Canyon AO | Saturday January 6th, 2024| Omaha Riverfront | 7:00 AM | 25 degrees
PAX: FDIC, Tassels (Respect, Mac N Cheese, Cashmere, Gunnar (Respect), Toadstool, E-85, Flying V, Cyclone (Respect x 2), Beta Max, Black Lung, Swiper, Q-Tip (Respect x 2), DaVinci (Respect x 3), Honey Stinger, Spreadsheet, Polaroid
QIC: Break Room
Promptly at 7:00 AM, I welcomed the PAX, recited the Mission, Core Principals, Disclaimer and Credo. No FNGs today. Cashmere was Downrange.
WARM-O-RAMA:
PAX moseyed to the big flag for a set of WOR exercises:
10 SSH | Sun Gods x 10 IC Each Way | Micheal Phelps x 10 IC | Big Ones x 10 IC | Tappy Taps x 10 IC | 10 High Knees IC
PRE-THANG:
N/A
THE THANG:
Mosey to Kiewit Luminarium Stairs
10 SSH | 15 Dips | 20 LBCs | 20 Derkins
Trivia: Behind you is the Kiewit Luminarium. Peter had a brother who he dissolved out of the business in 1904. What was his brothers name? Andrew? Ralph or George? A: Andrew
Mosey to Lewis and Clark Landing
10 SSH | 15 Step Ups | 20 Imperial Walkers | 20 Derkins
Trivia: We are at Lewis and Clark Landing… named for Meriweather Lewis and William Clark who set out to explore the west after the Louisiana purchase for Thomas Jefferson. Of the 40 men on the trip how many died? A. ONE B. Three C. Five A: One, Name was Charles Floyd in Sioux City Iowa from an appendicitis
Mosey to Iowa/Nebraska Line on the Bob
10 SSH | 15 Airsquats | 20 Imperial Walkers | 20 Merkins
Trivia: I met Bob Kerrey at a local Omaha bar. Was it A. Green Onion B. The Holiday or C. Tracks A: Tracks, He was also very nice in person.
Took a photo at the state line to prove we were “Bobbing”
Mosey to Stairs at Tom Hanafan’s Rivers Edge Park
10 SSH | 15 Airsquats | 20 Imperial Walkers | 20 Merkins
Trivia: Tom Hanafan was a former mayor of council bluffs. He played college football at A. South Dakota B. UNO C. Iowa St. A: USD
Pax then broke into teams of two and chose their “weapons”. Team 1 had a 20 lb medicine ball. Team 2 had a 30 lb kettlebell. Objective was to get the weapon back to the big flag as a team. Flag was 1.25 miles away.
Stopped at Lewis and Clark Landing for a breather
10 SSH | 15 Airsquats | 20 Frozen Freddies | 10 Merkins
Trivia: Lewis took his dog with him on the expedition, a newfoundland what was his dog’s name? A. Fido B. Rex or C. Seaman A: Seaman (he has a statue in Mandan ND)
Mosey back to big flag for Mary
Mary:
15 Box Cutters, 20 “Big Os”, Rancid Style Hammers
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Chris Gradoville Event 2/15, Spaghetti feed for Coach Feekin, CSAUP 1/27.
PRAYERS:
Feekin family, Injured PAX, PAX at the impact retreat
COT:
I feel the best COTs are when guys open up and talk about their personal lives. This is the only opportunity I have to do that outside of my wife, my immediate family and close friend group. Unfortunately, I gave a similar COT to this in September. My wife and I are trying to get pregnant and it’s been quite the journey so far. We recently started taking medication after getting blood work and hormone levels drawn.
Every month in our house around “THAT” time, can be a pretty depressing few days. Anger, frustration, self-doubt. Then a few days of talking ourselves through it and gearing up for the next month.
I shared this yesterday with Bambi and E85 during Woodshed beat down that we were trying to have kids. Bambi said he had 4 kids and I told him we were trying but would never be able to make it to 4 because my wife and I are in our mid-30s.
He shared that his wife was 37 when she became pregnant with their oldest and she carried pregnancies into her 40s. That brought me some much-needed perspective and a sense of calmness that we are not the only ones who have experienced this life situation and difficulty.
I shared that with my wife yesterday and it got her to smile, of which she was struggling to do the day before. Hearing stories like that and those positive interactions are what F3 is all about. Hearing that small piece of information from Bambi impacted me more than he had any idea. Its small but it’s exactly what I needed to hear. Keep your ears open, make mumble chatter with the guy next to you. Because you don’t know what he’s going through or how a small interaction could impact him.
-Break Room