fitness professional so the PAX should modify the workout as needed.
Warm-o-rama – Parking Lot
22 SSH IC
22 Mountain Climbers IC
22 Imperial Walkers IC – Short mosey around the garage.
22 Plank Jacks IC – Short mosey around the garage.
22 Bobby Hurleys.
0535 Thang: Triangle Variation of 7 of Diamonds
The PAX broke up into 3 groups. The directions were the same as the typical 7 od Diamonds scheme; first time around do exercise 1 at each station,
second time around do exercise 2 at each station, etc.
3 stations consisted of the following.
Exercise 1: 11 Burpees
Exercise 2: 19 Merkins
Exercise 3: 25 Flutter Kicks
Exercise 4: 33 Air Squats
Exercise 5: 25 Flutter Kicks
Exercise 6: 19 Merkins
Exercise 7: 11 Burpees
Omaha was called at 0605 – The PAX got through Exercise 6 with one group starting Exercise 7.
MARY: 2 rounds of American Hammers.
Recover.
Annoucements/Prayers:
Prayers for Ellenbergers.
Halfway House on Sunday 2/26.
COT: Since we are in the middle of the Pre-Run Challenge, I felt inspired to talk about another athlete who was an inspiration of mine in the
running world. His name was Terry Fox. He became famous for running most of the way across Canada to raise awareness and money for cancer research. Terry had recently lost his leg due to osteosarcoma and was using a prosthetic to help him make his way down the road. Before he passed away at the age of 22 (hence, the warm-o-rama with sets of 22), he had run for 143 straight days (143 cumulative reps at each station of the Thang) and covered almost 3,400 miles. This became known as the Marathon of Hope and it inspired Terry and other people to start the annual Terry Fox Run. In true HIM fashion, Terry requested that the races are 100% community organized and lead. I shared a couple of quotes of his. “I got satisfaction out of doing things that were difficult. It was an incredible feeling. The pain was there, but the pain didn’t matter…It took cancer to realize that being self-centered is not the way to live. The answer is to try and help others.” I felt that these words reminded me to always check my ego and to make sure I have bigger intentions to benefit others includedin the mix. We can sometimes get caught up in trying to achieve our goals and lose sight of what is most important. If we ask ourselves how we can use our goals and talents to help others, then that is the step in the right direction.
YHC concluded the morning with prayer.
Aye! – Invictus