F3 New Orleans

Tag: The 610 Stomp

  • CelebrHATE on the small screen with Cowbell

    With Ed Daniels being drawn into the gloom by Triple Shift on this 610 Stomp sort of day, YHC saw the opportunity to make Cowbell famous, sending him off into his glorious thirties with a beatdown dedicated to celebrHATE this once in a lifetime occasion.  Surely this would lead to monuments being erected, with the possibility of memorials following his departure from this world.

    Spoiler alert:  Cowbell fartsacked.  Oh well, YHC tried……

    Back to the Ed Daniels bit.  YHC arrived at 0515 to find Triple Shift promoting the F3 organization to the sports reporter and his cameraman.  T-Claps to Triple Shift for spreading the word.  This will certainly help to maintain his crown as king of the EH.  Not that anyone was getting close to knocking him off that hill…….

    YHC made a quick mosey to the track to drop off some cones, more to come on that later.  Upon arriving back at the shovel flag that YHC planted, two more were planted next to it.  YHC almost gave the F3 flag a hug, as it hasn’t been seen in weeks.  As long as it has been cared for and used effectively, all is well.

    F3 Nation had a plethora of good names ready to throw at Ed Daniels, but apparently he did not show up for the beat down.  At least 19 men showed up in force to promote the power and awesomeness of F3.  With the cameraman hanging out in the area, the clock hit 0530, and so it begins:

    Disclaimer, and probably one too short judging by the scolding looks of Rudy.  But hey, “Not a professional trainer, so modify as needed” was said…..

    Tuesday is normally a run day, hence the 610 Stomp name.  Due to circumstances, we did a sudden change and did a quick mosey to the track.

    Circle up on the matting inside the track.  YHC still intended to celebrHATE Cowbell’s coming of age, but had to get something out the way first.

    Warmup

    SSH IC x 31

    With that out of the way, it was time to celebrHATE!

    COP

    Hillbilly’s IC x 20
    Alternating Shoulder Taps IC x 20
    Tempo Merkins IC x 10
    Escalator

    The Escalator is 5 exercises, composed of:
    10 Burpees OYO
    20 Merkins IC (Up Down cadence)
    30 Smurf Jacks (a tribute to Cowbell)
    40 Monkey Humpers IC – did YHC mention the cameraman was a female? Not absolutely certain, but this may have been when the film crew exited.
    50 Squats IC

    Indian Run twice around the track, or 1/2 mile.

    One final tribute to Cowbell – Smurf Jacks IC x 30

    Mosey to the inside grassy area of the track where the cones were set up for some suicides. Starting at first row of cones, sprint to second set, sprint back and do 5 merkins. Continue this to each set of cones, set up like a basketball court, a tribute to the end of March Madness. Not only did the track crew forget to turn the lights on, but YHC may have left out one row of cones. The start line should have been one set with 4 sets beyond, which caused some major confusion. So much confusion that YHC decided to do it again with burpees.

    Mosey to the first corner of the track for 4 Corners:

    Corner #1 – Catalina Wine Mixers IC x 10 (there was much rejoicing) – Sprint to corner #2
    Corner #2 – Bobby Hurleys x 10 OYO (tribute to end of March Madness) – Sprint to corner #3
    Corner #3 – Merkins IC x 10 (there’s the 4 count the Pax was longing for) – Sprint to Corner #4
    Corner #4 – Iron Mikes IC x 10 (lunge jumps)

    Mosey back to the matted area for Ring of Fire #1
    All Pax hold the plank position. The first Pax does 5 merkins, then resumes plank. The ring of fire goes around to all the Pax.
    Ring of Fire #2
    Same as before, just replace with 5 Burpees. That’s a lot of planking!

    Mary

    Flutter Kicks IC x 30
    Hello Dolly IC x 25
    American Hammer IC x 20

    Times up, mosey back to the flag(s)

    COT

    Count off and Name-O-Rama
    We had one FNG, and no, it was not a reporter.  Welcome Phoenix!  Some claimed the name was too good, but they’re just jealous.  They all wanted Fracsac too, but it was specially reserved for YHC!

    Announcements, intentions, and closed with a prayer.

    Thanks for posting with me today and for putting up with my inability to design a proper court.

    Remember: F3 is an organization of leaders, not an organization with leaders. Each Pax is expected to be a leader in other groups outside F3, as well as within F3. To lead in F3 is easy, just sign up and take the Q here

     

    NMM

    If you didn’t notice, Bogey was especially happy this morning. He was the winner of the bracket pool, and will be exempt from any burpees this Saturday post Mothership. Here’s the Burpee count:
    Reluctant Yankee: 8
    YHC: 24
    El Guapo: 30
    Hokey Pokey: 32
    Seaman: 33
    Rudy: 35
    DaParish: 43
    Milkman: 56

    Come out Saturday and see the Burpee debt paid in full!

  • CCC Training

    5 PAX gathered at Roosevelt Mall around a real shovel flag, for a final CCC Training run.  Alas, 2 of the PAX won’t be running on Saturday – but the other 3 (Bongo, Cowbell and Smooth) will be representing the 610 Stomp crew on Saturday.  Good luck to the whole F3 nation!

    Usual running route: Down the Bayou and back at your pace, be back by 6:10 for some 610 Stomp Mary.  Not surprisingly, Smooth led the way.  Hung back for some good F2 with the rest of us – then bolted to make it to the Overpass.  The rest of us got in between 4 and 5 miles.  Enjoy the cool weather running, I don’t think we’ll have this much longer.

    Finish up with a round of Mary

    • LBC x25
    • Flutter Kick x25
    • Dolly x25
    • Peter Parker x25

    Circle up for a count-off, Name-o-rama.  Intentions, remember those who are sick and ailing.  Blessings on all of the F3 men, and all participants, in the upcoming CCC race.  Run fast, run safe!

  • 610 Stomp: Through the Woods and up the Mountain

    6 F3 vets gathered around an actual flag on this perfectly gloomy morning.

    DISCLAIMER

    YHC was feeling like a throwback was due to mix things up a bit.

    The route:
    Go under 610 and take a left, past the dog park and cross harrison ave. (~1.5 miles)
    enter the woods of greater New Orleans, follow the trail (and Hawg) til we reach the highest land elevation in the city, just behind the rocky mountains in total feet. (~.5 miles)

    Once at the top, conveniently, there was a perfect ledge for #ISI. 2 minutes of Rocky Balboa’s.

    Head back to the flag (~2 miles) with 5 minutes to spare.

    30 X LBC
    20 X American Hammer
    20 X Crunchy Frog (RIP Shorty)
    20 X Penguin
    10 X J-Lo (RIP Amnesty)

    Finished with COT.

    Thanks for letting me lead!
    Cowbell

  • Track Work

    7 men gathered in the chilly gloom to better themselves today.  Instead of venturing down the usual Stomp route (honestly…it’s been so long…i didn’t know what usual was anymore), YHC choose to play it safe and get after it on the track.  We were off…but first…

    DISCLAIMER

    The Thang

    Mosey over and around the track one time, then circle up for a quick warmup:

    15x SSHs IC
    6x Don Quixotes IC
    6x Good Mornings IC

    YHC explained to beatdown to come…1 min AMRAP of an exercise, then a lap around the track….plank and wait for the six.

    Exercises:
    1) Squat Jacks
    2) Switch Kicks
    3) Jump Knee Tucks
    4) Speed Knee Curls
    … 12 count by Woz…
    5) Burpees
    6) Frog Jumps (Front/Back)…Cowbell had an advantage of course (this joke never gets old!)
    7) Low Plank Parker Peters
    8) Plank Jacks (Modify 1min to 3min to handle the daily challenge) #ISI Tclaps Turbo!

    Slowzy back to the flagless AO, where we had a Plankorama OYO for the last 2min.  Pax gathered around for the COT, which included the Countoff, Nameorama, Shoutouts and a Prayer.

    The Pax moved quickly through this beatdown. Well done, men!  Time flies when you are having fun….Oh, yeah…no more Hate for YHC!

    Thanks for letting me lead!

    Moleskin

    Miss you guys.  Definitely needed this beatdown to get my ass back in shape.  Best way to start the day!

    Tough Mudder is this weekend.  Good luck to the guys getting after it!

     

  • Shake Down The Thunder & Seek Shelter

    YHC pulled up to the Stomp at 5:25 and boy was it coming down.  Rain does not scare the PAX away, but lightening sure as heck does.   YHC & Milkman agreed that the safe road was the wisest choice; however, the Sky Q had different plans.   He had sent a messenger in a Chevy truck.  It was Tool.  Tool said “FEAR NOT, I SHALL BRING YOU TO DRYER STOMPING GROUND!”   YHC & Milkman followed Tool to the pavilion near the Festival Grounds for a good ole fashion beat down.   Inspired by the ISI challenges provided by Turbo, today’s beat down would be a game of catch up.

    W/U

    • SSH x 25
    • IW x 25
    • AV x 25
    • HB x 25
    • AC x 20 (10 front, 10 back)

    The Thang

    (in no specific order)

    • Box Jumps – 90 seconds
    • Shoulder Taps – 5 min

    Break for Mary

    • LBT x 25
    • Flutter Kicks x 25
    • Penguins x 25
    • LS Squats x 25

    Back to ISI

    • Hand Release Release Push Ups  – 2 min
    • 8 Count Body Builders – 3 min

    Stretch (waiting for a break in the rain)

    • Hip Flexors – 30 sec
    • Over reach/stretch – 30 sec

    More Mary

    • Hello Dolly x 25
    • Wheezy Jeffersons x 25

    Finish the ISI

    • Horizontal Pull-Ups – 90 sec

    Announcements

    • Tough Mudder on the 17th
    • Best Damn Race Half Marathon & 5K on the 25th
    • PelicanMan Duathlon on the 25th
    • CrawfishMan Triathlon on May 20th
    • Walt Disney World Wine & Dine Half Marathon on November 4 (registration opens March 13 and will sell out.  Bellhop & I plus M’s will be going)

    COT

  • I know, lets Run!

    Late Monday night, Tool calls out for a 610 stomp Q.  I know I’ll be out for a run – 2nd to last run before the big day, and still trying to stay ahead of at least 1 of the NS fools in the Run Ranger Run challenge (those guys NEVER stop running!).  So sign me up for the Q.  I wonder what we should do?

    I know, lets Run!

    Weather: gorgeous, cool Tuesday morning.

    PAX: 4 PAX materialize in the gloom, enjoy some good pre-Thank chatter.  That’s a bright green light, Parish.  Seizures???  Then we’re off.  Just running.  45 minutes out and back.  Meet back at the VSF.  Enjoyed a great run, lots of good F2.  Learned a bunch about my fellow PAX – thanks, guys.  I enjoyed the run!

    4.5 Miles covered, return to home plate.  Circle up for prayers (illness, especially FracSac’s aunt), and Brady and Tool’s family.

    Finish up, as I always do, with St. Ignatius Prayer for Generosity.  I struggle at times to remember to live my life as a life of service.  This prayer is one that helps me retain my focus, and remember how I am called to act.

  • Going The Distance, Trying For Speed

    Four of F3’s finest made their way to The Stomp for the usual Tuesday running fix.  Pleasant 60-something degree temp and crisp air set the stage for a good moseying conditions so we all agreed we’d go for distance this am.  We were also hoping to inch our way out of last place in the RRR throwdown this month since we’d rather not get beat by those inferior guys from abroad.  The Q slot was empty so a round of eenie meenie miney mo decided who would officialy take the lead and it somehow landed on YHC.  The route was the typical course along the bayou, out and back in 45 min.  We came out the gate with a brisk pace, soon to be throttled down after realizing we still had a ways to go.  T-claps to Hawg for pushing through with a solid run on the heels of a 7+ hour, 31 mile race on Saturday that would have the average Joe still laid up recovering.  Some good F2 was had along the run that included solving a few of the world’s problems.  The PAX covered 4.5+/- miles and conveniently made it back with no time for burpees.

    Great way to start the day.

    Tool

  • Stomp #129 – The Lone Ranger

    Mardi Gras morning 2018 proved to be a day when few were up for a early morning reveille and making a 5:30am post.  The scheduled Q had to bail the night before, rumor had it so he could make a Zumba class with his M, or something.  Several other Stomp regulars dropped like flies via text the night before, all without worthy excuses.  Many of the PAX planned on making the REX run later that morning but YHC could only squeeze in an early run.  So alas, there was a PAX of one at the virtual flag on Roosevelt Mall at 5:30 am, where I gave a silent disclaimer and departed on the normal route.  YHC enjoyed a serene run out along the bayou, down Jeff Davis, and back.  I timed it to be back at the flag for 6:15 in the event of any stragglers who might have posted late but no dice.  Kept on going with a jog home and a silent COT along the way, totaling 5+ miles.  A few hours later some pics surfaced of the many PAX who posted in Audubon for the run with the King of Carnival.  Good to see fartsacking was not dominant that morning.  Great way to start Fat Tuesday.

    Tool

  • 610 Stomp and Crawl

    YHC arrived at City Park to find 2 strangers in the gloom – My Pleasure (from Raleigh) and an FNG he brought with him.  Coming from Raleigh to bring an FNG to the stomp – NICE WORK!

    Today’s workout: 30 minute out-and-back along the bayou, meet at the track for some extra work.

    Smooth and Cowbell set the pace, and we managed to knock out 3.5 miles in 7:45 pace.  Thanks for pushing me guys.

    Back at the track, we circled up for:

    • SSH x25
    • Bear Crawl out (30-40 yards), Crab Walk back
    • Peter Parker x25
    • Walk Crab out, Crawl Bear back
    • IW x25
    • Sprint out, 20 Derkins, Sprint Back
    • Floyd Mayweather x25
    • Frog Jump out, Squat x20, Sprint Back

    Mosey back to the flag for some final Mary

    • Flutter Kick x25
    • Dolly x25

    Circle Up to introduce our FNG to the 2nd and 3rd Fs.  Named “Minnesota”, as he reported that as the original home of his wife before remembering that it wasn’t Minnesota, it was Kentucky.  Two states that sound like, look like, and are right next to each other.  Sorta.  Or not.  His “Minnesota Missus”….

    Gentlemen, thank you for the opportunity to lead!

  • I am speed!

     

    For my first Q at the 6-10 stomp, I decided to do something a little different.  A track workout instead of going out to visit the missing monuments.  As Lightning McQueen’s mantra was heard in my head, “I am speed, I am speed, I am speed…” we headed to the track.

     

    Warmup with 30 SSH, 30 Shoulder Taps, and 30 Low Slow Squats all IC

    I was planning to do a 200, 400, 800, 1200, 800, 400, and 200 but ran out of time AGAIN and had to leave out the last 400 and 200.  We tried to run at our 5 k pace and would plank up for the six so we all could stay together but Smooth pushed us to run faster than our 5 k pace.  After each scheduled distance run, we jogged half the distance as a recovery and did 10 x merkins IC after each recovery distance so our upper bodies would be proportional to our lower half.

    With few minutes left, we did some Mary

    20 x LBC IC, 15 x Supermans IC, 15 x Dying Cockroach IC

    Mosey back to the flag, countoff, namerama, and prayers to the Creator.  Thank you for allowing me to lead!