Growing up, Memorial Day represented the first weekend of summer. This was the first time we would pack up the car, hitch up the boat, and head to Lake Norfork on the eastern side of the Ozarks; a ritual we would repeat every weekend until Labor Day. I loved Memorial Day and hated Labor Day. Labor Day represented the end of summer, the beginning of school, and the end of fun. Made sense that a holiday celebrating work would represent all those terrible things. Also appropriate, Memorial Day represented freedom. School was out. It was time to be care-free and head to the lake. I had a good understanding that Memorial Day represented freedom, but I never considered the cost associated with that freedom. And that is unfortunate, because that is what the holiday is really about.
So for Memorial Day 2018 F3 New Orleans did our best to recall the sacrifices made. We, like many others around the nation, completed a Murph. A Murph is a 1 mile run, 100 pull-ups, 200 merkins, 300 squats and a 1 mile run, named in honor of Lt. Michael Murphy, a Navy Seal who lost his life in Afghanistan. I have feeling the real Murph didn’t modify his pull-ups as much as I did. Oh and he wore a weighted vest through the whole thing.
Naked Man Moleskin
Great showing by the Uptown and World Pax, coming together at City Park. I was impressed. Further confirmation that 0530 is the right time to workout on the weekdays: November Project showed up at 0600 only to find us on the equipment. It worked out though, mainly because the F3 Pax crushed this Murph. We were all running our final mile by the time they needed the pull-up space. Lucky for them, there was no showdown. Also lucky for us Da Parish and Rudy were not around. I’m certain they would have broken into song from West Side Story.
Impressive times by all. I believe Mahatma and Gabrielle completed it in about 36 minutes. We finished with Mary, culminating in a 21 gun salute of the American Hammer.
Great way to start the week and honor those who have given the ultimate sacrifice. Thanks guys.
