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  • Cool, wet foggy morning. Two groups met today

    April 6, 2019. 

    Showed up at 6:45 and no one else showed until 7:10. By that time I’d already made a deal with Dennis that I might just work out with them this morning.  Dennis and his group have been meeting near us at the Knoll doing their exercise routine. Shangeaux’s daughter sometimes works out with them. We all greet each other every Saturday and enjoy his dogs that get so excited when the run or when the stop running.

     Then Big Easy showed up and then Banjo and then about 8:00 Shangeaux miraculously found us way out in the far east end of the park where we’ve never been, and stayed the course with us.

    Since our group was small we just decided to work out with Dennis, Paul and Gerald and of course Dennis’ 3 dogs, today.   Dennis seems to be their exercise leader. Since I had asked to join him I opted to let him lead his group and we would just try to go with his lead.  He moseyed us all northward on the walkway toward the bridge where we store all our coupons in the creek. We crossed the bridge and went NE towards the tennis courts. There we did a variety of lunges and skips, both sideways and forward and then backwards. We did Kariokes back and forth from the big oak tree to the concrete pad with the water stub up.  We eventually ran all the way to the building to the East with the water faucets, near the playground equipment. Rested there a minute. Then walked from their to a place at the far East edge of the park, beyond the soccer field. From there we did a variety of relay runs from a point on the trail to the south near a green carpeted exercise spot about 10×8 feet. Did a variety of exercises on that green mat.  Then did more relay runs back and forth along that eastern end of the running trail, which is also very near Highland Road.  Ended with a full tilt run from the a point along the creek to the nearest picnic table pavilion which is about ¼ mile away.  We then all walked back to the parking lot pavilion.  We did not have our usual COT or namarama since we really just joined their group for the morning. 

  • Operation Turkey Leg goes live. Annual Thanksgiving Day F3 event

     

    So glad I showed up!

    All hats off to the great TESLA who organized this first annual Operation Turkey Leg.  He wrote the Backblast below and I get to post it so I get to add some background of my own. This guy hits me up on Text about a beatdown on Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving?  Gotta be kidding. No one would show up and miss their turkey!  But we were wrong.  Tesla is from North Carolina.  He’s ok guys. North Carolina is still on the right side of the Mason Dixon Line.  He shared with us some new exercises  and near wore out this old man, and almost everyone else too. Its AMAZING what a 58 year old like Tesla can do.  This old 58 year old had a hard time keeping up with him!  We loved the Plank/Bear Crawl Slolom  Whats that?  Maybe we’ll show you if you didn’t show up. Maybe not.  Might just keep that secret.

    Tesla has been with the greats in F3 for many years.   He said he runs The Yank in Saturdays in Belmont, NC. Gaston region. Still works out two days a week in Charlotte Metro. Workout once a week in The Fort (Fort Mill, SC)

     

    Here’s Tesla’s report!

    QIC: Tesla

    Pax in the Pix: SnackPack, Banjo, CAT5, Shaengo, Moneycat, Tesla and the Worms.   We need a semi-professional photographer next year.

    So as YHC always spends Thanksgiving in Baton Rouge, La. And knew that F3 had started down that way it only made sense to reach out and establish contact with the boys in BR and see what they do for a Thanksgiving Day convergence. Turned out one was not planned. However, with some diligence and support (credit F3 Baton Rouge and Worms in particular) we were able to get one together using the LUS Parade Ground as the AO. And what an AO it is!

    So without knowing who might show up (though Worms felt at least four others would show) YHC made the trek over and found a shovel flag and waiting participants. The three became four, then five, then six! A hearty mix of men on a brutally cold (45 degree) Baton Rouge morning! Everything else went something like this:

    Mosey to the center of the field for COP

    SSH X 20

    2 burpees OYO

    Some arm and leg stretches

    IW X20

    4 burpees OYO

    Copperhead squats X 20

    6 burpees OYO

    LBCs X 20

    8 burpees OYO

    Mtn Climbers X 20

    10 burpees OYO.

    Now for a little Carolina culture, YHC NOT being a UNC or Dean Smith fan, we decided on some four corners.

    Mosey to the first corner

    10 hand release merkins

    Mosey to the 2nd corner:

    10 WWI situps

    Mosey to the third corner:

    10 Carolina Dry Docks

    Mosey to the fourth Corner:

    10 LBCs

    Assemble at center of the grounds and mosey over to the law building for 11s.

    Bottom of the Steps: Jump Squats

    Top of the Steps: Merkins

    Mosey over to the Union

    Step ups, Dips, Dirkins X 10, 15, 20

    Mosey back to center of the grounds

    Tesla Special!

    Bear Crawl slalom, 2X

    Agility run, 2X

    A crowd favorite!

    Coming back:

    10 burpee Broad jumps

    10 frog hops

    Do this to mid field

    Crabwalk to the end.

    Mosey back to the flag for some short Mary and a pledge.

    Done!

    Naked Man Moleskin:

    Awesome day with the guys down here. Great 2nd f afterwards. F3 is in great hands here and we are going to help them push this on up and out! Baton Rouge can be a great F3 city with all the AOs and willing participants to draw from. Nobody wore a spacesuit BTW! Not THAT cold!

    Glad we were able to put this together. Worms gets the credit. Now we have a tradition unlike any other down here! Next year let’s have a real turkey leg to chew on. I’m thinking 20-30 pax next year at least at the 2nd annual.

    Tesla Out!