F3 Knoxville

Just. Be. Kind.

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Tenderfoot , Brick
PAX: Crash Dummy, Title IX (Christian Prescott), Brick, Steam, Dain Bramage (Will Olson), Pusher, Curveball, Rooney (Carl Whipple), Lilydipper, Drum Major, Lizzy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP: Brick covered for me while I finished setup. Not sure about the full list of warmups. I think I heard:
SSH
Cherry Pickers
Manmakers
??

THE THANG:
Mosey along the south end of Lakeshore, stopping for various exercises along the way, including:
Burpees
More burpees
Bernie up hill
Squats
SSH
Arrive at base of Everest
LBC
Run up Everest
Squat Jumps
Hello Dollies
Mosey…
Butt-kicks
Imperial Walkers

Grab rocks:
50 bicep curls
Lunges to end of parking lot (w/ rocks)
50 shoulder press

Full-length parking lot drills:
Carioca/Karaoke out-and-and back
Bernie sprint to end
Grab partner: sprint out-and-back, then other partner sprints out-and-back
High knees back to our rocks, return rocks to pile

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Brolympics
Beer ruck canceled

COT: Just. Be. Kind.
I know politics is off-limits, but I just had to address the elephant in the room. I am raw, and my heart is breaking as I bear witness to the vile behavior following last week’s election results. Tribalism and mean-spirited divisiveness is at an all-time-high. All around us, in every sphere of our lives. And it’s coming from BOTH “sides.” Please don’t contribute to this hatred and disunion. It is our job to bridge and heal gaps between each other, to facilitate understanding and love. We are all brothers and sisters created by the same God. The same Spirit animates our Souls. The affairs of governments do not supersede this truth. I know we all make mistakes on this front. I certainly have. But the key is to learn from these mistakes, to make amends, and to commit to a path of reconciliation, unconditional dialogue, and intentional relationship.

Most wouldn’t

AO: juco
Q: Guardrail
PAX: Dart Gun, Fetch, Booster, Butterknife, Wanderer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP: Usual: SSH, Cherry pickers, Tempo merkins

THE THANG: Mosey to the big parking lot and use the hill towards the barn for 11’s: Catalina Wine Jack at the bottom, star jumps/jacks at the top
100 hops over the metal gaurdrail, 3 trips on “animal hill” behind that guardrail, craw, bear, peinguin down, run up.
Attempted the 4 person octopus and then 30 merkins for 30 parking spots.
Mini burpee tree biscuit in the back corner for about 25 burpees, then leg raises on the loading dock, dips at the hex benches and step ups on the brick. Sprint, bear across the west lot

MARY:hill billy walkers and flutter kicks.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 5 days till brolympics

COT: in Matthew 24 Jesus says that as
Wickedness increases>>>Love of MOST will grow cold.
Old men have a path to choose; rather men have a path to choose and the path is clear once they are old
Bitter, or better
Dirty old man or sweet old man. But it’s never too late.
On this veterans day, I want to honor my dad, a Veteran and a guy who is growing to in his Love for the Lord and is a sweet, and funny, old man.
Sweet old man is going to not come from me, but from God’s love in me
I need to grow in passion, not let it grow cold and do what MOST won’t do.
What things do you see good men do?
– In community
– prayer
– Time in scripture
– realizing the stakes are high

Veterans Day 2024

AO: asylum-am
Q: Code Brown
PAX: Hands, Cinco (Scott McGuire), Fabio (Joe Hamilton), P3, Love’s, Code Brown, Charmin (John Willis), Cosmo 2, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Double Wide, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Tropicana, Techmo, @crablegs.
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
WARMUP: stretching and an ATM for for good measure.

THE THANG:
Run to the FERTILE CRESCENT.
six laps for the six branches
Army: 20 dips at top
Navy: 20 step ups
Marines: 10 burpees
Coast Gaurd: 50 sit ups
Air Force: 20 dive bombers
Space force: 20 4 ct flutter kicks
Each lap separated by a medley of squats, arm circles and SSH.

Finish it out with a round of 12 failure to launch…

MARY: squats and Superman swim

ANNOUNCEMENTS: na

COT:the Gettysburg address. Read it today and remember all the veterans who served.

[genesis-ruck] Saucy Nuggs

AO: genesis-ruck
Q: Mermaid
PAX: Mermaid, Steam, Single (Ryan Chambers)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WARMUP:
It was a short warmup consisting of some stretching, particularly the lower back, some SSH, merkins, squats, and then we were off.
THE THANG:
We explored a new route going up the trade route, to kingston pike where we spoke to the barber who is always there at 5:30AM. We continued all the way down Kingston pike to Gallaher View, then to the greenway and back. All in all it was about three miles with two additional trips up moto hill so that we each got a turn going up up up.

The focus of the day was to carry a ruck with a 45lb plate, and a 60lb sandbag for a total of 105lbs. We swapped every 1/3 of mile, while the other guys carried a bag of about 30lbs. The HIM carrying the heavy called two exercises at each stop, and we switched and moved on. Highlights of the day were the aforementioned Saucy Nuggs pic and doing monkey humpers over I40 @ Gallaher View.

We will add a 30lb plate and repeat this soon for a total of 135lbs as we work our way up to 200lbs, and the 200lb mile.
MARY:
none, just a couple trips up Moto with 105lbs
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Rucks Giving
COT:
We were talking about leadership during the ruck, and for the COT, I shared how positive the Virtuous Leadership has been for me. The real issues we discuss, the growing bonds with High Impact Men, and the spiritual discussions that follow. Even better, is that as I am carefully considering the things we discuss each week, I am finding my prayer life has improved along the way. Just as a run AO, or a ruck AO, or even F3 may not be for everyone, Virtuous Leadership may also not be for the common F3 guy. However, the guy who has bought in, attends regularly and “is drinking the kool aid” will love the takeaways and impact that is coming out of intentional leadership studies.

I can’t sum up in a backblast how impactful this time has been every Sunday morning, and I say no to other things so that I can keep this time slot open for this opportunity,

[mountainbiking] Pitch Black in the Pitch Black!

AO: mountainbiking
Q: Gru Petr Hanousek
PAX: Gru Petr Hanousek, Billy Goat, Sambo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WARMUP: Chasing Me up the hill

THE THANG: Lincoln around the bend then up Independence took the road to Sharp Shin then down Firebreak to Lincoln then around the bend again up Independence and down Pitch Black in the black

MARY: n/a

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: often we seek God when times are bad bit we should seek him the times are good. Praise for a great ride with great company, pray Destiny’s upcoming MRI, and Janette Willams eye issue!