The Randomizer

Weather: cold (for FL, 55F) and blustery with a steady drizzle. Yes, perfectly random conditions for a random beatdown. Pre-run: YHC considered not posting until just before 0515 beatdown, but saw Ripken’s feeler for an 0420 pre-run. YHC decided to posted for the pre-run, but then became reluctant given the cold and damp conditions. Once out …

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Bridge, Bridge, Bridge, Bridge, Bridge, Repeats

Weather: Overcast and 66.  Long Sleeve weather for this northern transplant….. Pax: Ricky Bobby, ShamWow, Goob, Crabcakes, Lambeau, Wilson, Sparky With YHC in full taper and scheduled for a rest day, it was determined that the PAX was free to do whatever they wanted this morning. As they departed the parking lot, everyone decided on …

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F3 Suncoast Honors Veterans Day

Date: 11/11/2019 Weather: 62 degrees, clear QIC: Manziel Pax: Ace, Big Mac, Bing, Goob, Lancelot, Manziei, Pincher, Ricky Bobby, Ripken, ShamWow, Sniper Today is Veterans Day, but since it’s also a Monday we had the usual 5.15 beatdown. We should do this every day, but today’s beatdown took on some extra meaning as we honored …

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Let’s get a little Savage

Friday Morning. November 8th, NBP in Sarasota. The temps are perfect at 71 degrees and the humidity is low for the Gloom. This should prove to be a great morning for the Gloom I have planned for the Pax. Pre Run Warm Up: I arrive early and start my Pre Run Warm up as usual …

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Gridlock & his Ma-Homies

Weather: temp 77F and dew point 74F. Yes, still FL humid, so let’s have fun and dew what we can to get better! Pre-run: YHC and Defib launched at 0344 for a speed workout. We covered about 8.0-miles with 1.8-mile repeats at Half Marathon and 10K pace. We returned to the tower parking lot of pax with …

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10 for miles of smiles

Weather: 71 and great Pax: Ricky Bobby, ShamWow, Mr Clean, Bing, Goob, Crabcakes, Deep Dish, Lambeau, Chili Pepper, Sir Wallace Routes were determined and the pax set off for varying distances. Kudos to those setting PRs and pushing themselves entirely out of their comfort zone. 5.3 miles for Lambeau, Ricky Bobby embracing the pain on …

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Carolina Conditioning Test- Play or sit the bench?

Weather:  not too hot, not too cold but HUMID QIC:  Goob Pax:  Pincher, Young Buck, CottonTail, ShamWow, Posh, Mugsy, Trump, Banjo, Mr. Clean, Drake, Olympus, Wolverine, Ricky Bobby, Manziel, Goob At promptly 5:15, the 5 core principles were recited and Goob ensured that their were no FNG’s.  Foolishly, Goob thought Young Buck was an FNG …

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Volbeatdown (#1)

Weather: 69 degrees, 74% humidity.  Almost not warm.  Winter is nigh. QIC: BRUTUS PAX: Bing, Brutus, Chili Pepper, Drake, Goob, Manziel, Ricky Bobby (FNG), Ripken, ShamWow, Six Pack, Trump. Star Spangled Banner @ 5:12AM.  Because ‘Merica. F3 Mission, 5 Core Principles and F3 Credo (“Leave no man behind, but leave no man where you left him”) …

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0.0

Running is over-rated. It’s bad for the knees and makes you all sweaty. So we decided to do an entire beatdown without any running. Olympus got things started with an energetic warm-up. He cheated a little … we moved about 10 yards doing the warm-up. We did a series of exercises, each one interspersed with …

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