F3 Knoxville

Ghost Flag Ruck

AO: thequacken
Q: FixerUpper (Patrick Core)
PAX: Lizzy, Gmail, fast-n-easy (Nate Votta), Z-Pack (Brian Brockman), Geppetto (Christopher Bennett), Drive-thru (Mikel Towe), Appleseed (Jon Smith), Glamper, Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Spellcheck, Swanson (Eli Cockrum), Brick (Chris Tittle), Postman (Scott Colby), FixerUpper (Patrick Core), Crash from Louisville
FNGs: None
COUNT: 15

WARMUP: some stretching, some mumblechatter about which PAX goes with which AO

THE THANG:
ruck to Central HS, option to do ruck PT or continue on track. Ruck back. 3 sandies came along.
Ruck PT – 15 min AMRAP
10 burpees (slick, ruck, or sandbag option)
20 HR Merkins
30 Thrusters
40 Ruck swings
50 Squats
1 trip up and back the bleachers

YHC caught some grief since the stadium lights were not turned on, a gate was locked, and the track did not have stripes. Even though these difficulties were overcome, any further complaints should be directed in writing to Knox Co Schools.

A team sand bag toss for distance competition between Big Ball and Asylum PM was the Ghost Flag tiebreaker.

MARY: no time

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Welcome Crash DR from Louisville.
Ruck from Asylum to Big Ball tomorrow AM. Check #ruck channel for details.
Ghost Flag returns to Asylum PM.
Ruck from The Quacken to Big Ball next Saturday 8/26

COT:
Proverbs 16:1-3 are my theme verses for The Quacken this year.

The LORD knows my motivation and how I can either be on the campaign trail to get guys to come to the Quacken and not really care about them and be more concerned with my own agenda OR I can be discouraged and think this is not worth doing, too hard, etc.

Scripture is a way to correct both of these harmful ways of thinking. It says to me “Continue to work hard! Remember that it is not all about you!”

Prov 16:3 Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established.

Camp Runamuck 2023 Round-Up

AO: paxminer-testing
Q: Sawdust
PAX: Sawdust, Papa Lock (Chris McCarthy), Brick (Chris Tittle), Grouch (Danni Lupisella), Mathlete (Jacob Platfoot), Streaker (Andrew Dotson), Gibbler (Tim Basch), Cosmo 2, shenanigans, Chris Poetzel (Mustard), Doubtfire (Nick Bond), FullHouse (Tommy Wolf), Bunny, Comfort Zone (Colin Courtney), KickFlip (David Greer), Data (Joey Tipton), Doppelgänger (Chase Hively), Avocado (Ben Erskine), Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), M&M (Sawdust 2.0), Princess Peach (Sawdust 2.0), Squirtle (Papa Lock 2.0), 50 Cal [Now Tortoise] (Brick 2.0), Bunker (Brick 2.0), Dunk (Grouch 2.0), Drama (Grouch 2.0), Nerf (Mathlete 2.0), Buttercup (Mathlete 2.0), Unicorn [Now Dig] (Gibbler 2.0), Chocolate (Gibbler 2.0), Jane (Gibbler 2.0), Tecmo (Cosmo 2 2.0), Flat Tire (Cosmo 2 2.0), Bookworm (Shenanigans 2.0), Mia (Shenanigans 2.0), 1-Up (Shenanigans 2.0), Ronaldo (Mustard 2.0), Elsa (Mustard 2.0), Grid Iron (Doubtfire 2.0), Lightning (Doubtfire 2.0), Hammer (Full House 2.0), Flipper (Full House 2.0), Leia (Bunny 2.0), Ghostbuster (Bunny 2.0), Retro (Comfort Zone 2.0), Dino (Comfort Zone 2.0), Raptor (KickFlip 2.0), Batman (KickFlip 2.0), Fire Dragons (KickFlip 2.0), Cheetah Speed (Data 2.0), Optimus (Data 2.0), Legendary (Doppleganger 2.0), Claptrap (Papa Lock 2.0), Unicorn (Brick 2.0), Beetlejuice (Streaker 2.0), Guac (Avocado 2.0)
FNGs: 4 Claptrap (Papa Lock 2.0), Unicorn (Brick 2.0), Beetlejuice (Streaker 2.0), Guac (Avocado 2.0)
COUNT: 57
WARMUP:
• Side Straddle Hops
• Tempo Merkins
• Cherry Pickers
• Windmills
• Rockettes (All In A Line)
• Tie Fighters
• X-Wings
• Burpees (Reps are Age of Oldest 2.0 in Your Crew)

THE THANG:
• Station #1 – Campfire:
• Step-Ups with Run to Podium Partners
• Station #2 – Pavilion Site:
• X-Factor
• Captain Thor
• Hello Dollies
• LBCs
• Station #3 – Arts & Crafts:
• Tennessee Rockin’ Chairs
• Lt. Dans
• Grady Corns
• Station #4 – Amphitheater at Lake:
• Butt Touchers
• More Windmills
• Station #5 – Dining Hall:
• Sumo Squats
• Ring of Fire Monkey Humpers

MARY: Not Time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Breakfast is Ready!
COT: Joshua 1:9 “… your Heavenly Father is always with you”. This weekend is about connecting 2.0s & earthly fathers. We as dads are charged from God to lead and guide our families. Part of that guidance is to set an example by fostering our own relationship with God as well as encouraging and directing our family toward knowing God and His Will.

There and Back Again

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Steam
PAX: Brick (Chris Tittle), OnStar (Arthur Dias), Lilydipper (John Neece), Abacus (Erik Ella), Pusher, Jeevan Kypa, Sparkler (Brian Pitstick), Crash Dummy, Petunia (aka Daniel Ellis), Honeydew (Jason Childers), Drum Major (Mike Johnston), CRISPR (David Smelser), F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), High Heels (Henry Ritchie), Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Pele (Jon Lindberg), Rooney (Carl Whipple), Glamper, CrankBait, Gridiron
FNGs: None
COUNT: 20
WARMUP:
– Imperial Walker: 10×4
– 10 SSH
– Rockette: 10×4
– 10 SSH
– BAC – F: 10×4
– 10 SSH
– BAC – B: 10×4
– Cherry Picker: 10×4
– 10 SSH
– Twisty: 10×4
– 10 SSH

THE THANG:
Mosey to the Coliseum (right parking lot)
(1) Nickel, Dime, 15 – Part 1
– 3 POC: parking lot – middle – parking lot
– 5 reps – 10 reps – 15 reps (all on a 1-count)
– Done in succession
– PL1: Lunges
– Middle: Merkins
– PL2: Squats
– Stay at PL2 in the wall sit when you’re done
(10 count or something)
(2) Nickel, Dime, 15 – Part 2
– 5 reps – 10 reps – 15 reps (all on a 4 count)
– Done in succession
– PL1: LBCs
– Middle: Flutter Kicks
– PL2: Toe Touches
– Stay at PL2 in the wall sit when you’re done
Mosey down the mulch path to the base of Everest
(3) There + Back Again Part 1
– There: Top of the Summit
– Back Again: Base of Everest
– Battle Buddy up
– Between There + Back Again, each team is responsible for:
   – 50 incline merkins
   – 50 squats
   – 50 lunges
   – 50 battle buddy decline BBS
– Get to the Summit: Execute the X in Green on the scorecard, come back down to the Base of Everest
(4) There + Back Again Part 2
– There: Top of the Summit
– Back Again: Base of Everest
– Between There + Back Again:
   – 100 SSH (There)
   – 100 incline merkins (@ the stump) (took these 10 at a time)
   – 10 SSH (@ base or the summit
– Get to the Summit: Execute the X in Red on the scorecard, come back down to the Base of Everest
Mose up to the Bat Cave for Mary

MARY:
– Breathe/stretch OYO for the last 60 seconds

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– GORUCK Baseline Fitness Test this Saturday at 7am @ the Quacken AO. Lizzy is taking point on this.
– Forg3 2023 is almost just a month away! Checkout this link for all the info + registration: forg3intel.carrd.co/ (Brick and Steam taking point on this)
– WE STILL HAVE THE GHOST FLAG THANKS TO BRICK/GLAMPER/DOUBTFIRE 💪

COT:
The Thing In Front Of You Is Not Really “The Thing”
– I eluded to this in the pre-blast on Slack
– I heard this quote from Rick Dunn, who came and spoke at the July Convergence at Shamrock this year.
– It really got me thinking – because as many of you know, this passport thing that Megan and I have been going through has absolutely been the thing right in front of us, right in front of our faces.
– But then I got to thinking about this idea that “the thing in front of you isn’t really “the thing.”
– So, then what’s the real thing?
– Some examples of what it’s been for me: a lack of faith or trust, impatience, pride, a need for control, etc.
– Because there is some freedom in the fact of realizing that the thing in front of you is never really the thing, but it’s reflective of what’s actually going on inside.

Keep Climbing

AO: juco
Q: Butterknife
PAX: Butterknife, Windex, Ghost Flag (F3Knoxville), Po-Boy (Travis Dupre), Glamper, Incoming (Rodney Pointer), Booster (Les Fout), Dart Gun (Todd Mulder), Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Parkour, Fetch (Joel Moran), Brick
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP:
Side straddle hop in cadence 20
Cherry Pickers
5 Burpees on your own
Arm rotations thumbs up in cadence
Reverse thumbs down in cadence
Motivators 8x

THE THANG:
Grab a CMU
Mosey to JUCOmanjaro
Partner up
Sprint to first stripe while partner farmer carries do 5 Burpees
Bear crawl next stripe while partner farmer carries do 10 Burpees
Sprint to Next stripe while partner farmer carries do 15 Burpees
Repeat with Squats, Derkins

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
“You are the sum of the 5 people you spend time with.

Show me your circle and I’ll show you your ceiling.

And if you’re the smartest and most successful person in the room….

It’s time to find a new room.

What an absolute honor to be in this room!!!

I’m a 🧽 “

Three things will last forever—Faith, hope, and love—the greatest of these is love.
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭13:13‬ ‭NLT‬‬

What an interesting life, to be a Leader

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Pele (Jon Lindberg)
PAX: Abacus (Erik Ella), Steam, Lilydipper (John Neece), Pusher, Ghost Flag (F3Knoxville), Drum Major (Mike Johnston), Brick (Chris Tittle), Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Rooney (Carl Whipple), Tenderfoot, MD Hammer (Jan Michael Carrillo), Glamper, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Lizzy, Gridiron
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
WARMUP: SSH, BACs forward/backward, Grady Corns, Hamstring stretches on benches, Cherry Pickers, Plank Jacks

THE THANG:
Due to the rain, we met under the PAV-A-LON and did most of the workout there. Tabata style, mixture of arms, legs, and Abs, a bit Spirit-led. When the rain let up for a bit, we moseyed to the parking lot for some more spirit-led activities at the four corners, making sure to get our fronts and backs wet (hand release merkins and LBCs). Back to the PAV-A-LON to finish out the Tabata workout.
MARY: Wall sits until time.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Backblast Ap, F3 in the Nude a week from Saturday, 2nd F at Abacus’s that same day, FORGE coming up late September. Prayers for the Macon PAX and the family of our brother that fell there this week.
COT: Showed a Coach K video from the show The Bear that talks about leadership. Unfortunately , the video was too soft to hear, but the takeaways were as follows: 1. Success requires you to CHANGE YOUR LIMITS. NOT EASY!!
 Expect there to be bumps in the road. Failure.
 Don’t accept that Failure as your final destination. Change and adapt and get back at it.
 There’s definitely a fear factor here.

2. TEAMWORK. You can’t do it by yourself. Surround yourself with people that will help you succeed, not drag you back.
 Don’t confuse criticism (designed to help you improve) with negativity (holding you back)

3. LISTEN. Don’t just talk. CONVERSE
 Collaborate to find solutions. Not only will you be able to draw on others for ideas, but when you ask for and incorporate their advice, they become more invested too.

4. What an interesting life to be a leader. EMBRACE IT.