F3 Knoxville

Tag: Mermaid

Rolling rolling rollin

AO: shamrock
Q: Haggis
PAX: Lizzy, Honeydew, Hot Toddy, Crawlspace, Mermaid, slappy, Squatter, Stitch
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP: SSH IW Tempo Merkins Don Quixote

THE THANG: mosey to football field

Rolling dice to determine our fate
White for distance (10,20,30,40,50,60)
Green Travel to distance
1 sprint
2 jog
3 bear crawl
4 lunge walk
5 Indian bear crawl
6 frog jump

Black for Work
1 Merkins
2 Squats
3 Dips
4 hello Dolly
5 flutters
6 diamond merkins

2 rounds that seemed like a lot of bear crawl and lunge walks with flutter and Squats

20 second star gazer

Sprints
20 and mosey back
55 and mosey back
5 (which was 95) and back to flag

MARY: no time

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Brolympics tomorrow
COT:
Q shared importance of sprint distance. 2,555 days is 7 years. It’s been that long since my bone marrow transplant after battling leukemia.
Some days you wake up and have an idea as to what will happen and some days the dice of fate you give you hardship. Along the way there have been ups and downs and issues galore but thankful to be on this side of it all.
Going into my fight I was as lukewarm in life as one could be, but that quickly changed as God kept peeking through in numerous ways. It helped to have a strong support system that continues to this day and has grown with F3. It’s an honor to be out with yall in the mornings.

[genesis-ruck] Saucy Nuggs

AO: genesis-ruck
Q: Mermaid
PAX: Mermaid, Steam, Single (Ryan Chambers)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WARMUP:
It was a short warmup consisting of some stretching, particularly the lower back, some SSH, merkins, squats, and then we were off.
THE THANG:
We explored a new route going up the trade route, to kingston pike where we spoke to the barber who is always there at 5:30AM. We continued all the way down Kingston pike to Gallaher View, then to the greenway and back. All in all it was about three miles with two additional trips up moto hill so that we each got a turn going up up up.

The focus of the day was to carry a ruck with a 45lb plate, and a 60lb sandbag for a total of 105lbs. We swapped every 1/3 of mile, while the other guys carried a bag of about 30lbs. The HIM carrying the heavy called two exercises at each stop, and we switched and moved on. Highlights of the day were the aforementioned Saucy Nuggs pic and doing monkey humpers over I40 @ Gallaher View.

We will add a 30lb plate and repeat this soon for a total of 135lbs as we work our way up to 200lbs, and the 200lb mile.
MARY:
none, just a couple trips up Moto with 105lbs
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Rucks Giving
COT:
We were talking about leadership during the ruck, and for the COT, I shared how positive the Virtuous Leadership has been for me. The real issues we discuss, the growing bonds with High Impact Men, and the spiritual discussions that follow. Even better, is that as I am carefully considering the things we discuss each week, I am finding my prayer life has improved along the way. Just as a run AO, or a ruck AO, or even F3 may not be for everyone, Virtuous Leadership may also not be for the common F3 guy. However, the guy who has bought in, attends regularly and “is drinking the kool aid” will love the takeaways and impact that is coming out of intentional leadership studies.

I can’t sum up in a backblast how impactful this time has been every Sunday morning, and I say no to other things so that I can keep this time slot open for this opportunity,

For the Stats

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Choir Boy , Crawdad (Robbi Dickens)
PAX: Snaggletooth (Elijah Tafao), Honeydew, Farley, Pac-man, Wanderer, Butterknife, Choir Boy, Crawdad (Robbi Dickens), Dain Bramage (Will Olson), lebowski, Lulu (Greg Huddy), Mermaid, Mr Jinxy, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Pusher, Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), Steam, Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Veggie (Rylen Huddy), Waffle House (Brady Greene), Right Said from Nashville and Chum Bucket from Illinois
FNGs: None
COUNT: 22
Stuff was done. See post by Crawdad above :point_up_2: because apparently Crawdad has not learned how to do a formal backblast in slack. First half by me, and the second have by Crawdad, who delivered two messages in the COT:

1. You can’t change your life without changing something that you do everyday.
2. If you come out and enjoy the BSIA, then you should be Qing 1-2 times per year, at a minimum.

Convergence next week, or, as Crawdad called it, a “Brovergence.” Crawdad will be there as a “Brovirgin.” I will not be there because my kids have a swim meet. Enjoy and don’t get hurt. It should help that the sun will be up at 7:00 since it is after the time change.

Walk and Talk

AO: shamruck
Q: Fabio (Joe Hamilton)
PAX: Andy Todd, Anchorman, Baby Boomer, Dumpster Dive, Eliza, Flower Pot, Honeydew, Mermaid, Toretto
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP:

THE THANG:

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Brolympics on 11/16

COT: Romans 13, as believers we should pray for our leaders even if we don’t agree with them because God had placed them there for His good

[genesis-ruck] GORUCK BFF Test

AO: genesis-ruck
Q: Steam
PAX: Single (Ryan Chambers), Mermaid
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WARMUP
– Cherry Pickers
– Rockettes
– Baby Arm Circles (B)
– Michael Phelps

THE THANG
GORUCK BFF Test 2
– 1-mile ruck/shuffle for time
– 2 minutes of sandbag burpees
– 200m suitcase carry
– 2 minutes of hand-release pushups

MARY
– Ruck the Trade Route and parking lot up top
– If anyone needs a haircut – the corner barber shop is open at 6am AND had people waiting by 6:03

ANNOUNCEMENTS
– 9 Year Convergence! 11/16 at The Asylum
– announcements and 9year-convergence channel
– www.goruck.com/products/patch-rucksgiving-2024?srsltid=AfmBOoqBUES2JyTCygzqo_SxXQ4ErERid3z4gURVagaPni2WCIEWmRpH?
– Who wants to pick up the Q next week?

COT
Feelings Aren’t Fact

Feelings are not a litmus test for the Gospel or the power of it.
– worship was good if I felt it, etc.

I this can apply to almost every situation we find ourselves in.

Pray for our country.