Friday, September 2, 2022|The Armory|Ta-ha-Zouka Park, Elkhorn, NE | 67 degrees, 81% humidity, Wind 5.7 mi/h from SSE
27 Pax: Chiclets, Steeple, Wait time, Cradle, Schnitzel, Yogi, Mufasa, Yodel, Da Kine, Tonight Show, Back Country, Firebird, Pit Stop, Q-Tip, Farva, Vandalay, Barn Door, Boji, Longdeck, Nelly, Tea Party, Chowda, Hei Hei, T-Swift, Ozark, Gator, Swiper
QIC: Swiper
5:00 am Pre Run: Swiper, Farva, Cheap Seats, Vandalay, Hei Hei, T-Swift, Pit Stop, plus a host of others – too many to count or remember!
5:00 am Pre Ruck: Q-Tip, Barn Door
I arrived on site at 4:45 and stopped at dropped my cones off Glenn Street. Then I parked my truck by the tennis courts, and set up my 8 cones on the Skateboard park.
I then parked, planted my flag and then noticed that there was about 5 mins to go and the amount of pre runners was unbelievable. Too many to count. And Pre Ruckers. I was proud.
When we returned from the pre run, I ran to the restroom and the door was locked! Luckily a few Pax pointed me towards a port a potty by the baseball fields.
At 5:30am I welcomed the Pax to F3 – and explained it is Fitness, Fellowship and Faith – reminding them of the mission to Plant, Serve and Grow small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership.
I covered the 5 core principles of F3. 1) Open to ALL men. 2. Always Free. 3) Always held outdoors, 4) Lead in a rotating fashion and 5) Ends with a Circle of Trust (COT).
We had no FNGs.
I covered the Credo: Leave no man behind, but leave no man where you found him. We would test this out today, moving around and leaving no man behind!…….I am not a professional, everything from this am would be a suggestion. Feel free to modify as necessary.
I explained to the Pax this is my first time on the Q at The Armory and my first time here in a while. Let’s Mosey to the East and stop at the practice football field.
5:33 am Warm-a-rama:
We started up towards the practice football field.
- 10 Windmills IC
- 10 Rolfson’s – Shuffle IC
- Tappy Taps Around the Clock – twice
- 10 Iron Crosses IC
- 10 Superman Yellow Sun /Red Sun 10 IC each way
- 20 WWI Sit Up
We would Line up on the goal line and sprint 100 yards. Then do 3 Burpees and Plank to the six. We would rinse and repeat this three times.
5:40 am The Pre Thang: Up and Down
We proceeded to run to Glenn St. For a 3 for a team grinder.
Top Cone
- 100 Johnny Dramas (curb touches, rotating feet, each touch is 1)
- 150 Alternating Shoulder Taps – Each touch is 1
- 200 Curb Jumps – Each jump is 1
- 250 Side Straddle Hops – Up is 1
- 300 Low Dollies – On open is 1
Bottom Cone
- 100 Diamond Merkins
- 150 Windshield Wipers – Each side is 1
- 200 Monkey Humpers – Each Down is 1
- 250 Mountain Climbers – Each count is 1
- 300 X – Factors – Each touch is 1
The third pax would be the push group running between the stations.
We did this until about 5:55 and then Omaha was called. We started to mosey’d back to the shovel flags towards the Skate park.
6:00 am The Thang: Obstacle Course
I would count the Pax off and we would work through the stations on the course until Omaha is called:
- Station 1 – 25 Derkins
- Stations 2 – Bear Crawl Over the ramps
- Station 3 – 15 Chicken Peckers IC
- Station 4 – Crab Walk over the ramp
- Station 5 – 15 Creature Merkins
- Station 6 – 25 Dips
- Station 7 – 20 Rocky Balboa Sit ups
- Station 8 – 20 Jumps over the Bar. Then run a lap around the Tennis Court and Back to Station 1.
**Pax should Air Squat AMRAP if they get to a station and there is no room
6:10 am 6MOM
- 27 Sarpy Slammer’s IC
6:12 am NOR
The Name-a-rama was completed – see above for list of those who posted
FNG – None
Announcements:
- First Friday lunch is today
- Nugent Flag pass from Da Kine to Boji
Prayer Requests:
- Tip Cup
- Joey
- Nelly – Paul Brown
COT
Jesus Fed the 5,000 people, but only 500 followed him after lunch.
He had 12 disciples but only 3 prayed with him in the Garden before his arrest.
Then only 1 stood with him at the cross.
Closer you get to the cross, the smaller the crowd becomes.
We are in this world but not of this world. Often times, the write things, are not the most popular. Look at F3, its hard, how many guys come out once and fall off? It’s too early, its too cold, its too hot, I don’t like all the sharing, I want to workout out alone, don’t want to workout at all.
F3 reminds me of following Christ – folks often fall off or don’t stick with it, but if you do, the rewards are beyond measure. Share your love of Christ or your love of F3 OR BOTH Today. Stay in the Small crowd!
Aye! Swiper