F3 New Orleans

Tag: Landing Strip

  • Credit Due!

    Better late than never on the backblast but between the Friday before Mardi Gras and today I had to reconnect some neurons.  But it was said Friday when 11 strong kicked the weekend off right.  We were short some rolling Elvi, Muses groupies, and flambeau carriers but those that showed were rewarded with a beatdown.

    Granted it had been a while since I q’d so naturally I forgot this disclaimer and promptly warmed up with 20 merkins IC.

    Mosey to St. Charles and Walnut for BLIMPS on St. Charles (F3 PR). Brought us to in front of Holy Name.  Encountered some displaced (ie lost) Navy ROTC students looking for another Seaman but we had to disappoint.  We did point them in the right direction.

    Mosey through Loyola to Tulane quad (plenty of Seaman here) (an ROTC breakfast perhaps) for some 4 corner abs. Russian twist x 30, LBCs x 30, LBT x 30, WW2 sit-ups x 20. Plank and wait in the center.

    3 peak challenge commenced: Mosey to Yulman garage and Mosey to the peak on your own pace down the stairs.  Long Indian run down Calhoun to Loyola Rec garage.  Indian run to the top and Kong ran like he was being chased- he was – so the pace was aggressive. Down the stairs and Mosey to Wolfpack mountain.  Indian run to the top with a lot of heavy breathing.  Down the stairs and hustle to the flag!  3 minutes overdue but a good 4 mile run once it was all done!

    Count off, name o rama, and intentions. Ball of man with prayers for a safe and fun Mardi Gras.

  • Lundi Gras Lap

    16 PAX for a Lundi Gras stroll uptown at the Skinny.  It’s Monday so you know that means a lap.  A guaranteed 1.7 miles.

    Thought I might be alone on Lundi Gras but we had another huge PAX.

    Bartman was the Q but got the text looking for backup since he was out of town.  I was in coverage mode.

    First –  we started our loop and pulled over for a quick circle.  SSH x 20,  Imp Walker squats x 20, Morning glory x 20, and Mtn Climbers x 20

    Prisoner Mosey to the Rows.

    Rows x 20 that was the count.   Then we did Plank Jack Station, Squat station and a LBC station.

    Mosey by sprint a running man and jog a running man to the bridge on the left.

    Here we circled for Jack Webb to 10.

    Then we sprinted a long run to the fountain. Incline Merks to wait.

    Dips x 20

    Then group 1 Bear Crawl around the fountain  Group 2 step ups

    Flip flop

    Indian Run to the Pull ups – Made the faster guys circle back for us.

    Then we got the bar for Pull ups x 10

    The rest of the gang did Plank Jacks, Plack walks and squats.

    Finally we ran the golf cart path to the FLAG.

    I got admonished for arriving 2 min late – my apologies men.

    Thanks for getting my toxic body out of bed – you rule!

     

  • Brown Bags Bananas

    Brown Bag doesn’t know how to do backblasts.  So I have some OCD issue that requires a bb – so I will post this for our beer brewing troglodyte.

    In reality it was nice of Brown Bag to step up for Chiquita who claims he can’t remember the names of stuff eventhough he has posted at more than 10 workouts.  (Times up Banana man).  For what its worth I stepped up for Brown Bag a few weeks ago – so he kind of owed us!

    18 pax LINED up for a muddy gloomy monday beatdown.  No offense if I missed you – I wasn’t the Q so I wasn’t paying full attention.  Add your name in the comments and eventually I will add you to the bb.

    SSH, Imp Walkers, Peter Parkers, and squats x 20 ic to start things off.

    Then we started our loop!  Jog around the track to the row bars.  At the rows 10 burpees was the count, (yes seaman cried), rows, lbcs, and squat jumps.

    Long mosey indian run (2 lines) until we hit a lit area.  50 plank jacks oyo.

    Long mosey indian run (2 lines) until we hit the benches at the fountain.  At the fountain – step ups, dips, step ups and dirkins x 20.

    Then we circled up for a CORE O RAMA.

    Each guy picked an exercise that we did x 10 or x 15.  18 guys x 10 = 180 core exercises.

    Seaman finished with donkey kicks.  I did O’Marys which I gleaned from H-town F3.

    We did roaches, russians, flutters, box cuts, etc.  I wasn’t planning on writing the bb – so I can’t remember any of the stuff- or who did what.  This circle with 18 dudes took a good 20 min.

    Then we ran the last half of the park – indian runs.

    We stopped for 50 lbcs.  We stopped again for 25 merks all oyo.

    Thanks for the beatdown Brown Bag!  Now I need to teach you how to backblast.

     

     

  • Invasion of exchange students

    Well we guess that Cavalier didn’t get the memo for this AM – Douille?  Did you let him know he had the Q?

    Beautiful 60 degress today!

    It was all good.  I had a plan in my back pocket.    We were join by Buffett from Myrtle Beach, NattyDatty from Ashville NC, and King of Beers from Ashville.  All in town for a conference.  Tclaps to NattyDaddy and King of Beers for the 6 mile pre-game run.  Another tclaps to NattyDaddy for running six miles back!

    We did the traditional Audubon Park loop for our Monday AM beatdown at the Skinny.

    SSH x 20, Imp Walker Squats x 20, Mtn Climbers x 20, Low Slow Squats x 20

    Run to the rows

    At the rows – I broke the rules.  20 rows is the count.

    Burpees, Hand release Merks, and Lunges

    Indian run for one cycle through the group – to a lighted spot.

    Here we did donkey kicks x 20, nolan ryans, low country crab x 20 and fire hyrants x 20

    Hallelujah run to the benchs.  20 oyo dirkens, 20 step ups left ic 20 oyo dips 20 step ups right ic 20 oyo irkens

    Back to the track – indian run one cycle through the group to the water fountain.

    then 6MOM  –  dying roach x 20,  russian twist x 20, flutters x 20 , v-ups x 20, lbt x 20

    Back to the track – 80% run to the monkey bars

    PIMP.  Groups of 5 – Pullups x 10, Imperial walkers x 20, Merks x 20, and Plank Jacks x 20

    Horses to the barn 90% sprint to the flag.

    2 min early at the flag.  20 hip dips, each side.  That was time!

    Thanks for the opportunity to step up.

    Tclaps to Gabrielle for posting on the Northshore.

    Prayers to the Burton Family.

     

     

  • What keeps you warm you ask! BURPEES DO!!!

    We came from the land of the ice and snow
    From the midnight sun, where our hot beds stow
    BURPEES were The hammer of the gods
    We dropped and moved the earth with our hands
    To fight the cold, we ran and yelled
    Valhalla, we are a coming!

    From the shelter we sortied onto the Tundra Ice
    Around the park we soared
    From station to station moving faster than the wind to our bones
    We whispered tales of dips and power ups.

    Victory through BURPEES our only warmth
    Hungry we yelled for more
    All we heard were Gabrille’s snore
    Lunge, Burpee, Run, Burpee, Lunge

    Back to the shelter in search of our ROOTS
    We circled for Mary
    Of how we calmed the tides of war
    We are your overlords

  • Thanks to Mr. Brees

    The morning after the Saints win a first round playoff game and 6 PAX gathered in the gloom.

    Standard Disclaimer and as the rain begins to pour, mumble chatter from the PAX on whether we are headed to the shelter.

    We never went to the shelter.

    Mosey round the track to the rows station. 6 PAX, five bars, we make quick work of 20 OYO rows with the rain on our faces.

    Continue mosey on the track to relative high ground and low duck shite (ducks paddling under the trees in the AO), for circle up.

    In cadence: 20 smurfjacks, 20 Peter Parkers, 20 Imperial Walkers, 20 Parker Peters, 20 Hillbillies, 20 Mountain Climbers, 20 SSH.

    Continue mosey on the track to the fountain for:

    In cadence: 15 dips, 15 RL step ups, 10 dips, 15 LL step ups, 15 dips, 15 RL Power Ups, 15 dips, 15 LL Powerups, 10 dips, and 7 incline merks. Why 7?  I don’t know. El Wire offered to take the rap for distracting YHC with chatter about how long it takes to get back. We’ll go with that.

    Continue mosey on the track to a new addition to the Audubon Park – a supersize playground with lots of overhead bars, platforms and a couple of ziplines. Many thanks to the Drew Brees family for making this happen for our community.  Oh, and thanks for leading the Saints to the win!

    The PAX grabbed a bar for 10 OYO pullups.  Followed by 10 more. 5 quick burpees on the softest playground surface in town, then 10 Derkins, OYO.  El Wire tried out the zipline track (successfully!) before we moseyed to the upslope of the T box for a round of Mary.   The PAX each led their own selection for an in cadence 20:

    LBCs, boxcutters, LBTs, dying cockroach, and russian twists.

    Continue mosey to the pull-up bars. Three PAX do 10 pullups OYO, while the others plank. Flapjack.  Twice.

    Mosey back to the flag.  A minute remaining so 10 merks, OYO.

    Circle, Count, Name-o-rama, intentions, and announcements – YSR (23, HATE!) and his wife are expecting their first!! And prayer.

    Thanks for the opportunity and joining me in the rain.

     

     

     

     

  • Not a resolution but a commitment. To pass gas or not to pass gas? That is the question.

    Well – Brown Bag was on the spreadsheet but YHC forgot to text him last night- I don’t think I wrote his name on the sheet so I was thinking he may have signed himself up!  Oh well – so your friendly neighborhood sub-Q stepped up on the quick.

    First things first – I was impressed by Seaman’s poem bb from Monday.  Also impressed at the post-NYE post by Seaman and Sandbar – Tclaps boys!

    It was frigid and cold Uptown at the Birdcage.  A cool 36 degrees according to my car so a quick mosey to warm up was in order.

    Mosey for a lap around the parking lot.

    Then circle up by the bandstand.  SSH x 20, IMP walker squats x 20, –meant to ask Seaman about his Last Jedi thoughts here – I forgot, x 20 Merks, x 20 Hillbillies.

    Then we did an up and over (Classic Mr Awesome) on the bandstand.  10 box jumps on the pond side, and 5 burpees on the oak alley side.  We did this twice.

    Then we went to Oak Alley.  We did bear crawl to first light, burpee broad jump to second light, grapevine each side for the next two lights.  We did the same progression back to the bandstand.

    At the first light we lined up for a burpee suicide.  10 Merks at base, then 5 burpees at furthest light, 10 merks at base, then 4 burpees descending until you get back to base.

    After this we circled up again at the bandstand.

    We did 20 Peter Parkers, 20 Russian Twists, 20 LBCs, 20 Parker Peters, 20 LBTs  then we went for some classic RY.

    10 Right leg fire hydrants, 10 left leg fire hydrants, 10 left hip dips, 10 right hip dips, 20 Low Country Crabs, 10 left leg donkey kicks, 10 right leg donkey kicks

    Back to the Alley – We did another Burpee Suicide – Session -replaced merks with squat jumps x 10 at base.

    If the pax finished early they did burpees instead of just a plank.

    Back to the FLAG for a circle up and prayer.  We all have a one week grace period for planning our resolution – or we like the word commitment better.  If you make it public it is harder to wash out.

    Landing strip is pescatarian through Lent.

    Seaman isn’t drinking Mon-Thur. and no farts during the workout.

    El Wire has committed to allowing his body to fart during the workout.

    What kinds of other commitments can we make this year?  Can we do something for F3 this year?  To help it grow or make it even better?  To push our pax into the community?

    I will commit to something by next week!