F3 New Orleans

Category: New Orleans

  • Mobile Super Spartan CSAUP

    Pre-Thang

    Five brave men set out to accomplish the unthinkable, a 9.7 mile race with 24 obstacles, swamps, bogs, frigid water, sandy terrain, elevation changes, and slow pokes hogging the trail.  YHC and Amnesty road tripped it to Mobile the night before.  Hawgcycle stayed with the in-laws in Biloxi.  Reluctant Yankee and Mr. Awesome traveled together the morning of the race.

    We all tested our skills at the mini rope climb and scoped out the dust bowl where spectators gathered before lining up to race.  The PAX had some pre-run jitters not knowing what to expect in the gloom ahead.  After a quick waiver signing and listening to an energetic MC with American Flag with rip offs give a “be careful” spiel, we set off into the unknown.

    The Thang

    Mr. Awesome and Hawgcycle took off in the beginning while YHC, Reluctant Yankee, and Amnesty kept a slow and steady pace.  The first few obstacles were pretty straight forward.   YHC displayed why the name “Splash” was given after diving into the deepest section of the first frigid cold water crossing.  Learning to traverse the outside edges of the swampy areas didn’t take long after witnessing multiple runners get trapped nearly chest deep in tar/mud.

    The first 2.5 miles were relatively easy until coming upon 3 back-to-back obstacles that involved a straight gassing of the forearms:

    1. Zig Zig Walls – scale around the walls without touching the ground or grabbing onto the top
    2. Hercules Pull – lift heavy object (~80-100lbs) into the air hoisted by a pulley and gently set back down
    3. American Ninja Warrior Monkey Bars – start at one end and get to the next without touching the ground
      1. TCLAPS to Amnesty for being the only member of the PAX to complete while the rest did 30 burpees

    After our arms felt like Popeye, there was a nice mosey with a water station to rehydrate.  At this point YHC, Reluctant Yankee, and Amnesty took off to get in front of the slow groups who apparently walked the entire race.

    Around mile 6, Amnesty’s achilles began to act up probably due to the 2.5 straight miles of sand and elevation changes.  YHC and Reluctant Yankee carried on through the bucket brigade (fill up 3 gallon bucket with dirt and walk a loop only to dump it back out where you started) letting Amnesty take a breather.

    Within the next mile YHC and Reluctant Yankee caught up with Hawgcycle at the 10 foot wall jump.  TCLAPS to Hawgcycle for going the last 5 miles without a shoe sole.  Apparently, gorilla glue on old shoes while running through knee deep bogs isn’t the best idea.  Coming down from the wall jump Hawgcycle got a calf cramp.  The three of us stayed together for the next mile until reaching the infamous Spartan Javelin throw.  This obstacle has an 86% fail rate, and 100% of the PAX failed.  30 burpees for all.

    At this point, YHC got his 4th or 5th wind and took off for the remaining 2.5 miles of the race.  The last 3 obstacles consisted of a 20 foot rope climb, up and down large dirt mounds with cold water ravens, and lastly a fire jump.  Mr. Awesome finished the course in 2 hours and 25 minutes so he was there cheering us all on.  The rope climb took down two members of the PAX, Hawgcycle and Amnesty.  30 more burpees fellas.

    Other than some barbed wire nicks, thorn bush scrapes, and fatigued muscles, we made it through.  TCLAPS to Mr. Awesome for finishing 2nd overall in our heat and 6th overall for men in the afternoon heats.

    Post-Thang:

    Immediate post run consisted of a free beer sponsored by Shock Top, a finishers t-shirt and medal, and hose down rinse off.  The PAX loaded up for the ride back to NOLA.  We made a BBQ stop at the Shed off of I-10.  Mr. Awesome threw a fit that the Michigan vs Michigan State game wasn’t being played on the main TV.  What can you say?  It’s the SEC, and Bama is playing A&M.  Sorry, Awesome.  The Wolverines really needed you in the last 10 seconds.

  • 610 Stomp #10 – The Force Awakens

    I am not the sharpest tool in the shed.  I walked out of my house and realized I had left my truck at my M’s office about a half-mile away.  I grabbed the bike and started out – train.  Anyway, YHC got there a couple of minutes late, but the pax was still there, probably expecting me to be cutting it close.  5 other Stompers were waiting, 4 members of the regular krewe and Jingle Vader, fka Jazzy, ready for his inaugural 610 stomp.

    The Thang

    4.5 miles with burpees oyo every 6 minutes. Shorty and SFX set the pace and YHC never saw them again after the first set of burpees.  Tool provided the conversation I needed to forget about my aching feet. The usual 90 mph fly by on Filmore was performed by some sort of Sedan today.  The 4-Runner must be in the shop.  SFX was kind enough to come back and find YHC and run with me for my last quarter mile.  Everyone did 10 burpees to finish The Thang off.

    COT

    Some talk about the eventful #RockCity workout yesterday and planning for the 20,000 tomatoes coming to watch us workout on Saturday for our 1-year anniversary convergence.  We are also looking forward to the new Monday workout at the Birdcage AO.  #RockCity has gotten so big we have to split it – only room for three people on the pull up bars.

    We prayed for a friend with Cancer and for our children and wives.

    Thanks,

    Hawg.

     

  • Lucky Dogs and Disappearing Acts

    Pre – Thang:

    Arrival at Pontiff to find Shorty- ready to go –then Marlin, Lucky Dog and Hawgcyle came pulling up!  I wasn’t sure my body would be ready to go post – Spartan Race but sure enough when 530AM hit and the mosey began –all the pain left my body(kind of).  Today was a ridiculous 59 degrees and breezy.  August seems like a distant memory with this amazing weather.

    Mosey’d to the Rocks for the first Circle of Pain.  New FNG Jeff showed – mid Good mornings.

    SSH x 25, Good Mornings x 20, Imperial Walker x 25, Merks x 15, Monkey Humps x 15, Lunges x 20

    Find a date in the Rock Pile and then we had a short mosey to the Softball field.

    With Rocks – Shoulder Press x 15, Curls x 12, Squats x 15, Calf Raises x 20, Bench Press x 15, Row Press x 15  — I think I over picked on my ROCK!  Ouch!

    Then we mosey’d to the track.  At the track we settled in for my favorite F3 special – some DIRTY MacDEUCE.

    We ran a lap.  Then Peter Parkers, Slow Squats, Diamond Merks, and LBCs x 12.  Tclaps to Shorty for killing it on the laps!

    We ran lap #2.  Then Parker Peters, Regular Squats, Russian Twist, Staggered Merks x 12

    We ran lap #3.  On lap#3 Marlin was crushing it – and due to the fact that I have his daughter in my class –  I had to keep up – Jazzy taught me that lesson with the Russian Twists a few weeks ago!  Tclaps to Marlin for pushing me – when I was gonna take it easy based on the Spartan.

    After 3rd lap: While we waited for the 6, he never came.  And we waited and he still never came – Your Humble Correspondent started to PANIC!  Is there a body on the track?  Is he OK?  Then we noticed his date was missing and for the first time in F3 history – we had a FNG go missing – awol – or just straight up leave.  Well there is a first time for everything!  **Side note – I contacted the FNG who promises to return.  He left not wanting us to see him splash merlot.

    After 3rd lap:  Plank Jacks, Staggered Merks, Penguins, and Flutter Kicks x 12

    Grab your date and let’s mosey to the flag.  At the flag – Rock throws x 12 – change rocks every throw.  At this point – FNG – Lucky Dog launched his rock into dog shit.  And then proceeded to smear – dog feces on his face accidentally while hoisting his rock to his shoulder!  Oops.  I sure hope he comes back!

    COT- 5 finger prayer from Pope Francis

    Thanks for motivating me to get out of bed this AM.

    You guys ROCKED.  See what I did there.  😉

     

  • Heed the Athenian Beatdown

    Seven tried, true, and trusted warriors of our fine city banded together on this cool fall morning to prove that the “Spartans” had nothing on toughness or fitness.  They were joined in short order by a warrior from a foreign land (South Carolina) who quickly proved himself worthy of the battle.

    “What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.”- Pericles to the families of the dead after the Athenian War

    First Athenian Workout Tip: Workout drunk or hung over (The Q did not provide the warning nor the means to comply with this tip)

    Second Athenian Workout Tip: Workout to music (which we accomplished for the leg portion of the Thang)

    THE THANG:

    Sudden Change

    Mosey to the Great Lawn

    Imperial Squat Walker (IC) x 20

    Happy Jacks (IC) x 20

    Mosey to the Foundry

    1 and a half cycles (everyone did 3 sets of pull-ups) of 30 seconds OYO through below stations:

    Pull-ups, Bear crawl, Low rows, Merkin bulldogs, Pull-ups, Flutter kicks, Crab walk

    Mosey to the Singing Tree (Our music) w/ a Sudden Change en route:

    Low Slow Squats (IC) x 20

    Squat Jumps (OYO) x 10

    Daft Punk (Follow Q w/o cadence) x 10 cycles

    Lunge Jumps (OYO) x 10 each leg

    Mosey to NOMA Side Steps w/ a Sudden Change en route:

    Half PAX: Toe Touches on Curb (OYO)

    Half PAX: Hand walk up and down museum steps (drag legs behind) (OYO)

    Switch

    Partner-up – wheel barrel up museum steps and switch (OYO)

    Mosey to Foundry

    Half PAX: 10 Hanging Leg Raises and 5 Hanging Knee-ups (OYO)

    Half PAX: Lying straight leg hip thrusts (OYO)

    Switch

    Box Cutters (IC) x 15

    Dancing Chilcutts (IC) x 10

    Dr. W x 10

    Canoe held for 20 sec

    10 second count

    Canoe / Superman x 2

    Mosey to the NOMA Fountain

    Decline Merkins (OYO) x 10

    Dips (OYO) x 10

    Hip Slappers (OYO) x 10 each side

    Decline Merkins (OYO) x 10

    Dips (IC) x 20

    Mosey to the Flag

    Announcements – The usual workouts for the week with Saturday being CONVERGENCE.

    Shout-outs: To our brothers battling for the day in Mobile.  For our brothers and all the families in South Carolina experiencing loss and trying to recover to normal life.

  • Rave at the Tulane Sign

    OK -a very cool fall morning with the promise of 90 temps this afternoon.

    8 PAX posted at the St Charles entrance to Audubon

    A quick Mosey down the avenue then we circled up for the first COP in front of the Tulane sign.

    The street light was flickering on/off – so it felt like we were doing our warm up in da’ club!

    Warm up:  SSH x 25, Imperial Walker Squats x 20, Peter Parkers x 25 Merkins with a hold x 20

    and Finally some monkey humps x 15 for Splash – who could not make it this AM

    Then we mosey’d over to Touchdown Jesus @ Loyola.

    BLIMPS   5 Burpees, 10 lunges per leg 15 Imperial Walkers 20 Merks 25 Plank Jacks 30 Squats

    Then we mosey’d over to Wolfpack Mountain.  There we lunge walked up the ramp, then ran to do 10 Merks on the flat side, and 25 LBCs on the incline side — all the way to the top.

    We lost Shorty on the way up – who was nice enough to inform us that the Student Union at Loyola is know open in the AM for F3 Moopers.  Awesome you can feel free to add us back to your Fri AM schedule.

    At the top of Wolfpack Mountain –  we circled up for 6MOM.

    LBC x 25 (that put us over 200 for the morning), Parker Peters x 20, LBTwist x 20, Mountain Climbers x 25, Flutter kicks, x 25, Olivia Newton Johns left side x 15, Olivia Newton Johns right side x 15, Penguins x 20  Finished with the Grasshopper x 10

    Then we mosey’d one level down – then in order to work in some DIPS we took to the stairs.

    At the alley of benches for our final COP we did 20 left leg step ups, 5 burpees, 20 right leg step ups, 5 burpees, and we finished with 20 DIPS.

    Final MOSEY back to the FLAG for our COT.

    Lots of announcements – see your email to keep up!

    Our closing prayer was the 5 finger prayer of Pope Francis.

    Thumb – is for the people closest to us, Index finger is for the people that point us in the right direction, the middle finger is for the leaders of our communities local and global that they may have wisdom to lead well, our ring finger is for the weak – who need our prayers the most, and finally the pinkie is for ourselves that we may have wisdom in our lives.

    I have to say after the game last night – today’s workout was so much fun!  I was ready to go this AM.

    Good luck to the guys running the Spartan.

  • One Year Later

    Pre-Thang:  YHC was  happy to be back out in the gloom after a couple of injuries and ready to take the Q on the F3 NOLA one year anny. Thirteen men showed up with time to spare and we hit the road to get better.

    The Thang:   Mosey around to golf club house and over to the festival of lights. Lunge to first light, Bear Crawl to second light, Lunge to third light, Bear Crawl to fourth light and plank up.  Plank Jacks x 14 in cadence.

    Mosey toward front of park.  Sudden Change–10 Burpees– after a short run.  Continue to Prytania Street for a push-o-rama:  Merkins x 14, Low Slow Squats x 14, Larry Craigs x 14, Squats x 14, Chuck Norris x 7. All in cadence.

    Mosey toward St. Charles Ave with another stop for Sudden Change.  Continue to the fountain:  Dips x 14, Step ups x 14, Derkins x 7, Step ups x 14, Incline Merkins x 14.  All in cadence.

    Continue around park track with more Sudden Change after a quarter mile.  Mosey to putting green for 6 MOM: LBC x 50, Dolly x 14, Real Freddie x 14,Hi Dolly x 14.  All in cadence.

    Indian Run all the way back to the flag.

    TClaps to the PAX for all hanging together for a solid 2.3 mile journey.  It’s always a pleasure to be with this group.  Thank you one and all for keeping this going.  Let’s all do what we can to make it grow even more!

    COT with shout out and regular announcements by YHC.

    Good Times!

    Roots

     

  • In the Fog

    A quiet affair, but with two FNGs. In honor of Columbus Day, I wanted some kind of swimming, but with no water in sight it was difficult. We had to make due with the wet fog hugging the cool grass, which felt great.
    The usual mosey to the rock pile: 20x side straddle hops; 20x imperial walkers; 20x merkins; 20x monkey humps; and 15x arm circles each direction. [I hope the gold retriever duo and their human are ok; we didn’t see them this morning.] Then pick up rocks and mosey on the grass in the fog for some Up and Down: 20x overhead lift; 10x merkins; 20x curls; 10x merkins; 20x squats; 10x merkins; 20x dead lift; 10x merkins. Then mosey to the hill (the closest I could find for an ocean) for some 11s: over the hill for burpees (10 to 1) and back for bench presses (1 to 10). I proposed 2 more sets, but time was ticking so off to the field for a Circle of Mary (the following order is a bit mixed up, hey, it was foggy out): 30 LBCs, 25 Hello Dolly, 25 Flutter Kicks, 25 Russian Twists, 10 Dr. Ws and a new routine from my 13 year-old nephew Jack; it needs a new name, but I’m calling it Cuban Sandwiches for now (as in you keep on pressing till it flat as all get out): on your 6s with your legs bent 90 degrees-ish in the air and with your head down, press hard on your thighs just above the knees for an 8 count, then lift up your head and press for another 8 count, then lift your butt off the ground and press for another 8 count, repeat cycle four (or, if you have more time, more) additional times (great for deep core). Deposit rocks and mosey back to the flag.
    [Late addition: I owe an apology to Tool: he was there, Mav was not. Mav, sorry, no credit for that morning.]

    Your humble Q, Jingle Vader (f/k/a Jazzy)

  • 610 Stomp #9 – City Park

    Seven men gathered around the flag on this pleasant fall morning to do the usual Tuesday 4.5 mile run/burpee beatdown.  The PAX started out strong with a good brisk pace and it was on…6 minutes of running and 1 minute of burpees/walking.  Rinse and repeat till done.  Some of the PAX have been opting to shoot for 10+ burpees per stop while others have settled for 5 or less.  At the end, we banged out 10 extra burpees which has become par for the course.  The pace as a whole this AM definitely seemed to be the best yet which means the PAX is getting better, faster, and stronger.  The stopping points for the burpees is getting a little further each week…way to go men!  Ended the COT with a shout out to the health and injury recovery of those training for the Spartan and a prayer courtesy of Side Effects.

    Tool

  • Spartan Training

    Pre-Thang

    It was beautiful morning in the Gloom with temperatures right where they needed to be and low humidity.  After battling some slight tendonitis from Hawgcycle’s stupid idea of running 6 miles before last Saturday’s Backblast, YHC arose this AM ready to bring down the pain with minimal running to protect the foot.

    Warm-Up

    Mosey over to Touchdown Jesus for COP:

    • COP IC: Seal Jacks x 30, Hillbillies x 20, Plank Walks x 15, Plank Jacks x 15

    The Thang

    Mosey to benches by Wolfpack Mountain.

    • IC: Step Ups (Left) x 15, Hip Slaps x 20, Derikans on slow count x 12, Step Ups (Right) 15

    Mosey to Tulane Pull-Up Bars for Circuit Training.  Get into pairs:

    • Count is on group doing 15 burpees, Toes-to-bar or knees-to-elbows, dips, decline plank, squats

    Mosey to Wolfpack Mountain for more circuits.  Pair off.  Partner 1 runs up 1st floor ramp and down stairs while partner 2 completes exercise until flapjacking.  Exercises:

    • Cross-Fit Merikans, Real Freddie Mercury, Monkey Humps

    Mosey back to the flag for some Mary:

    • COP IC: LBC x 40, Russian Twists x 15, Hello Dolly x 15, LBT x 20, High Dolly x 15

    Name-O-Rama: 11 showed up this fine morning with one FNG representing the 99th F3 NOLA member.  Douille had to skedaddle a little early, but he went hard this morning.  YHC noticed several newer faces as well.

    Shout Out: Reluctant Yankee has 5 FNG’s showing up to next Monday’s Backblast out at Pontiff Playground in Metairie.  Let’s make an effort to get more guys out there so the FNG’s don’t out number us.  These FNG’s will put us over the 100 count goal for one year F3 NOLA.  Also, Yankee still has the discount code for Mobile Spartan race next Saturday if anyone wants to partake.

    Prayers go out to the families in South Carolina experiencing the flooding disaster.  Also, thoughts are with Rev and Yuengling in their new cities.  We give thanks for allowing each of us to get up this morning for a strong workout that makes us all better men.

  • Sir Ellington Official Launch

    7 Faithful on hand for what is sure to be a #crowdpleaser in the future when YHC is on Q.  60* and a bit humid as we embarked on the official launch of Sir Ellington.  Kick @ss shovel flag in hand from @Unt Bea and we are off.

    Mosey out of SE down Marchant through CH Methodist lot to the lights for some

    Warm-O-Rama:

    Imperial Walker X 15 IC

    GMA X 15 IC

    Lt. Dans X 10 OYO

    Plank Jax X 20 IC

    Mtn. Climbers X 20 IC

    Butt Kickers X 20 IC

    High Knees X 20 IC

    Thang:

    A staple in my new training will be #HillRepeats.  YHC may have to take the show on the road from time to time to get variety but here is how it went down.

    Down Marchant to Hogan, left on Hogan AYG to #JuanValdez’s crib and plant shovel flag.  Slow Mosey (walk) back down to Marchant

    RNR X 4

    Blue Mule and Karamazov fighting strong with a push from Big Bang also

    Mosey down Marchant to the brush pile for a slower and longer up hill run to just past the gate at SE where is levels off.  Slow Mosey down to the stop sign.  Less of a race on these and more sustaining pace

    RNR X 3

    Run hard 50M down to brush pile

    10 Skips R/L

    10 Hops R/L

    10 Shuffles R/L

    10 Karaoke R/L

    NM:

    Like the idea of getting some endurance and running training in with our normal boot camp style workouts.  Rest assured as YHC is on Q at SE, there will be #HILLS.

    Please sign up for more Qs.

    Consider asking a buddy at work, from the neighborhood, place of worship or play to join us.

    See you in the AM!

    BV