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AO: juco
Q: Haggis
PAX: Mailbox, Zerolingo, Booster, Waffles, Wanderer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
Warmup SSSH IW Tempo Merkins Don Quixote

Dora 123 Merkins, Squats and squishy LBC (the sounds were fantastic)
P2 takes sandbag and walks 30 yards and back farmer carry (r then l) shoulder carry (r then left) front/back carry

Competed in Brolympics sandbag toss (throw 60# bag, then 40 bag twice. Mailbox (with one hand) edged out Haggis

Did an “Indian ruck” with sandbags with no specific destination, leader chose time leading and route.

Got back in time for quick Mary including flutters, Nolan Ryan’s (side plank with punches) Freddy Mercury and Superman swimmers. Squats for time as Rushers arrived

Q shared 7th birthday from bone marrow transplant this past Sunday. Talked about the appreciation of support from so many across the years. Along the ruck Zerolingo asked about what is the part of F3 I enjoy the most and I quickly stated the fellowship:being around solid men with similar thoughts and beliefs who help to encourage rather than tearing you down. It’s a joy to call you brothers.
Prayers for many in the circle, especially for Mailbox and happy birthday to Butterknife’s daughter Rachel!

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Live Or Die. Make Your Choice.

AO: juco
Q: Windex
PAX: Booster, Mailbox, Love Shaq, Wanderer, Guardrail, Windex, 0
FNGs: 1 0
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:
Cue the spooky music.
Side Straddle Chops
Witches Pot (stir the brew right and left)
Tennessee Electric Chair (add jump at the top)
6 Burpees
1 Pumpkin Carver (merkin, shoulder taps, merkin, knee taps, merkin, toe taps, merkin)

THE THANG:
Mosey to the CMU pile. One stays for Ghostbusters (blockie), others run up and do 2 burpee pull ups. Rotate until all have played.

When Thriller came on – 1st time – zombie bear crawl until the chorus, second time – zombie bear crawl through the chorus.

Mosey up sophomore hill. One stays for Freddy Kruegers (freddy mercury), other run across lot and do 1 pumpkin carver. Rotate until all have played.
Mosey to the lot below. Hit the light poles and make progress at each…1 burpee, 2 burpees, 3 burpees. 5 hello johnny’s (hello dolly), 10 hello johnny’s, 15 hello johnny’s. 5 imperial stalkers (imperial walkers), 10 imperial stalkers, 15 imperial stalkers.
10 squats.
Mosey towards flag.
10 monkey humpers.
To the flag.

MARY:
The Ring – circle up, hold a plank, roll an 8lb medicine ball across. Bear crawl to get it if doesn’t make it. Hold a squat, toss the 8lb medicine ball across. If it drops, 1 burpee for all. Russian twists with medicine ball, pass around. Done.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Brolympics on 11/16. Try to sign up by 11/9.

COT:
In the Bible, “dying to self” is a concept that refers to the act of setting aside one’s own wants and desires to follow Jesus and live a life that is centered on God.

The world has a very different concept of living. Just look over here at this, go ahead and get this, or do that. No one is going to know, no one is going to care. The world screams at us to (fill in the blank) and you’ll be happy. Just a little more…
If it makes you feel happy, do it.

It ultimately comes down to the fact that the enemy is working triple over
time to try and make us stumble. So stand fast and choose to wake up each day, take up your cross, and follow Jesus.

“For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self?”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭9‬:‭24‬-‭25‬

“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭2‬:‭20‬

Back To Life
Bethel Music

Remember these lyrics:
“The enemy thought he had me, but Jesus said you are mine”

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Mermaid Lives on Chateaugay Road

AO: shamruck
Q: The Situation
PAX: Mermaid, Trojan, Tonka, Eliza, Anchorman, Mailbox, Hot Toddy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
THE THANG:
3.4 miles through Belmont West (my second-favorite neighborhood)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence on November 16 at the Asylum

COT:
Find ways to give and serve this holiday season. If a cause or a group of people is on your heart, then that’s who you should be helping.

The Quest for Halloween Decorations

AO: shamruck
Q: Mermaid
PAX: Eliza, Toretto, Mailbox, Anchorman, Ribbed, Dumpster Dive, Crawlspace, Mermaid
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
We moved fast, and covered a lot of ground today. We were seeking Halloween Decorations with two specific stops in mind. We were 4 minutes late as a result, and did the COT on the fly during the last half mile.

COT Topic was about my daughter and critical thinking, as she was uncomfortable with a question in school. The paraphrase was something like why do we teach children religion, and the answer was that they are impressionable. She said that made her uncomfortable and we were able to have a great conversation about discernment, wisdom, truth, and religion.

Also 3 runners, Toretto, Mailbox, & Anchorman. 2 Dogs joined the ruckers, and I am sorry for the blurry pic.

IPC week 4: the most bestest

AO: juco
Q: Haggis
PAX: Butterknife, Fetch, Booster, Data, Wanderer, Lt. Dan, Guardrail, Mailbox
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
Warmup

SSH x 20
IW x 15
Merkins x 10
Don Quixote x 10
Moroccan Night Club x 10

Thang:
Week 4 IPC
Buy in 200 m run
Round 1-8 work 30 reps
200 m run
Remaining time burpees

Each rd is 5 min
Rd 1: Freddy Mercury
2: Pickle Pounder
3: Flutters
4:Plank Jacks
5: Monkey Humpers
6: Squats
7:LBC
8: SSH

Great work by all and awesome encouragement on the run

COT: Last week Lil’ Spice mentioned a Christian artist named Andrew Peterson. I recognized the name, not by music but by his writing. He wrote a 4 book miniseries entitled The Wingfeather Saga that tells the tale of a family of kids who must learn about life in the midst of strife.
In one chapter an idea struck as very poignant. The idea is to be the Moon in the darkness. To be a light for those who are struggling. I talked about how the moon has many phases that shows different brightness. We also reflect that same brightness, sometimes Full, sometimes waxing or waning and sometimes new and just showing a sliver. Sometimes it’s obvious that we are good men, husbands, fathers, leaders and other times when we struggle to see a way for ourselves. So when you’re bright, shine for those who struggle and when you struggle find that bright light and ask for help.
Guardrail also mentioned that the moon doesn’t provide light but gives off the reflection of the sun, so, in this metaphor, be a reflection of the Son.

Prayers for those struggling through what life has going on including cancer, health, storm recovery and so much more

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