All came out to celebrate Hawg. Some Ran, Some Rucked, others just showed up. All had a good time.
Tag: Bongo
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Hawg’s Birthday – from Charmin
All came out to celebrate Hawg. Some Ran, Some Rucked, others just showed up. All had a good time.
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Charmin and the Runners – from Charmin
As per usual, the Runners came and killed their workout from Coach Gregg.
YHC did a nieghborhood lap that felt faster than normal. It may have been the cooler air. Here’s to hoping that the weather get’s even cooler!
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Good to see people – from Charmin
As usual, YHC arrived to find the runners there early and even a few KnOTters. By the time 5:30 arrived, Boo-Boo was there to ruck, in addition to bringing news that Bolt would be arriving shortly.
After going around the track and finding all the gates locked, we met with Bolt on the track and realized that our neighborhood time would need to be brief.
On YHC’s way back, we saw a Rougarou leaving saying that he’s finally had it with walking backwards. “Why can we walk forwards, and get to our stretching spot quicker?” he muttered under his breath before crossing over the train tracks.
COT ended with praying for all those struggling physically, but more importantly mentally. Don’t hesitate on reaching out to fellow Pax.
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All Hallow’s Eve – from Charmin
KB and YHC pulled up at a little before 5:20 to see a herd of runners running away from the proverbial flag and all of their cars taking up valuable parking space. The days of a Lakeview Clown Car were apparently over.
With just KB, Vagabond, and YHC at the flag at the start time we felt a rumbling, before we knew it, the herd had surrounded us. It felt like a reenactment of the Mufasa Death scene in the 1994 classic, The Lion King. Before we realized what had happened Vagabond was taken away and the herd had left.
KB was nursing a sore ankle and not to leave a fellow pax behind, we went to his car to lift some heavy things. Turns out, the heavy things included, but is not limited to:
a bike
a 80 lb sandbag
20 lbs of laundry (unsure if clean or not)
a 65 lb kettlebell
a 15 lb ruck weight (this was found in the pocket of said laundry)
and some manner of creature that I dare not describe.After lifting some of the weights around, Triple showed up; apparently he sensed the dirty laundry.
Nearing the end of our weight lifting session, we could hear the lackadaisical languishing of the runner herd; apparently they could start 10-15 minutes before hand, but could run all the way to 6:15.
We ended up with 16 Pax including Vagabond who reappeared unharmed (or rather no worse off than before)
COT involved some education on today’s festivities originally being called All Hallow’s Eve referencing All Saint Day tomorrow and continuing on to All Soul’s Day the day after.
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You Can’t Ignore The H8! – from Hawgcycle
You cannot ignore the H8! We tried. There was no H8! in April. Honestly, I forgot all about it. I guess I tried to push the H8! way down deep, but it never went away. The last few months have shown me that the H8! is always there. I can’t ignore it. I have to deal with it.
The Thang:
Each lap consists of running south to the top of the levee, crossing canal (bear crawling the neutral ground), running south to the bottom of the levee, cross canal and run north to the top of the levee, cross canal (bear crawling the neutral ground), running north down the levee and back across canal to the starting point. At the starting point, you do a descending burp and merk pyramid starting at 8 (burpee with 8 merkins, burpee with 7 merkins…burpee with 1 merkin)
At the end of the 2nd lap the burp and merk pyramid starts at 7, etc.
The goal is to complete 8 laps in 40 minutes. According to MapMyRun, each loop is approximately 0.4 miles. Therefore, to conquer the H8! you will have to do the following in 40 minutes:• Run over 3 Miles of Hills
• 550 Yards of Bear Crawls
• 36 Burpees
• 120 MerkinsWe did AMRAP in 40 minutes.
NMM
• This was a full compliance hate – Strict 40 minute time limit, running on the sidewalk, no corner cutting, and bear crawling the entire length of the neutral ground.
• We had 12 guys attempt the H8! Today. That’s a good turnout. T-claps to The Architect, High Rise, Mahatma, Mayhem, Pinewood, Mr. Rodgers, Rudy, Smooth, SOGO, Thighs, and Triple Shift for choosing to do hard things.
• Was Mr. Rodgers brazen enough to attempt the H8! in a weighted vest?
• A special shout out to High Rise and Mayhem for resisting the pull of the LVCC and their Temple of the Ole Man River. Members of the temple are devoted to a Chatbot they call Coach Greg. I was hoping a few more members would be willing to choose to battle the H8! Especially without their High Priestess Kuch and his Eunuch Glitter Balls in attendance. Unfortunately, the devotion of the following was too strong for them to waiver from the Supreme Chatbot’s commands. Bongo, El Guapo, Jesus Juice, Mama’s Pride, Saban, Sandberg, and Thumbwar sacrificed their manhood in sacred devotion to Coach Gregg this morning with a 45-minute easy run ritual.
• Three completed all 8 laps today: Smooth, YHC, and The Architect.
• Smooth went back out for lap 9 and was about 5 seconds short of finishing the running portion of the lap.
• If you have ever helped with a Youth Run Nola event, you will know that the kids take off in a sprint when the gun goes off. They do not know the difference between a 100-meter dash and a 3-mile run. I’m guessing Pinewood is a YRN alum.
• There were a few guys that finished the eight laps in just over 40 minutes. They are prime to get all eight in April.
• Speaking of April, we now have 6 months to prepare. Let’s keep pushing each other to stay disciplined and continue accelerating. -
10 Years and 1 Day Later – from Reluctant Yankee
Re-enactment of the first ever official F3 Nola workout
The Thang:
Gandalf’s Q (played by Hawgcycle)
Mosey to a space near the football field, backwards run, side-shuffle left, side-shuffle right
Circle of Pain (COP):
Side-Straddle Hops in cadence x15
Merkins in cadence x12
Imperial Walkers in cadence x15
Mountain Climbers in cadence x20
Slow Squats in cadence x10
Wide-Arm Merkins in cadence x10
Diamond Merkins in cadence x10
Mosey to bridge
11s across the bridge with burpees on far side and jump squats on near side #crowdpleaser
Plank-O-Rama: Regular, Elbows, Left Hand/Leg High, Right Hand/Leg High, Mission Impossible (10 count from Fracsac)Reluctant Yankee’s Q (Played by Triple Shift)
Mosey back to track
6 Minutes of Mary:
LBCs in cadence x10
Hello Dollys in cadence x10
High Dollys (Rosalitas) in cadence x10
Bicycles (Freddy Mercury) in cadence x10
Dying Cockroach in cadence x10
Flutter Kicks in cadence
Quick mosey one full lap around the trackChong Li’s Q (Played by Reluctant Yankee)
Loooooong mosey to picnic tables under the bridge
Chong Li Special:
Decline Merkins in cadence x16
Right Leg Squat in cadence x8
Incline Merkins in cadence x16
Left Leg Squat in cadence x8
Decline Merkins IC x12
Right Leg Squat IC x6
Incline Merkins IC x12
Left Leg Squat IC x6
Decline Merkins IC x8
Right Leg Squat IC x4
Incline Merkins IC x8
Left Leg Squat IC x4
Decline Merkins IC x4
Right Leg Squat IC x2
Incline Merkins IC x4
Left Leg Squat IC x2
Mosey back to the track
Two Rounds With Tyson happened in original beatdown, but ran out of time. Yankee gave Fracsac the Q for last minute, so it was 10 burpees for the 10 years of F3 Nola!
Mosey back to shovel flag
Circle of Trust (COT)NMM
This beatdown was held 10 years and 1 day after the original launch. T-Claps to all who kept this great thing going!
Not sure how they squeezed in 2 rounds of Tysons on that first day. The OGs were 10 years and 1 day older, so…..
4 OGs were present- Hawgcycle, Reluctant Yankee, Triple Shift, and Redfish
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Babysteps for Big Runners – from Charmin
They Runners said that they were taking a book from Scantron’s Knotting experience; they figured if he could walk backwards and have it count for the beatdown, that surely they could take babysteps around Pontiff for 40 minutes and have it count as well.
Meanwhile YHC rucked the normal route and lead the COT back at the proverbial shovel flag. Beautiful morning to get out!
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Charmin and the Runners – from Charmin
In an effort to once again lead the Pontiff Pax in number of written BackBlasts, YHC posted in the gloom this morning. Thankfully, 9 other runners decided to do the same and hence Charmin and the Runners was formed. YHC Rucked and the Runners ran.
Rudy needed a personal invitation to the Name-o-rama ball, but other than that, it was a cool morning.
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It’s only 10 rounds with Hokie – from Hokie
YHC has been less than consistent in attending F3, as is obvious to all, and is subject to criticism for FartSacking and having the audacity to attend coffee or book studies without earning his attendance priviledges.
Nonetheless, Catfish asked me one Saturday or Sunday about a month prior if I could muster the energy to commit to Q and I accepted his challenge.
After a brief disclaimer at the flag, we moseyed while lifting knees to chest over to the pavilion for Warm-o-rama including Slow Vigodas, grass grabbers and arm circles.
The Thang… in my mind it would only be 10 rounds by the great lawn with 5 burpees at each of the four corners and our mode of transportation between corners would be backwards mosey on long stretch by parking lot, lunges by Storyland, forward mosey by City Putt and an exercise at the end of fourth corner changing round by round. Keeping with the concept of leave no man behind, instructions were only given out one round at a time and those who finished first could plank and shoulder tap waiting on the six to start the next round.
Round 1 ~ 100 Honest Merkins … obviously a crowd favorite 😉
Round 2 ~ it gets easier ~ only 90 step ups and even easier yet one is one
Round 3 ~ getting even easier ~ only 80 Big Boi Sit Ups
Round 4 ~ 70 Bobby Hurley’s
Round 5 ~ 60 star toe tapsObviously, YHC’s lack of consistent attendance slowed down the Pax as we were only able to complete 5 of the 10 rounds.
Thanks to Catfish for giving me the opportunity to lead and wishing each of you the very best. See ya when I can get my butt outta bed.
