THE SCENE: low 50s, mostly cloudy, and mostly pleasant!!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
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WARM-O-RAMA:
20x then 19x SSH (4-ct, IC) (2019, baby!!); 20x Cherry pickers (4-ct, IC), 30x Ussain Bolts (10 for each squat increment), baby arm circles forward (10x) and backward (10x); little of this, little of that.
THA-THANG:
Mosey to Parking Lot south of ball fields
- PARKING LOT PYRAMIDS (hat tip to someone else who did this… maybe Woodshack?)
- PYRAMID LAPS! Partner up with like speed. Run opposite directions, high five when you pass at the far end, and every time you meet at the near end, do the following exercises in reps of 20 except burpees, which will have 10 reps:
- Lap 1 LBCs
- Lap 2 LBCs, Mtn Climbers
- Lap 3 LBCs, Mtn Climbers, Bobby Hurley’s
- Lap 4 LBCs, Mtn Climbers, Bobby Hurley’s, burpees
- Lap 5 Mtn Climbers, Bobby Hurley’s, burpees
- Lap 6 Bobby Hurley’s, burpees
- Lap 7 burpees
- PYRAMID LAPS! Partner up with like speed. Run opposite directions, high five when you pass at the far end, and every time you meet at the near end, do the following exercises in reps of 20 except burpees, which will have 10 reps:
Mosey to sidewalk leading to Cardiac Hill:
- Starting at end of Parking Lot, do PAULA ABDULS. Run two lightposts, Bernie Sanders back one, do 10 Iron Mikes (5 each leg), rinse and repeat until path intersects perimeter trail.
- Reverse course. Do 11s back up to parking lot (jump squats).
Mosey to perimeter road. AYG sprint back to AO.
MARY:
20x EH2s right side, 20x left side (it was at this point that the Q couldn’t figure out which was his left or right ankle); 25x American Hammers (4-ct, IC); 20 BBS (OYO)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 F3 HIMs and two FNGs, Stockton Webb and Ross Dempster, who we named Misfire and Cellar.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
About a year ago, I did something I’m not particularly good at: practiced forgiveness. A friend of the family approached me after my mom passed and mentioned a sizable loan that she had given to him a year or so previously. Trying to tie up loose ends quickly, I approached him with a number of payback options, all of which he agreed to. However, he failed to live up to his promises, and claimed that one emergency after another consumed the funds he was trying to save up to pay back the loan. After years of this, I became frustrated and angry. A year ago this past Christmas, however, I prayed on the matter and felt an overwhelming peace. I must do the Christian thing and practice forgiveness. Not with regards to accepting the excuses, but with the loan itself. I resolved to trust him that his reasons were valid, and the only conclusion at that point was to decide that he needed the money more than I did. I let him know of this in an email, and felt satisfied that I had done the right thing. But after a few months, the old feelings of resentment, anger, and frustration resurfaced. I prayed again, and realized I had not fully gone through with the forgiveness process. I had forgiven him in my mind, but not in my soul and heart. I prayed again, and this time I felt fully at peace. I tried to put Grace into practice, and forgive my debtor, as my debt is forgiven by God. I encourage everyone to adopt as their New Year’s resolution to release the negative energy and forgive at least one person in their life that has wronged them, completely and unconditionally.
This also ties in with the link that Cap’n Crunch posted a month or so ago describing an amazing act of forgiveness when a man lost his wife and unborn child in a traffic accident involving a firefighter medic who fell asleep at the wheel. An excerpt: “In moments where tragedy happens or even hurt, there’s opportunities to demonstrate grace or to exact vengeance. Here was an opportunity where I could do that. And I chose to demonstrate grace.”
For those who missed it, the link is https://www.today.com/news/one-man-s-forgiveness-after-tragedy-creates-profound-friendship-stranger-t144626?fbclid=IwAR1l1J1wtO2ymOSzzE8MfHHp9oor_GjRSaApQGTQY7mINCtlPHv4lGnrFAg
Ephesians 4:31-32
Lords Prayer: “and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us”
MOLESKIN:
We had a lot of fun and fellowship at the Polar Bear Plunge this year. Let’s do it again next year! Also, a word of appreciation to all the PAX who showed support in any way for the Pitstick family during the difficult time following the loss of Quickrete (Grady Pitstick) last month. F3 at its finest…
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