F3 New Orleans

Tag: Rev Sox

  • Someone has been reading the Exicon – from Hokie

    YHC showed up to The Scrum to a lone vehicle in the lot at 0620. Knowing the vehicle belonged to PVC, I texted the Q to ask if he was in route.

    Minutes later, another vehicle showed up to a greeting from PVC saying, “Aren’t you the Q at Rock City?”

    At that point, the 3rd vehicle left and I agreed to Q.

    At 0627 Rev arrived and I verified it was ok if I took the Q.

    At 0630 the disclaimer was given and we moved to the newly finished “gym” area to go through a Tabata with Apollo Creed Burpees, Bohemian Rhapsody, Speed Humpers, Bolt 45’s, Bear Holds, Angle Grinders, etc

    At one point Rev questioned something to the effect, “so did you get bored and explore the Exicon?”

    As we got ready to wrap up there was chatter I may finish sh 30 seconds early and Rev was overheard dictating his complaint to be filed with the Nan’ taan for being cheated out of his 30 seconds and requesting both a refund and a penalty of 1 burpee per second to be imposed upon the Q, but as fate would be generous, Revs watch read 0615 as we wrapped up.

    Thank you for the fun this AM

  • Fog of the Scrum – from Mambi

    Got a text from Kenna Brah asking if the YHC had the Q. He asked knowing YHC has been absent in the gloom for many weeks. With a quick one-word response YHC responded, YES! On the ride to the Scrum, the fog was thick with very little visibility. YHC’s next text was “going to be late.” YHC arrived at 5:30, gave the disclaimer, then moseyed to the main field.
    YHC lead PAX in various warmups. Then instructed the PAX on the THANG.
    The Sheldon Cooper
    With the fog as thick as it was, YHC had to adjust the run.
    10 burpees, 10 Squats, 10 Merkins, 10 Squats. Run to the fence about 120 yards and back. Then 9, 9, 9, 9 of same. Count down to 1.
    As the “6” (which was YHC) was completing the final rounds the rest of the PAX was doing random Mary.
    Once YHC completed his last round PAX Circled up for RING OF FIRE.
    3 rounds – Hold the Al Gore with 10 Squats
    3 rounds – Hold a plank with 10 Merkins
    Moseyed back to the Flag
    COT:
    Count off
    Name-o-Rama
    Announcements
    Intentions
    Prayer
    Thank you all for supporting me back to the gloom.

  • 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.

  • Shock and Scrum – from Fracsac

    Charmin, RevSox, Boo-Boo and PVC showed up at the Scrum ready to get stronger.
    With the Shovel flag planted, a disclaimer was given, then a short mosey to a nice grassy area near the outdoor gym.

    Warmup consisted of the usual stuff, skipping the unnecessary stuff.

    Stations at the outdoor gym:

    Sandbag over shoulder toss x 10 (timer)
    Big boi sit-ups
    Merkins
    90 degree arm hang
    Step ups

    Mosey to the middle of the bird watching zone for dips and derkins.

    Mosey to a new spot of grass and feel a little shock and awe

    5 SSH 10 burpees
    5 SSH 9 burpees
    5 SSH 8 burpees
    ……
    5 SSH 2 burpees
    5 SSH 1 (NOT) 10 burpees! Who does 1 burpee??

    Mini Dora

    50 burpees
    100 big boi sit-ups
    150 squats

    Back to flag for COT

    NMM

    RevSox really likes burpees. Seriously, he’s very vocal about it.
    Boo Boo likes chasing rabbits, and he’s agreed to Q a beat down with that theme as the premise. It’ll be Epic!
    Charmin has a gift for sarcasm, which makes him ideal for F3. His Qs are gonna be the best.
    PVC has embraced this F3 Thang with 7 consecutive posts! T-Claps

    Love you brothers!

    SYITG

  • Perfect F3 weather – from Kenna Brah

    4 PAX bravely faced the elements in the shadows of Thrillville
    Appetizer:
    Mosey to the GYM
    Arm Circles
    Tin Soldiers
    Imperial Walkers
    Twists

    A version of Route 66
    On the jogging path
    10 Walking Lunge to next light – 10 Merkins for 3 lights
    Bear Crawl next two lights – 10 Merk at each light
    Rev walking Lunge next 3 lights – 10 merks again
    At the entrance
    3 station Rotation: 10 rep 5x
    On your SIX and backup without using hands
    Below parallel leglifts while on an elevated flat surface
    Slow Squats
    2 PAX left their phones in the open when rain came, so we hustled back to the Gym to complete the action
    Finished with Mary
    COT

    Thank you!!

  • The Scrum Drum – from Bolt

    Music of course; much of which made Charmin cringe—mission accomplished.
    Warmup:
    SSH (25), Abe SLOWgodas (12x), arm circles forward/back, seal claps, overhead claps, Moroccans all 20x), self love (10); Toy soldiers, Hillbillies (15x)

    The Thang:
    Z90s: 5 thru 20 reps/4 exercises, mix crabs forward/back>bear forward/back between trees and switch exercise.

    Round 1: burpee 5x, Cracker Jacks (frog>star jump>frog) 10x, merkin 15x, plank jacks 20x

    Round 2 (bear crawl): burpee, air squats, Peter Parker, Moroccan night clubs

    Round 3 (forward crab): burpee, Bonnie Blair, Parker Peter, overhead air presses

    Round 4 (crawl bear): burpee, R/L side squats, diamond merks, LBCs

    Chumbaburpee:
    SSH at beginning of song, then every time they say, “I get knocked down, but i get up again” you do a burpee. While not doing burpees, you are continuously doing SSH.

    COT. Welcome FNGs Pillsbury and Focker!

  • Monday Audible – from Mahatma

    After a disappointing Super Bowl game where Go-Devil lead another Rams team to a victory influenced by ref throwing yellow flags this time I was so looking forward to throwing rocks at RC. Yet for some strange reason just before hitting the I-10 ramp there was a thought to check the Q schedule (as I very seldom check emails on Sunday or early Monday, if in fact reminders are still sent) as to who was leading…….damn an Audible was just called as I see Mahatma was signed up to Q the scrum! Mindset changed now I had to floor it to make that journey to the “rough” side of Metry!
    Burning rubber I enter the stadium parking lot to see 3 silhouettes standing in the wet grass scratching their head as if to be wondering if they had to call an audible for Qing amongst themselves yet as my truck comes to a stop and my shoes hit the deck……game on!

    Quick disclaimer and a short mosey to the play set a short warm up ensued:
    25 SSH
    10 Mnt Man Poopers
    10 Side Lunge
    10 Imperial Walkers
    10 Peter Parker / Parker Peters
    All got on the parallel dip bar – 5 count
    Same for the monkey bars – 5 pull ups

    Mosey to the Performing Arts Bldg
    Ascend to the “skybox” and pair up for a mini DORA:
    50 Merkins
    100 jump sqts
    150 dips
    Flip / Flop
    Timer was to run down the ramp to the street and around to ascend the stairs back to the sky box. Max reps 25 then hold plank to wait – until we got to dips max out reps while partner was running.
    Once complete we moseyed back down to the benches in front of the PA center 2 rounds of box jumps, decline , incline merkins , step up dips and split sqts.
    Mosey to the parking lot for 5/11 (1 less then 66). 5 merkins at each lamp post X 11 with some form of made up animal movement between each post. When completed we moseyed back to the start. YHC grabbed his phone (hey this is Metry – NOT NOLA so leaving your phone on the curb is not a risk)!

    Line up for an Indian run back to the play set finisher 2 rounds of 5 dead hang pull ups (assisted if needed) then 5 parallel bar dips.

    5 minutes of Mary:
    Gas Pumpers
    Big Boy Sit Ups
    Baby T’s
    And real scuba kicks

    Back to the flag for COT

  • Minimal run at The Scrum – from Boo-Boo

    Tired and sore from the weekend, YHC was greeted by a very chipper Vagabond and Fracsac. Hokie looked like I was feeling, and RevSox (the guy who is from the most northern latitude of all of F3 NOLA) expressed his disdain for the cold, despite having less exposed skin than any of the other PAX.

    A very short mosey to the running path for normal warmup exercises and mountain man poopers. 100% dancing participation was noted during Moroccan Nightclubs. It was that kind of morning.

    To RevSox’s dismay, there was a clandestine agreement not to run on this particular morning. Instead, our mode of transportation would be Boo-Boo style BLIMPS, which consisted of karaoke and Bernie Sanders while traveling to each bench. At each bench along the way to the soccer field, the PAX did the following:

    10 burpees
    20 Lunges (2 is 1)
    30 Incline merkins
    40 Monkey humpers
    50 Pickle pounders
    60 Squats

    Once at the soccer field and again to the dismay of RevSox bc of burpees and the lack of running, the 300 was explained. PAX paired off in corners of half of the soccer field. PAX 1 of each group would begin an exercise designated to that corner, while the other PAX completed 10 burpees, then they switched. PAX 2 would pick up where PAX 1 left off in the count. Rinse and repeat until 75 of the designated exercise was completed. Then both PAX would bear crawl in a counterclockwise direction to the next corner to complete 75 reps of another exercise in the same format. The designated exercises for this 300 were Squats, Shoulder taps, LBCs, and Merkins.

    After completing the 300, it was over to the bleachers for a round of 20 dips followed by right leg step ups, then 20 more dips, followed by left leg step ups.

    A mosey back towards the flag to keep RevSox happy. Ended with four minutes of
    Mary.

    COT and done!

    Leading a group of leaders is always an honor.

  • Squeaker at The Skinny – from MacGyver

    18 PAX and YHC turned up for a brisk morning at the Skinny, disclaimer was raised then we promptly moseyed over to the field across the street for a warm up –

    Side straddle hops-30
    Abe vigotas slow-10
    Imperial walkers -15
    Peter Parker’s-15
    Parker peters -15
    LBC’s-20
    Flutter kicks-25

    After the warm up we recovered and moseyed to the levee for BLIMPS, running back and forth using the power poles for progressively farther turn around points,

    After (2) 20 count breathers, the PAX moseyed over to the top of the levee for down and back Bear crawls(x2) then sets on the top of the levee

    American Hammer x10
    LBC’s X30
    merkins x20
    Flutter kicks x25
    Wife non-pleasers x10
    Penguins. X15
    Dying cockroaches x20
    All were in 2 or 4 count cadence

    Now that we were rested, we moseyed off the levee to the front of Audubon for 20x dips, and 15 setups. We then moseyed back to COT for echo count stretches, and 20 merkins to round out our morning. Count off, NoR, intentions, and a prayer. Then all the over achievers made a victory lap of Audubon for RCR.

    Somewhere towards the end, Q lost his breath and started squeaking like a pre pubescent teenage girl, but we won’t talk about that. What happens at the The Skinny, stays at The Skinny

    PS; I believe a certain PAX still owes us an explanation of what a “19 year old pleaser” is. It remains to be seen if that mystery will ever be solved……

    PPS; Also YHC can’t remember the names of 5 of the PAX who attended, sorry for that but your not forgotten. T-claps for those HIM’s

    Until next Q-

    MacGyver.

  • Krazy Ivan IV: Speedy Sings, Fracsac Frowns – from The Hammer

    It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair…for Fracsac apparently. The man who has a folder on his phone dedicated to the Freedom Hammer was crestfallen for a second year running. Bordering on tearful, Fracsac and his Southshore breathern had to witness a spritely Speedy Gonzales hoist the Freedom Hammer in triumph after the Northshore thumped the Southshore for the Crazy Ivan IV, 257 to 153. Precision results, thoroughly vetted and audited by the governing body, are as follows:

    1. Speedy Gonzales 31:22 (6:30 average pace)-recruited years ago by Jose 10k
    2. Amnesia 33:55
    3. In Time 34:07
    3. Cowbell 34:07
    5. The Hammer 34:34
    6. Saban 35:09
    7. Kuch 35:37
    8. Steve 36:45
    9. TankedUp! 37:20
    10. RevSox 37:36
    11. Sogo 37:47
    12. Hog’s Breath 40:25
    13. Thumb War 41:30
    14. Bongo (time between 41:30 and 42:43-you should have found me afterwards Bongo!)
    15. Snooze 42:43
    16. Pelican 42:44
    17. Shooter 43:34
    18. Flea 45:16
    19. BBQ 46.35
    20. Russo 46:55
    21. Jose 10k 47:38
    22. Pai Gow 49:55
    23. Baywatch (it was raining hard, lots was happening, Hog’s Breath was talking to me…sorry Baywatch I didn’t get your time)
    24. Belloq
    25. JV (not that JV, the other one) 55:19
    26. Kenner Brah
    27. McGiver

    And honorable mentions to PickAxe and Chainsaw, The Hammer’s 2.0s, who finished the first lap together in a blistering 13 minutes.

    Thanks for coming out guys. You all get a trophy for participating in this unequivocally, completely stupid and utterly pointless annual competition. YHC was thoroughly impressed with the total disregard for your personal wellbeing and safety and looks forward to a repeat performance same time next year. Over and out.