5 Years in DaVille!!

Around 5 years ago, the hard launch of DaVille took place on Tuesday, May 22nd 2016 (https://f3rva.org/2016/03/22/sucking-wind-at-daville/)

The PAX gathered at DaPile for a celebration, reunion and beatdown all in one! 12 warriors leaped out of the fart sack to show up at the Atlee High School (not Chickahominy Middle School thanks to a location change a few years ago) for a celebratory fun fest that went something like this…

Spit took the Q

Parking lot tracers (in honor Lab Rat) and then mosey to a grassy COP spot.

COP All IC – 25 SSHs, 10 don quixotes, 10 hillbillies, arm circles, 25 LBCs, 20 merkins.

Mosey to the basketball court

Suicides (in honor of Circle K) – 1) normal suicide, finish with 25 LBCs 2) burpee suicide, finish with 25 LBCs 3) reverse suicide, finish with 25 LBCs

The Carpenter took the Q

Mosey to the bus loop.

Partner Four Corners – partner up, one partner does a four corners around the bus loop (5 burpees, 5 two-count mountain climbers, 5 hand-release merkins, 5 dips) while the other is doing LBCs.

Reverse Partner Four Corners – same partner, one partner does a four corners in the opposite direction around the bus loop (10 burpees, 10 two-count mountain climbers, 10 hand-release merkins, 10 dips) while the other is doing Dying Cockroaches.

Mosey behind the softball and baseball fields all the way back to the football field parking lot.

Opus took the Q

Mosey to the hill.

Partner up – One partner runs up/down the hill while the other works on 100 squats, 150 LBCs, 200 merkins – take turns and increase.

Opus called time and the PAX moseyed back toward the SF and stopped multiple times with various exercises.

Numerama, Namerama, Announcements, Opus took us out

Naked Mole Skin!

The Carpenter fondly recalled that first F3 morning nearly 5 years ago when Abacus told him to show up and stop talking about “this F3 thing and actually join up and DO IT!” The Carpenter went to the wrong location on 3/22/16 because the pin on the F3 app pointed to the middle school. He remembers a morning unlike any other and that started his F3 journey. Circle K had the Q that day. Lab Rat was talking and making the experience more fun in the process. Abacus was intense (big surprise). The others supported and we started what has become a strong set of AO’s here in DaVille.

The PAX was ready to get to work on this last pre-daylight savings time workout. Spit featured some of the finest exercises of the DaVille years with parking lot tracers, a classic COP and suicides.

The Carpenter took the PAX to the bus loop because that is where he met up with the PAX years ago. He brought back the four corners (though different exercises) and added a change with having partners with one staying to do LBCs or Dying Cockroaches at the entrance. The Carpenter recounted a time when 5-6 of us were doing some exercise there in the dark when a police car turned in and we all rolled out of the way to save our lives. Fortunately, we did not have that happen this morning!

The plan was to take the PAX to the hill behind the football field. The Carpenter thought he could take the PAX on a more direct route by going behind the softball and baseball fields… WRONG! That was a LONG mosey and it included treacherous holes, ravines and other challenges. The word is that Trout tried to capture a beaver or something along those lines and he smashed into the baseball field fence.

Mudface and No Idea pressed through the run and caught up. The report is that they simply listened for Lab Rat’s voice and followed the sound through the wilderness until they reconnected with us!

The Hill in the back provided a good challenge and the PAX noted how the whole area had been cleared out. We anticipate more visits to The Hill in the near future!

In the end, the PAX put in the work and was rewarded for another “push yourself, don’t hurt yourself” and “you vs. you” workout.

F3 is unlike anything else. It is a gift.

Let’s keep this gift alive and well.

Let’s EH some more guys (sad clowns) who make excuses but not positive changes in their lives.

Let’s encourage one another when we slip back into those tendencies.

Life is hard.

We need encouragement, challenges, laughter and ample beatdowns to keep things moving forward and maintain hope in the midst of all of life’s challenges that are coming our way.

SYITG!!!!

~ The Carpenter