The BackBlast:

AO:

kodiak

Pax Names:

Kiffin, Bloodhound, Babyface, Harp, The Mole, Lawdog, Manning, Homeboy, Hank Hill, Garfield, Goat Milk, Quagmire, Dizzy, Lively, Preacher, Doubt Fire, Trickle, Banjo, Voodoo, C4, Madolf, Airwolf, Rest Stop, Air Ball (FNG), Misty, Aquaman, Woody, Drone, Dixie Chick, Legionnaire, Ricky Bobby, Yogi, Dory, Cricket, MaBell, Floppy, Divit, Title Max, Carmen Sandiego, Westside, Katniss, Liverpool, Dilbert, Dailey, Cpt. Hook, Conquistador, Chitwood, Chops, Vannila Ice, Danica

Number of Pax:

50

FNG Names:

Air Ball

Number of FNGs:

1

Intro:

2 years goes fast. This time 2 years ago my 2.0 was still in Kindergarten, the sting of the Falcon’s loss was still fresh, and I had yet to meet all 50 of the men (except for a select few) that would gather around to celebrate this morning. The planning for the day was pretty simple and was ironed out the only way F3 Cherokee PAX typically would, over a quick mile ruck a few nights prior. The focus, keep it simple (you know the anti-Legionnaire approach) but give them a workout to remember and I think that mission was accomplished. If you were one of the few who missed, here is what went down.

Warm-o-Rama:

Mosey to the football field and circle up for IC SSH, Weed Pickers, and OYO Sun gods

The Thang:

YHC had the pleasure of starting the festivities off and to start it off we moseyed over to the track for a modified Griff. A typical Griff is 2 rounds of running 800 Meters forward and 400 Meters backward. Our Kodiak modifications of the day: 1. 5 Burpees after each lap. 2. Since we are at THE KODIAK’S BIRTHDAY it only seemed right to add some bear crawling so, every time the whistle blew PAX had to do 10 merkins then continue on bear-crawling until the next whistle at which time they would do another set of 10 merkins and continue on the path running. Just to clarify, if running backward and the whistle blew you get to do bear crawls backward until the next whistle. So Pax mad it further than others, but after about 20 minutes it was time to pass the torch to Bloodhound.
In a way that only Bloodhound can, he called the Pax over to line up at the goal line. It was time for some Spartan Love. The objective with the Spartan is simple, sprint 100 yards, do 10 merkins, backward run back to the goal line. The first few rounds were difficult, but since Law Dog has the capacity to talk even if his lungs are deprived of oxygen, a talent I am sure is taught in law school somewhere along the way, Bloodhound made the decision to make it harder. After grabbing the whistle from me (germs be damned) and every time the whistle blew it was time for a burpee. It didn’t matter if was on the return trip, during the sprint, or while planking for the 6, when the whistle sounded, drop to the ground. For the record, Law Dog was still able to continue to talk, so while it was painful, it was apparently ineffective. Next time, shock collar?

COT:

Alcoa for his Shingles and the upcoming trip to India

Naked Man Moleskin:

There were a lot of topics and stuff happening that was talked about before we broke it down, go to the website & check Slack and you can hear all about it.

TClaps to Cricket for baking, bringing drinks and trying to bring a ballon that is apparently now floating at the top of Kroger.

Thanks to Liverpool for coming to visit from Carpex

Man it was awesome to see a group of 49 Pax…..wait here comes Banjo! 50! 50 Pax came out on a Wednesday. When we launched only 5 F3 Cherokee men had come to F3 workouts and we had 2 FNGs that morning (Banjo & Cricket). Now standing here we have a workout of 50 men (and another on the south side that posted 10). I am amazed and humbled by how far we have come in a short time and as I said this morning I am very excited about how many flags we will have in the ground this time next year.