F3 Knoxville

We Found A Barrel

AO: the-equalizer
Q: Bookman
PAX: Snowbird, Glamper, Lizzy, Ribbed, Utah, Madoff
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP: SSHs, Tie Fighters, Gradycorns, Cherry Pickers

THE THANG: Ruck around to various Equalizer Landmarks. Some carrying extra weight. Do some exercises at the landmarks.

Blindside we found a barrel at the dock. Think it’s a good idea for a Tetanus Challenge for a ruck event.

MARY: None

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Haw Ridge, Smokies Convergence, GTE

COT: Stay Positive!

[running] New Greenways

AO: running
Q: Butterknife
PAX: Shrubbery, Trash Panda (JUCO), Erector, Butterknife, Nadia
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP: 1 upish

THE THANG:
30/60/90
Fartlek style workout with
30 seconds sprint and 30 seconds recovery
60 seconds sprint and 60 seconds recovery
90 seconds sprint and 90 seconds recovery

MARY: 1 downish (almost at jailbreak pace)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

Fun with Friends

AO: thequacken
Q: FixerUpper
PAX: Z-Pack, Evan Wilson, Spellcheck
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP: Warmup stuff

THE THANG:
Moseyed up Panda Express to the base of the Gresham Middle School stairs. Noted that we need a name for the stairs. The Jade Palace, maybe.

1 PAX ran up steps to top of hill and did 10 merkins, while 3 remaining PAX did AMRAP exercises with coupons. Once running PAX returned, we rotated through the exercises / run.

Round 1
60# sandbag – clean and squat
40# sandbag – overhead press
CMU – curls

Round 2
60# sandbag – rows
40# sandbag – squats
CMU – side bends*

Round 1
60# sandbag – lying down press
40# sandbag – sandbag burpees
CMU – WW3 situps

*Spellcheck noted that we should not lose our butts at this point

MARY:
Actually did this today!
High plank position – 20 plank jacks, four count in cadence
Low plank position – 20 plank jacks, four count in cadence
High plank position – 20 plank jacks, four count in cadence

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Check Slack and F3 Newsletter

COT:
In Psalm 18 David went through a trial. He wrote of how God helped him and delivered him from death. Also, David had kept his hands clean as he went through the trial. He “kept himself from sin” in verse 23. I reflected on a recent difficult situation and this part of PS 18 came to mind. I know that I am not perfect, but I didn’t have anything that I needed to reconcile, make up for, apologize for, etc. It doesn’t always happen like that for me, but in this case, I was glad that I could say that.

Still in need of sharpening – YHC, FixerUpper

[mountainbiking] I.C. King Wednesday Night Ride

AO: mountainbiking
Q: Imaginary
PAX: Billy Goat, Sambo, Abscess, Repeat (Todd Reynolds), Frosty, Tank (Chris DeFranco), Collarbone
FNGs: 1 Collarbone
COUNT: 8
Just over 8 miles around I.C. King in beautiful weather. Trails were in great condition except a little mud on Rock City. Group rode most of the trails including all 3 hills on the south side and got in a good workout. Flashback came for COT and fellowship to discuss AL trip.

Welcome FNG Collarbone (Clarke Wilson). I’ve been good friends with Collarbone for over 25 years and we really enjoy biking together.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Alabama trip is a go

COT:
Rejoicing in God’s Love
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.
John 3:16
What a gift: God sent to us his own Son to share in our humanity and deliver us from the consequences of our sins and save us. This isn’t a gift granted to us as anonymous persons. God knows each of us individually, by name, and sent Jesus for us.
We should live as though that were true. I recently heard a podcast talking about how often we compare ourselves to someone doing better (looking up), but we should be grateful for what we have and look at the vast majority of mankind that doesn’t have it as well as we do in lovely East TN. Let’s live and lead as if that were true.

Mile Repeats

AO: shamruck
Q: Mermaid
PAX: Fabio (Joe Hamilton), Glamper, KickFlip, Honeydew, Eliza, Mermaid
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
Mile repeats sounds worse than it was, but we tackled weigels hill 3 times and had good conversation along the way.

Be grateful and express gratitude both in your prayer life and to others.