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  • First Stomp of 2020

    First Stomp of 2020

    22 men came out in the darkened gloom to kick off 2020 with the 610 Stomp. No better way to start the year than a good run with your 22 best friends.

    The Thang

    YHC started with the basic disclaimer and gave the instructions for the morning run. Run out to the Wisner Bridge. Celebrate our run to the bridge with 10 celebration burpees. Run and back and forth over the bridge until the Q calls the time. Celebrate the end of the bridge runs with 10 more celebration burpees and run back to the flag.

    Important lesson learned this morning: Don’t follow Shuffles. Shuffles will go the long way. Shuffles can run faster than you, so take the short way to arrive at the same time as Shuffles.

    The Pax followed Shuffles the long way to the bridge and completed the 10 burpees at the base of the bridge. The pax proceeded to run back and forth over the 610 until YHC rounded everyone up to do 10 more burpees at 6:05. The pax ran back to the flag for the end.

    The Conclusion

    Count-off, Name-O-Rama, and one FNG. The Pax was off their game with name suggestions outside of Hawg who wanted to name the FNG something Canadian since the FNG was from Detroit. YHC went with Crazy Cat Guy. I hope he returns.

    Thank you for the opportunity to lead. May we all lead and push one another throughout 2020.

  • Hawgcycle’s Running New Year’s Eve

    The Thang

    Run as far as you can in 22:30 and then turn around and come back. The goal was to try and run farther than you ever have at the Stomp. Some accomplished that. Shuffles, who doesn’t have a watch, ran to where he always does, the other side of the bridge, and turned around. A few saw the top of the bridge for the first time. Kuch garnered 18 achievements on Strava. YHC earned one.

    Another year in the books. Here’s to continued acceleration in 2020.

  • Reindeer Games

    You know Charmin and Hokie and Tool and Sogo
    Heisenberg and Mop and Rev Sox and Belloq
    But do you recall
    The most famous reindeer of all?

    Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
    Had a very shiny nose
    And if you ever saw it
    You would even say it glows

    All of the other reindeer
    Used to laugh and call him names
    They never let poor Rudolph
    Join in any reindeer games

    Then one foggy Christmas Eve
    Santa came to say
    “F3, with your fitness so fine
    Won’t you do some burpees tonight?”

    Then how the reindeer loved him
    As they shouted out with glee
    “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
    You’ll go down in history”

    The Warm Up

    SSH – 25

    Imperial Walkers – 20

    Peter Parkers – 20

    Grass Grabbers – 20

    Hillbillies – 20

    Reindeer Games

    The Pax split up into two teams of 4:

    Mop, YHC, Tool, and Heisenberg vs. Charmin, Sogo, Hokie, and Belloq

    The teams will play the reindeer games while one pax member plays the role of Rudolf. He misses out on the reindeer games while doing burpees. Finish 30 burpees and tag another pax member to take your place as Rudolph.

    Game One

    F3 dodgeball – standard dodgeball but once you are out, you hold plank or do merkins until a teammate catches the ball and you can reenter the game. The team with the most players out at the end of 9 minutes loses. Each team had one player out so dodgeball was a tie.

    Game Two

    Rarajipari – get your team’s baseball to the dog park statue only using your feet. Once you get to the dog park, travel back to the top of the largest hill. You can’t kick the ball twice in a row. Team Belloq wins game 2 by climbing the hill first.

    Game Three

    Ultimate Frisbee – standard Frisbee rules but do 3 merkins for every turnover and 5 merkins when you are scored on. Team Belloq wins game 3 at a score of 2-0.

    Game Four

    Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animals Race – Relay race: bear crawl round one, crab walk round two, duck walk round three. Race down to the cone like an animal and back. First team to finish wins. Team Mop wins game 4.

    Mary

    You can’t skip Mary on Christmas Morning

    American Hammers – 20

    Hello Dolly – 20

    Flutter Kicks – 20

    Penguins – 20

    Circle of Trust

    Count off, Name-O-Rama, and announcements. Remember to pray for all those who are alone or experiencing loss this Christmas season. Find a way to bring family and community to someone who is on the outside. Pray that we will continue to push one another to improve in 2020.

    -Rev Sox

  • Man Card Renewal at The Stomp

    When you wake up, think about winning the day.  -Drew Brees

    This week’s Stomp was attended by 6 PAX who braved the cold, wind, and misting rain to validate their man card whilst getting their Tuesday fix of running and the like.  On the heels of the Saints’ Monday night win along with Brees setting yet another record, YHC figured we’d strive to carry that momentum into the workout….strive to put in the work like #9 does.  T-claps to Breadsticks for being the first one at the stomp after being in the dome hours earlier.  And t-claps to Hawg for running 3.5 miles to the AO….and later running home.  Here’s what we did:

    The Thang:  We ran the normal bayou route out and back for 30 min.  The group managed to stay together for the first 1.5 miles and enjoyed some good F2…recap of Drew Brees’ record and hard work put in to get there…Joe Burrow’s zero to hero story….and some other chatter before drifting apart into a few varied paced groups and getting in some more F2.

    Once back we paid homage to the roots of the 610 Stomp by partnering up at the Roosevelt Mall circle for some speedwork and burpees.  PAX #1 runs/sprints (faster than “mosey pace”) the circle while PAX #2 does 6 burpees followed by a quick breather before tagging off.  Rinse and repeat until each group completed 10 laps and 10 rounds of 6 burpees.  Then a min or two of stretching before time expired.  

    COT and BOM to cap things off.  Thanks to the PAX for posting in subpar conditions and making the most of an otherwise dreary morning. 

     
    Tool 

  • Here, We Run!

    Since the Wally Run started, we have had a consistent number of individuals show up each week. Today, seven men appeared in the gloom. Rudy and Tool, two first-timers at the Wally Run, appeared with one question, “So, what do we usually do here?” The answer is simple, “Here, we run!” And run we did.

    The usual bunch of Wally Runners led the treck for our usual Thursday morning run. Runners completed between 4.4 miles – 4.75 miles. T-claps to Rudy and Rev Sox for leading the pax and completing 4.75 miles. T-claps to Triple Shift and Boo Boo, you guys are slowly proving you are runners. T-claps to Fracsac for pushing yourself and me further than we wanted to go. Tool, hope to see you more often!

    Finished with LBCs X 42

    COT – Prayers for Triple’s wife, a family in Harahan who lost their house in a fire, and all of those struggling this holiday season.

    As always, it was a pleasure to lead!

  • Need to Warmup? Burpee!

    6 men posted in a cold windy gloom where a shovel flag marked the spot to start their day off right with the commitment to improve.  The thermometer said 38 degrees, but the wind made that seem much lower.  YHC has not posted that many times at Popeye’s, and the blocked off areas made it even more challenging when coming up with a planned beat down.  But the Pax posted for a reason, and YHC intended to deliver.    

    The clock hit 0530, time to give a disclaimer, then:

    Warmup

    • SSH IC x 31
    • Hillbillies IC x 20
    • Arm Circles IC 10 fwd, 10 bwd
    • Grass Grabbers IC x 10

    Mosey to the Shelter to find some benches.  There was some mumblechatter about the wall-less shelter really providing a wind breaker….YHC can take sarcasm all day…..

    • RL Step ups IC x 20
    • Dips IC x 20
    • LL Step ups IC x 20

    With the warmup over, mosey to the hill.  There’s only one way to fend off the cold on a day like this….

    COP 1 – Burp Back Mountain

    YHC has pulled this one out at Okwata, which was always a crowd pleaser.  Looking up this hill, it sure looked higher than the levee, which makes it that much more awesome! 

    Partner up!  Pax 1 starts Burpees at the base of the hill.  Pax 2 runs backwards up the hill (quadraphillia) to the top, then run back down x 3.  Flapjack until 100 cumulative Burpees are achieved.

    Once Burpees are complete, both Pax continue with Quadraphillia waiting for the six.

    Now the Pax is really getting warm.

    COP 2 – Burpees and Jump Squats on the Hill

    Keeping the partner theme, Pax 1 starts Burpees at the base of the hill.  Pax 2 Quadraphillia up the hill, completes 5 jump squats and runs back down.  Flapjack until 5 evolutions are complete.

    Finish it off with Catalina Wine Mixers IC x 10 (gotta fit it in)

    COP 3 – Suicides Circuit

    Mosey back toward the flag, stopping at the parking lot.  With 4 lamp posts to take advantage of, completed the following:

    Starting at lamp post 1:

    • Sprint to lamp post 2 and back – Merkins IC x 10
    • Sprint to lamp post 3 and back – Lunges IC x 10
    • Sprint to lamp post 4 and back – Low Slow Squats IC x 10

    COP 4 – Mary

    • Flutter kicks IC x 20 
    • LBC’s IC x 20
    • Freddie Mercury’s IC x 20
    • Tin Snips IC x 10
    • American Hammer IC x 10
    • Crunchy Frog IC x 10

    Dealers Choice….

    • War Eagle – Penguins IC x 20
    • Rev Sox – Wife Pleasers IC x 20

    Finish it off with 1 minute of planking.


    COT

    Count off and Name-O-Rama, intentions and closed with a prayer. 

    Thanks for posting with me today, and way to kill it in the gloom this morning!  YHC is pretty sure this was the coldest day so far this fall/winter….

    SYITG

  • Burpee Claus is coming to town

    Gentlemen, tis the holiday season, and we all know what that means; Burpee Claus is coming to town! So in honor of Burpee Claus and everything that he stands for (which is doing burpees), we did a traditional 6-10 Stomp this morning using the traditional Stomp route: the PAX ran for 6 minutes, then did 10 burpees for 1 minute (we did this 6 times, and then ultimately met back at the flag).

    T-claps to Hawg, Rev & War Eagle for running to the workout from Hawg’s house. I think they also aspired to run back to Hawg’s house as well once the beatdown was over, so they probably each logged 10+ miles this morning. T-claps also to Puddles, Amnesty’s dog, for joining us for the run.

    Once the beatdown was over, we did the count-off, name-o-rama, announcements, intentions & prayer. During announcements, Amnesty mentioned that he has a keg of F3 beer & that he will send some info out on Mumblechatter to let the PAX know when/where to meet if they would like to sample it. Mayhem & Holy Grove both had prayer intentions, so we concluded by lifting up their intentions, lifting up the unspoken intentions & then ultimately thanking the Sky Q for another day of F3 exercise & fellowship. Thanks for the opportunity to lead, fellas. I always enjoy it.

  • The Three Caballeros

    We’re three caballeros
    Three gay caballeros
    They say we are birds of a feather
    We’re happy amigos

    No matter where Rev goes
    The one, two, and three goes
    We’re always together

    We’re three happy chappies
    With snappy serapes
    You can run how you want if
    You run around Pontiff

    We’re cold as a ice-o
    Who says so? We say so!
    The three caballeros

    Ahhhh!

    We have the stars to guide us
    As we stroll down Duplessis
    Take a right on Friedrichs


    Tua sings and he samba
    Two Yutes shout ‘aye caramba!
    Rev Sox is the bomba
    Oh I don’t think so

    Through fair and stormy weather
    We stand close together
    Like books on a shelf


    Rev Sox leads down Nassau
    Tua tries to dash off
    Two Yutes speaks of babies
    These are three handsome daddies

    Ahhhh!
    We have the stars to guide us
    Park Road is behind us
    To run as we go


    Tua sings and he samba
    Two Yutes shout ‘aye caramba!
    Rev Sox is the bomba
    Oh I don’t think so

    – or the Pax ran 4.6 miles in 44 minutes.

  • Rev Sox’s Birth Story

    Rev Sox’s Birth Story

    On a brisk and windy November 11th, at the lake front on the Northshore YHC was birthed into the world of F3 kicking, complaining, and crying. It wasn’t pretty for anyone involved. Hawg may have denied knowing YHC. Two years later, at the 610 Stomp YHC led 20 men in the remembrance of his birth into F3.

    YHC’s brain has wisely blacked out and refused to retain the memories of his first workout in F3 as he complained through the entire workout with fellow FNG bootsies. The only thing YHC can remember from that fateful day is lots of running alongside the lake with step-ups as the Q’s go to exercise in each stop (sadly there is no Backblast to commemorate the workout).

    The 610 Stomp recreated this workout by running a shortened version of the standard route with step ups thrown in (lots of step ups). Following the disclaimer, the Pax was told to run the standard route without leaving City Park, but this morning they were stop at every bench for 10 alternating step ups (one is one). Only 4 men are allowed per bench, so if the bench is full, they are to pass it by and run to the next bench.

    Each lap from the 610 Stomp start to the City Park entrance on New Carrollton and back has 40 benches. Each lap is aprox 1.5 miles.

    With not enough complaining for YHC’s plans, they set out. Everything worked out well for the first lap, but YHC needed to modify the number of step ups on lap 2, so all the Pax could finish. YHC estimates that each Pax member did 300-500 step ups while running 3 miles.

    Don’t forget the Christmas Party on December 9th and the Krazy Ivan on January 18th as we had a special guest of the Freedom Hammer this morning.

    thanks for 2 years of agony,

    Rev Sox

  • I Simply Must Go (Baby, Its Cold Outside)

    Not every man would wake up before 5am on what may be the coldest day of the year to stay on mission. Five PAX braved the early morning, pressing on towards the goal to win the prize (Phil 3:14). This is their story.

    We begin with a quick run over to the Gazebo in the center of the park for a warm up. Seems that the area in question is fenced off for the upcoming Christmas lighting display.

    Whoops.

    As I was saying, we begin with a quick run over to the Clock Tower near the road for a warm up.

    Warmup

    Side Straddle Hop x 10

    Peter Parker x 10

    Parker Peter x 10

    Smurf Jacks x 15

    Merkins x 10

    LBC x 20

    Bonnie Blairs x 10

    Mission I

    We began by alternating Bear Crawl (10 “steps”) and Lunge Walk (10 steps) across the soccer field to the running track. Upon completing the Bear Crawl/Lunge Walk, the PAX had a longer mosey on the outside running track to the West Napoleon exercise area. Along the way, we stopped to smell the roses (Roses = Burpees, Merkins, American Hammer, Big Boy Sit Ups).

    Mission II

    Once we arrived at the West Napoleon exercise area, the PAX were treated to alternating Pull Ups, Curls, Box Jumps, Big Boy Sit Ups and Chest Press (Curls & Chest press brought to you by cinder blocks liberated from behind the water pump wall at Pontiff). Three rounds on the circuit, pace set by Pull Ups, and a run back to the flag.

    Closing Ceremony

    Count Off, Name-o-rama, Announcements, Prayer Requests, Icy Ball O Man.

    In the end, did we break any new ground? In terms of creativity, not so much. But I’m proud to say each lionhearted man there today in 33° conditions earned the coveted John M. “Jack” Frost Award for Courage Under Cold Weather.

    Of course, the plaque for those “missing in action” today can be found in the Popeyes’s north side ladies room, right next to the feminine hygene products dispenser. Perhaps if you go in there to check it out, you’ll run into one of the handful of elderly ladies we saw on the track this morning while you were sleeping.