5/9/2025 –Brickyard
Location: Stinson Park…kind of, Squidward noticed afterwards something is going on. More to follow on that.
PAX: 9 –Predator, Woody, Folsom, Bobsled, Betamax, Squidward, Bald Eagle, Bloodshot
QIC: Invictus
Weather – 52 deg, 68% humidity. Beautiful weather for some coupons.
0500 – Short Pre Run w/ Stella, who had to jet early because kids.
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.
YHC parked and noticed that the entirety of Stinson was gated off in preparation for some spring festival. Who knows, but it looked like it was going to be fun. We moseyed to the grass patch to the West of the parking garage. We remained there the rest of the morning.
WOR
15 SSH
15 Cherry Pickers
15 Michael Phelps
15 Mountain Climbers
Pre Thang – We did 5’s with squats and merkins on the coupons. Mode of transfer between the starting point and the nearest light pole was to Murder Bunny. I kept it at 5’s to get the heart rates up but not tire everyone out too early. Started with 4 squats, murder bunny, 1 merkin.
The Thang – 2 man Grinder
1 PAX did AMRAP of one of the exercises listed below while their partner ran down to the end of the grass patch and paid the toll before returning.
AMRAP (no exercise could be repeated. Coupon required)
- Curls
- OH Press
- Bent Over Rows
- Kettle Bells
- Goblet Squats
- Coupon LBC’s
- Thrusters
- Blockees
- Lunges
- Big Boys
- Alternating Merkins
Toll Bridge
- Round 1 – 7 Burpees
- Round 2 – 10 Jump Tucks
- Round 3 – 7 Burpees
- Round 4 – 15 Monkey Humpers
- Round 5 – 7 Burpees
- Round 6 – Sumo Squats
- If you reached Round 7, you had to repeat the 6 rounds but in reverse.
MARY
Multiple PAX lead their own round of core before 1 round of Hammers Rancid style.
Prayers/Announcements – in order of when they were stated.
- Gradoville Tournament
- Squidward said there’s something going on across the street and to use a search engine to find out what is going on. His level of observation was so astute, the rest of the PAX quickly went on their phones and enrolled AND completed detective school so we could remain on the same level as Squidward. Quality assurance not included. We applauded him for his astute observations and shared a few yucks among the group.
- Heartland Hope needs volunteers.
- Prayers for Bobsled’s dad.
- Prayers for Betamax getting a new promotion at work.
COT – I found an anonymous quote that said “Always pray to have eyes that see the best in people, a heart that forgives the worst, a mind that forgets the bad, and a soul that never loses faith in God.” This struck me because I had to learn how to exercise forgiveness within some of the most important relationships in my life. I was embarrassed, humbled, and subsequently relieved that I was able to let some things go and fill the voids with peace. I thought some of the anxiety and frustration I felt was me trying to move away from something, but I found that I was due to not letting certain things go and allow for second chances. We all need to learn to see peace to find it.
Prayer – YHC
Aye! – Invictus Coffee at Roast. Outside
