F3 New Orleans

Tag: The Scramble

  • We Ran and Stuff – from Bushwacker

    With whacker at the helm, Nobody knew what to expect. However, it was all for the good. Some men rucked, some men ran, and one ran all the way to the toilet! Good showing of F3 brothers, keep up the good work, gentlemen!

  • Did someone ask for Cilantro? – from Shooter

    Well, I know if you’re reading this you might be wondering what on earth does Cilantro have to do with a beatdown? Simply put, Rucking allows for us Bigger guys, often called pumpkins 🎃 or other nicknames depending on who may post to discuss many topics…
    So, the topic for the day of course was included with the question. What is Cilantro good on? The obvious being Mexican food.. Tacos, salsas, marinades, etc. However, with the recent opening of Mandeville drive thru crawfish recently, Qs taste buds are trying to pin point the secret ingredient used and believes this to be in fact Cilantro.. If any outsiders have the scoop on the above, please share.. YHC may have convinced JV to give it a shot this weekend in one of his boils, as a our mud bug season is officially off and running…
    If you have not tried the drive thru crawfish, I certainly suggest giving it a shot as myself and Russo both agree they are consistent and delicious even if Cilantro is not apart of the recipe… Waterpik and Bushwacker seem to have a more balanced conversation as they were still chattering upon the Ruckers return..

    Warmup
    5 Navy seal Burpees
    10 IC Imperial walkers, grass grabbers, Abe Vogadas, bridges, wife pleasers and monkey Humpers..

    Ruckers rucked and runners ran for about 30 mins and then we returned for 5 more Navy seal burpees and equipment work controlled by pull-ups of 10 each PAX, sit-ups, chest press, freak nasties and leg ups.. Finished core with 15IC flutter kicks, hello Dollie’s and Rosalitas..

    Count, announce and COT

    Thanks to Russo for taking us out and until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!

  • What the Ruck? – from Jose10k

    Simple plan: Go Ruck yourself. Great conversations to be had this morning. Too many parade stories to write about: wild parade riders and best parade were hot topics!

  • 3X3 through the streets of Mandeville! – from Shooter

    With muggy temperatures in effect on this Thursday gloom at the Scramble. 3 Ruckers and 3 Runners took to the streets of Mandeville to log some mileage for the RCR..
    The balance of such numbers seems consistent in weeks past and the same held true this week.. There was great chatter amongst the Ruckers, as 2 of the 3 will be representing the carnival season riding floats through NOLA on Sat and Sun. JV starts the weekend on float 28B in Endymion on the passenger side top back. Russo will follow that on Sunday in Tothe on float 18B passenger side on the bottom.. So if your out on the routes be sure to holler their names properly with F3 in mind… Of course if YHC was riding it probably would not be recommended to yell “Shooter” as revelers all around may already be on alert in NOLA.. Tanked up experienced that one year as he came to City park to cheer the Q on at the end of the CCC… Bad decision in our current times, just saying.. Also be on the lookout for Waterpik as he marches along the routes Sat, Sun and Mon with SSA/St Paul’s…

    Little warmup
    All 10IC
    Scorpion kicks, Superman’s, Bridges L/R, Imperial walkers, Hillbillies, Toe Touches and slow squats..

    Thang
    Simply 20mins out and 20mins back.
    Runners 4.3 miles
    Ruckers 2.1 miles

    Appreciate Waterpik closing the PAX in prayer 🙏🏼 following the announcements of RCR & Endurathon..

    Thanks for the follow and until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!

  • A whole lot of Rucking going on! – from Shooter

    This beautiful gloom provided more Ruckers than Runners. Heck we even added a Slinger to the group for good measure.. There was plenty of mumble chatter before the PAX got underway, but the most notable was the fact that Speedy was fresh off a Personal best performance over the weekend finishing his marathon at 3:15.00.. This young HIM has literally taken HUGE strides over these past few years… So much so that when YHC shares gym time with Tanked up that’s all he talks about.. Glad to have you amongst us Speedy and to watch you grow in many ways.. Keep pushing!!

    Warmup
    Mix of 10-15 IC of Cherry Pickers, self love, Toe Touches, SSH, Windmills, Scorpion kicks, and Superman’s. Finished with Al Gore pose around for 10sec count..

    Thang
    Speedy and Waterpik took to the streets journeying through Mandeville coming up Girod street.. Probably logged close to 4.5 on the Gloom and I am most certain there was some great Mumble chatter shared with the always motivated and enthusiastic Waterpik..

    The 3 Ruckers and 1 slinger logged a little over 2 miles and we returned over the time. So we had a quick count, announce and COT..

    Always enjoy the Gloom with you HIMs and until the next 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!

  • Ramble at the Scramble – from Russo

    Mid 60s and overcast this morning, but no rain to speak of as a Pax of 9 gathered to run or ruck. Some things become old hat, which denotes old fashioned, predictable, uninspired, but to me its connotation is comfortable, stable, and reliable. Maybe not the best for pushing ourselves each and every week, but it will do well on a Thursday morning.

    Warmup (all 10x -15x IC, except for Whacker who’s on IR)
    – SSH
    – Self love
    – Toe touches
    – Grass grabbers
    – High Knees
    – Butt Kicks
    – Imperial squat walkers

    Thang

    5 runners (Bird, Pik, Speedy, Steve, Zoo) and 4 Ruckers (JV, Shooter, Whacker, YHC) took to the streets for “normal”, classic, traditional routes with maybe a twist or two thrown in.

    Rucker conversation included casinos, Metairie traffic, fabric softener, LA looks hair products, Mardi Gras, and Italian food, in addition to making continued progress on solving all of the world’s problems.

    COT, Count, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, and Prayer closed us out.

    Special intention to F3 Knoxville on the passing of Cardinal and a reminder to us all to keep an eye out for each other.

    Gents, thank you for reading and joining. My goal is to Q each of the AOs this year (maybe not the Au Lait with the Sabbath and all), so 2 down, 5 to go.

    SYITG

  • City Hall Scramble – from Waterpik

    Temp 50 degrees. Perfect conditions.

    Nice combination of Ruckers and Runners.

    Ruckers
    Russo
    JV
    Akbar
    Bushwacker

    Runners
    The Hammer
    Zoolander
    Speedy Gonzalez
    Waterpik

    Have a great day, men!

  • Ruck or Run – from Waterpik

    With weather in the low 60s and rain on the horizon, seven packs sit out for a 5K this morning.

    3 Ruckers shooter Russo, Jose 10k

    4 runners : YHC Zoolander bird speedy Gonzalez

  • No plans necessary with the Scramble!! – from Shooter

    With an EH for Ruckers put out there by Akbar YHC quickly checked the Q sheet to make sure someone had picked up the lead.. On my end it was blank but then in a later Slack message YHC had saw where Akbar stated he was covering it.. So as I arrived I commenced to grabbing my Ruck sack and the shovel flag and as the PAX swelled to 7 and the time to start arrived Waterpik stated you have the Q Shooter. Well alrighty then let’s get started..

    Warmup
    12IC Seal Jacks
    12IC Imperial walkers
    20 Merkins OYO
    22 Jump squats
    12IC Toe Touches
    12 IC Grass grabbers
    20 Merkins
    22 Apollo Onhos

    4 runners and 3 Ruckers.
    Runner’s standard route adding a second loop.
    Returned to AO for some core 12IC Bridges, Wife pleasers, Superman’s, Right elbow/left knee F/J, Hello Dollies and done…

    Appreciate the post gentlemen and until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!

  • Just, the two of us!! – from Shooter

    Arrived on this cool clear morning at the Scramble to just one PAX.. The ole reliable, never late Waterpik loosening up.. With no Ruckers around YHC knew he would be thrust back into the the official Scramble of running.. So we completed a brief warmup of 15IC SSH, Toe Touches, Self love, Windmills, bridges, and alternating legs over back and leg swings front to back and side to side.
    Moseyed standard route minus to the point which left us with plenty of time at the end for some core and stretching. LBCs, 100s, alternating elbow to knee, hello dollies, wife pleasers, flutter kicks and some static stretches.

    Appreciate the mosey and mumble chatter with you Waterpik…. Good to get back at moseying and until the next Gloom..
    👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼