F3 Knoxville

Category: Truck Stop

The Lone Runner :(

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THE SCENE: 39 and rainy

THA-THANG:
Run around the park

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
1 – me.

Honorable mention to Swirlie even though he left to hit the weights.

MOLESKIN:
As I plodded along by myself on this cold wet morning I began to envision all the ways to publicly embarrass my fellow PAX who fartsacked this soggy day.  My initial thoughts were about how the PAX are constantly complaining about needing a break on longer mosesys, or always gasping for breath after less than a mile run.  I was confused as to why they wouldn’t want to get better.  And I was frustrated about being in the gloom alone.

However, as I ran God changed my thoughts.  I began to think of how Jesus must have felt preaching, teaching, and talking to people about how He was God’s son, sent down from heaven to save our souls.  He met with people who were ostracized from society, tax collectors, prostitutes, lepers, and yet these are the people He chose to associate with and help.  He loved those who were discarded, like the poor, weak, lame, and children.  He also faced resistance at every turn from the people who were unbelievers, and especially the pharisees and lawyers who wanted him prosecuted.  Yet, He still continued to push on with the message of salvation.  He carried the burden on the cross, and He just kept going.

I wondered if He ever got frustrated or angry.  You know where maybe He just wanted to reach out and backhand the unbelievers and naysayers.  Or grab them by the face and yell, “HOW DO YOU NOT GET THIS?  I AM HERE TO SAVE YOU!”

The answer was soon easily clear. When Jesus met with folks who “didn’t get it”, He didn’t get upset with them, punish them or ridicule them.  Instead He grieved for them.  (Mark 3:5.)  And even when they didn’t believe, He encouraged them to have just a little faith.  (Matthew 17:20).  He also realized that He couldn’t do it alone, so He sought counsel with God through prayer.  (Matthew 26:36-39, Luke 11:1, Mark 14:32, Luke 6:12, Luke 18:1, Matthew 19:13-15, Luke 9:28, Luke 3:21, Mark 1:35….well you get the point.)   Finally, He made His message clear, and He straight up told people that the only way to know God was through knowing Him. (John 14:6).

While there are many things in this world we do not understand, especially the actions of others, our job is not to condemn, punish, or ridicule them.  Our job is to walk with them in love, laughter, sadness, or whatever we call life.  The end goal is that in walking with them, hopefully they will come to know Jesus.

Isn’t it strange how He can take a solo run on a rainy Monday morning and put a little perspective in it?

Harry Hood

THE SCENE: Chilly and Wet

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 30 IC

Short mosey

Merkins IC 10

Mike Fphelps

THA-THANG:
Hand release merkins x 30

American hammers x 30 4ct

Run 2 laps

Ranger merkins x 30

E2K- 15 each side

Hand release burpees x 30

Outlaws 15 each direction

Oyo (30 reps of whatever you want hunk)

Drydocks x 30

Between each exercise there is a run to the midline

 

Mosey to Electric cowboy

Sprints and Swims x2

Calf raises and wall sits x2

Helped Tank pitch a tent

Mosey to concrete bench

11s

Squats and Box Jumps

MARY:
Flutter Kicks IC x 50
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I asked a friend who lives in Jamaica if he wanted to share something with us. This what he told me.

I was shot in 1979. I had three kids. They were six, four, and two. I was looking at death’s door after being shot, and Jamaica was certainly worse back then. While waiting to die in the hospital I asked God to keep me alive until my girls were 15 and 12, and until my boy was 13. This is the point where they could stand for themselves. I was in the hospital for 18 months before I was sent to the infirmary. While in the infirmary, I did not see my kids for many years. One day, I was at the gate. At the gate, I saw my children at the age I prayed for. I say all of this to show that we must have faith in God. In everything He will work things out for us if we put our trust in Him. Blessed Love

Psalms 85. 10-13

Love and faithfulness meet together;
    righteousness and peace kiss each other.
 Faithfulness springs forth from the earth,
    and righteousness looks down from heaven.
 The Lord will indeed give what is good,
    and our land will yield its harvest.
 Righteousness goes before him
    and prepares the way for his steps.

 

MOLESKIN:
Happy birthday Sparky
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill…. Get on it u filthy animals

Bunny mosey

THE SCENE: 57 and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Stretched on our own.  Swirlie came in on two wheels but made the start.
THA-THANG:
Mosey the long way to the cush field:

  • High skip knees x 2, mosey back to start
  • Side hop x 3, mosey back to start
  • Sprints x 5, mosey back to start
  • Frosty can’t draw a bunny?!??

Continue mosey around the park until time is up.

Depending on whose watch you believe it was anywhere from 4.33-4.6 miles in total.

MARY:
No abs here

MOLESKIN:
Frosty is recovering from a hammy pull during Woodshack’s beatdown on Saturday.  So while the rest of us did sprints he went off on a private walkabout.  Turns out he tried to draw a bunny using Strava maps, but in the end even the most intuitive modern art scholar would say it looked like crap.  It was a good effort though, and he kept moving which was the most important thing.  Ironically we discussed GPS watches on the last two laps of the park, including which ones worked better with Strava, unaware of Frosty’s failed attempt at bunny drawing.

Warm up ? Nah….

THE SCENE: 37 and nice
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Capri lap around the P lot

imperial walkers, squats, imperial  squat walkers, ssh, merkins, plank jacks, burpos, burpees ALL all in cadence x10. Between each exercise we did 20 cmu rows

THA THANG

  • SLING SHOT CMU RUN W PARTNER. P2 does 10 merkins and 10 squats while P1 farmer carries 2 cmu. P2 runs to release p2 from Cmu and takes off w the CMUs. P1 completes the sets of merkins andcsquats then chases down P2. This continues until we arrive at a very steep hill behind the baseball field
  • At the steep hill, we Bernie up the hill 3 times backwards w 4 steps back and 10 squats  rinse and repeat until you get to the top. At the bottom cmu curls, at the top cmu tris. We did this 2 times 3rd time up we did 4 steps back 2 steps down ..,,decided to cut the 3rd time short .
  • Sling shot cmu run to the soccer field next to the main road
  • Quarter pounder w cheeses! Thanks Swirlie!. Sprint 25 yards, do 25 Merks, Bernie back, add cheese (10 burpees), sprint 50 yards, 50 squats, Bernie back , add cheese, sprint 75 yards, 75 mtn climbers, Bernie back, no cheese this time, broad jump to goal line and back . Sprint 100 yards and 100 ssh
  • Mosey back to AO

MARY:
Hello dolly until time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
20 pax including 2 FNGs backsplash and black lung, welcome!!!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Do the little things and the big picture will create itself
MOLESKIN:
Just great to be out to the truck stop! So many great men out there and really enjoyed being with them in the gloom gettin better together.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Touch the paths

THE SCENE: 40ish and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
We stretched OYO
THA-THANG:
We ran around and touched every path inside the park.  4 miles in just a hair under 40 mins.

MARY:
We skipped this it’s a RwPS Q
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

MOLESKIN:
We learned that Shooter is studying to attend medical school, and is applying to schools throughout the nation.  We all agreed that Junk is not a normal surgeon because he is a) friendly, and b) seems to really care about people.  We also all agreed that Frosty is a lazy slacker who a week ago told us he would lead the PAX at this Q and instead got scared and snuggled in his fartsack.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Tank’s Hardship Hill OCR in May.