Independence Day! Freedom! Liberty! As the QIC put out the word on the Group Me chat on the evening of July 3rd that I was moving the Bucktown Coastie to Jefferson Playground, I heard nothing but crickets….Bueller?…Bueller? Given that many people travel on that holiday, I didn’t have high hopes …
What better way to start my birthday week than with some Spartacus. Can’t get too much Spartacus…and 12 men showed up to get some… DISCLAIMER and let’s mosey to the Warm-Up COP: -SSH x 30 IC -Mtn Climbers x 20 IC -Arm Circles x 30 IC (15 ea. dir.) Grab …
Ten PAX gathered in the plank position to dedicate this morning’s beatdown to Lt Col Raymond G Davis, USMC. A Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, Lt Col Davis served in the Korean conflict. The entire citation is worth reading, and YHC did exactly that to the planking PAX. An excerpt …
The night before Torque was messing around and called me out to come up with a beatdown that would end all beatdowns. One that will never happen and Two I have done a beatdown once before that was no joke. When time came I gave the disclaimer and in typical …
This morning the PAX embarked on a journey inspired by the days of yore. It was an ambitious attempt which ultimately wasn’t entirely successful, but every man who showed up came out a little bit stronger by the end. And that is what F3 is all about. Disclaimer issued for …
No one was signed up for the 4th of July running of the Stomp, so being the good F3 Nola member that I am, I waited until midnight, saw no one had taken it, and dutifully signed up. I then rolled in hot. I divided the 5 pax by two …
This July Gloom would be known as the Humid Heavy #1!! 6 PAX embarked on the Mandeville city hall for a morning of saturation from perspiration. We started with a Mosey to the routine stretch point across the East Causeway approach to the Community center. Leg scissors one way and …
YHC heads to the AO Tuesday morning, a little sleepy, but full of patriotic excitement, and a little curious if TripleShift is going to cycle out for the coffee-ramo, coffeeteria or covfefe…I can’t remember what we call it. The inner monologue went like this: “YAWN….Cool! We got a nice …
“Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.” – Marcus Aurelius YHC was 81.9% sure I would make my scheduled Q this gloom. After rigorous testing of my hypothesis of the “SnoozeQ”, it appears that if YHC is in bed by 10:00 PM, there is a …
The air was thick from the celebration of our nations birthday! Happy Birthday Nation! BBQ and beer mixed with the dense humidity to say “Purification through sweat awaits!” Oh yes it was hot and sticky, the kind of sticky a 5 year old gets when they play with BBQ’d ribs …
