F3 Knoxville

2-Mile Truckstop Tour

THE SCENE: A lovely 28 degree morning… The swamp is fully flooded from the recent rain, but the pavement is dry. A few ice patches over the paths…
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x20 IC
TN rocking chair x15 IC
Mountain Parkers x15 IC (Mountain climbers, except opposite knee-to-elbow)
Crabettes x15 IC
LBAC Fwd x10, Rev x10
That woulda been it, but then Sparky arrived, needed to make sure he was warmed up.
15 more Mountain Parkers IC
THA-THANG:
20 cards with 10 different exercises have been distributed over a 2 mile course.
Each card also has a #1 or a #2. PAX with F3 name A-M are #1, N-Z are #2.
PAX mosey as a group along the course, taking turns flipping the card as they arrive.
If the number of the PAX who flips the card matches the number on the card, double the reps!
Additionally, four “You guys are screwed” tokens were distributed to trustworthy PAX.
When a token is played, add a repeat of the previous station to the current station.

The final station – Slalom bear crawl under the guard rail by the Watt Rd. soccer field

MARY:
Made it back to the AO just in time for about 3 rounds of Row your Boat
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 HIMs plus one giraffe
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Since my 2.0 goes to a Christian school, she has a verse to memorize nearly every week, and has ever since kindergarten. We’ve always used the drive time to school to learn that verse together. I really appreciate the time to dwell on the Word and let it sink in.
This week’s passage was Jeremiah 29:11-14. Verse 11 is pretty popular, but the one that caught me was verse 13: “You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.” We’re all seeking God, whether we know it or not. Everyone is looking to fill that hole that only He can. Seek Him with all your heart, and He’s promised that you will find Him.
MOLESKIN:
Shoulda started my watch when I laid out the course… Only got credit for half the miles I ran this morning!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Thanks to everyone who brought snacks for Wesley House. Delivery this week!

2018 misery in review

THE SCENE: Mid 40’s … clear skies
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Cherry Picker IC (x10)
SSH IC (x15) but we did 16 because I forgot to stop.
Rockettees IC (x20)
Hand Release Merkins OYO (x15)
Groiner IC (x10)
Burpees OYO (x10) with 5 overhead claps between each.

Mosey to playground… duck walk across bridge on the way (compliments of Bartman)

30 pull-ups & 30 American Hammers any way you get them in.

THA-THANG:

1. modified 4 corners on half soccer field (compliments of Gibbler)

corner 1: squats 2: BBS 3: lunges 4: CDD. go to each corner through the center where 2 burpees are needed to continue. Repeat twice 1st time with 20 reps second time with 10.

2. Bear Crawl Ring of Fire on the center circle (Compliments of Cosmo)
1. 360 degrees of bear crawl with 10 merkins 2. 180 of boo boo bear crawl with 10 werkins. 3. repeat with other leg. 4. 180 degrees of crawl bear with 10 derkins.

3. quarter pounder – no cheese (compliments of Woodshack)

4. wheel barrow and fireman carry (compliments of Bartman)

battle buddy up – wheel barrow across parking lot for 5 spaces then 5 merkins. switch positions. Continue across lot. Return leg is fireman carry back. switch positions Half way back.

5. 11s on dog poop hill (compliments of Butters)

crawl bear up dog poop hill with easy ups at the top and squat jumps at the bottom (2 overhead hand claps between each rep).

MARY:
Boat/Canoe

Peter Parkers IC (x10)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I heard a story of a guy recently who was watching his car being stolen on a cold morning when he had left it running outside to warm up. He noticed the car being driven away through a window and out of instinct chased the guy down. The thief, being cold and disoriented, couldn’t put the car in park and eventually stopped the car but didn’t run away. The owner of the car after regaining possession of the vehicle saw the thief and rather than anger had felt pity for him. He was poor, homeless, delirious, cold and unable to think clearly. The story ended with with the car owner driving the thief to a shelter where he could get his needs met.

It took a week of this stewing inside my mind to realize how much this mirrored the Christmas story. God, rather than anger, had mercy, even when we were yet his enemy. Also, I consider the many times I look at people in anger instead of compassion.  Jesus said, “forgive them for they know not what they do.” Do I consider people as those who are suffering and lost?

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The pain train

  • THE SCENE: cool and misty
    F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
    WARM-O-RAMA:

    15 BLIMPS, 5 at either end of the parking lot and back to start point
    THA-THANG:
    Mosey to upper soccer field, start at one corner bear crawl to center field, then lunge to the other corner followed by 20 merkins, then back the other way ending with 40 merkins, and back again with 60 merkins.
  • Lap around the field
  • Start back at center field with 10 4ct iron mikes, burney Sanders across the field followed by 10 8ct body builders, then repeat this with 15 reps of each, then 20 reps. This evolution somehow broke cosmos calf muscle (which are the size of watermelons normally) so he was firemen carried from place to place from this point on.
  • Mosey to the concrete bleachers

20 decline wide grip merkins IC and 20 diamonds IC

  • Mosey to dooky hill

Crawl bear up the hill and complete 20 easy ups then run down and 20 4ct OH claps

X2

  • Mosey back to concrete bleachers

A second round of wide grip decline and diamond merkins

  • Mosey to AO

MARY:
we opted to stay dry and finish up with some ring of fire merkins and diamonds.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

MOLESKIN:
I recently heard a statistic about Farragut high school that included the fact three students took their own lives in a single school year. I encouraged the PAX to daily challenge their kids to be different than most others in school and be kind to and stand up for their classmates who are being bullied.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Swirly Q

THE SCENE: cold, little rainy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH, Cherry pickers, BAC, mosey to cess pool

THA-THANG:
bear crawl from sideline to sideline.  then, 10 merkins and jog around half of field to beginning

repeat bear crawls and add 10 merkins each time up to 40 merkins

Do it all again with lunges across the field and dips at the bleachers

Mosey to playground for Dora

BBS, pull ups, squats, merkins while partner runs lap around parking lot

Mosey to AO

Tire Pull, kettle bell swings, tire flip, shoulder presses, jump rope, running

MARY:
Boat Canoe, side crunches, supermans

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Be servants like Christ
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

The 4th place solution!

THE SCENE: First legit cold of year, some fog, probably 10 degrees below average, ominous. Just the way we like it.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

25x Imperial Squat Walker. (IC)

Listening Tubthumper by Chumbawampa, start with SSH at beginning of song, then every time they say, “I get knocked down, but i get up again” you do a burpee. While not doing burpees, you are continuously doing SSH. 27x burpees… No telling how many SSHs.

1 mile run with 20 burpees / 20 jump squats at quarter miles.

THA-THANG:

Round 1:

Hill repeats from fence to tree at the parking lot to soccer field close to Watt Rd. At the bottom 10x derkins, at the top 5x lunges each leg. Something like 14ish hill efforts. 

Round 2:

Ran out of time…. saving it

Pyramid Intervals on the soccer field. 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1  laps perp. across on 75 sec intervals.

MARY:
Round robin PAX selected efforts. box cutters and squats with partners saddled up.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA: 

6 HIMS straight dealing.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
As HIMs we need to keep are heads up. People are hurting around us and we have the ability to impact them positively.
MOLESKIN:
Barely got this published the same month…. leaving room for improvement.
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