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  • 610 Stomp is the Easiest Q Ever

    0530 struck and the scheduled Q was a fartsack.  “I’LL TAKE IT”, YHC passionately exclaimed, “The Stomp is the easiest Q there is.”   As Tool pointed out, this Back Blast is the hardest part.

    The Thang:

    30 min round trip on the traditional Bayou St. John route.   YHC enjoyed some quality F2 & mumblechatter with Tool & Hawgcycle.

    Back at the track for a climb down the sprint ladder.

    • Run as hard as you can for 400m; recover 100
    • Run as hard as you can for 300m; recover 200
    • Run as hard as you can for 200m; recover 300
    • RUN AS HARD AS YOU CAN FOR 100M; recover to the Flag

    Announcements – F2 opportunities ahead!!!  Beatdown with Tool tomorrow evening at the Lafitte Greenway followed by beers & burgers at Bayou Beer Garden.  Lakeview Running Club this Thursday and ever Thursday at the Basin.   Babycakes Baseball game next Thursday (May 17) for F2; let YHC know if you are coming and how many tickets you need.  The tickets are free, just like F3.

    F3 Opportunity available with Woz after Mothership/Coffeteria, Bible Study

    Thanks was given for the 300th anniversary of our city.  May She forever reign.  Intentions were said for her leaders and the impact they make on tomorrow.

    Thank you for the opportunity to lead.  It feels great to Q again.

    Da Parish

  • Pre-Blast What’s the 3rd F Again?

    1 Timothy 4:7b-8 (ESV)

      …train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present time and also for the life to come.

    Men, if F3 is going to accomplish it’s goal of “invigorating male community leadership”, then the 3rd F, Faith, cannot go uncultivated. Without the invigoration that comes from serving an ideal larger than yourself, the 1st and 2nd F’s can devolve into navel gazing, self service or worse… selfie posting, self worship. While the 1st F pushes you to achieve gains you didn’t think were possible, and the 2nd F places you in contact with a fraternity of men who quickly become an important part of your life. It is the 3rd F that propels you forward towards something greater, outward towards something meaningful, and upward towards something eternal. 

    This summer we have set aside time to explore faith through studying a book of the Bible. We will be studying through the Gospel of Mark each Saturday from 8:15 to 9:00 am following the morning beatdown and coffeeteria at the Mothership. The format of the book of Mark has a cadence that should be familiar to F3 with its short, explosive stories that transition at a quick pace. We will be using a study guide by John MacArthur to help set the pace for our study which should last about 13 weeks. The first shipment of books were handed out last week, and more are arriving just in time for this Saturday. This week we will be discussing the introduction to the Gospel of Mark and handing out more books. 

    See you in the gloom and hopefully the post gloom!

    Woz

  • Cinco de Mayo with Party Hats

    F3, the Knoll, 5-5-2018, uphill in reverse, IMG_8181

     

    By: Money Cat

    The Scene:  The Knoll

    Conditions: 72° overcast and soon to be festive.

     

    Money Cat arrived at the Knoll for 6:30 to plant the F3 shovel along with the stars and stripes. The gringos began arriving one by one around 6:45. By 7AM everyone had arrived and it was time to begin.

    Welcome: 11 men posted.

    Disclaimer:

    “I am not a professional trainer and have never claimed to be.

    You are participating at your own risk.

    You are responsible for your own well-being.

    You are here voluntarily, and you are not paying to be here. Although you do receive payment in the gift of fitness, fellowship and encouragement.

    Know your limits and do the best you can; all exercises are suggestions and can be modified

    If you are still sore by Tuesday morning please understand that nothing is wrong….it’s completely natural to feel that way! You’ve done the workout correctly.”

    After the disclaimer Money Cat advised the hombres that today was a special day because it was his first time to Q an F3 workout and it happened to be Cinco de Mayo. Money Cat had planned in advanced to make this workout a celebration of the Mexico national holiday by pulling out his garbage bag of tricks and passing out straw hats purchased from a local party store. There was laughing and smiling around knowing what these muchacho’s would look like. Money Cat pulled out a much larger yellow hat. He felt proud and authoritative placing it on his head. He wanted his nino’s to know who was in charge. Money Cat has a special ability of ESP(N) and one of the caballero’s was thinking Money Cat looked like the tall man with the yellow hat in the Curious George books. Thankfully Money Cat chose not to publicly add to this uno gringo’s workout…but payback is coming!

    Warm-a-Rama:

    The men mosey’d to the sundial. Money Cat explained in celebration of Cinco de Mayo being a date with a 5, every exercise will be multiplied by 5. Basically everything would be 25 reps.

    Don Quixotes (old school Windmills) – 25

    Jumping Jack’s – 25

    Dips – 25

    At this time during our workout at the end of our dips an elderly man was walking through our workout. He got to the end of the sundial and collapsed. Immediately our men were attending to his need for help. The men spoke to him to make sure he was ok and there were no serious injuries. After what seemed like the longest minute or two our guys helped him up slowly. The old timer said he was ok and was good to walk. Money Cat pointed out how proud it was of the men rushing to this mans’ need for help…its what all men are called to do.

    Arm Circles Forward – 25

    Arm Circles Backward – 25 (The Money Cat in his keen sense of awareness, detected groaning’s.)

    Inclined Merkins – 25

    Mexican Dips – 25

    Cinco Quads

    Lil mosey down the hill over the walk bridge and stopped at the bottom of the second hill. Once Money Cat (playing the weekly role of the 6th) arrived he announced the workout. Money Cat really enjoyed the activity Snack Pack introduced several weeks ago to the guys. Backwards walking up to the top of the hill and mosey back down to the bottom. Five times the guys would perform this activity and at the end of each rep the guys had a choice of their exercise starting at one and building up to five after each rep. The Money Cat gladly allowed the men to lap him. Money Cat’s legs are short but his heart is that of a lion with an ocean size of courage!!! He was glad to watch these men execute the routine.

    El Grande Event: 

     

    The men were ordered to mosey over the walk bridge and climb the hill and report back to the sundial for El Grande workout. Once again the humble Money Cat let the men go first and he followed behind as the 6th. Arriving at the sundial the men were told to come closer inside the sundial to hear the instructions. Money Cat explained the next activity is actually named Cards of Death from the F3 list of exercises but Money Cat felt the name was not appropriate considering the activity promoted good health. So, the name has been changed to Cards of Health. A normal deck of cards (with extra face cards and four extra jokers) is needed for this physical activity. Each of the men are to draw a card, multiple the number cards by five and mosey to the other sundial to the right or left of the main sundial, complete the activity listed on the card and mosey or walk back to the main sundial for another card. The activity is over when all the cards have been completed.

     

    The cards are as followed:

     

    Twos – mosey to the spot, perform 10 burpee’s, mosey or walk back.

     

    Threes – mosey to the spot, perform 15 merkin’s, mosey or walk back.

     

    Fours – mosey to the spot, perform 20 lunges, mosey or walk back.

     

    Fives – mosey to the spot, perform 25 Don Quixote’s, mosey or walk back.

     

    Sixes – mosey to the spot, perform 30 LBC’s, mosey or walk back.

     

    Sevens – mosey to the spot, perform 35 imperial walkers, mosey or walk back.

     

    Eights – mosey to the spot, perform 40 arm circles (20 forward, 20 backward), mosey or walk back.

     

    Nines – mosey to the spot, perform 45 arm forward claps, mosey or walk back.

     

    Tens – mosey to the spot, perform 50 we are not worthy’s, mosey or walk back.

    (It was suggested the 8, 9 and 10 card activities could be done while running to the spot.)

     

    Jack – mosey to the spot while doing the Al Gore, perform 11 Al Gore’s and mosey or walk back.

     

    Queen – skip to the spot, perform 12 chorus line leg kicks, mosey or walk back.

     

    King – horse trot to the spot, perform 13 Bobby Hurley’s, mosey or walk back.

     

    Ace – mosey to the spot flapping arms like a bird, perform 14 squats, mosey or walk back.

     

    Jokers – goofball run to the spot, perform 15 goofballs, mosey or walk back.

     

    Mary:

    After finishing the Cards of Health the men were instructed to mosey backwards to the shovel flag. Time was creeping away from us so there was only time enough for one Mary to spell our F3 names with our legs while laying down. Someone pointed out that 2 shoes had the easiest task of writing out a #2 and holding his foot up.

    Count-o-Rama

    Name-o-Rama

    F3, the Knoll, 5-5-2018, uphill in reverse, IMG_8181

  • NO FEAR!…or trash

    What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

    -Vincent Van Gough

    Fear, largely based on the unknown, keeps us from even attempting things sometimes. Courage is the power to conquer the fear despite the unknown. Fear can pervade every area of our lives, as we can all attest, and for YHC, fear inundated me on several levels as I put together today’s beatdown – and even more so as I pulled up to the Marsh in the gloom! You see, I can’t shake the words of our illustrious brother Turbo Tax following the 2 year convergence when he told us, in essence, to stop phoning it in and be the F3 that we want by, among other things, putting thought and preparation into our beatdowns. With that in mind, I fearfully sprinkled just a little bit of Bushwacker Orgininality Spice on a piece of paper, worried that, as good as it sounded now, it may end up a flop. YHC may end up pushed past his breaking point. The PAX may snicker and scoff at the ridiculous commands presented to them and secretly ridicule the Wacker (as the southshore did with the ISI week of 100s). But courage overcame the baseless fears, and the trusty Men of the Marsh met to Master another Monday ass whoopin!

    Pre-Thang

    Slow dynamic stretching seemed in order so…

    All IC:

    Toe Touches x30

    Imperial Walkers x30

    Abe Vigodas x20

    Thang

    Off to the playground equipment for…

    (all OYO)

    5 pull ups, 10squats, 25 merkins, 50 LBCs

    5 chin ups, 10 lunges (5each leg),25 freak nasties, 50 heal pulses

    5Australian pull ups, 10 1 leg squats (5 each leg), 25 derkins, 50 putins

     

    Back to the B Ball court and partnered up for my own take on  B.O.M.B.S. called B.I.T.E. M.E.

    50 Burpees

    100Iron Hulks (1:4 ratio of merkins to air presses)

    The Two Amigos (wall squat back to back and walk from one end of the court and back)

    200 E2K (ankle over knee oblique crunch, 100 each side)

    Empty Wheelbarrow (crab walk with partner holding your legs)

    Wrap Up

    Pushing the limits of temporal respect, we finished sweaty sore and exhausted with COT and a prayer from the Sharp Dressed Pik himself.

    LAGNIAPPE (or Post Thang)

    As has proudly become somewhat of an F3 northshore tradition, we scoured the Marsh like kids on an easter egg hunt for all the litter we could find, so as to leave the place better than it was when we arrived.

    Thank you gentlemen for your friendship, comaraderie, and following my lead, despite my fears

     

    A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature

    -Ralph Waldo Emerson

     

    As a post script for those of you still reading, I just read an article that says a meta study comprised of 2 Harvard studies that followed over 700 men for 75 years testing all aspects of health and happiness found “The clearest message that we get from this 75-year study is this: Good relationships keep us happier and healthier. Period.” — Robert Waldinger, director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development. We, gentlemen, will live forever!

  • What’s better then a Merkin ladder? 2 of course!

    I guess its better late than never to post a back-blast. Eight men arrived in the dark gloom on Wednesday 5/2/18. Still no lights on Roosevelt Mall. The usual disclaimer and off we go.

    We moseyed down Roosevelt Mall to a warm-up COP.
    SSH x 20 IC
    Imperial Walkers x 20 IC
    Lunges x 20 IC
    Windmills x 10 IC
    Arm Circles 10 forward, 10 backward IC
    Mountain Climbers x 20 IC

    Next an Indian Run to the front of NOMA.
    Merkin ladder up the steps, 1 Merkin at the bottom, 11 at the top
    10 box jumps on the fountain at the bottom
    Repeat
    Merkin ladder up the steps, 1 merkin at the bottom, 11 at the top
    10 box jumps on the fountain at the bottom

    Mumble chatter ensues. As it turns out, 2 Merkin ladders not as much fun as it sounds. The Pax suggested a Reverse Merkin ladder for round 2 may be better. Perhaps they are right…

    Then exercises up and down the NOMA steps
    10 squat jumps at the top, 20 dips on the fountain at the bottom
    Repeat 3 times

    Next we moseyed to the Foundry for some circuits. 8 men, 4 stations:
    Pull-ups
    Body rows
    Step-ups
    10 WWII had the count
    2 rounds total

    Finally, to the track for some sprints, Hawgcycle-Style.
    We split into pairs. 1 man sprints 200 meters, the partner jogs across the infield to meet on the other side, sprint 200 meters, jog across the infield. 2 times around the track.

    A short mosey back to the flag. Count-off, name-o-rama, announcements, intentions, and a prayer. I am grateful to theses men for keeping me strong. Thanks for the opportunity to lead.

    Walleye

  • 2 is Enough!

    Well after a long month of filming a movie and missing many Q’s it was time to get back in the picture. Can’t say i was overly anxious to run 6.1 miles at 0445am
    But new i had to get back at it. Then the thought crept in my mind maybe no one will show and I can just go to gym for a light workout. But the morning breeze was so nice that thought left and new thought of maybe doing the lakefront and back little over 3 miles. But thanks to ONE of The Seal Team 6 members for showing up and pushing me a little further than a solo run would have brong. Shooter the man who really inspired the start of the cove held me accountable. Thanks Brother.
    There is NO doubt we are STRONGER together!

  • A Bulgarian Celebration of Cinco De Mayo

    YHC came in with high hopes of easily surpassing 3 miles in this morning’s Mothership.  Well, we only got to 2.8.  Below is a recap of my failure.

    Warm-up

    Line up on the great lawn:

    • High knees (20 yards)
    • Carioca (40 yards)
    • Butt Kicks (20 yards)
    • Arkansas Do-si-dos (20 yards)

    Circle Up:

    • Arm Circles (15 forward, 20 backwards) – Keep ’em up
    • Moroccan Night Club x 25
    •  Self-Love x 15

    The Thang

    Mosey to the Museum for some Red Hot Chili Pepper

    • 10 Bulgarian Split Leg Squats Right Leg Forward
    • 20 Decline Merkins
    • 10 Bulgarian Split Leg Squats Left Leg Forward
    • 20 Incline Merkins
    • 8 Bulgarian Split Leg Squats Right Leg Forward
    • 10 Decline Merkins
    • 8 Bulgarian Split Leg Squats Left Leg Forward
    • 10 Incline Merkins
    • 6 Bulgarian Split Leg Squats Right Leg Forward
    • 6 Decline Merkins
    • 6 Bulgarian Split Leg Squats Left Leg Forward
    • 6 Incline Merkins

    Mosey to the Bayou for 10!  Pace is important.  Be quick.

    • 10 Merkins, 10 Squats, 10 Big Boi Sit-ups
    • 9 Merkins, 9 Squats, 9 Big Boi Sit-ups
    • 8 Merkins, 8 Squats, 8 Big Boi Sit-ups
    • …….
    • 2 Merkins, 2 Squats, 2 Big Boi Sit-ups
    • 10 Merkins, 10 Squats, 10 Big Boi Sit-ups  (See what I did there?)

    Mosey on to the track for an SFx Special.  Partner up.  Pax 1 sprints a 200 meters while Pax 2 jogs across the infield to meet him.  Flap jack and meet on the other side.  Each team completed 1600 meters. #CrowdPleaser

    Mosey back the Great Lawn, for some Cinco De Mayo inspired Dora.  YHC knew there was no way were were finishing, but that didn’t keep us from trying.  Partner up.  This was the plan:

    • 100 Ocho-Count Body Builders
    • 200 Mexican Jumping Beans
    • 300 Moribundo Cucaraches

    A few teams made it through the Body-Builders and into the Jumping Beans.

    Sprint back to the flag for COT.  Welcome to our FNG Stooge and T-Claps to The Hokey Pokey for the EH.  Big Coffeeteria afterwards with 17 Pax.  T-claps to Bogey for buying with his NCAA winnings and T-Claps to Rudy and Fracsac for paying their burpee debt.  Bible Study with Woz on Q next week at 8:15.

    -Hawg

     

     

  • El Cinco de Dolor y Miseria

    Well, as they say… that happened.  The FBI physical fitness test pre-thang Q’d by Grundy started promptly at 0545 as promised, but it would require a prodding Bushwacker to keep this thing on schedule.  You see, until this morning, none of us (least of all Grundy) realized just how patriotic our lakefront residents were.  After knocking out as many sit-ups as possible in a minute, we slow-moseyed down the street looking for Grundy’s starting line… “a bench lined up with an American flag.”  Turns out there are a lot of American flags, and a bunch of benches out there.  A bit of confused back and forth and finally, worried about respecting the time, Wacker just took off on the 300 meter sprint.  The rest of the PAX quickly followed.

    T-claps to Grundy who got us out there, and to those men who got up early to complete the PFT: 1 minute of sit-ups, 300 m sprint, max out on merkins, 1.5 miles in less that 12:50.  YHC would call out each man individually, but the fog of being thoroughly beaten has settled in, and it’s a miracle I even remembered the 20 PAX who posted today.   Not sure who passed and who failed, but all men did admirably and with all the turnover going on at the Bureau these days, it’s a good thing they’ve got some young men like Grundy coming in.

    So yeah – 20 PAX this morning!  All the EH’ing and warm weather is paying off.  FNG’s are rolling in each week and that’s got the rest of us posting more regularly and upping our game.  Speaking of upping our game – YHC had sincerely thought last night about doing… well, not an easy beatdown, but maybe a more mild one?  But nah…

    Alright, enough rambling, here’s what went down:

    Warmorama: Toe Touches, Imperial Walkers, Seal Jacks, SSH, Butt Kicks, High Knees, Mountain Climbers, Plank Jacks.  All 20x IC.

    The Thang:

    Mosey west for a COP: 20x IC side to side plank hops, plank jacks, partner up for jump overs (20 OYO), in-out jump squats, and everyone’s favorite, monkey humpers.

    Ei said it best when he noted, “Well, now that we’ve embarrassed ourselves there…” onto the next location!  Mosey to the loading dock for what I knew would be a real crowd pleaser: burpees down the street!  More mumbling from Bushwacker (you really can’t be fasting that much with all today’s chatter), trying to tell me that I can’t eat an elephant one spoonful at a time, or some such nonsense.

    Because there were so many men this morning, YHC decided we’d partner up and P1 would hold plank while P2 burpee’d down the street.  It goes like this: burpee with the standard 1 merkin, but on the jump up do a broad jump forward.  2nd burpee has 2 merkins, followed by 2 broad jumps, 3 x 3, and so on, down the road.  It was fun.  Even better than I imagined on paper. 

    At about this time a few 10 counts were needed (in espanol for Cinco de Mayo), and then we moved over to the playground for a few stations.

    P1 holds a wall sit and does air presses while P2 hits the three padded stations: Sister Mary Katherine’s x15, hand-release merkins, and LBC’s, all single-count x15.  After 2 reps each, P1 does heels to heaven while P2 hits the stations, flapjack, 2 reps each.

    Next up, formed two lines to indian run back to the flag.  Finish up with Hello Dolly’s x25 IC.

    Countdown, nameorama, naming of our two FNG’s  (welcome Doolittle and Vel-Vito!!), and Splice prayed us out.  The only thing that would make this beatdown more complete would be a drive-by from Choppa…

    On to the Coffetería, which looked to have a little more action than usual with the table dancing, but you’ll have to check the groupme for that report.  A sincere thanks to this great group of men – despite my body’s response, YHC had a great time out there this morning.  Keep posting, keep the FNG’s coming, and hey, let’s try to get some of our missing comrades (ahem, Turtle and Bubba) back in action.  See you guys out there.

     

    EDIT: One (hopefully) final edit on this unusually long backblast: this was likely Carpool’s final posting as a Northshore resident.  As his family makes the trek over to the Woodlands, we wish them nothing but the best.  He’s been a great addition to the F3 family over here, and Houston will be lucky to have him.  Stay tuned for info on Carpool’s Woodlands launch (potentially mid-July?), would be great if a couple of us could make it out there to support him.

  • R.E.D. Friday – Iron Ranger Tribute

    Welcome to another edition of R.E.D. Friday.  There were 6 partakers this day and half of us were sporting red.  #overachievers.  Speaking of overachieving, Triple Shift hauled in kettlebells of various poods for the workout.  No need to do our kettlebell swings with drainage rocks this morning.  #Thanks4ThePoods

    Warm-up

    SSH x 31; IW x 31; Abe Vigodas x 15; Low slow squats x 20; Good Mornings x 15; Tempo Merkins x 10

    The Thang – The Iron Ranger Hero WOD

    • 22 seconds of silence
    • 94 Kettlebell swings
    • 94 Merkins
    • 94 Big Boi Sit-ups
    • 22 Burpees
    • 400 meter run

    One round took most of the time.  A few guys finished early enough to start the KB swings.

    NMM

    This WOD was created to honor, Army Ranger SGT. Joshua Rodgers.  Born August 22, 1994, he died on April 27, 2017.

    The name “Iron Ranger” is from Josh’s high school football mascot, the Ironmen and his position as a Ranger in the US Army. The 94 reps represent his year of birth (1994). The 22 represent his high school football jersey number, his date of birth, and how old he was when he died.

    Josh was serving his third deployment in Afghanistan at age 22 when he was hit by small arms fire during a high stakes raid on the headquarters of Abdul Hasib, the leader of ISIS in Afghanistan.

    Pray for his family and our other brothers and sisters deployed around the world.

     

  • Sweating on a Saturday wit “EMOM” and Dem!

    EMOM and DEM (you might have to be a “yat” to get it)

    What an awesome day to luck out as a fill in Q!  26 men decided to show up at the mothership for a Sat sweat which I wasn’t sure I had prepared to deliver.  But non the less the disclaimer was given and the Pax headed out, with one FNG in our group.

    We moseyed passed the grant lawn, with a few expected mumbles, for a longer run than most might have anticipated to then circle up next to the baby foundry and warm up.

    All in cadence:

    SSH x 25

    Slow toe touches x 25

    Windmills x 15

    Mnt Climbers x 25

    Shoulder Taps x 25

    Then we broke up into 7 groups (6×4 and 1×2) in order to utilize the foundry tools (some felt it was “too” close for comfort and modified):

    2 rounds of:

    Pull ups

    Incline push ups

    Step ups

    Dips

    Jump overs

    Hangs (some added leg crunches)

    Timer was 10 burpees (Hawg continued to encourage the ensure the over head clap was “heard” for good measure of performance).

    The PAX was ready for a 3rd round but there was a plan in place and we had a lot of work to complete, so mosey back to the great lawn.

    4 groups (2×7 and 2×6) Attack the corners with added burpees in the center x 2

    Each group started on a corner and completed exercise and reps prescribed by the QIC – then rotate (running) to the next corner while leaving corner #1 would run to center of lawn complete 5 burpees before going to corner #2, from #2 run long side to #3, from #3 run to center of lawn complete 5 burpees before heading to #4 then run long side to #1……repeat!

    #1 20 sqt jumps

    #2 10 each arm alternating push ups for total of 20

    #3 20 V Ups

    #4 20 Shoulder taps

    NOW, Pax was well oiled and lubricated, ready to finish strong!

    EMOM – EVERY MINUTE ON THE MINUTE

    QIC was nervous as there was just 20 minutes on the clock and there was no time to waste……had the PAX assemble in groups along the benches then barked out the instructions.

    15 Box Jumps…..cross the street and wait.

    Full Sprint to third tree (designated with big branch) and back!

    Bear Crawl out…..same tree

    Kong Back…..cross the street

    10 Burpees

    Every minute on the minute – So the faster you complete each THANG the more rest you get BUT the clock never stops for an expected 20 minutes of continuous effort!

    Pax (including the QIC) may have underestimated our fitness level as the 1st round was easier than expected BUT we all figured out quickly that rounds 2 and 3 kicked out butts!  Unfortunately we were not going to have enough time to complete the 4th round so instead of cheating the PAX out of the total 60 minutes we all showed up for, the QIC quickly transition to a bit of MARY –

    20 4 count flutter kicks

    1 minute of plank

    Then we headed back to the flag with pride that we all left a lot of sweat behind for Your Emom n dem!

    Circle Up – count off

    Today we had an FNG – now known as “Wetsuit”, big shout out of respect (54 as I recall), he came and hung with the group completing our stroll through the park.  No doubt I may have missed the opportunity of a more rounded “waterpick” name but maybe Wetsuit will bring an FNG that is a water skiing dentist!

    NameOrama – Intentions and closing prayer of thanksgiving!  God Bless!

    Planting a seed – Please check your family calendars for the month of July – looking to coordinate a F2 event where we can expand our camaraderie in a NON workout atmosphere, notice I didn’t say sweat as this would be Summer in NOLA  .  I’d like to suggest a Saturday afternoon, somewhere central for a BBQ with family friendly games.  July 14, 21 or 28.  More details to come!