F3 Greenwood

Three Wise Men, a #Snotwoggler and a special #EpsteinsMother

The usual Wednesday Starbucks 5K got turned on its head for a special Veterans Day workout to honor all the men and women who serve or have served. THANK YOU to the vets who attended: Duggar, Bo Diddley and Pacer. It is an honor to do life with you men!

Disclaimer

The Thang

  • Mosey around the mall in formation with Pacer and Duggar calling good ol’ fashioned cadence, some of which was questionable. Stop in the parking lot on front of JC Penny for some fun.
  • “Ben” 7 min AMRAP
    • 5 Burpees over line
    • 10 Squats
  • Rest 2 minutes
  • “Jeremy” 7 minutes
    • 10 Merkins
    • 20 LBCs
  • Rest 2 minutes
  • Beau” 7 minutes
    • 15 Rabbit Burpees
    • 30 JungleBoi Squats
  • Mosey the long way back to flag

CoT

The “Three Wise Men” were three brothers: Jeremy Wise, Ben Wise, and Beau Wise. They were warriors — Jeremy a SEAL, Ben an Army Green Beret, and Beau, USMC Infantry. Tragically, both Jeremy and Ben were killed in action. Beau remains on active duty.

It’s easy to focus on the sacrifice of Jeremy and Ben, but today let’s focus on honoring Beau and those like him who returned from combat and are trying to live with the legacy of combat daily.

On Memorial Day, you can find people just about anywhere who are participating in “Memorial Day Murph” and supporting the Mike Murphy Foundation. That is appropriate given Memorial Day is the day we honor those who died in combat; those like Mike Murphy who gave their last full measure of devotion. Veterans Day is different; it is the day we honor all who served, those who survived combat but may be struggling to survive the peace.

Count-O-Rama

17 didn’t fear change and honored some real American heroes.

Name-O-Rama

Did YHC hear more middle names today?

Announcements

  • Thank a veteran today. Take some time to talk with them and help them through the transition to “normal” life.
  • We lead at F3 Augusta on Nov. 21. HC as soon as possible to any of the AOQs. We need to know how many people are going so we can make travel arrangements.
  • CONVERGENCE – Thanksgiving Day Nov. 26. Meet at Epicenter at 0630. Meatloaf on Q. There may be some ultimate Frisbee involved.

Prayer Requests

  • Pothole’s father is in bad health and has been given a limited time to live by doctors. We are here for you, brother. It was great to see you and pray with you this morning.
  • Sugar’s grandfather had a heart attack. Pray for recovery.
  • Jeff Constant and family
  • Spud and family unspoken request
  • Juggernaut’s wife

NakedMan Moleskin

  • Bean pulled an #EpsteinsMother and claimed 5K training as the reason to #FartSack. But then Sugar spotted him bringing up the rear in a women’s running group moseying past the mall. Moral of the story: Do not pull #EpsteinsMother and then run with a group of women.
  • #MumbleChatter is picking up among all the PAX. YHC was unsure of how to feel about this until today when most of it was directed at him.
  • Not sure anyone understood the difficulty of repeating cadence while running. This was evidenced by the fact that no more than three PAX after repeated the cadence at one time. Everyone else was trying to breathe.
  • Rabbit burpees are a #CrowdPleaser, as always.
  • #PapaSmurf is true #RomanCandle. No merlot today, but if he throws a Frisbee anything like he throws a hat, then YHC wants to be on his team at the convergence! #NoBurpees
  • Speaking of Papa Smurf’s hat, no one realized he threw it to the side until it was spotted some 30 feet away from where he was working. #BestQBinAbbevillePantherHistory
  • YHC was officially banned from Qing any more FountainHead runs by Kobayashi. Hey – we ran. Kinda. One of the PAX DEFINITELY ran…
  • Flossy determined the standard for a #Snotwoggler to be a runny nose. Hopefully, he was able to solve that problem before the snot trickled too far down his face. #Gross
  • There was a celebrity sighting at Starbucks – Mickey Mouse was in the house! Kobayashi has the deets.
  • Cagney said he was HC for today…then fartsacked. His definition of HC: “Horrible Cracker who is a fartsacker and unable to be trusted.” Aye!
  • Someone noted that a parking lot is the nastiest thing on earth while doing burpees. Polly noted that the workout is the most action this particular parking lot has seen in at least a year. In the mall’s defense, Flossy reminded everyone that the mall is the finest indoor walking track in the state.
  • Apparently, 10 percent of all fabric seats is made up of fecal matter. #TClaps Duggar for making a deposit and #TClaps Polly for pointing it out.
  • It’s an honor to be a part of F3 Greenwood and F3 Nation. Guys continue to step up and take hold of the philosophy behind F3. YHC loves seeing you guys in the #Gloom!

Aye!