F3 Knoxville

Baby, It’s Cold Outside

AO: shamrock
Q: Eliza
PAX: Curveball, Eliza, slappy, Snaggletooth (Elijah Tafao)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP: SSH, Hairy Rockettes, Calf Raises, Cherry Pickers, Grady Corns

THE THANG:

mosey the long way to the picnic tables.

3 exercises; step ups, derkens, dips
-sets of 12,10,8,6,4,2

Slowzy to CMUs
– Grab 2 CMUs, starting in front of the bus do 25 bench press and 25 curls. MURDER BUNNY MERKEN TO THE RAMP. Do 25 American Hammers and 25 two count flutters. Suitcase carry back. Repeat exercises at each end but switch up MOT from Farmer Carry/suitcase carry/rifle carry.

Mosey to field entrance: 11s from gate to covered entrance to school – squats and rocky balboas

MARY: no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: flag handoff at Shamruck, polar bear plunge, Shamrock Christmas party Friday after beatdown

COT: Leave no man behind. Check on your buddies and those that have been MIA. People want to feel loved and cared about.

Shalom in the Gloom

AO: juco
Q: Lil’ Spice
PAX: Dart Gun, Windex, Stitch, Wanderer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP:
Motivators
Dive bombers
Cherry pickers
Baby arm circles forward and backwards
Windmills
30 seconds OYO

THE THANG:
Mosey to top of sophomore hill. 
11s between the handrail and trailers. Merkins and rows. 

Mosey around parking lot to stadium hill.

11s on freshman hill. Squats at the top and 4-count flutter kicks at the bottom. 

Mosey to duck pond with some Hello Dolly along the way. Welsh dragons up the hill. 

MARY:
Flutter kicks until time.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
No workout on Christmas day.

COT:
Shalom in the gloom…

In the book Not the Way It’s Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin, Christian author Cornelius Plantinga described the biblical concept of shalom:

The webbing together of God, humans, and all creation in justice, fulfillment, and delight is what the Hebrew prophets call shalom. We call it peace but it means far more than mere peace of mind or a cease-fire between enemies. In the Bible, shalom means universal flourishing, wholeness and delight – a rich state of affairs in which natural needs are satisfied and natural gifts fruitfully employed, a state of affairs that inspires joyful wonder as its Creator and Savior opens doors and welcomes the creatures in whom he delights. Shalom, in other words, is the way things ought to be.

Santa Claus is Going to Town

AO: asylum-am
Q: Coolio (Greg Fox)
PAX: Double Wide, Bunny, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Charmin (John Willis), Cosmo 2, Hot Tub (John Muller), Rainbow, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Matlock (Bill Maddox), P3 (Jordan Simmons), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Love’s, Frenchie, Tropicana, UnicorNewton, Sambo #5
FNGs: 1 Sambo #5
COUNT: 16

WARMUP: yog around lot and up Baby Everest. Divvy up gifts
THE THANG: Dirty Santa/white elephant/Yankee swap

open a gift. lead ladder of
5 merkins
10 Big Bois
15 mountain climbers
20 SSH
25 squats
random runs and random intervals

the penalty for stealing a gift was draconian. 10 burpees followed by toting 100 lb weight up Baby Everest
not fact verified

gifts included an axe, the return of the Unicorn mask, an autographed pic of Coolio, REI gift card, lots of hand warmers,bbq rub and jerky. Free one hour massage from White Belt, giant Kit Kat Bar and a live gerbil

MARY: yes she was integral to the Christmas story

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Charmin was talking about the Soviet Union (fondly one can presume) and drowned out this part

COT: Read Luke 2. As prophesied back in Isaiah….Gibbler smells

The Quacken Year in Review, 2023

AO: thequacken
Q: FixerUpper
PAX: Herbie, Z-Pack, Postman (Scott Colby), vanilla
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP: Yeah, some stretchings
THE THANG:
Lap around the park
No man left behind – on Friday rucks, we do a lap first so that if someone arrives late, they can catch up.

Tree biscuit
Touch a tree, do a burpee. We made it to 20 on the lap around the park.
Stop at paver in path
Discover that there are two F3 pavers! I thought there was only one! Its usually dark though.

Iron PAX at church lawn, cones about 30 yards out
Dora, relay style
Round 1
Jillian Michaels and Murder Bunnies
Round 2
Merkins and Bunny Murders
Verbal threats were directed at the Q’s Health, Safety and Welfare at this point.

Gobbler Challenge
Carry CMU right >>> Overhead Press
Carry CMU left >>> Squats
1 round at 10
1 round at 20

GORUCK BFF
2 min hand release merkins
Sandbag burpees (no sandbag, so we just talked about these…which was enough)

The Difficult Mile
Ball-pees plus lunges 100M or so. Encountered a steep hill, which was interesting.
Indian Run up to stop sign with medicine balls, 3 burpees, back to AO

MARY:
Pretzels – 2 sets x 5 in cadence

COT:
Besides fulfilling the mission of plant, grow, serve, my personal goals for The Quacken were:
To make it a consistent AO
To partner with Big Ball and Brickyard
Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans (Prov 16:3)

Monthly highlights / milestones
January : MABA – Fall Down, Get Back Up Again, Together, with OnStar
End of January – Z-Pack’s father passed away
January 20 – 1st unofficial Friday Ruck led by Herbie
Mid-February – Lizzy completed a GORUCK Tough
April – F3 Open House in my front yard, Tenderfoot & John Deere – FNGs
March 1 – 4 yr anniversary of the Quacken
April – I had a hernia, surgery in June, recovery until July
May – The Quacken PM launched with Lizzy as AOQ – 3 workouts per week now MWF
June, July– hot workouts in the PM
August – Ruck to Big Ball
Accelerate your king – it was clear that Z-Pack had really improved
July – Wedding Singer respect Q
September – Iron PAX. Z-Pack said “what’s that? … OK, lets do it.” Love that attitude.
November – Gobbler Challenge, end of the PM workouts, begin of official Monday rucks, the MURPH, Biggest Loser
December – look back on year

Lowest attendance
Solo Qs – 9
No Qs – 3

Highest attendance
15 – Big Ball, Brickyard, Asylum PM came to claim Ghost Flag, epic sandbag toss by Doubtfire
13 – Wedding Singer Respect Q
13 – Asylum PM claims Ghost Flag in October
11 – Tenderfoot VQ, Roadblock VQ, flag handoff to me in January

5 FNGS : Trip, KFC, Dr Seuss, Dune Buggy, Malpractice, Boots
5 VQs : Z-Pack, Roadblock, Tenderfoot, Secret Garden, Trip
6 Downrange PAX : PBR – Spring Hill, Crash – Louisville, Hermes – Carpex, Quiet Place – Nashville, 2 of Duggar’s family
I posted in Charleston, SC, St. Louis, MO, and Whitefish, MT

Babies
OnStar, Magic Mic, Frizzles, Half Caff (due in January), Gmail (due mid-2024)

556 posts for the year
Avg – 4 PAX per workout
MWF consistent schedule

Mission accomplished, mission continues

Fine. I’ll do it.

AO: shamruck
Q: Eliza
PAX: Anchorman, Tonka, Photograph, The Situation, Crawlspace, Voodoo, Mermaid, Eliza, Oscar Meyer, Dart Gun, Dumpster Dive, Chef Boyardee
FNGs: 1 Chef Boyardee
COUNT: 12
Some rucked. Some ran. Some got lost.

Leave no man behind, but leave no man where you find him.