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In celebration of the 4 year Anniversary of the starting of F3 NOLA, a Convergence was called at the site where it all started, the Mothership. PAX from every AO in F3 NOLA; Northshore, Westbank, Kenner, Baton Rouge, Metairie, Mid-City, and Uptown, converged on City Park for a celebration of the past 4 years of Men growing in Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith, and the growth and success that F3 NOLA has experienced during that time.
Rudy got the party started early with a small group that arrived at 6:30 with a quick 5K Run through City Park; around the Festival Grounds, the Lagoon and back around to meet up with waiting PAX back near the Peristyle. 8 Flags were planted in the ground at the corner of The Great Lawn and the PAX slowly began to gather. The Detailed Disclaimer(“You can’t sue us”) was given by Triple Shift, and off we moseyed to the large lawn near NOMA.
The Beat-down was divided into four 15 minute segments, each with a different Q taking an opportunity to lead. Each Q was selected to represent each of the 4 years of F3’s existence.
1st Q – Triple Shift – Led off representing the founding group that started F3 NOLA that first year
2nd Q – Turbo Tax – represented the 2nd year growth and addition of Northshore PAX to F3 NOLA.
3rd Q – FracSac – represented the third year and the growth of the Metairie, and Lakeview/Mid City AO’s
4th Q – Medulla Oblongata – YHC, represented the recent surge and growth Uptown by the recent “HNJ Invasion”
After a quick mosey to the lawn to the side of NOMA we circled up for the a warm up.
WARM UP – In Cadence
31 – Worlds Slowest, Side Straddle Hops
10 – 6-Count Burpees
20 – Imperial Walker Squats
10 – Abe Vigodas
10 – Arm Circles – Fwd & Rev
20 – Plank Jacks
20 – Peter Parkers
15 – Merkins
The Q was passed to Turbo Tax who moved the Pax over to lawn slightly closer to NOMA. Turbo started off by asking everyone to take off their shirt and create a “Flag” by tucking it in the back of your shorts. This generated plenty of Mumble chatter among the Pax.
FLAG GAMES
2 Minute Flag Games – Your shirt is your Flag, Don’t let it get pulled!
1st Round – 2 Knee-to-Chest Jumps every time your flag gets pulled, reload and continue pulling after jumps.
2nd Round (x2) – Tennis Balls and a Nerf football were added as additional “Ammo”, In addition to Jumps for flag pulls, if hit with the tennis balls – 5 Merkins, hit by the football – 5 Burpees, reload flag and keep going after exercise.
3rd Round (x2) – Same Rules as 2nd round, but no reload of flag, perform penalty exercise, Plank and wait in place till end.
4th Round – Trophy Flags – Same rules as Round 3 but Flag puller keeps and collects flags he pulls, Person with the most flags wins.
Not sure if anyone kept track of the winners but as Turbo Tax said we’re all WINNERS!
The Q was then passed to FracSac. We remained in place and lined up along the First Tree Line.
SUICIDES
Run to tree 1 and back 5 Burpees
Run to tree 2 and back 5 Burpees
Run to tree 3 and back 5 Burpees
Run to tree 4 and back 5 Burpees
Burpee Broad Jump to tree 1 and back
Catalina Wine Mixers IC x 10
Run to tree 1 and back 5 Merkins
Run to tree 2 and back 5 Merkins
Run to tree 3 and back 5 Merkins
Run to tree 4 and back 5 Merkins
KimChi lost his Applewatch in the Chaos that was Flag Games so we lined up and Bear crawled to the 4th tree while looking for the watch. Not found, but later found by KimChi behind the area we bear crawled. Crisis averted!
The Q was passed to YHC and we moseyed back to the Great Lawn.
CONVERGENCE CIRCUIT
8 stations had been designated around the perimeter of the Great Lawn with a Flag positioned in the Center. Each station was marked with a sheet of paper with the exercise for each station. The Pax was divided into groups at each station. The Bobby Hurley station would provide the count of 20 reps, while every other station did AMRAP of their designated exercise. At Halt, Everyone ran to middle of lawn to CONVERGE and partner up for 5 Patty Cake Merkins, then rotate clockwise to the next station. PAX was instructed to pick a different partner each time they returned to the middle between stations. The stations were:
Bobby Hurley’s
Merkins
Mountain Climbers
Plank Jacks
Low Slow Squats
Jump Lunges
Dips
Monkey Humpers – (by the street, of course)
One round was completed and time was getting short so we circled up for some quick Mary
2 MINUTES OF MARY
Dying Cock Roach IC x 20
Wife Pleasers IC x 20
We are done!
COT
Circle up for Count-O-Rama – 66 PAX!!, Name-O-Rama 3 FNG!!
FNG’s Named – Welcome to Blanks, Chalk Talk, and Green Screen!!
Bring it in tight for a Sweaty Ball of Man!! Butt Splice finished it up with a prayer.
NMM
We moseyed over to Morning Call where a awesome spread of food awaited us. Spinach Mushroom Egg Scramble, Bacon, Pork Loin, Bananas, Croissants, Bottled Water, and Iced Coffee. Mike as usual took great care of us with plates and napkins and great service. Rudy presented Mike with his honorary membership and a blue F3 NOLA shirt. Some great F2 went down as we ate and drank our fill. Big thank you to all who made it out for this awesome beat-down in the park. Big thank you to everyone who organized and provided the food and drinks we enjoyed. Finally, big thanks to Woz for documenting the whole event with pictures and video. I know, I speak for all the Q’s when I say, it was a pleasure to lead as always, and thanks for the opportunity to lead this great PAX.
Hope to see everyone and more next year!! SYITG!!
