YHC was looking for a REDFriday WOD with merkins but didn’t want to do Capoot. YHC remembered F3PizzaMan posting this on his Strava a couple of weeks ago and saw that there was 200 merkins and 80 burpees in it and it fit the bill. 7 other men answered the call to honor Sgt. Rahul Kumar.

Kumar WOD

Background
This workout is dedicated to Sgt. Rahul Kumar who lost his battle with mental health and took his own life on September 1, 2021. Sgt. Kumar was a former Army Tanker stationed at Ft. Irwin NTC. He was 11th ACR, 1st Squadron Delta Company. He left behind a wife and a daughter.

The Thang

For time
3 mile run (we shortened to 2 miles)
4 rounds of
12 pull-ups
50 push-ups
20 air squats
20 burpees
25 lunges (easy way)

When time was called, Abadacaba was on his last set of lunges and he finished them up. Everyone else was somewhere in the 4th set.

COT

Announcements
Convergence at the Pistol on 11/13
BC tomorrow at Epicenter
Multiple 5Ks coming up over the next 3 weeks

Prayer Requests

Pothole’s BIL
Nomad’s dad recovering well from surgery
Biofreeze recovering from bronchitis

NMS

Great effort by the 7 HIMs who defeated the fartsack and got out in the cold.
This WOD is no joke. It is a grind from the word go but it is great to do it with your brothers in the gloom.
Sgt Kumar lost his battle with mental health. And if we’re all honest with ourselves men, F3 is a great tool to battle mental health issues – depression, anxiety, the thoughts of I’m not good enough, etc. It’s not only the physical fitness component. It’s the brother hood. It’s the bonding. It’s knowing my brother is in the gloom. Remember that if you’re dealing with something, we are here for you.

Until next time,

BenGay