F3 New Orleans

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  • Mayhem Merkins Abound at Okwata – from Fracsac

    YHC signed up to Q at Okwata since the attendance has been strong. 10 others posted confirming the new trend, so YHC knew he had to deliver.

    Disclaimer given followed by a mosey to the Okwata sign for a warmup.

    Mosey to Mardi Gras fountain for double shots with Jack Webb at the barre. Speaking of which, where is surge??

    Mosey to the corner of Canal for 4 corners BLIMPS with Mayhem merkins sprinkled in.

    Mosey to House of pain for stations with pull ups.

    Burpee penalties for the young pax not knowing Cheap Trick.

    Back to the flag

    COT

    Honored to lead this awesome group of men!

    SYITG

  • Running in the Muggies – from Rudy

    Summer is here. And with it, the muggies. So 8 PAX ran and walked and sweated.

    COT: Saban saving the day. Seriously. Great work Saban, and thank you for being willing to step up for a stranger when she needed that help. Great example for all of us to strive for.

  • Solo Team Effort – from Mayhem

    76 degrees with 30 mph gusts out of the SSE

    Party of 4 with no Q

    After a moment of silence YHC stepped up

    Mosey to Canal

    WOR: GG, WM, MC, PPP, SSH

    Thang 1: 1771s including burpees and big bois with 10 SSH in the middle of each round

    Thang 2: along the lake using either trees or light post taking turns choosing an exercise IC and mode of transportation

    Mayhem Merkins – bear crawl
    Dips – lunge walk
    Burpee – broad jump
    Snow Angels – crawl bear
    Low Slow Squats – duck walk
    Inchworm Merlin
    Derkins ALMOST in the lake – bear crawl
    Ws – shuffle

    Thang 3: ring of fire

    Three rounds of 10-count merkins, hold plank
    One round of 10-count burpees, hold al gore

    Thang 4: Mary
    FK, DC, JL, ?, LBT

    COT
    Announcements- many F3 are on Hogs teams, get out there
    Intentions- most men are going through stuff, prayers for all

  • Cajun Booty Runners – from Mayhem

    Conditions: 68F feels like 71F wind 3mph out of the South… for February!

    Fracsac seemed unsure where he would post, but after hearing there would be booty he was an HC.

    It is February, so we had to get miles in. Whether you do it before the workout, after the workout, at lunch, or at midnight, it doesn’t matter. Every Step Counts. Every Mile Matters.

    Warmarama
    Mosey to the foot of Canal
    A-slow-G, GG, carioca facing East to the top, then carioca facing west to the bottom
    PPP, MC, mosey to the top
    Motivators counting down from 7

    Indian Run the levee to the 63yr old Mardi Gras Fountain
    Figure 8s – from Lakeshore Dr, run to the fountain, head East, circle the fountain, West most path back, down Lakeshore Dr = 400M
    High Rise informed us of the path options, to our surprise, clarification provided
    After each loop we did merkins, squats, big boys
    4 rounds (25 each, 20 each, 15, each, 10 each)

    Head East for about 100M
    7 minute AMRAP
    Sprint (80%-90%) 100M back and do burpees, mosey (50%) back and do burpees, sprint, burpees, mosey, burpees, etc.

    Mosey to the lakefront
    4 (yes only 4) minutes of Mary

    To the flag
    COT
    Announcements- Freed to Lead, IOAM
    Intentions- Cropduster’s recovery, St Dominic family

    Thanks to Pinewood for calling me out to step up.
    Leading The Uptowner tomorrow (which I forgot about), will be first back-to-back.

    SYITG!

  • Hawg’s Birthday – from Charmin

    All came out to celebrate Hawg. Some Ran, Some Rucked, others just showed up. All had a good time.

  • Hawg’s Birthday – from Charmin

    All came out to celebrate Hawg. Some Ran, Some Rucked, others just showed up. All had a good time.

  • Good to see people – from Charmin

    As usual, YHC arrived to find the runners there early and even a few KnOTters. By the time 5:30 arrived, Boo-Boo was there to ruck, in addition to bringing news that Bolt would be arriving shortly.

    After going around the track and finding all the gates locked, we met with Bolt on the track and realized that our neighborhood time would need to be brief.

    On YHC’s way back, we saw a Rougarou leaving saying that he’s finally had it with walking backwards. “Why can we walk forwards, and get to our stretching spot quicker?” he muttered under his breath before crossing over the train tracks.

    COT ended with praying for all those struggling physically, but more importantly mentally. Don’t hesitate on reaching out to fellow Pax.

  • All Hallow’s Eve – from Charmin

    KB and YHC pulled up at a little before 5:20 to see a herd of runners running away from the proverbial flag and all of their cars taking up valuable parking space. The days of a Lakeview Clown Car were apparently over.

    With just KB, Vagabond, and YHC at the flag at the start time we felt a rumbling, before we knew it, the herd had surrounded us. It felt like a reenactment of the Mufasa Death scene in the 1994 classic, The Lion King. Before we realized what had happened Vagabond was taken away and the herd had left.

    KB was nursing a sore ankle and not to leave a fellow pax behind, we went to his car to lift some heavy things. Turns out, the heavy things included, but is not limited to:

    a bike
    a 80 lb sandbag
    20 lbs of laundry (unsure if clean or not)
    a 65 lb kettlebell
    a 15 lb ruck weight (this was found in the pocket of said laundry)
    and some manner of creature that I dare not describe.

    After lifting some of the weights around, Triple showed up; apparently he sensed the dirty laundry.

    Nearing the end of our weight lifting session, we could hear the lackadaisical languishing of the runner herd; apparently they could start 10-15 minutes before hand, but could run all the way to 6:15.

    We ended up with 16 Pax including Vagabond who reappeared unharmed (or rather no worse off than before)

    COT involved some education on today’s festivities originally being called All Hallow’s Eve referencing All Saint Day tomorrow and continuing on to All Soul’s Day the day after.

  • You Can’t Ignore The H8! – from Hawgcycle

    You cannot ignore the H8! We tried. There was no H8! in April. Honestly, I forgot all about it. I guess I tried to push the H8! way down deep, but it never went away. The last few months have shown me that the H8! is always there. I can’t ignore it. I have to deal with it.

    The Thang:

    Each lap consists of running south to the top of the levee, crossing canal (bear crawling the neutral ground), running south to the bottom of the levee, cross canal and run north to the top of the levee, cross canal (bear crawling the neutral ground), running north down the levee and back across canal to the starting point. At the starting point, you do a descending burp and merk pyramid starting at 8 (burpee with 8 merkins, burpee with 7 merkins…burpee with 1 merkin)

    At the end of the 2nd lap the burp and merk pyramid starts at 7, etc.
    The goal is to complete 8 laps in 40 minutes. According to MapMyRun, each loop is approximately 0.4 miles. Therefore, to conquer the H8! you will have to do the following in 40 minutes:

    • Run over 3 Miles of Hills
    • 550 Yards of Bear Crawls
    • 36 Burpees
    • 120 Merkins

    We did AMRAP in 40 minutes.

    NMM

    • This was a full compliance hate – Strict 40 minute time limit, running on the sidewalk, no corner cutting, and bear crawling the entire length of the neutral ground.
    • We had 12 guys attempt the H8! Today. That’s a good turnout. T-claps to The Architect, High Rise, Mahatma, Mayhem, Pinewood, Mr. Rodgers, Rudy, Smooth, SOGO, Thighs, and Triple Shift for choosing to do hard things.
    • Was Mr. Rodgers brazen enough to attempt the H8! in a weighted vest?
    • A special shout out to High Rise and Mayhem for resisting the pull of the LVCC and their Temple of the Ole Man River. Members of the temple are devoted to a Chatbot they call Coach Greg. I was hoping a few more members would be willing to choose to battle the H8! Especially without their High Priestess Kuch and his Eunuch Glitter Balls in attendance. Unfortunately, the devotion of the following was too strong for them to waiver from the Supreme Chatbot’s commands. Bongo, El Guapo, Jesus Juice, Mama’s Pride, Saban, Sandberg, and Thumbwar sacrificed their manhood in sacred devotion to Coach Gregg this morning with a 45-minute easy run ritual.
    • Three completed all 8 laps today: Smooth, YHC, and The Architect.
    • Smooth went back out for lap 9 and was about 5 seconds short of finishing the running portion of the lap.
    • If you have ever helped with a Youth Run Nola event, you will know that the kids take off in a sprint when the gun goes off. They do not know the difference between a 100-meter dash and a 3-mile run. I’m guessing Pinewood is a YRN alum.
    • There were a few guys that finished the eight laps in just over 40 minutes. They are prime to get all eight in April.
    • Speaking of April, we now have 6 months to prepare. Let’s keep pushing each other to stay disciplined and continue accelerating.

  • Yasso 800s – from Rudy

    13 PAX at the stomp, expecting a traditional out-and-back in the late summer humidity. But if they had checked the schedule, they would have seen “800s” in the description. Kuch spoke for the PAX when he whined “can’t we just run on Marconi?” No, said YHC. And as the watch struck 5:30 – it was time for a disclaimer and then to the track.

    2 lap mosey for a warmup (as Amnesty correctly observed, “That’s an 800!”).

    The Thing: Yasso 800s.

    Run an 800 at your 5k pace (or faster). Then mosey a 400 recovery lap. The 400 should be approximately the same duration as your 800. Rinse and Repeat.

    YHC thought he was going to target 8:30 runs. But he got sucked in by Jesus Juice’s taunting and ended up pushing 8:00 pace for 4.5 800s. But that didn’t hold a candle to the speedsters – Smooth, Guapo and Saban (surprise surprise)

    FNG (named Shredder) swore that he enjoyed it… And promised that he’s coming back.

    Thanks everyone for willingness to do something new. And thanks to Screwtop and Breadsticks who altered their rigid training plans to join us on the track.