SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 5:01, 63 DEGREES AND GLOOMY. PERFECT FOR THE LAUNCH OF THE MESS HALL!!! NERVES GETTING THE BEST OF ME ON MY DRIVE IN…BUT A PACKED PARKING LOT FULL OF PRE-RUNNERS PUTS THAT AT EASE. I SET THE BEATDOWN UP, IN THE PITCH BLACK, WHILE AN OWL KEPT YELLING AT ME. I MADE THE TREK BACK TO THE SHOVEL FLAG AND WAITED FOR 5:30.
MISSION STATEMENT, FIVE CORE PRINCIPLES, NAILED IT! BUT FAILED TO CHECK IF THERE WERE ANY FNG’S AND ALSO FORGOT TO MENTION ME NOT BEING A PROFESSIONAL AND TO MODIFY. TATER TOT WAS KIND ENOUGH TO REMIND ME. 😉
PAX- HONEY STINGER, SAFE RIDE, SPACE BAR, EDISON, ARM BRUH, PONY EXPRESS, THE PLAGUE, HUFFY, COSMO, OOMPA, ICY HOT, SISTER ACT, SHOCKER, OTHELLO, SCOOBER, HARD HAT, BLUE CHIP, ROOM SERVICE, GOLDEN PIKE, TIGER KING, VANDELEY, MOTHER GOOSE, TATER TOT, FOLSOM, DOLL FACE, GRISWOLD, FNG GTA, SLOW PITCH.
SHORT MOSEY
WARM-O-RAMA
20 SSH’S IC
20 IMPERIAL WALKERS IC
15 TAPPY TAPS IC
PRE-THANG
PARTNER UP
BERNIE SANDERS UP THE HILL, 5 BURPEES, MOSEY DOWN THE HILL AND RELIEVE PARTNER.
AMRAP ROUND 1- WERKINS
AMRAP ROUND 2- AIR SQUATS
AMRAP ROUND 3- FROZEN FREDDIES
THANG
FOUR CORNERS AROUND THE TRACK
STATION 1
WERKINS
MERKINS
RANGER MERKINS
DIAMOND MERKINS
STATION 2
AIR SQUATS
SUMO SQUATS
COPPER HEAD SQUATS
BONNIE BLAIRS
STATION 3
MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS
FROZEN FREDDIES
HEELS TO HEAVEN
LIL BAAAAABY CRUNCHES
STATION 4
BURPEES
TURKISH GIDUPS
BURPEES
TURKISH GIDUPS
MARY
15 FLUTTER KICKS IC
15 GAS PUMPERS IC
A ROUND OF RANCID STYLE HAMMERS (DUH)
COT
HAD ABOUT A DOZEN…AS FALLING ASLEEP LAST NIGHT WAS QUITE THE STRUGGLE. AS SLOW PITCH SO ELOQUENTLY PUT, “I LOVE ANXIETY!” I’LL BE HONEST…MY EMOTIONS GOT THE BEST OF ME AND I WENT OFF THE CUFF.
I’VE BEEN ACTIVE IN F3 FOR 2.5 YEARS AND THERE ARE MANY THAT HAVE HELPED ME ALONG THE WAY. THE BROTHERS RIDER, THE THREE WHO EH’D ME- THE PLAGUE, SELLECK, AND ROOM SERVICE; ARM BAR, OTHELLO, HARD HAT, MY BESTIE FOR THE RESTIE GRISWOLD, MY BJJ BROTHERS IN JEAN CLAUDE AND PONY; HONEY STINGER, WAIT TIME, SAFE RIDE…I COULD GO ON AND ON. IM SO BLESSED TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING SO SPECIAL IN F3.
WHEN MAKING A LIFESTYLE CHANGE THERE ARE MANY STRUGGLES. DOUBT. FEAR. IT’S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE PAX AT YOUR BACK TO PUSH, MOTIVATE, AND BE THERE FOR YOU IN TIME OF NEED. MY THANKS TO THEM IS TO DO THE SAME THING TO THE REST OF THE PAX…AND THAT’S WHERE THE MESS HALL COMES IN.
THE MESS HALL WILL BE AN EXCELLENT AO FILLED WITH GLORIOUS BEATDOWNS AND EPIC MUMBLE CHATTER. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING SITES POP UP AS WE EXPAND INTO THE EPICENTER OF F3.
AYE,
WIDE RIGHT