Pre-Blast – Veterans Day

Our Veterans.  Perhaps no group of individuals is more deserving of our recognition and gratitude.  Many PAX are themselves proud Veterans.  Indeed, a significant amount of the philosophy and culture of F3 finds its roots in the military itself...

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Miscounted Pax

7 Pax (not 6) posted for an 8 mile “mosey” around Sherwood Forest this morning.  With the temps dropping nicely, it would have seemed like a waste to not put in some distance, so the SpeedTrap format was adjusted for today.   No...

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School is back in session

Pax far and wide have mixed feelings about days like today . . . some are overjoyed that their 2.0s are back in school, others may be a bit sad that the sight of school buses is an indication that summer is drawing to a close (and that Meadowlark...

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Birthday beatdown at The Estate

On this day in 2003, our family welcomed our 2nd child and only son, Howell.  He would later rise in stature to become known as Kapow in F3.  So this beatdown allowed the pax to get to know Kapow a little bit better and be stronger for it...

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Pre-Shmedfest Convergence

Convergences — we don’t have them very often.  And that is on purpose, as we want the small workout groups to thrive, to attract new guys, to serve the various neighborhoods near the AOs, and to serve the guys that come faithfully to...

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Finding Inspiration at #TheEstate

13 posted at #TheEstate and faced a theme-less Q. The design was to start out with heavy strength, and build with increasing intensity and cardio over the 45 minutes. The final story at the end of this beat down is worth  a read.  Like the...

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Chase the Mouse in my head!!!

Welcome to my head and the mouse that turns the wheel! That is how I should have greeted the Pax this morning, but didn’t think about it until the end (I guess the mouse wasn’t running yet during that time of day). It was great to be...

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