F3 Knoxville

Tag: BlueBird

Going Backwards at a Blistering Pace

AO: asylum-am
Q: Sawdust , Farley, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Gibbler, bluebird, Fabio (Joe Hamilton)
PAX: Farley, Sawdust, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Gibbler, bluebird, Fabio (Joe Hamilton), Jack-Jack 🦮, Rugby 🦮, Maddie 🦮
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP: Wait for bluebird’s alarm to go off to start. This spring forward thing messed with our start.

THE THANG: Ruck for 4.7 miles. Again, if we’d gotten off to a quick start, we might have hit 5 miles. New :dart:?!?

MARY: The Tail of the Dragon might be considered Mary, but we pulled into the station at the start of Name-o-Rama.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Escape from Haw Ridge

COT: Hands provided us a word on getting the junk out of your life.

Ruck Around the Park

AO: asylum-am
Q: Sawdust , Code Brown, Tropicana, Gibbler, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Charmin (John Willis), bluebird
PAX: Sawdust, Code Brown, Tropicana, Gibbler, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Charmin (John Willis), bluebird, Jack-Jack, Rugby
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP: Hitch up the :dog2: :dog2:

THE THANG: Ruck for 4.6 miles

MARY: N/A

ANNOUNCEMENTS: N/A

COT: Caught up to Cat Gut (Mike Davis) for his BOM.

Ruck Around the Park

AO: asylum-am
Q: Sawdust , bluebird, Charmin (John Willis), Matlock (Bill Maddox)
PAX: Matlock (Bill Maddox), Charmin (John Willis), bluebird, Sawdust, Jack-Jack 🐕, Rugby 🐕
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP: Hitch up the :dog2: :dog2:

THE THANG: Ruck for 4.2 miles

MARY: N/A

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bromance lunch at Jim & Nick’s

COT: Caught Cinco (Scott McGuire)’s BOM

Christmas Ruck

AO: asylum-am
Q: Sawdust , Coolio (Greg Fox), Matlock (Bill Maddox), Tropicana, bluebird, Fabio (Joe Hamilton)
PAX: Sawdust, Coolio (Greg Fox), Matlock (Bill Maddox), Tropicana, bluebird, Fabio (Joe Hamilton), Jack-Jack 🐕, Rugby 🐕
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP: Get the leashes out for the pups

THE THANG: Ruck at a Christmas pace for 4.1 miles

MARY: No time for her

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tomorrow Matlock (Bill Maddox) will Q at 0600.

COT: P3 told us to remember the quote from Scrooge to keep Christmas in our hearts all year through.

Hark Means Listen: The Upteenth Annual Coolio Asylum Christmas Gift Exchange

AO: asylum-am
Q: Coolio (Greg Fox)
PAX: Patty Melt (Parker Greene), Gibbler, Code Brown, Cinco (Scott McGuire), Double Wide, Love’s, Cosmo 2, Charmin (John Willis), Bunny, Hands, Fabio (Joe Hamilton), Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Kentucky, Tropicana, bluebird, Rainbow, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Waffle House (Brady Greene), Russell Crook/Crablegs, Sawdust, Breaststroke (Will Duncan), P3, Coolio (Greg Fox), Tekmo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 24
Twas the morn of the exchange, and all through the Asylum,
Not a wise man was punctual—some lacked all sense of time.
The gifts were arranged ‘neath a streetlamp’s dim glow,
For a Coolio tradition, as old as they know.

The numbers were drawn—one to thirty, they’d say,
Though only twenty-four came to join in the fray.
First up was Gibbler, so proud in his pick,
Unaware that his treasure was stolen too quick.

Then Rainbow, so cunning, with a sly little grin,
Did swipe Gibbler’s bounty, but soon rued his sin.
For a punishment loomed—a quest in the night,
Up the Asylum’s dark peak, to retrieve the key’s light.

With red-striped candy cane, his journey was done,
And Rainbow returned to his rightful won.
Yet silence soon followed; none dared to steal,
Till Waffle House rose, for a change in the deal.

Adventures were plenty, with laughter and glee,
And Patty Melt crowned, with a horned jubilee.
But as time grew scarce, the Q took his stand,
BOM delivered, both heartfelt and grand.
With carols sung sweetly—“Hark! Herald Angels!” rang clear,
The story of Christmas resounded sincere.
A prayer of thanksgiving for Christ, Heaven’s Light,
“Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”