F3 Knoxville

Feller Patriot

Bomb Shelter

THE SCENE: Partly cloudy, 71 degrees F., 90% humidity
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH, Baby arm circles, Windmills
THA-THANG:

Mosey to the Greenway trail just past the Troll Bridge.

Circuit 11’s

(Run to the 1st light pole, do the T-Merkin, run back to the start and do the 10 Box Cutters.  Continue until reaching the 10th light pole.)

1 T-Merkin/10 Box Cutters

2 T-Merkins/9 Box Cutters

Continue sequence until:

10 T-Merkins/1 Box Cutter

Mosey back to the AO via Alcoa Road.

 

Grinder Kraken using the 11 perimeter benches.

Burpees x10

SSH x12 (4 Cnt)

WWII’s x12

Declined Dry Docks x12

Bench Jumps x12 (or 18 Step Ups)

V-Ups x12

Iron Mikes x12

Inclined Merkins x20

Bulgarian Split Squats (x10 per leg)

Dips x20

Squat Jumps X12

 

MARY:
WWII sit-ups, baby crunches
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
4 HIMs plus Webelo (2.0).  An honor to have Scout from Fort Campbell for a weekend beatdown.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Bob Feller played for the Cleveland Indians (aka Cleveland Guardians).  He bypassed the minors and first pitched in the majors at the ripe age of 17.  During his career he threw three no-hitters and 12 one-hitters. He is the only pitcher to throw a no-hitter on opening day, April 16, 1940.  After his 4th season, Bob was returning to Cleveland from a visit with his terminally ill father to sign what was to be a multi-year, high dollar contract but the day was December 7, 1941.  The next day, rather than signing with the Indians, he signed with the United States Navy and spent the next four years on the USS Alabama.  He chose country over self.

Feller resumed his baseball career with the Indians in 1946 and threw his second no-hitter.  He was a significant factor in the World Series win in 1948 and the American League pennant in 1954.  By the time he retired in 1956 he led the American League in win six times and strikeouts seven times.  He was an eight-time All-Star.

When asked by a reporter toward the end of his career what his most memorable win was, Bob quickly replied, “World War II.”  Again, country over self.

There are still a lot of athletes out there that put their job in proper perspective.  Unfortunately, there are many that don’t.  You may have witnessed both types in the Olympics during the past two weeks.  We have probably all heard the hierarchy of God, others, self.  I think we would all to well to insert “country” in the third spot and move ourselves one notch down the line.

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Postpones upcoming knee surgery, remembering Daniel (friend of Rep Sleepy) and his children on the death of his wife and their mother.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Drifter speaking at Mt. Olive Baptist Church on August 14th at 9:00 am, CSAUP at the Dog Pound on August 21st, Hardship Hill coming October 4th in Kingston.