F3 Knoxville

Go Go Gadget Ruck

AO: thequacken
Q: DoorKicker (Jud)
PAX: Mountain Ice, Frizzles, Recoil (Blake Conley)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
THE THANG: Rucked to Mountain City

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

– Haw Ridge on 27 March
– thequacken vs Brickyard Ultimate Football Extravaganza on 18 April

COT: Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.” – Francis Chan

[halls-otb] Thursday Ruck

AO: halls-otb
Q: Mountain Ice
PAX: Frizzles
FNGs: None
COUNT: 2
WARMUP:
Started with the Clayton Loop

THE THANG:
Started off towards Emory/Maynardville intersection. Crossed over and found the greenway. Followed various animal tracks and a very ominous drag mark for a good .5 mile. Dodged slippery spots all along the trail. Cut up by the ball fields, into a neighborhood then headed home. Headed back to the AO as fast as possible since we were about 15 minutes late.

MARY:
No time

COT:
She had blue skin, And so did he. He kept it hid And so did she. They searched for blue Their whole life through, Then passed right by- And never knew.
– Shel Silverstein

Gentlemen, start…your…engines 🏎️

AO: thequacken
Q: Mountain Ice
PAX: Frizzles, DoorKicker (Jud), Shotgun, Recoil (Blake Conley)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP:
The usual stuff

THE THANG:
4 PAX complete 4 exercises while the 5th PAX completes a heavy farmer’s carry loop around the parking lot. After loop, everyone runs to the Grieving sign and back to start anew.

Exercises were 2 jumps ropes, kettlebell figure 8s, and sandbag curls.

MARY:
Standing bro-ga since the parking lot was pretty wet.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Escape from Haw Ridge! Mar. 27
– Goruck light/basic April 24th weekend
– Potential rumblings of an AO v AO competition

COT:
She had blue skin, And so did he. He kept it hid And so did she. They searched for blue Their whole life through, Then passed right by- And never knew.

-Shel Silverstein

Don’t be afraid to be yourself. Embrace the weirdness and make weird friends. Don’t try to fit into a box for other people.

Groundhog Day in the Midbar

AO: thequacken
Q: FixerUpper
PAX: DoorKicker (Jud), Frizzles, Shotgun
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP:
Warmup stuff (spoiler – it didn’t work)

THE THANG:
Mosey to Gresham
AMRAP type workout
– 10 Big Boi Situps
– 20 Lunges (the easy way)
– 30 Squats
Jog as far a possible before road turned into bobsled track, then returning back to start
Repeato

Mosey back to the AO, notice that the temperature reading on the Gresham MS school sign was frozen

MARY:
Shotgun : Dead bugs in cadence (cicada -ence?, we may have stumbled upon something there)
Doorkicker : 50 LBCs (I made a “not to 50!!” reference that no one got)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hey! We are an East region!

COT:
One of the “meta-narratives” of the Bible is The Wilderness and The Garden (midbar and eden). I’ve been listening to the Bible Project podcast series about this, and it has been fascinating and very helpful to think through. In essence, God creates a Garden out of the Wilderness of non-creation, and humans journey back and forth between these two places over and over for different reasons. Examples include:
– Adam and Eve
– Cain
– Hagar
– Abraham
– Moses
– The People of Israel (out of Egypt, into the Garden of Canaan, then back into the exile of Assyria and Babylon)
– John the Baptizer
– Jesus
– The Church

Why does this matter? What is this weird, old Jewish book?
– Maybe you’ve experienced a Wilderness time in your life, when you feel as though you’re about to go back into the dust.
– Maybe you wonder why in the Garden times, things still aren’t quite right either.
– Maybe there is more there than you might see at first
– Maybe you wonder if there are any stories bigger than your own.

Count me in on all of these :point_up:

Prayer for certain items, SYITG next time :v:

Friday Ruck PT

AO: thequacken
Q: vanilla
PAX: Frizzles, Natty, DoorKicker (Jud), Mountain Ice, Postman (Scott Colby), Recoil (Blake Conley), vanilla, Mic Drop(Sam)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP: walkin

THE THANG: random ruck routes with 10 merkins and 10 squats every 3 min

MARY: nah

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Adam (bone marrow recovery) – Recoil (Blake Conley) church member who lose home and kids in fire

COT: So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they’re busy doing things they think are important. This is because they’re chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.

— Mitch Albom Tuesday’s With Morrie


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