F3 Knoxville

Tag: Eliza

Battleship at the Shammy

AO: shamrock
Q: KickFlip
PAX: Commission, slappy, LeBling, Oscar Meyer, Stitch, Gringo, Honeydew, Mermaid, Jardet, Anchorman, Eliza, Base Salary, Curveball, Crawlspace, Toretto, KickFlip, Snaggletooth (Elijah Tafao), Nutcracker (2.0)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 17
WARMUP: RFTS/LIH, Cherry pickers, TIE fighters, down dog, $tretch, merkins, mountain climbers, predator jacks, walking stretch kicks, walking fence steppers. Mosey to the big parking lot.

THE THANG:
Divide into two teams for Battleship. 5 sets of cones set out facing each other. Run and grab a tennis ball, sprint to your far side, sprint to a battle station and perform the exercise on the cardboard, fire your tennis ball at the other team’s ships. Repeat until one team sinks all of the other team’s ship.

Team 1 wins Round 1. Team 2 wins Round 2.

Teams hold plank while 1 man sprints to collect a tennis ball and comes back. First team to 17 balls is our winner.

MARY:
“Turn it Up” by Oh the Larceny. Burpee each time the song says “Turn it Up” – SSH the rest of the time. Crawlspace and Toretto finished and hereby join Erector in the PAX Hall of Fame as men who have completed this challenge!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Mermaid’s home tonight, Rainbow Falls hike tomorrow, Mountain Biking AO launches Monday, Escape From Haw Ridge April 5th – details for all these are on Slack.

COT:
Tagged on to Crawlspace’s COT from Wednesday – specifically about having discipline over your thoughts.

Take every thought captive…and make it obedient to Christ… 2 Corinthians 10:5

Philippians 4:8
“…whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”

Let’s work to get really good at realizing when our thoughts are negative and we are daydreaming about guilt, mistakes, slights (real or imagined), and other unhelpful darkness where (whiny voice) “I’m the victim…” Let’s get good at shifting out of that mindset and into virtuous thinking. One of the best ways to shift from negative thinking to positive thinking is by expressing gratitude.

Tuesdays with Eliza

AO: shamruck
Q: Eliza
PAX: Glamper, Commission, Eliza, Fabio (Joe Hamilton), KickFlip, Mailbox, Mermaid, The Situation, I-Beam
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9

THE THANG: Rucked through Gulf Park to CAK and back down Sherril Blvd over to Dutchtown and back
COT: Lean on your F3 brothers and share the hard stuff with them. Be open with your struggles and be willing to listen and help in return.

nothing special

AO: shamruck
Q: Mermaid
PAX: Fabio (Joe Hamilton), KickFlip, The Situation, Blindside, Eliza, Mermaid
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
just miles…
We did the old faithful route, and a lap around campus. We talked a lot about the upcoming GTE. The total mileage was around 3.5.

Our COT focused on a rough quote I picked up at Winter Jam over the weekend. It was something the band New Song said. Since I don’t have the exact quote, this is the paraphrase.

You don’t realize how much you need Jesus until you realize that Jesus is all that you have. Upon that realization, you learn that he is all that you really ever needed.

Snow Day Shenanigans

AO: shamrock
Q: slappy
PAX: Mermaid, Anchorman, Base Salary, Eliza, KickFlip, Skidmark, slappy, Stitch, Swifty, Voodoo, Waxjob, Oscar Meyer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP:
SSH
Grady Corns
Moroccan night club
Tempo merkins
Shoulder taps
Cherry pickers

THE THANG:
On football field
-50 snow angels
Separated into 2 teams. Snowball fight. You get hit you do 5 burpees.
Round 1- you get 3 lives
Round 2- civil war – each team stands shoulder to shoulder 10 yards opposite the other team. You get 1 shot per round. If you get hit you’re out. Play until last man standing.
Round 3 – single elimination

Moved to the half pipe hill
Teams did a sled relay. Go down hill on sled stop and do 1 burpee. Run up the hill and handoff to teammate.

MARY:
Pickle pounders
Hold plank until 6:15

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence this weekend. See you all there.

COT:
I read the letter I wrote to Shamrock last year followed by the letter Mrs. Cardinal wrote to us this year.

When asked about why God chose the timing that he did, “She said, “It was because he hadn’t met F3 yet. God waited to take him until they were in your life to take care of you.” She was right. God waited…so that I would have you to walk with me through the darkest valley of my life.”

Do you believe that F3 can make a difference in the lives of men and their families? Who do you see around you that needs support? Who do you go to for support. While sad, Cardinal’s passing is a good story that all men of F3 are part of. The challenge is to make it count for yourself and others while you still can.