Faith
A dozen men posted for the Saturday beatdown and fellowship at the Bridge Ministries in Cumberland county. YHC has never experienced quite a large group at this AO, and to say it was uplifting is an understatement. Men with varying backgrounds, stories of adversity, redemption and hardship, coming together with one common purpose…. Saab took the Q today while TYA provided his usual commentary, which reminded the PAX what F3 is really about. Saab abides
Whelp, I am not that good at posting backblasts in a timely manner. Please forgive me… It was a lovely morning in Blackwell for the four gloom warriors to take the field. We started with a COP, as usual. It consisted of the regular stuff that I do – you know, SSHs, DQs, Ukrainian Soldiers, merkins, and the like. Offshore had some coupons – a 40lb kettle bell and a 30 pound ruck plate so YHC decided to use those because it’s not really working unless it hurts a little bit. YHC is going to start bringing a couple of…
10 sleek chargers bounded out of the Fart Sack to the latest edition of First Watch. Conditions held steady at 70 and sunny. According to the sports car driver slinking his car through the Pax, the following might have happened: 04:28 YHC arrived to secure the AO. 04:30 Broga start time (Lockjaw had the Q) 04:55 Broga end time 05:00 Mosey around the River Road Church, Baptist (RRCB) Auxiliary Parking lot. Circle up for the COP. 100 SSHs (x10 men = 1,000 SSHs) Reach for the sky Shoulder rolls WWIIs Plank up, drop to 6 inches, and hoooollllld it. Jazzercise…
Gentlemen of RVA F3We have been presented a limited availability opportunity for 12 of us. (only 6 per night and only open to F3 RVA Pax to start off with due to very limited slots) We will work on setting up another round soon if there is interest. What: CPR certification class When: On April 25th and 26th from 6 to 8PM Where: Trinity United Methodist Church: 903 Forest Ave, Henrico, VA 23229 Cost: ZERO dollars.. (F3 RVA PAX have pooled together to cover the cost.)Just your 2 hours of time to potential save a life one day. Sign up…
4 Levine’s weathered the chaos of Christmas tree shopping, decorating and yard work to prepare a meal for our Southside Health Center PAX. Here’s what our cats lurking for crumbs observed : Warmarama : Gather 4 pound Chuck roast, 2 bags of mini size golden potatos, 1 bag of baby carrots, 2 cups beef broth, 1 teaspoon thyme, 2 teaspoons salt, 2 cloves garlic minced, 1 teaspoon pepper THE THANG : Gather all ingredients and throw em into the crockpot for 9 hours. During last hour, add a mixture of 2 tablespoons corn starch with 2 tablespoons cold water to…
Six ruckers on a mission launched out from Hoedown laden with the spoils the Pax had left. Pigskin was nice enough to see us off and offer his support. The group dispersed in rotating pairs of two for chatting along the way. The lights of UR at night are outstanding with the reflections on the lake. When we arrived at Spider Run, the parking lot was vacant of food, so we picked up the bat cave and trekked into the gloom. One deer sighting, though many more probably spotted us. The holiday lights of the River Road Shopping Center we…
With no M or 2.0s available to assist in the kitchen, YHC decided to curate instead of cook Sunday’s Breaking Bread meal: Publix fried chicken, basil and feta rigatoni salad, fruit salad, iced tea, and cookies-n-cream frosted cupcakes. Plus two bags of nectarines and a bag of tangerines for the week. The residents really appreciate that we are thinking of them, and Barbara sends her regards.
6 trusted servants arrived post gloom, some post Dogpile, to see what catalysts for change the Crucible had to offer today. Some details remain fuzzy but it went a little something like this…We met at the new, official meeting place which is the parking lot for the school and we moseyed over to the fields to see if anyone didn’t get the memo but all was good so we had a bit of COP including some stretching along with the usual suspects of SSH, DQ, LBCs, Merkins etc… Then we took advantage of our multiples of 3 and did a…
19 Redwoods posted for the first version of the Crucible. This is what transpired. The Thang: Mosey to field. 20 SSH, 10 Don Quixotes, 10 Helicopters, 20 Lbc, 20 imperial walkers, 20 Merkins. Mosey to stands near football field. Lindseys with jump squats and WWII setups. Mosey to field near road. Triple Check. Box Cutters, merkins, run to other side and bernie sanders back. Mosey to pole in the corner of field and perform a different exercise at each pole. COT and TYA took us out. NMM: This AO and workout has been a long time coming. Lots of chatter…
For 4 or 5 years some of the Pax have been volunteering as running coaches for The Healing Place 10k Training Team. Regulars include Offshore, Swiper and YHC but we have seen a host of including but not limited to LabRat, Hardywood, Bootleg, and the man who first brought it to my attention at least – Upchuck. We have a lot of fun and the guys from THP really appreciate our support. THP is a homeless shelter and a recovery center for men who have substance abuse disorder, alcoholism, drug addiction etc. It is often a fellas last hope when…