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  • War Eagle Would Have Been Proud – from Fast Tax

    El Diablo 3/23/2022 – Better late than never…

    As YHC was heading to El Diablo that fine morning, the plan was to introduce a few new routines that had bounced around my creative brain yesterday, together with some Fast Tax favorites. However, as YHC walked up to the flag and saw the 15 other PAX in attendance, that plan got tossed as YHC realized, with a little prodding from Rudy, that we have never had a 16 PAX game of Battle Frisburpee. Time for an audible…

    With disclaimers being said, we headed down the jogging path toward the rock pile pausing every 30 yards or so for warmups, consisting of:
    SSH
    Hairy Rockettes
    Swan Dives
    Crab Merkins Plank

    Once we arrived at the rock pile, and unwilling to jump right into the Battle, YHC began the day’s festivities with Fee Fi Fo Fum: PAX selected medium rocks then starting on a line with your rock, each PAX performed the following sequence OYO: Squat, double arm shotput rock, broad jump toward rock, lunge the remaining distance and repeat the sequence until Q said stop. Repeat back to the rock pile.

    Welsh Dragons were next.
    Remain in plank position the whole time. Bear crawl forward 4 steps, do 1 merkin, 1 plank jack, and tap the BACK of each shoulder 1 time. Repeat adding 1 rep to each exercise each time – bear crawl forward 4 steps, do 2 merkins, 2 plank jacks, 2 sets of back of shoulder taps… etc. Go until you get to 10 reps each, you’ve covered 30-50 feet, or until your arms fall off – whichever comes first.

    Next event was Wall of Fire: While PAX are doing People’s chair, take turns doing 10xmerkins 10xLBCs and 3 burpees. YHC quickly realized that 16 in a circle may be a little too much to hold people’s chair 3 times around…Time for Battle Frisburpee

    Battle Frisburpee:
    After laying out the cones and a quick recap of the rules for PAX in attendance, we divvied up into teams and began to battle. YHC later realized that with 16 people, the field should have been at least 5 yards wider. Thus, the new width guideline is 15 yds for 10 or less people, 20 yards for 12 – 14, and 25 yards for 16+.

    Team 1 (Shirts): Vagabond, Hawgcycle, Rougarou, Left Coast, MacGyver, Pilsbury, Bogie, Hand Grenada
    Team 2 (Skins): Hokie, Scantron, Rudy, PVC, Gabrielle, Boo Boo, Mahatma, Fast Tax

    The battle was hard fought and close. The “last one touched” rule (strategically hit opposing team members that guard too closely) was used effectively and often by both sides. The potential of the Baller to dole out punishment (vis a vis penalty burpees when the ball hits you) was best epitomized by Hawgcycle, who was by far the most promiscuous Baller in history. Also notable was Team 1’s (and maybe Team 2 once or twice) utter lack of regard for the 3-burpee contact rule.

    However, the most noteworthy was MacGyver’s expansion of the game into a full contact sport in a way that would have made War Eagle proud.

    In the end, Team 1 could not overcome Team 2’s superior strategy and execution.
    Team 2 carried the day with a final score of 5-4.

    With game over we headed to COT for name-o-rama, announcements, intentions, and prayer.
    Followed by Coffeteria and a discussion/clarification of the rules at PJs (See below).

    Rule clarification:
    1) If the Frisbee goes out of bounds in the air and then back in without touching the ground, it is still considered out of bounds and a turnover at the point it initially went out.
    2) If a PAX catches the Frisbee in the opposing team’s goalie box and is hit by the baller at the same time, THE TIE GOES TO THE FRISBEE RECEIVER.
    3) There is no interfering with the other side’s ball.

    Thanks for the fellowship! SYITG

  • Working on the Alternator – from Hawgcycle

    Conditions:
    71 degrees, Humidity 93%, Wind 15 mph from SE

    Pax:
    Tenderloin, Frac, Half-Baked, Pai Gow, Thumb War and YHC

    Warmup:
    800m jog followed by 4x50m accelerations

    The Thang
    • 800m @ 10K pace
    • 200m recovery
    • 300m @ 5k pace
    • 300m recovery
    Repeat 3-4 times

    COT:
    Prayers for those with health issues.

  • Beware The Ides of March – from Hawgcycle

    Some people argue that the Wally Sprint is the best workout in F3 NOLA. YHC was hoping not to tarnish it’s reputation by taking the Q this morning. As I headed out the door I was greeted with a lightning strike and thuderclap. What?!? Is it supposed to rain? Quick check of the phone and yep. I put my bike back up, grabbed the truck keys and modified my plan on the 2 minute drive to Pontiff.

    Was pleasantly surprised to see 4 hearty souls waiting for me in the gloom. We proceeded to do a little CCC training
    – 1 mile warm-up jog around the park
    – 4 accelerations
    – 0.75 miles at 10K race pace.
    – .25 mile recovery jog
    – 0.75 miles at 5k race pace.
    – 0.25 recovery jog
    – 0.75 miles at 1 mile race pace.
    – 0.25 recovery jog
    – Cool down jog to close it out.

    In the end YHC logged 4.8 miles. We all agreed that the final 0.75 miles at our mile pace was difficult to say the least. The entire workout was in the rain, but it never go that bad. As Big Willy said, at least it wasn’t 15 degrees colder.

    We went over announcements, Frac saved MacGyver, and I prayed us out to close.

  • Thursday Tempo – from Hawgcycle

    Rev, Tenderloin and I met in the gloom for a slightly planned Wally Run. Tenderloin was gimpy in the knee but planning to stick to his goal. Rev and I wished him luck as he headed to the track.

    I informed Rev that he and I would be doing a tempo run. I texted him the Jack Daniels VDOT Running Calculator Wednesday night – https://runsmartproject.com/calculator/

    Using his 2nd place 10 mile finish at the Lakeview Distance Festival, The Rev came prepared with his threshold pace of 8:15/mile. I had calculated mine to be 7:15/mile. I told him we would warm-up on the way to Duplessis and then we would run two Wally Run Big Loops (3 miles total) at our threshold pace. We got to Duplessis ( a little faster than I wanted) and I proceeded to increase my pace to 7:15/mile. As I sped up the good Rev was right beside me. Had I forgotten to inform him that because of our different paces, we wouldn’t be running the loops together? Maybe his Chinese Knock off watch was telling him that he was running at an 8:15 pace? Was he scared of the dark? Is he lonely and crying out for help? Was he wanting to finish telling me his book review of about the latest archeological find in the caves of Isreal? I really have no idea. I can’t think and run at the same time, so I decided not to worry about it.

    The Good Reverend did slow down eventually, but not that much. His pace was at least a half minute faster during the tempo run than he was planning on. He’s obviously faster than he realized and is now the odd’s on favorite for a first place finish in next years Lakeview Distance Festival. I hit my pace about right. We finished up with a slow jog back to the start where we found Tenderloin finishing his final lap to meet his goal.

    YHC prayed us out.

  • The Inaugural Burpee C-Note Uptowner – from Rudy

    Our illustrious (or infamous?) site Q, Bolt, advised YHC that starting this week there is a new plan for The Uptowner. This new plan involved “Get Down, Get Up” and “Make Frac really happy!”. Yup, we all guessed it. Burpees. The BC Uptowner. Burpee C-Note. 100 Burpees need to get folded into the workout. So YHC thought and thought and thought. How could we possibly get 100 burpees in over 45 minutes? HOW?

    PAX (some who knew of this new plan, and some that were blissfully ignorant – Pai Gow asking whether it was too late to go to The Goldmine) appeared in the gloom around Vagabond’s 14 foot flag. Welcome back Charmin – great to see you becoming a regular! Scantron shows up with The Wood. Seriously, this time. Not Hawgcycle’s “toothpick”. But a real log. 9 PAX heard the disclaimer (including post-hate Disclaimer, arriving “on-time, millenial style”, but NOT including the aforementioned Frac). And we were off.

    Circle up for warmup. Some stretching. Welcome Mambi! 10 PAX.

    SSH x42: 42nd day of 2022. On this Day – 42:1 longshot Buster Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 1992.

    Elbow Plank for 2 minutes, as PAX discuss whether Charmin (27 yo) or Disclaimer (30 yo) even know who “Mike Tyson” was (besides being a movie star). Bolt produces wildly funny and 100% inappropriate joke that will not be repeated here.

    Thing 1: Lucky 7s. Alas, the morning temperature was 44 degrees. So the Lucky Bear outfit stayed home (only appears at 40 degrees and under), much to Hokie Pokey’s disappointment. But we’ll repeat the drill. 7 minutes of 7 burpees on the minute, complete the minute with an exercise that YHC calls out. The resting is at the end. Half-way through, Macgyver appears – 11 PAX! Last round includes 8 burpees, so we get an even 50. Halfway home.

    Mosey to the gym. Mambi and Macgyver nominated to haul the log. Mambi unceremoniously throws it at YHC’s feet upon arrival. Grab some wall. Donkey Kicks and Shoulder Taps (with feet up on the wall). 3 rounds of 10 x 10 each. Shoulders are burning. Lets keep that going.

    Mosey to the gym steps. YHC has called this “The Italians scaling the Alps”. Up the stairs, 5 merkins at the top, then job to the bottom and plank. How do we go up the stairs? Bear Crawl, Crab Walk, Crawl Bear, Walk Crab. Then we gotta go down the Alps. So do the same, only in reverse order. YHC thanks Hawgcycle for the inspiration of doing something as dumb as Walk Crab up a hill. Other pax do not thank Hawg, but instead throw verbal insults at him.

    Back to the Field. Repeat Lucky 7s to get the rest of the way to 100 burpees. Halfway through, Hawg decides to quit and head home. Sorry if this was too hard for you. The other 10 PAX slog through to the finish line.

    28 J Los and 25 Penguins round out the day. Mosey back to the flag for our COT.

  • We ran – from Rev Sox

    Some ran, some walked, it was the Wally Run. I have nothing else to add.

  • Crazy 8’s – with a detour – from Reluctant Yankee

    A cold and damp gloom for a beatdown.
    I had the Q for a wet one ….ran to the Field across from the ZOO.
    Then we did a COP warmup
    SSH x 20, Imp Walkers x 10, Imp Walker Squats x 10, Hillbillies x 20 then Mtn Climbers x 20

    Mosey to the road that leads to the ZOO from Magazine.
    12 hard release merks at the crossing

    Mosey to the Birdwatcher statue (Audubon)
    Here we did a plank based exercise x 24 for each lap
    1. JLO 2. Plank Jack 3. Peter Parks 4. Park Peters

    Run back to the mid point of the 8. 12 hand release merks again.

    Mosey to the Magazine St entrance to the ZOO.
    1. LBT 2. LBC 3. Russian Twist 4. Freddie Mercs

    Complete a full 8 and rotate the exercise on every loop – restart at the top of the list.
    I completed 6 loops. Others completed 7.

    At the end we did Low Country Crab x 20.

    Run back to the FLAG. At the FLAG – we planked for the 6.

    COT:
    Gave thanks and gratitude for accountability and for maintaining relationships with old friends.

  • The Four Horsemen of the Insurrection – from Rev Sox

    Only four arrived for the start of the Wally Run with YHC, Tenderloin, Vagabond, and Frac present. YHC gave a quick disclaimer announcing that this was F3 and it was time to run/ruck for the next 45 minutes. Frac, as the profound leader of F3 NOLA, announced that this Wally Run would be different from all others.

    Frac took control and led the Pax of 4 in the start of a long mosey to the Capitol Hill to storm the legislator in honor of Insurrection Day. His speech was so stirring. His words so poetic. His appearance so rugged. Tenderloin, Vagabond, and YHC were transfixed and began the mosey with urgency. The Wally Run Pax would forever be known as the Four Horsemen of the Insurrection. The Four Horsemen began the long 1,124 mile trek to Capitol Hill which would only take 370 hours based on Google predictions.

    Fortunately, Hawg arrived late to the Wally Run and missed Frac’s legendary speech. Armed with nothing but flip-flops and the legend of a WDSU news story, he called on the Four Horsemen to cease their foolish pursuit. Awakened from the fog of Frac’s momentous call to upheaval, the Four Horsemen retreated from their goal to arrive at the flag by 6:15am for the count-off and prayer.
    – Rev Sox

  • The Center of Attention – from Hawgcycle

    Conditions: Cloudy, 55 degrees, Humidity 81%, Wind 0.2 mph from the East

    Pax: The Bogé, Crypto-tron, The Champ, Pebbles, Lane Kiffin Fan Boy, Clayton Money, The Real Triple Shift, Extrinsic Muscles, The Black MABA, War Daddy, and YHC

    Mosey to the football field where YHC took his rightful place as the Center of Attention

    Warm-Up
    • SSH x 31, IW x 20, Don Quixote x 10
    • 20 Burpees OYO
    • Peter Parker x 15, Parker Peter x 20, Good Mornings x 10
    • 12 Burpees EMOM x 5
    • Forward Alternating Lunges x 10
    • 10 Burpees OYO
    • Backerds Alternating Lunges x 10…repeat with better form
    • 10 Burpees OYO

    The Thang
    • Jack Webb – Merkins:Air Presses, 1:2 -> 10:20
    • Right leg balancing (Tree Pose -> Table -> Morestead)
    • 10! (Merkins -> Lunges -> Big Bois)
    • Left leg balancing (Tree Pose -> Table -> Morestead)
    • Jack Webb – Squats:Bonnie Blairs, 1:2 -> 7:14
    • Hamstring Stretch

    Mary
    • LBC x 31, Left Crunch x 20, Right Crunc x 20, Dying Cockroach x 20, American Hammer x 10

    NMM
    I was a shy, introverted, simple, barefooted Arkansan a week ago. But after all of the media coverage, podcast shout outs, Instagram likes and Twitter retweets I have become quite accustomed to being the Center of Attention. I had everyone circle up (on me Belloq, in case you are wondering) for the warm-up and it felt so good that I stayed there the rest of the workout. It just felt natural to give the people what they want. I’m currently scheduled to be on the Roundtable Podcast this month. I’m fairly certain that this will spin-off into a weekly F3 podcast where I can wax poetic about the joy of running in flip flops, give my different product reviews for flip flops – feelgoodz vs. Locals, vs. that Reef flip flop with the built in bottle cap opener – The best place to take a leak in Pontiff Playground at 11:30 pm, etc….I have content for years.

    I’m also working with Scantron to create some NFTs to commemorate my flip flop 10Ks. Look for those to be dropping any day. You will be able to get a seat at the virtual auction table by writing a $100 check to my friend Cash. Small price to pay for a chance to buy image of me running in a pair of flip flops across your computer screen all day.

    There were some other things going on with the other guys at El Diablo, but honestly, I can’t remember what they were.