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Rugby Practice with Chairman Mao

Pax: AlrightAlright Special Sauce Mile High Icebox Teasip Gambler Aaarrrggghhh Ina Landing Strip (Nola) Rump Roast Oatmeal

12 Pax gathered for running or Rucking this morning.

YHC managed to conduct an in-cadence warmup without any grumbling a personal accomplishment

Oatmeal and Rump Roast then split off and got in some good rucking this morning.

The rest of us did a workout inspired by YHC’s first ever rugby workout.

100 walk 200 m jog 100 sprint 5 burpees
200 walk 400 jog 200 sprint 10 squats, 5 burpees
200 walk 800 jog 200 sprint 15 rugby sit ups, 10 squats, 5 burpees
400 jog 200 sprint

Mary concludes the throw back

Mumble chatter
@AlrightAlright apologized to Landing Strip for us not talking enough during the workout, despite him finding ample time to complain we didn’t follow Upward rules when we continued running while he tied his shoes. We also learned he needs new shoes.

@sSpecial Sauce was disappointed there was no tackling.

YHC discovered he’s still slow from time off last fall. A PSA to everyone to not take too much time off for multiple reasons.

Announcements
Run Ranger kicks off tomorrow so good luck to those participating.

Bourbon night is next Thursday hopefully we can find a copy of Hoosiers before then.

2nd F that Friday Iocation TBD

Teasip offered some kind words to pray us out.

Finally YHC is not sure why band hates him and doesn’t format properly

DJ Icebox will be spinning records tomorrow at his workout; so, be there for the fresh beats and the beat down.

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Blackjack at Glencoe Casino

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Belk Bowl, Aaarrrggghhh, Kumquat (Huntersville), Teasip, Hi-Liter (Carpex), Coach K, Icebox, Rump Roast, Special Sauce, F150, King of Beers (Asheville), Natty Daddy (Asheville)
QIC: Alright Alright

AO: Glencoe Park
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x21

IST x21

Squats x21

THA THANG:

  1. Super 21 (#1 – #10)
  2. Mosey to Goal Line
  3. Super 21 (#11 – #13)
  4. 21 Lunges – Alternating Legs (IC)
  5. Super 21 (#14 – #15)
  6. 21 yd. Backward Run (down and back)
  7. Super 21 (#16)
  8. 21 Squat Jumps (OYO)
  9. Super 21 (#17)
  10. 21 Prisoner Get-Ups (OYO)
  11. Super 21 (#18)
  12. 21 High Knees (OYO – sets)
  13. Super 21 (#19)
  14. 21 Parker Peters (IC)
  15. Mosey to Tennis Courts
  16. Super 21 (#20)
  17. 21 LBCs (In Cadence)
  18. Super 21 (#21)
  19. Bear Crawl Suicides x2 + 1 cross court (21 lines)

MARY:
None

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
YHC prayed us out asking God to help us be leaders in everything that we do.

MOLESKIN:
Great to have 4 Willy Lomans from North Carolina with us.

The Bear Crawls were definitely a #crowdpleaser.

Not too much #mumblechatter, probably because everyone was counting the whole time.

Teasip, King of Beers, Natty Daddy and YHC ran 1 mile before the workout.

#Tclaps to Winklevoss from F3 Winston-Salem for coming up with this workout.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. Texas Independence Day 18K is March 2nd. Start Training.
2. Run Ranger Run starts 2/1/19.

3. Bourbon Night is 2/7/19.

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Texas Independence Day 18K Official Preblast

On March 2, 1836, 59 #HIM signed the Texas Declaration of Independence to declare independence from Mexico and create the Republic of Texas. To celebrate these #Disrupters we will hold the first annual Texas Independence Day 18K on March 2, 2019.

We will launch at 0700 from Reverchon Park. From 0700 – 1200 we will complete the following: 6.3 miles of running, 4.9 miles of rucking and 120 minutes of boot camp workouts.

Men across Dallas and F3 Nation are invited to join us for all or some of this event.

Itinerary:

  • 0700 – 0730 – Boot Camp At Reverchon Park
  • 0730 – 0805 – 3.5 mile Run to Glencoe Park
  • 0805 – 0835 – Boot Camp at Glencoe Park
  • 0835 – 0850 – 1.5 mile Run to Burleson Park
  • 0850 – 0920 – Boot Camp at Burleson Park
  • 0920 – 0933 – 1.3 mile Run to Caruth Park
  • 0933 – 1003 – Boot Camp at Caruth Park
  • 1003 – 1136 – 4.9 mile Ruck to Reverchon Park
  • 1200 – Celebration at Katy Trail Ice House with spouses, girlfriends, kids, and dogs

DISCLAIMER: F3 Nation, Inc. (“F3″) is a peer-led, zero-cost non-profit workout group. F3 makes no representations with regard to the skill level of workout leaders, the safety of the exercises performed during workouts or the hazardousness of the premises upon which workouts are conducted. The men who lead F3 workouts are not paid to do so and no representations of any kind are made by F3 about their skill level. The premises upon which F3 workouts are conducted are not owned or maintained by F3. F3 makes no representations of any kind regarding their safety. Although F3 workouts vary widely in intensity, all F3 workouts tend to be rigorous and are undertaken upon uneven ground during periods of limited visibility. Therefore, there are certain dangers inherent in participating in an F3 workout. Participants must be 18 or older and are assumed to have made their own reasonable decision as to whether they should so participate. Participants under 18 must be accompanied by a father or male legal guardian. F3 disclaims any and all responsibility for any individual’s decision to participate in an F3 workout. By participating in an F3 workout, an individual assumes the risks inherent in doing so. This Disclaimer and Notice is made by F3 on its own behalf and on the behalf and for the benefit of any person leading an F3 workout and/or otherwise acting for the benefit of F3.

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QSource in a Workout

PAX: Aaarrrggghhh, Gambler, Hoser (F3 Franklin)

QIC: Alright Alright

Alternative Beatdown: F150

Disclaimer: Given

YHC sent out a preblast yesterday letting all of the PAX know that this workout would be an additional QSource lesson.  YHC thought that would be appealing the PAX.  Apparently it was not.  In fact, it seems that the PAX are seriously against this type of lesson, as Aaarrrggghhh and Gambler were the only Dallas PAX to join YHC for the educational #beatdown.

YHC is contemplating calling out all of the PAX that had committed to posting, and then did not…

#Tclaps to Chairman Mao for running the Katy Trail to join us for the Warm-o-rama only before heading immediately to the DMV for a less than efficient morning.

Warm-o-rama

SSH x15

IST x15

Squats x10

Tha Thang

Mosey to the Bridge as a Community (a group that is close in proximity, but has no true purpose)

At the base of the Bridge partner up.  Partner 1 run across Bridge. Partner 2 does merkins until Partner 1 returns. Flapjack. This is an Organization (a group that has a purpose, but is not necessarily close in proximity).

Native American run across the Bridge and back. This is a Team (a group that is close in proximity and has a purpose).

Bataan Death March across the Bridge and back, with 3 burpees at the back of the line. This represents a Leech, an organization that is slow moving and dying. Individuals are looking out for their own survival in these organizations.

Native American Run across the Bridge and back. This represents a Bullfrog, an organization that’s purpose is solely to exist. Bullfrogs are happy with the status quo and truly enjoy comfort.

Timed Native American Run across the Bridge and back. This represents a Lizard, an organization that is dedicated to the effective achievement of its mission. Lizards are forward looking, they seek change through movement and disruption. The stopwatch certainly disrupted us.

Timed Native American Run across the Bridge and back with the mission of beating the previous time.  We did.

Celebratory individual run across the Bridge and back.

Community mosey back to La Madeleine.

In all we ran 4.2 miles.

YHC hopes the PAX learned something from this beatdown.

Let’s get better tomorrow men. No more excuses.

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More Finalized Texas Independence Day Itinerary

After a weekend full of discussions we have a more finalized itinerary for the #CSAUP event on March 2nd.  We still need a name for it, and to decide if we will do shirts or patches.  Here’s the gameplan:

  • Launch from Reverchon Park at 0700
  • Workout at Reverchon 0700 – 0730
  • Run to Glencoe Park (3.5 miles) 0730 – 0805
  • Workout at Glencoe 0805 – 0835
  • Run to Burleson Park (1.5 miles) 0835 – 0850
  • Workout at Burleson 0850 – 0920
  • Run to Caruth Park (1.3 miles) 0920 – 0933
  • Workout at Caruth Park 0933 – 1003
  • Ruck to Reverchon Park (4.9 miles) 1003 – 1133
  • EndEX Reverchon Park 1133
  • Walk .4 miles to Katy Trail Icehouse for #SecondF celebration with M’s, 2.0’s and Mutts, CBD’s can join also (get this on your M’s and CBD’s calendar now).
  • Workout Totals: 6.3 miles of running, 4.9 miles of rucking, 120 minutes of boot camp
  • First Name Nomination:  The Maverick 18k

This is supposed to be hard.  Start training now.  Invite friends.  People do stupid things like half marathons all the time.  This will be even more fun.

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Attendance Rankings 2019 Vol. 2

These are updated through today’s run, but do not include today’s ruck. F150, Icebox and Mile High will each pick up 1, assuming Mile High posts the backblast.

  1. Coach K – 19
  2. Alright Alright – 17
  3. Sally – 14
  4. Rump Roast – 13
  5. Icebox – 12
  6. Chairman Mao, Ina, Special Sauce, Teasip – 10
  7. Mile High – 9
  8. Aaarrrggghhh, F150 – 8
  9. Oatmeal – 7
  10. Gambler – 5
  11. Isaiah – 4
  12. Ant Man, Candy Land, Pepper, Plus One, Podcast, Splash, Spread – 2
  13. Amnesia, Boomer, Pebbles, Rocket Man (CLT), Tuber, Walmart – 1
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Cold. I don’t care what Ina says.

PAX: Chairman Mao, Ina, Sally
QIC: Alright Alright

The temperature and wind were not kind this morning. Ina noted that the headwind on White Rock Trail made the run more difficult than usual. It could also be because he got out of the gate at Usain Bolt pace and led us to a 6:52 first mile.

YHC: 7:10 Pace
Ina: 7:35 Pace
Sally: 8:00 Pace
Chairman: His own pace. He ran 3 miles then decided that he wanted more difficulty, so he closed his workout with 3 sprints up Flag Pole Hill.

Ina, Sally and YHC joined F150 and Icebox for an extra #ruck lap after the run.

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Chairman’s Inferno

Pax: Rump Roast, Alright Alright, Ant Man, BOOMER, amnesia , Coach K, Podcast, Teasip, Ina, Plus One, Special Sauce, Sally
QIC: Chairman Mao

Dad bod challenge 2/10 for Ant Man

13 Pax braved the cold winds of judecca to meet El Diablo this morning. 9 different pax led some portion of today’s workout circling through the rings of Dante’s Inferno. Pre-workout discussion was Podcast pulling ahead of Ant Man in the standings only for him to magically appear as we were warming up.

Limbo
Rump Roast got us warmed up with some exercises that Pax couldn’t decide if it was the warmup or his ring of terror. He offered some confusing counting, which Alright couldn’t handle but YHC always approves of bad counting.

Lust
It seemed appropriate for Alright to handle the Lust stage near the Tri Delt house, his former HQ. He developed his own Tunnel of Lust which resulted in a few pax being crushed while bear crawling. We then worked on some pickle pounders.

Gluttony
Ina channeled his Inner candy man to lead us through candy inspired workouts. A Pax chose a candy then a workout followed. Personal favorite was the kit Kat. 8 burpees take a break 8 burpees.

Anger
Sally then took the helm and got to use his nolan ryan exercise that he brought up in Q Source on Wednesday. Pax were somewhat angry about the cold.

Greed
Teasip of Prestige Worldwide / Succees Group International, had us get greedy for some coins. With two groups crawling, lunging, and running to pick up the most coins with the losing team doing burpees. No data was provided to prove these coins were not taken from Investors.

Heresy
YHC then took over, having originally planned for this portion to be in front of SMU’s church. Unfortunately we never left the playground; so, we ended up on the tennis courts. Burning at the stake was a common punishment for heretics back in the days when Moonshine was a teenager. It seemed appropriate to try and light the pax’s quads on fire with a modified wall sit. We then had Alright and the rest of us offer repentance to the one true band Queen in from of squats, lunges, and Freddy mercuries.

Violence
Coach K then brought us to the baseball field for some no handed sumo wrestling. Matches were hotly contested leading to our Avengers Civil War moment of Podcast vs. Coach K. Unfortunately Coach K suffered Gods wrath for our voyage into Hell and joined Oatmeal in the wounded Ankle club. YHC and the rest of the Pax are hoping for a swift recovery for them both.

Fraud
Plus One , a student of Bernie Maddof, promised us great returns on our investment in his workout. We were able to live through the pain of all the money mr madoff took during the workout. YHC wonders how can he be a madoff if he didn’t make off with all the money 🤔

Treachery
El Diable de Sauce was helping assist to the wounded Coach K; so, Boomer “we’re backkkk” took us out with some Ab work and general punishment.

Finally YHC prayed us out and reminded everyone to EH and be grateful for everything they have in their lives.

Post-Workout Highlights

@Special Sauce earned the Millennial of the Week award for needing to go home to watch the dog; so, his wife could go to Yoga. YHC isn’t sure if he was planning on avocado toast for lunch as well.

On the subject of Dogs, Teasip suggested that dogs be left in their crate; so, they could think about what is the meaning of being a dog.

Finally BOOMER offered an HSS that House of Cards is based on the Clintons.

No report on what was discussed at the little kids table of Plus One and Ant Man

Until next time
– Da Chairman #backblast

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Texas Independence Day Tour of Toughness

These are the notes from Monday’s Planning Ruck:

  • The event will take place on Saturday March 2nd
  • We will launch at 0700 with a targeted finish of 1200
  • The Tour will begin at the original home of F3 Dallas… Caruth Park, where we will have a 30 minute workout (7:00 – 7:30)
  • We will run 1.3 miles to Burleson Park (7:30 – 7:43)
  • 30 minute workout at Burleson Park/SMU (7:43 – 8:13)
  • Run 1.2 miles to Katy Trail Access (8:13 – 8:25)
  • 30 minute workout on Katy Trail (8:25 – 8:55)
  • Run 1 mile to Glencoe Park (8:55 – 9:05)
  • 30 minute workout at Glencoe Park (9:05 – 9:35)
  • Ruck 4.2 miles to Flag Pole Hill Park (9:35 – 10:47)
  • 30 minute workout at Flag Pole Hill Park (10:47 – 11:17)
  • We discussed using a large coupon to carry from AO to AO (this might affect the time estimations slightly).  YHC thinks we could go with 2 shovel flags which would be a challenge, but wouldn’t affect timing too much.
  • Workout Totals: 5 workouts of 30 minutes each; 3.5 miles of running; 4.2 miles of rucking
  • These time estimates are pretty conservative.  As you can see we have about 43 minutes to play with.
  • Options for extra 43 minutes
    • Extend each workout 9 minutes – 45 minutes
    • Run 4.5 miles back to Caruth Park to Finish at the Launching Point (total running – 8 miles)- 45 minutes
    • Start and End the workout at Burleson Park – adds 1.3 miles of running at the beginning and 4 miles at the end, this would reduce each workout length by 2 minutes (total running – 8.8 miles) – 43 minutes
    • Start at Coffee Park with an extra 30 minute workout and .6 miles (total running 4.1 miles) – 36 minutes
    • Do an extra 30 minutes of workout at Burleson Park or another AO – 30 minutes
  • We will then follow up the event with 2nd F at a restaurant/bar close to the finishing AO.
  • Logistical Difficulties
    • If we start and end at different AOs then we will need to have some guys leave vehicles at the finishing AO and carpool to the launching AO prior to our 0700 launch. We would also have to get the guys that parked at the launching AO back to their cars at some point.
    • We will probably need a vehicle close at all times in case there is an injury.  As of now Rump Roast is good with driving from AO to AO and assisting with this.  Other guys that don’t want to complete the running and rucking could also do the same.
    • We will need rucks at Glencoe Park if we are going to do the ruck from there.  These could be loaded into Rump Roast’s truck at the launching AO.
  • We need a name to make this more marketable.
  • Do we want to do shirts or patches to reward guys for finishing this event?
    • We need someone to design one.
  • Please offer input on our extension options, our Second F location, name, reward, and anything else.  Comment below.
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Friday Collab

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:
PAX: Coach K, Rump Roast, Sally, Special Sauce
QIC: Alright Alright, Teasip

AO: Curtis Park
F3 DISCLAIMER & WELCOME: Given

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20

IST x15

Moroccan Night Clubs x20

Squats x10

THA THANG:
Mosey to the bridge

Abyss Merkins x7

Monkey Humpers x7

Abyss Merkins x5

Monkey Humpers x5

Abyss Nipplers x7

Monkey Humpers x7

Abyss Nipplers x7

Monkey Humpers x7

Jacob’s Ladder (7:1 Pull Ups, 1:7 Swerkins, Lunge Walk in between)

Mosey to Tennis Courts for Teasip to Takeover

Bear Crawl Paint the Lines

Suicides with Burpees

Lieutenant Dans

Crab Walks, Merkins

Some other stuff

MARY:
Not Much

CIRCLE OF TRUST

1. CSAUP – Texas Independence Day – March 2nd, 2019

2. Run Ranger Run starts February 1