THE SCENE: Pleasant temperatures in the upper 70s, but still dang humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
Boom. Nailed it.
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 SSH IC, 20 Imperial Squat Walkers IC, 20 Windmills IC (PAX really needs to work on getting the coordination and count down on these… 😉 ), 20 baby-to-big arm circles IC, front/reverse
THA-THANG:
Mosey to Area 51.
We will do Partner DORAs starting at the parking sign off of the perimeter road just south of the Admin building.. While one partner runs to Area 51 parking lot/loading Dock and does 5 squat jumps and runs back, the other starts the exercises. Each pair shall complete the following, cumulatively:
- 100 Big Boy sit-ups
- 200 Lunges (doing both legs counts as 1)
- 100 Merkins
Mosey around perimeter road to grassy field between Admin Building and main park road. Cones will be laid out in a large rectangle. Move around the cones, doing Bernie Sanders on the long sides and bear crawls on the short sides. Stop at midpoints and corners for exercises.
- At midpoints (long side only), do 15 Carolina Dry Docks
- At each corner, do 10 mountain climbers (4-ct)
Rinse and repeat, but replace the exercises with the following:
- At midpoints (long side), do 15 Bobby Hurleys
- At each corner, do 10 Plank Jacks
Mosey to path leading to Admin building.
Bernie Sanders up the sidewalk to the stairs, and do 50 calf raises on the stairs.
Mosey back to AO.
MARY:
Captain Thors, 20 Hello Dollies (IC), 15 tempo merkins (IC), 40 E2Ks (10 each leg, rinse and repeat), 20 modified table saws (IC), 20 froggie/heel touches (IC)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 fine men, all tagged except for Foff (sp?) who is still not registered.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The Peace of Wild Things
Outside of church, I have always felt closest to God while immersed in the beauty of nature, surrounded by a world so achingly beautiful that it makes me so grateful and humbled that we have been placed in such surroundings. Whether it is standing on a ledge looking at a spectacular waterfall, gazing out across a valley tinted with fall colors from a peak, or simply looking at the contours and pigments of a simple, perfect flower, I feel the work of God in my heart. I wanted to read this poem, which I stole-borrowed from a fellow F3er’s Facebook page (Thanks Lillydipper!)
“The Peace of Wild Things” by Wendell Barry
When Despair for the World grows in me
And I wake in the night at the least sound
In fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
Rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds
I come into the peace of wild things
Who do not tax their lives with forethought
Of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
Waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world. And am free.”
Prayers that we pause and truly appreciate the beauty of our world whenever possible, and that we are wise and responsible stewards of our wondrous planet so that it is preserved for generations to come.
MOLESKIN:
Congrats to Mr. Jinxy and best wishes on the marriage of his daughter this week-end!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Lots of stuff coming up… Atlanta Mud Run, F3 Olympics, Cleveland, TN F3 kickoff all in the next month. Stay tuned…